Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 180, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 December 1934 — Page 25

I Greet ikeWrrid WM PHILIP SIMMS Ambassador norman h. davis’ speech in London yesterday wajs regarded in Washington as the most important official pronouncement by this Government on naval matter* since the calling ( t the Washington conference in 1921. That it was official and had the backing of the Administration is known. Thu*, if any doubt re- i mained that the United States views the scrapping of the limitation pacts as an act of the utmost gravity, that douDt has been swept away. The London conference now is regarded as dead. | The American delegation likely will start home soon. In Tokio. Emperor Hirohito has referred to his ! privy council a draft of the note which, about two week* hence, will inform the United States and other treaty signatories of Japan's withdrawal after 1936. What puzzles Washington today is what, if

anything, can be done to restore the equilibrium in the Pacific and Far East destroyed by the scrapping of the treaties upon which J equilibrium rested. * * * There's Little Hope Sow THERE is little hope, now that the preliminary conversa- j tions at London have gone on the j rocks, that the 1935 conference, j which the naval pacts made man- j datory. will do any better. Unless the rival sea powers can, by a miracle, hit upon some new political formula on which to base anew naval accord, such a conference would be doomed to failure before it began.

Win. Philip Simms

Admittedly the Washington conference of 192122. the first successful effort ever made to reduce and limit navies, was made possible only by a simultaneous political understanding between the nations concerned. First, the Pacific and Far Eastern powers established what they believed to be a sound basis for peace in that region. That done, the naval race, then on, was halted successfully. Today, the whole balance thus achieved is seen here as about to be destroyed, with grave dangers resulting from armament competition and international suspicion ahead. m m m U. S. Also May Build IT i* admitted officially that at the end of 1936, following Japan’s denunciation of the limitation treaties, the status quo as it existed before the 1921 conference will become effective That means the United States will be free not only to build as many ships as it pleases, but to fortify the Philippines. Guam, the Aleutian islands or any other of its possessions in the now forbidden zone. Similarly Britain and Japan may fortify any of their possessions. Japan considers the mandated islands between Hawaii and the Philippines her property. It is thought likely she may utilize these naval and air bases. Washington frankly looks upon all this with thorough misgivings. Yet it admits that the one hope —that some new "collective system for co-operation among the nations concerned” can be discovered to head off the peril between now and the end of 1936 has become exceedingly dim.

Today s Science Bi DAVID DIETZ

THE surlace of the moon is in all probability composed of pumice. This is the conclusion reached by the moon committee of the Carnegie Institution of Washington after four years of intensive study of the earth's satellite. Pumice is well known here on earth. It is a very porous froth-like volcanic glass. Since observation shows the surface of the moon to be covered with thousands of craters resembling extinct volcanoes, the conclusion of the committee seems ehtirely reasonable. It is only under certain conditions that pumice forms. It takes shape from a liquid lava which cools so rapidly that there is no time for the rock to crystallize. It is also necessary that the lava be under no pressure. Asa result, when it solidifies the vapors dissolved in it are suddenly released and the whole mass swells up into a froth which immediately hardens. Obsidian, which is a solid volcanic glass, can be changed to pumice by melting it in a crucible and allowing it to cool quickly. If we construct a picture of the early conditions upon the moon, remembering its small size, its consequent smaller gravitational force, and its lack of an atmosphere, it is easy to understand that the formation of pumice would be greatly enhanced. a a a THE formation of the moon committee grew out of the policy formulated by President John C. Merriam of the Carnegie Institution to launch joint attacks upon important problems from several of the institution's research places. Dr. Frederick E. Wright of the institution's geophysical laboratory i? chairman of the committee. Members were drawn from the laboratory and from Mt. Wilson Observatory. The moon shines by reflected light. The work of the committee therefore became the problem of comparing the light of the moon with light reflected from various types of rocks. The spectroscope and the polariscope were the chief instruments used in this study. a a a IN the course of the researches a moon house was built at Mt. Wilson. This was a long shed with double walls and roof. This construction was used In order to minimize temperature changes within the shed. A metal globe. 15 inches in diameter, was mounted in this house. A photograph of the moon was projected upon the globe, thus duplicating the appearance of the moon in the Mt. Wilson's 100-inch .telescope. The appearance of this model moon was then compared under variousaconditions with the appearance of the real moon. Studies of the moon also were made wuth the thermocouple. a delicate electric thermometer, so sensitive that it would measure the temperature of a can-dle-flame a mile out in space. These measurements support the supposition that the moon has a surface of pumice.

Questions and Answers

Q— What gifts are presented to married couples at the fifth wedding anniversary? A—Articles made of wood. Q —Has Violet Hilton, one of the Siamese twins, been married? A—No. The New York Supreme Court denied her application for a mandamus to compel the issuance of a marriage license, which had been denied on moral grounds, and on the assertion that application for a license had previously been denied in twenty states. Q —What does the name Fahrnkopf mean? A—lt is a German and Dutch family name derived from a locality, and means "pine top.” Q —Give the length and breadth of Ireland. A—Length from Fair Head to Mizzen Head about 300 miles; greatest breadth. 170 miles. Q—How was Robert Emmet, the Irish patriot, executed? A—He was hanged. Sept 20, 1803. in front of St. Catherine's Church in Thomas-st. Dublin, and his head was cut off and exhibited to the crowd. Q—What is a quirt? A—A nding whip with a short handle and a lash of braided rawhide, common in Spanish-Amencan countries. Q—ls • alright" a proper word in the English language? A—No; the correct expression is all right.

rull Wire Service of the United Pre** Association

HUEY LONG—‘LOUISIANA—I’M IT!’

Thit it the seventh of a serte* of articles concerning Senator Huev P. Lon*. dictator of Louisiana, and famed “Kincflsh" of the I'nited States Senate. BY THOMAS L. STOKES Times Staff Writer NEW ORLEANB, Dec. 7.—Huey Long has clamored to a virtual dictatorship of Louisiana on the mistakes of Bourbon-type rulers who sat so comfortably in the seats of power that they forgot the people. He seized the banner, waved it before the plain people, and carried out promises of things that would show. The rest w r as fairly easy. “T;iey promised you good roads,” he shouted. “I came along and gave them to you.” Therein lies one of the secrets of his success. That and his fight on the corporate interests, which his own brother called a sham battle. And his show’manshin—a hypnotic manner on platform and stump; a vigor and freshness of speech that leans heavily on both the Scriptures and the vernacular, with frequent use of plain “ain't.” A contribution to Huey’s success that can not be overlooked is the depression. The desolate grasp at any straw, and don’t much care who offers it. Huey has capitalized all this. Some say he might have been beaten .but for the depression. There is in this state, as in most Southern States, an hereditary conflict between state and city. The state comprises the farms, the bottom lands, the small towns. The city is New Orleans, where reside financial power, social prestige, thoremnants of aristocracy. Huey Long was born on a farm* In years of knocking about among farmers and people of small towns, as a salesman of soap, lard and

books, he searched out the instincts of the common people. He learned his lesson well. With his temperament, it was natural that he should enter politics. It also was natural that he should enter the lists as the champion of the state. He won the state and set out to conquer the city. He is victorious. For the second time in 40 years the same man is boss of the state and the city. It took two assaults to subdue New Orleans. nan Mayor t. semmes walmsLEY, a pleasant, cultured gentleman, was the last of the bosses to fall before Huey’s onslaught. Once he and Huey w'ere allies, as Huey has been the ally at one time or another of many bosses of city and state from whom he later parted. The rift from Walmsley occurred before the January election. The Senator insisted on the nomination of a friend, Charles A. Byrne, for district attorney. Mr. Walmsley stood for Dist. Atty. Eugene Stanley, though the latter, a popular figure in New Orleans, had him indicted a short time before for alleged mismanagement of city trust funds. In revenge. Huey ran his own candidate for district attorney as well as one for Mayor. Mr. Walmsley won. It is interesting now to look back at newspaper and magazine comment of the time to the general effect that

The DAILY WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND By Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen —

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. The President’s rest in Warm Springs, concluded with his return to the White House, has cleared away a lot of the mist shrouding some of his policies. Even some of his own official family were not quite sure—during the campaign and immediately after elections whether their chief really was swinging right, or just talking a lot about it. Now they have concluded he was just talking about it; that fundamentally he is hitting just as much “left of center” as ever. The thing that has convinced them is Presidential determination to continue

Government spending as the chief policy of economic recovery. This, it is true, goes hand-in-hand with a drive to curtail expenditures on non-esserttials. But the most important thing is Roosevelt’s recognition that the Government is under obligation to the man with a meager income, or none at all, on three things: 1. Low-cost housing. 2. Unemployment and old-age pensions. 3. And for those unable to work, continued Federal relief. Regarding old-age and unemployment pensions, the President has yielded to Miss Perkins since his first public statement limiting his social plans only to unemployment insurance. Regarding low-cost housing, he has swung his weight with Honest Harold Ickes and the theory that the Government is obligated to furnish low-cost dwellings. Brain Trust advisers consider these decisions most significant, They claim tt*t despite all the good-willing and wooing of business, Roosevelt still is marching shoulder-to-shoulder —on important policies—with his left wing advisers. a a a JUSTICE CARDOZO of the Supreme Court seldom dines out, but when he does there is nothing he loves more than association with young people. He enjoys their spontaniety of expression, their fresh outlook on life. On one of these occasions he was being entertained by a young hostess in her early twenties. The Supreme Court Justice was telling how he had seen the President come up Connecticut-av in his car surrounded by a motorcycle escort. Always the philosopher. Cardozo wondered whether President or potentate had a right to command such right of way in a democatic country. “The only time I ever had a motorcycle escort," he mused, "was when I went with an ambulance.” “Oh, Mr. Justice!” exclaimed his hostess in mock surprise, “were you an ambulance chaser?” a a a WILLI/iM AVER ELL HARRIMAN. heir to the Harnman millions, chairman of the Union Pacific, director of giant corporations. was reared in an atmosphere of sumptuous luxury. He is addicted to polo ponies, grotesque modernistic furniture and Long Island “cottages.” Yet each day at 2:30 in a small, unpretentious office on a side corridor in the Department of Commerce Building, Harriman can be found pv* tilious, courteous, a trifle grim- icing r. group of blunt-spoken, reporters. Harriman malcp* no bones that he does not relish this daily ordeal. “Its the toughest job I’ve ever

The Indianapolis Times

Kingfish Is Master of All Quick-Change Artists

“Huey Long is slipping—he’s on the way out.” As in his fight for the governorship, he came back, and came back strong. He determined to “get” the mayor of New Orleans. So he resorted to the theatrical tactics which have made him famous. m n HE instituted an investigation of New Orleans. He shut out the newspapermen and turned on the radio. Gamblers, prostitutes, underworld characters told of payments for police protection, an old story in many city governments. Long had tax assessments opened for “adjustment,” operating under an act of his first special session. This was invalidated after the election—after it had worked its charm. At the second session, Huey passed anew law under which this stratagem may be used again. Then, just before the election, he moved the National Guard into the city. The situation was tense. Machine guns poked thieir noses at the citizenry. It now may be revealed that certain persons, fearing bloodshed, interceded with the Administration in Washington. Before it came to the point of a decision there, a truce was effected. Huey withdrew the troops to the outskirts of the city. Huey’s shrewdness and the failure of the city machine to grasp its opportunities were revealed

tackled,” he says. “But something had to be done.” For weeks the press corps of Washington had been complaining about the blanket of secrecy enfolding the NRA. The Blue Eagle board members, alarmed over the growing chorus of complaints, finally dumped the problem in the lap of Harriman, their executive officer. Doubtless, he will remember his first press conference. Naturally shy, inexperienced Harriman had an extremely unhappy half hour. A torrent of long pent-up questions were hurled at him. He floundered helplessly. But since that first baptism of fire, Harriman has gained in poise and confidence, won respect by his frankness. But he has redoubled his efforts to find an NRA press chief. “This is one job,” he told a friend, “I’ll be glad to get rid of.” a a a ONE of the many mysteries of the sea lies locked in the confidential files of the Steamboat Inspection Bureau of the Department of Commerce. It is regarding the sinking of the Nantucket lightship by the Olympic last May. At the time of the disaster there was tremendous outcry against the Olympic. The captain was placed under heavy bond and the Commerce Department threatened to hold the vessel until responsibility for loss of the lightship crew was established. Now, however, the case has been placed before the Federal courts in New York and probably will not come up for three years. Most significant, howgver. is the fact that the Commerce Department has dropped its contemplated action to recover damages for the loss of the lightship's crew. Only damages for the loss of the ship will be requested. Behind this is the hitherto unrevealed fact that the crew of the wrecked vessel were killed when they hit the water—apparently of broken necks. The theory is that the life belts were faulty. From this, officials argue that the British White Star Line can not be held responsible. (Copyright. 1934. bv United Feature Syndicate. Inc.! NEW RECORD SET BY SCARLET FEVER CASES Disease at Peak Was 1000 Above Average, U. S. Reveals. By United Press WASHINGTON. Dec. 7.—The United States Public Health Service ! reported today that this fall had marked an all-time high in prevalence cf scarlet fever for this season of the year. The peak now is passed with cases down to 4624 from a high of 5070 for the week ending Nov. 24. The peak was more than one thousand cases above the average lor the last six months.

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1934

plainly. It is agreed generally that in two or three cases Huey's candidates were men of higher type than those the machine entered. Asa result many tickets were split. tt tt tt HE came out of the election with an added friend on the Supreme Court, two friendly Congressmen and a friendly railroad commissioner. New Orleans had fallen. But he does not intend for his machine to take over the city just yet. He has his foe groggy and hanging on the ropes, he tells his friends. That will suffice for the present. The city’s finances are in poor shape. If the Long crow’d goes in now and assumes charge it will be blamed. Huey prefers to wait, they say, and let the city come to him on its knees, saying, “Save us.” In his recent election, about five

EXCHANGE CLUB TO HEAR PARK EXPERT Boulder Dam to Be Subject of Luncheon Talk. Boulder Dam was to be the topic of an address by S. A. Kirkpatrick, corresponding editor of the National Geographic Mazagine, before the Exchange Club luncheon at the Washington today. Mr Kirkpatrick is an lowa University Law School graduate and National Americanism Congress president. He is also a National Parks Advisory member for the Izaak Walton League. Mr. Kirkpatrick wall address the Indianapolis Nature Study Club at 7:45 tomorrow in Cropsey Hall, Indianapolis Public Library. His illustrated lecture will deal with the National Parks of southern Utah and Boulder Dam. DELAY SLAYING ARREST Murder Suspect, Member of Prominent Family, Still Free. By United Press * TULSA, Okla., Dec. 7.—Another arrest in the slaying of John Gorrell, 23, predicted for today by Sergt. H. B. Maddux, has been postponed until Mr. Maddux confers with J. Berry King, Attorney-General. The officer said the suspect was of a prominent family.

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hundred were indicted for seizing ballot boxes. But the Legislature passed a law’ which threw the indictments out of court. Pouring over Louisiana political history of the last dozen years, one gets a vision of a family tree where the names dangle now from one limb, now from another. A political leader is allied today w r ith one group, tomorrow w’ith another. Feuds characterize a one-party state such as Louisiana. Huey’s name bobs up first in one camp, then in another. Today it’s nearly all his camp. He has been smarter than his opposition. He has been more energetic. a tt u “ r T' v HERE may be smarter peoX pie than me, but they ain’t in Louisiana,” he says. Mere physical energy has proved a great asset. He will dash away from New Orleans in the middle

IN OLD NEW YORK By Paul Harrison

NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—Battles, conflagrations, storms and some other forms of wholesale destruction have been reproduced w’ith fair success in the theater. But not until the current vogue for realism began challenging the scenic agility of the movies did any one try to stage an earthquake. It’s being done now. and quite satisfactorily, in anew play called “Gold Eagle Guy.” The stage doesn't rock, but it seems to wTien things start falling down and a large golden plaque begins to swing like a pendulum of doom.

Audiences, however impressed they may be, don’t have half as much fun as the manipulators backstage. It's one fellow's job to climb up in the flies and toss down chunks of plaster. t Another keeps the hanging plaque in motion. A third beats like mad on two huge thunder drums. Sounds like water rushing from broken mains are obtained by swishing water in a large tin tankMeanwhile, three expert crashers are busy- One breaks glass, one smashes wooden packing cases, and one tosses around an assortment of scrap iron. A distant booming effect is obtained by shooing compressed air into an organ pipe. The glow of flames comes from red flashlights. And finally a marble arch, which is hinged in three places, collapses. For a few minutes bedlam comes to Broadway.

By George Clark

of the night, speed into Baton Rouge two hours later, wake up his lieutenants, and put them to work. He sleeps little. ‘‘While we’re asleep, he’s awake and thinking up something new," one of his foes confesses. He is many things to many men. He can be as dignified on occasion as any one—or as row’dy and clownish, if not more so. In his campaigns he is a “quick change” artist. For one caller he is immaculate, suave, correct of speech. The next moment a farmer may be ushered in. Huey runs a rumpling hand over his clothes, musses his hair in a generous gesture and slouches in his chair. He is then ready to rant loudly w’ith punctuations of “ain’t,” forceful expletives and rural idioms. NEXT: Huey it the State University.

THERE'S an authentic touch in the farce comedy. “Page Miss Glory,” which only the front row customers are able to appreciate. Instead of stage money, genuine currency is used. True, there’s only $360 in various denominations, when the sum is supposed to be $2500, but it serves very well. Quite a ritual is involved in handling the cash: First the theater treasurer takes it from the box office and gives it to tha stage manager. He gives it to the property man, who in turn hands it to an actorAfter the show the property man goes around '■ollectii.g from the performers among whem the money has been split He hands it to the stage manager, who returns it to the treasurer, who puts it back into the evening’s receipts. And everybody sighs with relief.

$10,415 EXPENDED BY CITIZENS COMMITTEE Election Expenses and Donors Listed by Group. The Citizens School Committee today reported election expenses of $10,415 to the election bureau of the Marion County Clerk's office. According to Henry L. Dithmer, committee treasurer. $10,415 was the total receipts and the total expenses. Largest individual donors were $750 from J. K. Lilly, SSOO from Eli Lilly, SSOO from J. k. Lilly Jr., and SSOO from Mrs. Caroline Fessler, wife of the head of the board of trustees, Indiana University. Largest expenditure was SISOO as salary of John L. Niblick, campaign manager. SENATORTHREATENS PUBLIC UTILITY PROBE Norris Charges Attempt to Sabotage U. S. Program. B<j United Pr> * WASHINGTON, Dec. 7—Senator George W. Norris <R., Neb.), today threatened a congressional inquiry into what he characterized as a deliberate campaign by power interests to sabortage the Administration's “yardstick” plan of public utilities. He said power interests sought to arouse unnecessary tears on the part of small investors in the hope that this resentment might defeat the Administration program. AIRPLANE DESIGNERIS HELD IN GREECE Fokker Forbidden to Leave Country When Photos Are Found. B 9 United f’reet ATHENS, Dec. 7 Anthony H. G. Fokker, world famous airplane designer, was forbidden to leave the country today after discovery of photographs which he was alleged to have taken of an arsenal and other fortified places, it was announced

Second Section

Lulcred a a I’lim H*ltef ts pnafnffic*. Indlnniipnlla. !<

Fair Enough HM fffiKi THE libel problem is becoming a great hazard in the profession of journalism. The sports department. which used to enjoy a special sort of freedom or irresponsibility in the matter of calling a fake a fake has suffered most, but your correspondent was given a severe start recently when Jeff Davis of Cincinnati, who calls himself the king of the hoboes, took considerable umbrage at an essay which he regarded as a reflection on his professional

reputation. Your correspondent had known Mr. Davis about 12 years ago when he, Mr. Davis, was wintering along the Bowery and Pearl-st, New’ York, and remembered that he put in much of his time pining for his fireside in Cincinnati. The homeloving hobo seemed a paradox Moreover, whenever your correspondent would say to Mr. Davis. 'Well, why don't you go home if you feel that way about it?" Mr. Davis would say, “I haven't got the price.” This, too, seemed inconsistent in a man claiming to be the champion hobo. In consequence of not having the price, the king of the hoboes tarried

along the Bowery and Pearl-st for several months until, at last, he accumulated the price and went home. a a tt He's the Head Man I ''ROM this, meaning no harm, your correspondent deduced that Mr. Davis was not a practical hobo but only a hobo emeritus and that m the king of the hoboes very crass. He has written your correspondent several appeals for redress accompanied by old newspaper clippings and other documents in which he was referred to as a hobo. Not only his own professional honor, he felt, but that of his hoboes’ union, as well, was impugned by the article and he has been demanding his rights, personally and officially, on behalf of the union. What Mr. Davis wants, in short, is an acknowledgment that he is a hobo and that his subjects are hoboes, too. This creates a delicate problem because ,j our correspondent feels that it is a much more serious matter to charge in print that a man is a hobo than to insist that he is no such thing. Still, Mr. Davis has been asking for it, even demanding it in writing over his signature on his official stationery. More in sorrow than in anger, therefore, and again meaning no harm but only to yield Mr. Davis and his union their due, your correspondent concedes that he and they are hoboes, all. But now\ perhaps he will wish to take the matter up further with the publishers of Webster’s new international dictionary which defines a hobo as “a professional tramp; one w’ho spends his life traveling from place to place, esp. by stealing rides on trains and begging for a living,” and a tramp as “a foot traveler; a tramper; often, in a bad sense, a begging or thieving vagrant or vagabond.” ana Honor—A Sensitive Matter IN the-sport phase of journalism the decline of the gate receipts and the over-production of barristers have made pugilists, wrestlers and the underworld characters engaged in the managerial line extremely sensitive of their honor. In former years, when money was rifer, they were content to regard aspersions as publicity but, with the coming of the panic, learned barristers began to frequent the backrooms of saloons and search the expert opinions of the newspaper critics for affronts having a cash, nuisance value. The result has been a distinct abatement of the fearlessness of the press in calling a mockery a mockery and a deplorable increase in larcenous practice by and between the lithe, lean bodies and their managers and the gamblers. The profession of journalism naturally feels that an unsound precedent was set when the courts first conceded that a prize fighter, wrestler or manager could be libeled. It was an old theory of the newspaper profession that once a man entered any of these lines he automatically accepted a yellow ticket and abandoned his good nanv\ if any. It has been hard to adjust critical opinion to the menace of surplus attorneys who lurk in every crack of every saloon frequented by the prizefight profession, eager to redress wrong on a fifty-fifty basis. A noteworthy case was that of a young pugilist of sterling character and very good to his mother, who sought to have his reputation reshingled with cash money, but embarrassed his case and his learned counsel by getting himself a prison sentence for felonious assault. It appeared that in the normal expression of his sterling character, so cruelly maligned by an unscrupulous journalist, he had hired out as a slugger for a racket and nigh on to killed a defenseless merchant, (Copvrieht. 1934. bv Unite and Feature Syndicate. In*.)

Your Health BY lK MORRIS FISHI EIN

SOMEHOW a good many mothers ha' e t’ic notion that a baby should have its bowels cleaned out artificially once each week, as it ought to be bathed at least once a week, but preferably every day. The things usually used to force the activity of the child’s bowel are sirup of figs, licorice powder, castor oil, or some similar strong medicine that doctors might hesitate to give without special indications for their use. Unfortunately, these children grow up with their bowels so inactive that it requires at least five grains of calomel or something equally strong to bring about a result. Strangely enough, persons who would hesitate to use digitalis in heart disease or ether to produce anesthesia never hesitate to prescribe a medicine for the bowels. In most cases, the bowels of children will act without any artificial stimulation if the child is properly trained and properly fed. an u IT is best to train the infant by holding it on the lap after feeding, w’hile it sits on a suitable vessel. The child is kept thus until it responds, but not too long if it does not respond. Occasionally an infant glycerin suppository or a small rod or the mother’s finger suitably greased can give the initial stimulus and in a few days the child will develop the habit. Even this sort of artificial stimulation should not be indulged in so constantly, however, that the child becomes unable to do without it. For older children Ihe addition of some green vegetable to the diet or the use of a whole wheat cereal will sometimes be a sufficient stimulus to a suitable bowel action. Most important of all, however, is establishment of a habit. a u u CHILDREN find out early in life that their mothers are greatly concerned over their appetites and their bowels and that, by bringing a considerable amount of pressure on the mother, they can get % good deal more attention by refusing food and refusing to have a bowel action. The more they diet themselves, the more concerned the mothers become over th ir diets and bowel action. This is what the doctors call a vicious circle. The mother who gets herself into a state of nerves over the inactivity of the chfld's bowels does not help the constipation, but is likely to make it much worse Establishment of a regular habit of emptying the bowel is the most important feature of overcoming constipation in a child. The rrutine use of laxatives and cathartics is a menace to the child's health. Giving a sufficient amount of fresh vegetables, fruits, water and whole wheat cereal in the chl’d’s diet will help it to overcome any tendency to chrome constipation. A

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