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By GEORGE KEANEY Times Special Write:

HE LADIES, " bless ‘em, are living longer all the time. Of course,

people, including men, are Hving longer. But in the life expectancy race, women are deaving the alleged stronger

- sex in the lurch.

Studies by the statistical bureau of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. show that in four generations advances 4n medical knowledge have increased the life span. 27 years, to 66.8 years. (In some Asiatic countries it's still below 40 years.) But there's an advantage in being a female, besides not paying dinner checks and getting a seat in the bus. A boy baby. born now can expect to live 65.5 years. A female, come croup or childbearing, come even cancer (but sparing bombs from A to H), can plan on being around 71 years. The intention of women to outlive men manifests itself early. Even .in. stillbirths males outnumber females. And the last time the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. looked 191,000 more men than women were dying in this country - per. year, 11.5 per 1000 population as against 8.7 women. Childbirth Deaths THE strides women; with an assist from the men in white, have made in ¢hildbearing, is one of the reasons for their current long life. Proper diet in pregnancy and other prenatal care cut maternal mortality from 4.9 per 1000 births in 1937 to 1.5.in 1947, an . improvement of about 70 per cent. That is not to be taken to mean the maternal millenium has arrived or that having a baby these days is no worse than having a cold. While mothers still die in giving pirth: and while, as last year, according to the American Committee on Maternal Welfare, 111200 infants, of the 3,581,000 born in this country, died in the first year (and

~OHETHIFa Of CTeT TH the first

day of life) much remains to be done. Tt is a fact that, for all their longevity, -women_ are not as healthy or: happy as they could be, using present

“available medical knowledge.

It: is also-a .fact that for many women today's medical knowiedge can handle the problems that are peculiar to their being women. They take the phygiolngieal factors of their three M's, menstruation, marriage and menopause, as easily as they took ‘to the three R's. But ‘thousands of women, through fear or lack of information—on done for the ills that besét thém, are making tional martyrs of themselves to their sex.

Fear of Cancer THERE is the horde of woinen who want: a child and wien they—don't—have one, accept the stigma of sterility ag their fate. God's will or- whatewer. In their unhappiness it never occurs to thei they Wiiay not be sterile. There. are those on the distaff side who suffer the

agonies of the damned whan ~

they reach; shall-we-gay that period’ in -theie. lives when their reproductive organs re-

fire fram their. repraduetive.

work. They pass off the hot flushes, headaches,. anxiety states and numbness in the extremities as the inevitable

what can ba

uninten-

One in the series of examinations for cancer in the Indiana University Medical Center is the examination of the hypopharynx and vocal cords. It is made by a-member of the medical staff as shown.

penalty of being born female. They jump to the conclusion nothing but the passage of time can help them, They are generally wrong.

This article introduces a five-part series ‘by George Keaney, prize-winning science reporter, which will discuss in frank and authoritative language the chief biological problems confronting a woman. The articles, prepared with the close co-operation of the Academy of Medicine, should be must reading to men and women alike, for they offer solid testimony to support the premise that a woman need not live her life under a pall of fear because she is a woman. § S— i No fear of disease, perhaps, is as strong in women as the

Reason to dread the mysterious and murderous cancer is not hard to find. While science struggles to find the cause that drives body cells to multiply without control, — the malignant growths-go on killing about 200,000 people in this country each year, giving = precederice only to

disease of the heart as an-

assassin.

Early Detection Vital EVERY day about 20 women die of cAncer in New York City, or about 7500 a year. The pity of it all is that at least 2500 of them needrf't have died if their cancer had been detected earlier.: Hope of conquering cancer until its mystery is solved Hes in early detection of.its presence. Although the" cause of the malignant. tumors is still undiscovered, great progress Was been made rtreating its victims and in curing the cancer by surgery and X-ray. In the Tast 10 years deaths of women from cancer have. decreased from 87.7 per 100,000 population to 78.3. ¢ : “ According to Dr, ¥farles Cameron, medical and scien-

—tifie-director of ‘the American Cancer Society, which wages... a constant battle ‘against the

vicious killer, ‘the survival

_.xrate for women with localized

‘breast cancer is above 80 per; cent. Even where it has extended to a limited degree to the lymph glands under the

Another step is made in the aenfor's X-ray deperiment Here a radiologist, reading the X-ray films of a cancer

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arm, survivals run to 9S per “cent. = Cures in 80 per cent of cancers. of the cervix (neck womb) © which are found early are being effected, too. 'And where the cerviXx cancer has spread, but not run hogwild, 50 per cent can he cured. There is hope for women: with cancer of the breast or uterus which, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. says, causes two-fifths of all deaths of women from all malignant tumors. They are in what the medical world calls accessible sites. Much of the fear of cancer in women, Dr. Cameron says, is not so much fear of death from - 'the tissue ~devouring disease as fear of mutilation, fear their friends will laugh,

“fear-of- marred -wonrenr their

husbands will no longer love them,

Ungrounded Fear IT'S AN. ungrounded “fear, Dr. Cameron also says. The country is full of women with a breast off or uterus re-

moved. (One. hospital re: moved 600 cancerous breasts last year.) They, are living useful, even happy lives. It should comfort women to know that, should a cancer threaten the uterus, ovary or

fallopian tubes, the whole reproductive system can be removed™in. a hystereactomy., And, except for the loss of the capacity of motherhood, life can go on pretty much as before. ‘Including sex. Hope for early detection of cancer lies in the improvement © .of -the test, named for Dr. George N. Panpanicaloau,researeh—asso ciate at Cornell Médical College “and consultant at the

Strang Cancer Prevention Clinic, New York Memorial Hospital, who worked it out.

It’s a test of smears from various parts of the body, of vaginal smear for ‘cancer of the. reproductive organs, .of Epi for eancer of the Tungs, of urine for cancer. of.

the urinary tract, Any bodily fluid secreted -by- the -¢dells contains tes WRICH™ Are °

sloughed off in the fluid. Speeding Tests CANCER cells are different from normal cells, the’ size of the component parts varying in relation to each other, When the smear is stained with dye, the differences show up. Lack of trained personnel’ to give the Papanicoloau test and the time element’ involved in it are handicapping the early" discovery of

* some cancers at the moment.

It takes half an hour to test a smear, Work is going on at some __hospitals* to put the test on a mechanical basis, using a method wherein abnormal cells will ring a bell or light a light. Women are learning to present: themselves for early: examination for cancer. Re- ° sults in a study in Vermont show that. In 1937 only 20

per cent of women with-ean= -

“cer came in for early treat-

Besides *

ment. In 1947 the rate had risen to 60 per cent. Doctors recommend annual examination for cancer up to age 35, semiannual thereafter. offering hope for cure with early detection, fre-

~~ quent examination will allay

fear when no cancer is_found.

Papanicoloay——

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They Saved Half By Building Own Home

Herricks Construct California House

wees By JEAN TABBERT

THE John C. Herricks designed and built their new home family style. It was a profitable venture, too. When they tallied up the cost, they had saved over $7000. That's just about half the price the house at 3920 Moller Road would bring if it were sold right now. The Herrick Construction

"Co. has no intention of mov--

ing though. The “firm.” John and Winnie and their twn_ children, 12-year-old

Diana and Dickie, 9, just got’

settled on Wednesday. it didn’t seem so long, after all, since they'd broken ground last spring. ‘That was

a’ red letter day, first concrete step to their- dream house. = The dreams would

stand on a firm footing if their pians were any proof. John and Winnie had done them together, insisting on the wide window expanses, ample rooms and. built-in conveniences of a more expensive dwelling. Idea is Born THEY KNEW the expense of such a home wHs more than their budget could weather if it was put up the orthodox. way. That's when the “do it ourselves” plan hatched. Enthusiastic from the beginning, the youngsters became more so as the building continued. Theirs was the unglamorous task of leveling the backyard after the bulldozer finished. They helped Mother and Dad. lay the foundation and floor of the California ranch house. Winnie and ‘the children put on the siding after John had finished the framing. And all four had fun on top of the house while the green roof was being laid. The Herricks especially prize their free-standing limestone fireplace. It's center of-the living area, one large room. There's-adequate space here on one side for the relaxation section, enough on the other for the business half-—the dining room and kitchen.

Hobby Room

BEDROOM wing has three rooms and one bath, the latter eliminating a tub in favor of a shower. On the opposite end of the house is the garage (attached to the house) and a hobby room. Used for storage now, there will be a dark room for John and Winnie there later on.

Shp THIS IS for the virds, It's for the rabbits, too. They m

in the

‘John C. Herrick . kitchen drainboard.

- A ‘utility room and basement were omitted because the cabinet-tvpe heating: unit is installed in the Kitchen. The exterior of the house is dark brown fir, tongue-and-groove siding. A red back and front door aads a.typically distinctive Herriek touch. Diana enjoyed the color scheme plans indoors - as much~as “her mother. Green is the basic shade--it's used t0 complement the brown tile floor throughout th e house, The red.and beige streaks in the tile are emphasized again in the red denim draperies at the living and dining room windows and the’ red

and. white checked ones in Dickie’s room.

Loaded for More Antelope

Levelling the backyard .

. . attaches plastic topping to his

- Winnie chose denim for the drapes: everywhere because, like the tile, they'll be kept tidy easily. She's making them herself to further cut the cost. The kitchen walls are green

with natural wood cupboards -

painted orange inside. Bedrooms have green and beige combinations in different variations, and the bath is sea green with strawberry tile walls, : John Herrick, assistant service manager with the J. D. Adams Manufacturing Co., bought all his materials “across the counter.” When he remembers that, he’s more proud than ever of his private construction company.

Around Town:

~With Society

Mis. Herrick Olane and partite affair, ’

: ME Be ven Si . a job in which only Sissie, the collie, didn't have a hand.

TRE COST

Foundation, floor, sewCPS oi iaviciiveineei 31200 Roughed up framing (no finished work) ...... $1800 Heating o.vivvvi.s «e+. $1000 Well and water system,$ 500 Plumbing fixtures...... $ 200 Finish (plasterboard,

“windows, doors, trim, outside siding) ......8 700 Fireplace vevivsansand 340

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Dickie . . . the siding is a tri-

Electrical wall plugs, WIillE “eiseev idea id 150 THAR: ...... ouvinee 8 350 Bathroom file ........§ 18 Curtain rods (nelvding draperies) eed 88 Locks, hinges, Bards WATS ...crsrenerssesd 48 Total ..conveneesenes 37295

Additional picture on p. 87.

Being. Twins Pould Help

r- OPAL CROCK ETE sos

may fly and frolic freely during open season on game

as far as three hunters are concerned.

Mrs. Karl Kizer, Mrs. Shaw. hunted early husbands,” they “shot five antelope.

The Kizers live at 7156 N. Pennsylvania St... Mr. and Mrs. Williams at®3111 N. Meridian, St, and the Shaws north of-Indianapolis. Two dn the party taking off from Casper, Wyo. at sunup one September day quaked in their hunting boots. Mrs.-Kizer had never shot a gun and she'd never gone around with people who did:

2 n 2 : > "MRS. WILLIAMS had blurted “I'll never shoot it" when her husband gave her a present. and women -guests, rifles and hi were loaded - on a pickup truck. Men and guns-boynced ona seat tied to the back of the truck. Jostling over 65 miles of. -ranchland and up steep hills, the party stopped’ when guides: spotted antelope. Women and men, crawling on ‘hands and knees over cacti and underbrush, climbed to the top of a hill. Silently, the women balanced, rifles over their guides’ shoulders, “don't breathe”

Men guides,

lopes see the slightest move and they run fast, \ i

Fred Williams Jr. and Mrs. -for antelope in Wyoming. Joined by- their

Wilbur

= 1 4 = AFTER hours of suffering, silence and suspense, the hunters flopped down for lunch under a cottgnwood tree. Proudest in the party was Mrs. Kizer. She was the first to shoot an antelope, at a remarkable distance of 600 feet. .The same pairs of feminine knees that braved the cacti bump together again beneath bridge tables. There's the usuall buzz about housekeeping, social life, home decorating, golf, - ete.’ But beyond the bridge table in these women's homes three rifles stand cleaned and ready. Three women no longer ask thetr—hysbands, “When will you be home, dear?’ They're ready and ‘anxious for the next hunting expedition,

s = u 24 "THOSE rirle shots heard in a gravel pit north of the city promise Mr. Williams he won't -be embarrased again by his’ wife, She practices week-

. ly with the gun that did her wrong to be ready for a hunting trip in Canada with Mr.

Williams and Judge and Mrs. Ralph Hamill, ,6033 Pleasant -

: Run Pkwy. 5

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New Yorker Given Royal Welcome

By KATY ATKINS TTRACTIVE guests have added much to recent gatherings. When Mr. and Mrs. Fred Appel and Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Johnson were on the same boat going to Honolulu.two years ago, one of their fellow passengers was Carolyn Latta, native of Henderson, Ky., now living in New York. : : They became great friends, 80 Carolyn received a royal welcome when she turned up here. She divided her visit between them, the Appels- having recently returned from Leland. This

vest—is—a in

voman, Tho she 'is no: “career.

she says

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— ~PIoto by Bil Oates, Times Starr Photographer.

Butler s first Vadis Mrs M. O. Ross . . . rare relaxation.

ri shehas—domesmany im: teresting= things. She -started the College: Bureau in the

“Biltmore in. New York. This has become an institution and has given. many a. good

Mrs. Karl Kizer . . . re Fred Williams Ji. CoM Wil boar “Bur Shaw (left to tight)=—Haunt husbands for another hunting

-night’'s sleep to parents whose young people were spending a “week-end im town from boarding school or college,

EEA SUNDAY noon she went with Mr. and Mrs. Appel to the Ralph TLockKWoods Ya meet ‘ Nina's ‘fiance! Tom Solley, who went bdck to’ .» New Haven that night. It

was a gay week-end for the Lockwood hbusehold. The engagément was announced on Saturday. * Nina's cousin, Caroline, and

her husband, Bill Cory, surprised them by coming up from Louisville to join- an

informal gathering of young people at the house that afternoon. Nina and Tom are making wlafis for their wedding Dec, 16. Peggy Lockwood arrived from New York Fridav and will he home until the first of the year. ; ” n a

"MRS: Lockwood looked

very happy and especially prettye Sunday afternoon in an American Beauty satin

suit with ‘a gorgeous white orchid. ‘She was.at Mrs. Edwin ‘Craft's party for Mrs. R. Felix Geddes who is now living in, "Westwood, Cal. It was good to hear about. her children, Felix ‘and his wife and Gloria and Cliff Wigge, who live ‘on. the West Coast, too. © Mrs. Geddes wore a black afternoon dress. with large bone buttons frém tHe shoulder to. the hemline ogy. the right ‘side. Mrs, Craft's cut black velvet gown had a huge ‘bow jon ane hip. Mrs. Easley Blackwood's tiny nosegay of

(Cont. on Page 2. 0pt 2) :

routine

By AG NES ¥H:

ONT RO? M

PLAYING THE ROLE of first:1ady on" a university Fry

Eaves

furn her its

Fairview feminine

And in pus. rates

She does re ve one reason for not she ng... the opportunity to give her husband a nourishing meal, ‘Really,” she smiles, “there should be one “of . me to answer fle. télephone, another to go to all functions. What's) left of me just doesn’t get everything else done.”

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HOWEXNER..iq_ addition to

faculty, mothers clubs, sorority, fratérnity and official meetings, ‘teas, ‘open houses, dinners,” dances and’ athletic activities, the slender, distinguishedly graying first lady manages a four-bed-room home (without - help}, even: plants ‘the annuals of which she is so fond.

There's. the * problem of laundry- and marketing. She's adept at planning ahead in ene of her favorite talents, cooking. Yes.. It's Southern style. And that includes chicken, okra, spoon bread, biscuits “buttered when they're hot” and pie. ‘A beiling water pie crust,” kept chilled in the re= frigerator, ‘has -solved ‘the last-minute ‘rush here. What kind? Her answer was a story’ credited to: the

family's 11-year-old son, Jere,

now an Orchard School sixth« grader, when he was 3.

“The Rasses love chocolate, *.

even when if's vanilla.*”

Se Fhe prtb ged,

Butler's

0. Ross, popular wifeof Butler ~:~ =

is.a full-time job. . . . if Mrs. M. University's chief execufive, is any criterion. A look-seé at her October calendar revealed only one day " blank. Morning, ngon, afternoon. and night command. performances. left it: more onlack .than white. Lut. the charming, friendly = 2 = . wrerner—who-fits-her-role CAMPUSES ‘have provided sn. perfectly-—frankiy admis’

the stage for most of Rachel Horr Rony IR, enough, this

daughter of a

southern. Methodist minister. ~. once

lived at the corner of Hollywood and Vine Sts, Hollywood, Cal., and watched old time movies being shot in the middle of the street. It was on the Earlham College campus that she met Dr. Ross. She came to Richmond with a bachelor’s degree - from Mississippi State’ College for Women and an M. A. from. the University of Wisconsin to teach nch. They.came to Butler via the University of Tennessee when Dr. Ross was asked to head business college 12 years ago. on THOU GH her clleks had no sororities she’s actually - very Panhellenic-minded. You see she has a Delta Tau Delta father, a Delta Delta Delta mother, Phi Delta Theta and Sigma Chi brothers and Kappa Alpha Theta and Kappa Kappa Gamma sisters. Saturday after the Bulle dogs’ homecoming game with Washington University, the Rosses will regeive at their annual reception. For the first time it will be in the new Atherton Centdr so ‘‘everyone can see it.” ¢

“For once I won't be won= _ - -

dering ‘all through the game

what Sandy has done to the .

house,” sighs the first lady.

Sandy js really Imperial Golden Sand, a cocker, . fourth member of Butler's t

oadly “ a