Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 295, 22 October 1920 — Page 9

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A SWEETHEART AT THIRTY ' The Story of a Woman's Transformation BY, MARION RUBINCAM

VIOLET'S AMBITION Chapter 5 In order to make clear the immense difference between my life now, and then, I think I must give more of the little details of our days at that time. That supper, for instance, was typical. We gossiped, we quarreled, or we ate in sullen silence. Or else we told each other about the worries of the past day and speculated about the worries of to-morrow. t The table is the last place in the world to bring quarrels or worries. Many a marriage has been wrecked because the wife complained or the husband growled over the dinner table. It was natural enough, in our case. We never met as a family except at meals, and there our various differences rubbed against each other, and we irritated each other. To-night, after James had fled from the table, and after Jim, first to finish, had gotten up and stalked off without a word, Esther gathered up the dishes, and I began to help her. - s "Go on in and do your lessons," I told Vi. "I'll wipe and put the things away." "The milk cans have to be scoured yet." Esther fretted. "And I think I'd better take those rag rugs from the bedrooms and put them to soak. Tomorrow I'll wash them. Vi can go get them." "111 do it, let her study," I protested. "Well," Esther conceded. "We got to house-clean pretty soon, It is getting to be Spring. So much cold this year I can't believe it." She put the last dish on the table, where 1 picked it to wipe, hot and dripping, from the tin waiter. Then she attiicked a, pile of pans, two frying pans of heavy iron, coated now with dark cold grease, and any number of sauce pans. We were not a large family, but somehow we managed to use up an immense amount of dishes and utensils at a meal. Esther poured more hot water Into her dish pan, and soaped her rag from a bar of homemade washing soap. I noticed her hands as she lifted them from the Btrong hot suds. They were red and puffy-looking in the old days she had had cunning, chubby little hands with short, plump fingers. I used to admire them then, and the pink nails at the end of them. Nowadays, Esther's nails broke from her work, and were kept short that way, and ihe skin around them was broken and thick and stained indelibly from work. "Jim says he's got a man to come this Spring for the sowing," she said. "I hope he stays through the summer. Jim says they're asking awful wages now. Well, I'll clean the attic roons for him." Our last hired man had left us in the Fall and gone to the city to work in the factories. We- had ben trying to get a new one for weeks. "Jim really needs two men, on this big place," I suggested. For the Haines farm was really fair sized; to be run

efficiently, there should have been many helpers. ' "Jim always tried to do the work of three, I went on. "Think of the money it costs to hire work and they loaf when you're not looking," Esther answered, taking the true "back country" view, that the way to economize is to spend less, rather than to make more. "We got a bit laid by, of course," she went on, lifting the last pan from tho water and wiping it with her wrung-out cloth, then setting it on the bask of the stove to dry. "But there's so much to spend it on. And the work. The Vi graduates in June', and there's her class dress to make, and another for class day. That'll mean white shoes too." "I'll buy her white silk stockings as my present," I suggested. Vi had never had a pair of silk stockings none of us had, as far as that goes and it was the girl's great ambition. I had a little money 1 did not know how much but all I used it for was to spend on my family. "You'll put notions-in her head," Esther answered. "Silk stockings! 1 was married with cotton' ones but girls these days have ideas ' different from then. Vi's got enough notions as it Is." "But one pair of silk stockings won't hurt," I protested. "I'll have to have a new dress for the commencement, too, and so will you," Esther gumbled. "That'll mean taking off a couple of days and going over to Hartford shopping. We can stay with the Tucker's. And cleaning to do and Jim must get a new suit; his best one is .too small by now." She fretted along, her hands in the dishpan full of soapy water. Esther could always think of work for months ahead, and mention every last duty to be done. "But thank goodness, it'll be over then she ended up. "Laura will probably be getting married soon, but Vi will be home to help."

Then VI came into the room, her cheeks pinker than ever, her eyes very bright. , I knew she had nerved herself for some unusual effort. "I won't be home to help," she announced, trying to make her Toice calm. "I'm going that is, I want to go to college." Esther turned to her, her Jaw lax so her mouth -was lightly open. Vi looked back at her with all the determination of youth in her face. To-morrow The Family Argument

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measures are employed in the home. It is likely that other members of the family will be affected and everyone having the disease must be treated until cured, and the under clothing, bedding, towels, and anything: which has come in contact with the body of each case must be boiled or baked each time they are washed. Unless these precautions are taken, a constant he-infection will be taking place and the infection will continue indefinitely. Ringworm Disease. Ringworm is also a parasitic disease, easily spread where many children are gathered together. It begins as a red scaly patch, which becomes more or less circular, clearing up in the center as it spreads at the margin. When the. disease occurs on the skin it is much more amenable to treatment than when it attacks the scalp. In the latter location, ringworm is a repulsive obstinate disease, which causes the hair to become brittle and break off, leaving partially bald, Bcaly spots on the head. Though its treatment by X-ray in the hands of an expert promises hope of a cure In a short time,

this method Is unavailable to the great majority of children, in whom the disease may run a tedious course of six months or a year. Hence every mother will be particularly anxious that her child should be protected from this disease. Children with ringworm should not be allowed to mingle "with other children unless the lesions are properly dressed and covered. In ringworm of the scalp, the patient should wear a cap for the protection of others, and should avoid brushing the hair because of the danger of scattering the scales. Pediculosis capltas is the condition brought about by the invasion of the scalp by the head louse. It causes severe itching, resultant scratching, abrasions andf inflammation of the scalp. The glands in. the neck behind the ear may become enlarged, especially when the scratch marks becomes infected and contain "matter" (pus). When a child is seen scratching the head, the presence of head lice may be suspected, and the discovery of nits, small white objects attached to the hairs, confirms the diagnosis. It must

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Hcebe free from the vermin before they are allowed to mingle with other children in school. Most" parents are very anxious to rid their children of this pest, and when it-is simply n matter of a little crude petroleum, a fine tooth comb wet with vinegar, and cleanliness of person and toilet articles, there is no excuse for keeping lice even if one has v accidentally acquired them. REMEDY. To rid the child of head lice it is important not only to kill the parasites themselves, but also to destroy and remove the nits which otherwise will hatch and reinfect the scalp. Usually It is sufficient to thoroughly moisten the hair and the scalp with a mixture containing equal parts of kerosene and olive oil shaken together and allow this application to remain about twelve hours. - The child's scalp should then be thoroughly washed with

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warm water and soap to remove all traces of oil. After the hair has beea dried by brisk rubbing It should b combed thoroughly with a comb moistened in hot vinegar to remove th nits. - - Both ringwerra of the scalp and head lice are communicated by direct contact, and by articles used by the patient. Children should never wear each others bats or caps, or hang them on each others pegs. They should use only Individual brushes and combs, which should be kept scrupulously clean. Medical inspection of schools, with good follow-up work by a nurse offers the best method of ridding schools of itch, ringworm and headllce. Qarailoaa relatlua; to Child 'Health and to related problem will be mmwerrd by expert of the I'nMed States tnblle Health Service. Addreaat Child Health KdMor. V. S. I'nblle Health Service, WaahlaRlon. D. C. Please aaeatloa thla aenapaper

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