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Tht Bsrnwcll Peop!e-S«nUnel, Barnwell, & C, Thniwdajr, December 20, 1984 .-rv SUCH IS LIFE—The Nest Eggs By Charles Snghroe 11.„|| " '- id.. Bar .t-S And no«/ (ml 1> <S9 oar t& TW’ WEMHOOSF 'N QiWER jftjpzr- /gRAMPAw, -fttey «vsNr no esef gw TWae (jus? ones* lUt WEN? USE As swpi-er , V Big Increase Seen iv fe, I; R. • KV J', ■ §* i * i :; . in if m-. If” f ? f*. 1 t Hospitalization Gains 100 Per Cent in 25 Years. New York.—A 100 per cent Increase In the number of mental cases brought under hospital care In the United States during the last twenty-five years It reported by the National Committee tor Mental Hygiene In a review of Its activities made public In connection with Its twenty-fifth anniversary cele bration. According to the report, there were 160,096 patients in state hospitals in 1910. or 173 per 100,000 of the general population, as against 318,948, or 25ft per 100,000, as shown by the latest census figures. During this period the population jot the country has Increased about a third. Thus, It Is pointed out. While the ratio of patients to popula tion Is 50 per cent higher, their total number has doubled, Increasing three times as fast as the general popula tion. This Increase, the report explains, Is chiefly due to the Intensive develop ■tent of treatment facilities which fol lowed the campaign of Institutional re form launched by the committee twen ty-live years ago. It does not mean that the actual rate of mental diseases baa Increased In that proportion. Public More Alert seeming paradox at once con fronts us In any attempt to audit the effects of the mental hygiene move ment upon the nation's mental health, the report states. “After twenty-five years of Increasingly widespread actlv ity in this field of public health, wo actually flnp an Increase of 100 per cent in mental cases as measured by the number of persona under treatment In mental hospitals. "As a matter of fact,” the report continues, "thlS Increase Is due. In large part,' to the results of organized mental hygiene work during this pe riod. Chief among these Is the enor- Red Wing*’ Captain B I ‘ K K m.. SL I Ebble Goodfellow, captain ot the De troit Red Wings, shown In action on the Ice. mous Increase in the provision of hos pital facilities and a corresponding In crease In the readiness of the public to take advantage of these facilities. H Thanks to the stimulus of the men tal hygiene movement and its educa tlonal Influence, many thousands of hitherto untreated cases were brought to light, more and more of whic^ were brought under treatment aa hospitali zation improved and the public atti tude toward the subject changed from the hopelessness of the past to the confidence of the present” Humanization Program. When the national committee was organized In 1909, shortly after the publication of Clifford Beer’s autobl ography, “A Mind That Found Itself,” its chief concern was to humanize the care of thy Insane, to eradicate the abuses, brutalities and neglect from which this class has traditionally suf fered, to focus public attenton on the need for reform, to hospitalize asy lums, and to raise the standards of care in general. There followed a general Improve ment and expression of Institutional facTTitlea throughout the country. New hospitals and new additions to exist ing hospitals were built In state after state, until today the number of hos pital beds available for mental and nervous cases Is equal to those of all other type* of sickness combined. “In the process,” the report saya. “the committee strove to remove the stigma associated with diseases of the mind from time Immemorial, to spread newer and more hopeful con ceptions -of the nature of mental dis eases and their curability, and to break down the Isolation of state hospitals from the general stream of commu nity life. Thanks to the work of men tal hygiene agencies, public confidence In these Institutions has greatly In creased and with It public willingness to use them.” Not Bullets, but Ballots By “T LEONARD A. BARRETT The problem of international peace seems nearer a solution. For years we have conscientious ly endeavored to obtain peace by a negative process. Some persons ar- gue that only through an armed force can peace be secured. We have at last discovered that forcing a child to be silent when It cries because of pain does not end the trouble. The child may be quiet, but the insidious pain continues, unchecked. We have tried to arrive at peace as did the old empire of China through a process of Isolation. China built a wall high and thick to keep the enemy out, ao we built walls about moderu civilization to prevent bullets destroy ing ua. These walls have been Costly both to erect and keep in order. Par ticularly the military wall'which has cost some nations, sn annual sum-great er than Its national debt. Then an Wins With a Smile Trial* of Animal* in Franca Of the 92 trials of animals held In the courts of France between 1120 and 1740, the longest and costliest one was started In St. Julian In 1445. It was brought by the citizens against a spe cies of Insect which they wanted ban ished from the town by Judicial order. Thls : trial. Involving large lawyers’ fees, numerous religious processions and other.expensive ceremonies, lasted 42 years;—Collier’s Weekly. Fisherman’s Tale; Stabbed by Ghost Calcutta.—A fisherman Is In the hospital with a serious wound which he says was inflicted by a ghost His wife and sister-in-law died a year ago and since then, he says, he has seen their phantoms flitting about In the house. They have ever spoken to hltn. One night the ghoFt of his sister-in-law appeared, blew out the light and then stabbed him In the neck. He is not ex pected to live. ODD THINGS AND NEW-By Lame Bode . ou Btj Ltjdta Le Baron Walker Beverly Boltan Is hailed as the neW champion crawfish catcher—or gigger— of Miami, Fla. When asked how she caught them, Miss Boltan said : “You simply smile at them, and th^n you gig them.” . • The Light Through the Trantducent Hangings Filled the Room With a Rosy Clow. T HE color of light in a room Is Im portant to consider In interior dec oration. It has little to do with the type of Illumination, viz., electricity, gas, or oil, although the latter two are somewhat more yellow than la elec tricity. It has to do. with the toning of whatever itluminant is used, even to the tempering, strengthening or color ing of the daylight and sunlight which comes in through windows and french doors. Unadulterated sunlight Is the light of all that Is sought for radiance and for health. It can be tempered advanta geously In some rare Instances where a room is flooded with the stimulating rays, and both It and daylight can be tnnftri tn conform to the glow moat There are heat mm IN THE ICY NORTH, WHICH SHIM* MER OVER ICE FIELDS AL THOUGH THE TEMPtRATUtE MAY BE 40° BELOW ZERO. Wind carried- The wind annually MOVES MILLIONS OB TONS OUST AND SAND. • • \ j ' . loomtVsrofti** One-half of the HUMAN eoovfc IODINE IS CONCiNTRAnO IN THE TMYHQIP PLANO. economic wall was constructed which threatened to boycott any other nation which did not agree upon terms of In ternational trade. Lastly, the social or racial wall prevented the possibility of mutual interest and understanding. Gradually, these walls are being torn down, and In place of them the spirit of “a desire to understand” prevails. When once we understand a person of another race or nation, barriers seem removed, and we have a basis for mu tual agreaq^pt. If a Frenchman can not speak English,* and Englishmen cannot speak French, how can they un derstand one another? A universal language expressed In terms, of good will Is necessary If peace is to prevalL This universal language cannot be achieved by force of arms. Public opinion expressed In Its demaTnr for peace Is the sure way of achievement Our ballot—an expression of public opinion—la the most powerful weapon, we have. Do we honestly want peace? Do We want It badly enough to pay the price—not In terms of bloodshed, but In terms of “taking profits out of mu nitions”; In economic adjustments, and In overcoming national and racial jeal ousy? FNblic opinion expressed Id ballots and not bullets 1* the way out C. Weatern N#wsp*per Union. Mustard Weed Prevents ^ Erosion in Fire Areas Missoula, Mont—“Mustard plasters” may be applied to fire-swept acres of Montana forest lands to prevent flood erosion. The practice pf planting mustard weed in burned-over areas has proved highly efflclefit in checking flood ero- slqn in California. . United States foresters here may de cide to follow the California program to launch a speedy revegetation pro gram, according to advices from Wash ington. ■ > . ' - - — ; — University of Oviedo The University of Oviedo was found ed by King Phillip HI in 1001 The city, capital of tha province of Oviedo, la 10 miles south of the Bay of Biscay. wanted In a room. There are two ways of doing ^hls. One la by the tone of light which biters through window draperies. The other is by the light passing through stained or colored glass. Violet Light. The latter was a style of some half century ago whei^ hotises - frequently were fitted with violet colored window panes for the benefits, reputed to ac crue to persons on whom the sunshine coming through such glass, would fall. Violet rays whether of the now famous ultra-violet ray variety, or the colored window glass type, have a health pro moting reputation. However beneficial, the decorative effect of this light Is far from pleasing as It nullifies the glow ing tone of the sunlight. Sometimes stained glass In designs or. In a single tone Is hung in windows just for the splashes of color which percolate and fall ornamentally through It. One of the easiest and most effective ways of toning light in the daytime is by using colored draperies at the window’s. The material should be of the right texture to permit the light to come through It in glowing tones. One room comes to mind In which fine rose-colored percale Is used with great effect. The windows of this bedroom have white ruffled pane curtains with the rose-colored outside hangings hav ing a dotted rose-and-whlte border about four Inches from the edges. The bedspread and shams match the drap eries. Nothing could be more becom ing than the light In this room, gay and beautiful. Sunlight Simulated. Another room with a northern expos ure which I decorated has ruffled white pane curtains, with translucent yellow trgftgtngg matchtng the foundation of the bedspread, paneled In a rlcheV deeper yellow corded to- the tighter tone. It is amazing the sunny effect thus produced. One is scarcely aware that the sun never enters the room so yellow is the 1 sunny atmosphere pro duced. Ordinary crepe or fine yellow percale would give nearly this same sunny-simulation. ; In the evening the color of the lamp shades must be relied upon to supply the mellow tinted tight desir^j. ©. Bell Syndicate.—WNU Sarvlc*. Traveling to the Moon Assuming such a planetary Journey possible, the tifne required would de pend upon speed of course, says Path finder Magazine. Theoretically, a vis itor from the earth traveling at an average of 100 miles per hour should arrive on the moon about the nlnetj- first day after leaving the earth—If the trip were timed so as to arrlva when the surface of the moon would be closest to that of the earth (216,423 miles). “Litt-e Red House” Given President A icene In the executive office* of the White gouae after President Boose velt had been presented with s model of the-famou* “little red house,” which symbolises the beginning of the scientific fight against tuberculoala Dr. Francis B. Trudeau, son of the man who began the anti-tuberculosis fight, is there, as Is Miss Mildred Showalter of Washington, In the costume typifying the spirit of the double barred cross. The little red house Is pictured on the 1934 Christ Ea*y Way to Fill Craam Puff* Cream puffs are easy to make and ire delicious and nourishing. If you ire filling them with whipped cream or a thick custard, use a pastry bag, Tou will find It more’efficient than • ipoon. THE HOUSEWIFB. Copyright by Public Ledger, In*. WNU Service. Grave French Scholars Cut Grammatical Knot The French are particular about the niceties of culture, even about such formalities as grammar. Yet for centuries the academy. Illustri ous and wise as It Is, had been help less before Irregularity, not to say, Incongruity, In reference to ships. Now at last these matters are to be better ordered. The minister of ma rine has Issued Instructions to all naval and merchant marine authori ties that In the future ships bearing feminine names shall be paid the compliment of the feminine article. The trouble started In the dim past before Caesar sought native triremes to take his legions acrose the British channel, for It was de cided then that ships were to be con sidered masculine. The custom pr* vailed through revolution and, coun ter-revolution, so that- today the French give them all the masculine article—le bateau, le vasseau, le paquebot, for example. Aa time went on,'Some--ships-were named for fa-* mous women, a few even, for the owner’s wife. Then the trouble be gan. Le Crolseur Jeanne d’Are— manifestly an absurdity, now hap pily to be struck from the practice of the nation.—Hartford Oourant Appetite gone? A simple thing, pernaps. *. yet • very serious one, resulting in loss of strength...body _weakness... and possibly many other ills. So why not check-up and snap back to the test of eating and well being. 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