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t - .1 1 Hm Baniwtll tU 19S7 SUCH Is LIFE— Tricks By Charles Sughroe ; wnte POOCH Aut> He CM DO THIGHS' Life Expectancy of 70 Is Seen in Next Decade Health Chief Cites Recent i Medical Advances. Lansing, Mich.—Life expectancy of the -average American will be stepped up from the present age of sixty to the “riper old age” of seventy within the next decade. That was the prediction of Dr. Thomas Parran, Jr., surgeon gen eral of the United States public health service and president of the American Public Health association, who addressed the recent meeting of the sixteenth annual state public health conference here, p Cites Recent Gains. ' Basing his belief on recent accom plishments of the medical profes sion, Dr. Parran said: > “The advance of the past five years is one of the most significant events of our time. Science has giv en us the tools. It is merely up to us to use them. “The battle for longevity in the next five years will be waged on eight fronts, Dr. Parran said, enu merating them as follows: ' “1. Cancer, the death rate of which he believes will be cut in half. NEW A A U. CHIEF Jeremiah T. Mahoney of New York, who was elected president of the Amateur Athletic union at its convention, at Houston, Tex. His election climaxed a bitter fight in which his opponent was Patrick J. Walsh, also of New York. Mahoney was president a year ago when the question of non-participation in the Olympic games was fought. He re fused to permit his name to be presented for re-election after he had been defeated in his opposition to the Olympics. His current victory is considered vindication of his stand at that time. He succeeds Avery Brundage. “2. Infant mortality, which, he said, should also undergo a 50 per cent decrease. “3. Malnutrition, in connection with which he pointed out ‘25,000,- 000 Americans are living on a bare margin of nutritive safety.’ “4. Pneumonia, which will be re duced 25 per cent by early diagnosis and sertun treatments. “5. Social disease, for the control of which he outlined a special pro gram. “6. Tuberculosis which ’will be the next great plague to bow to man’s ingenuity.’ “7. Sanitation and better housing, which he said, ‘No one should be surprised to find in a public health program.' “8. Mental hygiene, which he de clared ‘overshadows everything else.’ United Against Disease. “No one knows,” Dr. Parran said, “what science has in store. We are united against death and dis ease.” The part the federal government will play in the fight, through the $13,200,000 public health provisions of the Social Security Act will be extensive, Dr. Parran said, and will become even more extensive. “It has always been argued in some quarters,” he continued, “that we cannot afford extended public health services. We have always answered that such services were the humanitarian thing. Now in the light of new experience we may an swer that public health service is the economic thing and an absolute necessity.” My Neighbor ~~~ Says:= • A little burnt sugar added to flour used in making gravy to serve with roast beef or lamb adds to the flavor of the gravy. • • • When preparing prunes for salad, wash and soak them in warm water for 10 minutes. Dry, make an in cision in the side of the prune and squeeze out the stone. • • • Cyclamen grow best in acid soil composed of equal parts of loam, leaf mold, decayed manure and sand Fertilize with bone meal. • • • Spread 2ft tablespoons of pre pared mustard over a leg of lamb, let it dry, then cover it with drip pings and roast. The mustard gives a delicious flavor to both meat and gravy. • • • When soot accumulates in the chimney, place a piece of zinc on the hot coals in the kitchen stove or furnace. The vapors arising from this will carry off the soot by chem ical decomposition. C Associated Newspapers.—WNU Berries. AMAZE A MINUTE SCIENTIFACTS BY ARNOLD 7. Growing world/ In less than *—"T 3 CENTURIES, THE WORLD’S ^ POPULATION HAS INCREASED MORE THAN POUR-POLO. Killer M0S9UI70ES- A HORPE OF MOSQUITOES in Florida recently at- TACKED AND KILLED 175 |/“AkiAfVMJ WAoaPLM s™^ CA CT £RRi£s Cranberries are {now BEING GROWN in Nova Scotia and New Brunswu. Ending importa- |TtQM PRQM u.S A Legend of Life By LEONARD A. BARRETT There is an interesting legend of the dogwood tree which reveals life in a process of de velopment. We are so used to evaluating things by their size or by their material value, we forget the hidden springs, the un seen spirit. This little legend points * to inner life. The legend re lates that once in the long ago, the dogwood tree grew strong and stately as the oak. It was the pride of the woods. When material was needed to build the cross upon which Jesus was crucified, the dogwood tree sup plied that material. From that time, the dogwood tree was doomed to become slender and scrubby, so HAILE IN BRONZE Mr. Jacob Epstein with his half- length bust of > Haile Selassie, for mer emperor of Ethiopia, which he wifi include In his private ex hibition in London. The bust is in bronze. WMUI that no longer was it the proud tree of the forest, no longer was it used to build a cross. For in giving itself in that sacrifice, henceforth its blos soms were decreed to form a cross, and in the center of each petal, a nail print, brown and stained with blood, told over and over the story of the tree stately and strong enough to build a cross. Only a legend, but it holds the principle of true living. Nature re fuses interference with her orderly process of development. Whether the present day dogwood tree, found in abundance in our northern woods, was ever molested in its early growth is not the question. If such were the case, the penalty is distinctly seen by comparing its rug ged beauty with frail beauty that has known no bitter conflict nor opposing forces in an orderly growth. Beauty that gives none of itself in the process of living and meeting the demands of life, is ex ternal imitation and not internal de velopment. There is a vast difference between a photograph and a living face. The dogwood tree gave up its size but released itg. strength of life in its measure of service. In sacri ficing a rugged exterior, the dog wood tree made singularly sacred its fruit which bears forever the image of the cross. If life spends itself in building one cross, it hence forth knows the kinship of struggle and the bond of indwelling purpose. The cross has always been a sym bol of sacrifice which is at the heart of all achievement. Strong character is essential to sacrifice. We grow impatient with “small lives” which cannot see over the top of their own yard fence. Lives that take all and give nothing. Lives that ask all and answer nothing. Lives that demand and dare nothing. Whenever the cross of sacrifice is eliminated from life, we grow self ish and unhappy. Lift the element of sacrifice np in the crowded ways of life, and the weary are given a place to rest, the hungry are fed, the naked are clothed, the sick are visited. Lift the cross of sacrifice high op on the altar of the heart, and life blooms In imperi/ha ble deeds. Strength may fail, but love never fails. There may be physical fail ures, but no spiritual bitterness. As By Lydia Le Baron Walker C ONFLICT in a family does not always signify lack of affection. Not by any means. Neither does the smooth running of homelife neces sarily indicate great love. It is true that a combination of equanimity and strong affection is ideal when it does not mean that one nature is conceding continually, while the other is dominating. Such conditions may be existent , and the one giv ing in be so fond of the one dom inating, that it is part of the pleas ure of companion ship to follow the lead of one whose judgment is con sidered good. The habit of such acquiescence, however, is sel dom, if ever, really satisfac tory. Gradually the ability to do anything that does not coincide with the wishes of the other is lost, even though per sonal enjoyment i s sacrificed. When the power of resistance 1 s gone, weakness of character results. In the meantime the forceful na ture gets selfish and sometimes even tyrannical. Two wayi °* coping with an em bryo situation in which wishes are •t variance, are found in conten tions or in silences. When affection is deep the former way is more apt to be followed than the latter. Which ever path is taken at first, is likely to be continued for the two goals art in direct opposition. Helpful Contentions. Where affection is strong it is a vital matter to have a meet ing place of understanding. It is worth a struggle to gain it. A line up of arguments may mean a battle of words, some that will be sorely regretted no doubt, but if the desire behind the struggle is for a better understanding, a mutual recognition of each other’s point of view, a de termination to find a base on which both can rest in agreement, and the stream of affection continue again its placid flow, the conten tions are worth while, though regret table. . The desire to have one whom you love see your side is not un natural, after all. A final treaty of peace always has some terms of concession. This is important to remember. When affection is vital, a rupture is unthinkable. The peace of understanding must come. It is when love begins to ebb, that silence is a covert. What is the use of trying to get another to see your side, when it makes little or no difference? The beautiful si lence of good nature is of another breed. The silence of indifference means no verbal struggles, and a semblance of peace. But this is the little fir tree is the symbol of perpetual life, so the dogwood tree is the symbol of perpetual sacrifice: green branches and petals that bear the image of the cross: life and its process of growth. O Western Newspaper Union. merely a camouflage. Deep down there is no peace, merely apathy. Affection is no longer vitaL It is vanishing or has vanished. Individual Freedom. Individual freedom in a home is made of the same stuff as is freedom in the world without. In a sense each person in either place rates his or her freedom, yet the truth of the statement “No man liveth to him self alone” is of outstanding im port. It is when freedom to pursue individuality does not run counter to the best good of the family as a whole, or of the world of persons, in which world each is an integral part, that there can be any proper individual freedom in either place. So closely knit is the fabric of home life and of the outer world that each person has the profound responsibil ity of living to himself yet not to himself alone. Young people of a family often feel irritated when counseled against certain proposed actions, or when they are advised to do other things which they wish not to do. They firmly stand their ground of assertion that they should do just as they like saying, “We have our own lives to live." Certainly it la an indisputable fact that no person can live another’s life, but this does not signify that a life ia lived to itself alone. No action ia so trifling that the influence of it does not reach beyond the person taking the action, so living one’s own life has its complexities. • B*H Syndicate.—W1VU Sarrton. SPECTATOR SUIT Household e e Om/fQRf Wipe and cora applet. Pot hi baking dish and fill canters with sugar. Add small quantity boil ing water. Cover and bake three hours in slow oven, basting fre quently and adding more water if necessary. • e e Chilled, diced oranges mixed with pineapple and sprinkled with coconut make a delicious dessert. • • r Wash chiffons in a soap solu tion. No rubbing will ha re quired, just rinsing up and down. Don’t have the water too hot. simple way to f Tailored things are the order of the day at winter resort tracks this season, and this ensemble of cela- nese sharkskin in tan and brown fills the bill. Solves Algebraic Equations The “Simultaneous Calculator” which has been developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology by Dr. John B. Wilbur (shown) __ the department of civil engineering. The machine will solve simultane ous linear algebraic equations to nine or more unknowns, producing a solution in a few seconds that might take hours or even days to reach by ordinary methods. The calculator has 13,000 parts, including more than 000 feet of steel tape and nearly 1,000 ballbearing pulleys. A simple way to freshen white washing silk which has become yellow through constant washing is to add milk to the rinsing water and allow it to soak for a few minutes before squeezing out. O AMOetetetf Nawtpapers.—WNU STTtet Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets are an effective laxative. Sugar coated. Children like them. Buy now!—Adv. Work and Prayer Work as if you wfere to live one hundred years, pray as if you were to die tomorrow.—Franklin. To AlkaEze Acid ImfigestioB Away Fast The way to gain almost incredibly quick relief, from stomach oooditlea arising bom ovenckfity, is te alka- lisetne stomach quickly with Phil lip** Milk of Magnesia. You taka ohhor two tempnow of the liquid Pkiflipe’ after meals: or two Phillip*’ Milk of Magnesia fab- lets. Almost instantly “acid I —^— lion" goes, gee from kypoi “acid - headaches’*—from over-ih- dulgenee ia food or smoku* — aad nausea are relieved. You foal made over; forgot you have a stomach. Try this Phillips’ way ifvou have any add stomach upsets. Get either the liquid “Phillip** or the able, new PhiWMilk of M Tablets. Only for a big tablets at drug storm. Phillips’ Few do any suffering in unless it is for sin. PAINS Severe functional pains of men struation, cramping spells and Jaa- gled nerves soon rob a woman of her natural, youthful freshness. PAIN lines In a woman's face too often grow Into AGE lineal Thousands of women have found It helpful to take Cardul. They my It seemed to ease their pains, and they noticed an Increase in their appetites and finally a strengthened resistance to the discomfort ef monthly periods. Try Cardul. Of course If it doesn’t help you, see your doctor. ■axteqr to] iBoeh distress to ehildran and rents. Dr. Pserr's “Dssd Shot" i with • Afl Dranriats DcPear< Wrlftrts Ptll Co.. M Gold H. T. City Rid Yourself of Kidney Poisons HO you suffer burning, scanty or L/ too frequent urination; backache, headache, dizziness, loss of energy, leg pains, swellings and puffincss under the eyes? Are you tired, nerv ous-feel ell unstrung and don’t know what is wrong? Then give some thought to your kidneys. Be sure they function proper ly for functional kidney disorder per mits excess waste to stay in the blood, and to poison aad upset die whole system. Use Doan's Pills. Dorn’s are for the kidneys only. They are recommended the world over. You can get the gen* ume, tiwa tided Doan's at any drag Doans Pi us