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\ McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK. S. C.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1938 Try This With Your New Ruffled Curtains By RUTH WYETH SPEARS .•HEAR Mrs. Spears:—I want to thank you for the clear diagram of how to hang draw cur tains in your Book 1—SEWING for the Home Decorator. This was just what I have been- weeding as we have casement windows and no shades in our living room. With a pull of the cord my new curtains shut out the light or the outside view. I wonder if you would help me with another problem? I do not want to make the curtains for the rest of the house. Thought I PLAIN WAT OF VALANCE DOUBLE Fishermen's Memorial Day An annual memorial service for fishermen who have been lost at sea is a traditional ceremony of Gloucester, Mass. Every year ia August at the memorial service the names of those who have been drowned that year are read and relatives of loved ones of the de ceased throw flowers in the sea. After the service fishermen gather and after tossing their flow ers on the waters repeat in uni son: “In memory of^ffil the sea men, who through all the years have found a last resting place in the waters that wash every shore, we lovingly strew these flowers.** NERVOUS? Do yOa fed ao nervous you want to BerMmT Am you cross aad Irritable? Do you scold tfaoM dearest to you? If your nerves are on edge and you (eel you need a good general system tonic, try Lydia £. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, made mpaeiaUy for women. For over 60 years one woman has told an other how to go "smiling thru" with reliable Pinkham’s Compound. It helps nature build up more physical resistance and thus helps calm quivering nerves and ieeaen discomforts from annoying symptoms which often so* company female functional disorders. Why not give it a chance to help YOU? Over one million women have written fat reporting wonderful benefits from Pinkham’s Compound. What We Share Not what we give, but what we share—for the gift without the giver is bare.—Lowell. HEAPAQHE? Hove lo Amaalnq Hollof for Cowdltlow Quo to SIugglshH $ If you think an laxatives act alike, h _ tired teefiag when l with constipation. os«|/gcta45c box of NR from i WIuMHH KISK druggist. Make the test—1 if not delighted, return the box to us. W* Nfund the purchase ALWAYS CAMAY QUICK RELIEF FOR ACID INDIGESTION WNU—7 42—3B Use Our Knowledge It is <not enough to know; we must turn what we know to ac count.—Goethe. SMALL SIZE 60c LARGE SI7J $1.20 Brings from aches and pains af RHEUMATISM Try m W9*U9 o • Wf —WHrs AT ALL GOOD DRUG STORES Great Britain Plays Safe n™ would buy ruffled net ones. Do you think they would be too com* monplace? J. T.’* Answer: Here is a suggestion for hanging ruffled curtains that will make your windows a little different from those of your neigh bors and lend no end of style to your rooms. Double curtain rods are needed to give the crossed ef fect and a valance board is added to the top of the window as shown. Here the valance is the sort that comes with ready made curtains and the top is folded back to make it double. In thumbtacking it to the valance board, do not stretch it—just “ease it on’* so that it hangs well. If you feel that the windows need color, the- valance and* tie backs may be of plain glazed chintz that repeats the strongest color in your room color scheme. A contrasting valance may be either plain or gathered. Let Father and Young Son and Little Sister help you make the home a center of interest. Book 1—SEWING, for the Home Deco rator contains many useful things that every one may take a hand in making. Book 2 shows you with pictures how to make many novelty gifts. Books are 25 cents each. Ord^r both books today and *«t the patchwork quilt leaflet pic turing 36 authentic embroidery stitches free. Address: - Mrs. Spears, 210 S. Desplaines St.,. Chi cago, HI. Though England has not been invaded for 1 9 000 years, modern airplanes bring danger of bomb ing and gas raids. So A,R.P. (Air Raid Precautions) has been organised to teach civilians how to wear masks and defend them selves against bombs. Most masks sell for 75 cents and the govern ment has an extra 40 million on hand for emergency use. This year, Britain is spending $1,715,000,000 on rearmament, building anti-aircraft guns (above) and fixing out defense troops with oilskin suits (right) as protection against disastrous mustard gas. Though the nation is outwardly calm, A,R,P. has perfected an amaxing organisa tion of 600,000 community “wardens” who will have charge of A,R,P. fire brigades, first aid units, evacuation and contamina tion squads. Moneyed classes are building underground bomb proof shelters where they will re tire to live in comparative com fort during raids. But poorer classes cannot afford this luxury, indeed cannot even afford gas masks, thereby creating a de fense problem of major impor tance. mmmM .•.w...WA;.vsy tai+xwSr i "■ ll1 England hopes her coastal defense measures will drive away planes to forestall a repetition of World War raids which killed 1,414 people. One phase of this defense is the artillery, another the fan tastic wire mesh supported by balloons, which would sur round London and possibly scare off planes. A third phase is fast transportation of troops by planes, enabling England to move man power to any part of the coast in the event of invasion. Though she hopes for the best, Britain realises the English channel is not so wide as it used to be, that an enemy can knock at her front door within a few minutes after leaving the continent. i'. WHAT »o EAT and WHY C. Houston Goudiss Discusses Vitamins And Vision; Explains How and Why You Should Feed Your Eyes By C. HOUSTON GOUDISS F OR a number of years, scientists have stressed the im portance of a well-balanced diet as a means of maintain ing health, promoting growth and preventing disease. Re cently, an even more significant development has occurred. It has been determined that a carefully chosen diet is absolutely necessary to preserve the general health and efficiency of every bodily function and that there is<$ - ■■ ■■■ ■ a close relationship between good diet and good eyesight. Your Food and Your Eyes Many people regard their eye sight as one of the five senses which operate in some mysterious manner of their own! If they suffer from indigestion, they recognize that it is quite apt to be due to something they ate. If they are troubled with stomach, liver or kidney complaints, they quickly ap preciate that pro longed dietary indiscretions may be at the root of the trouble. But it never occurs to them that what they eat may affect the eyes just as profoundly as it affects the in ternal organs. It is not uncommon, during an attack of biliousness, to suffer a disturbance of the vision. But that disturbance Usually disappears with the disorder that caused it. On the other hand, a deficient diet may produce eye troubles that have a far reaching effect upon health, efficiency, and even per sonal safety. Post haste, British pilots see how fast they can take off. Night Blindness Explained For example, it has been estab lished that there is a definite / re- lation between your vision and the vitamins in your diet; between your ability to drive a car safely at night, and the amount of vita min A-containing foods that you consume. To understand this astonishing fact, it is necessary to know that vision under faint illumination is accomplished by means of chemi cal changes in the pigment at the back of the eye. This is known as the “visual purple” of the retina and one of its important compo nents is carotene, which is the ac tive form of vitamin A. The visual purple might be com pared to the film in a camera. Wh^n you are in a dim light and the eyes are suddenly exposed to bright light, the visual, purple is greatly reduced or bleached. This change results in a stimulation of the optic nerve and enables you to see clearly. When an adequate supply of vi tamin A is present in the body, the visual purple is rapidly “re generated. But when the supply is inadequate, a much longer pe riod elapses before the corrective chemical change takes place. Dur ing the intervening time, many people find it difficult to see. That is the condition known as “night blindness.” And it accounts for the fact that a large propor tion of serious motor accidents oc cur at night. Victims of this de ficiency disease are first blinded by approaching headlights, then cannot quickly readjust them selves after the oncoming car has passed. Their ability to drive safely is subsequently impaired for they cannot clearly see the road ahead, and they may miss dangerous carves, pedestrians or other vehicles. A Common Complaint Unfortunately, the prevalence of night blindness is not generally recognized, though it is held that urban dwellers are more conscious of it than those living in the rural areas. This is borne out by the fact that ocular disorders from vi tamin deficiency are less common in urban than in rural areas. Children Often Victims Since the discovery of the close connection between vitamin A and the ability to see in dim light, sci entists have tested large numbers of school children to determine whether vitamin A was present in their diet in adequate amounts. It was revealed that from 26 to 79 per cent of the children examined had incipient night blindness. The same deplorable conditions were found among adults. Mild to moderate degrees of vitamin A deficiency were present in from 10 to over 50 per cent of each group tested. Yet here is the remarkable thing —in nearly every case, a diet rich in vitamin A for a few weeks re stored the vision to normal. A Significant Experiment An even more striking example of the power of food to affect the eyesight is to be found in the re port of an experiment in which breeding sows were given food in abundance but lacking vitamin A for 160 days before and for 30 days after breeding. In three lit ters of 35 pigs, all were blind. In another litter of 14 pigs, all were sightless. But under normal feed ing, the same animals produced litters of pigs with normal eyes and vision. This experiment justi fies the conclusion of one of our most noted food scientists, that the deficiency of essential food ele ments may so alter vital processes that even pre-natal changes may occur. Cause of Other Eye Disorders, Night blindness is not the only eye disease caused by an improp er diet. Xerophthalmia or con junctivitis, characterized by ex cessive dryness of the eyeball, has long been known to be caused by a vitamin A deficiency. It is also well known that 'a liberal amount of this vitamin will pre vent that serious disease and will even effect a cure where destruc tion of the cornea has not pro gressed too far. This suggests the tremendous importance of including in the diet foods rich in vitamin A—cod- and other fish-liver oils; milk and oth er dairy products; green leafy and yellow vegetables; and egg yolk. Experiments with rats, whose dietary requirements are similar to those of man, show a close connection between cataract and a deficiency of another vitamin—vi tamin G. This is found most abun dantly in meat, milk, eggs, fruit and vegetables. Were she concerned about pro tecting the blessing of good eye sight alone, that would be suffi cient reason why every homemak er should plan meals that are rich in vitamins. But it is not only the eyes which are dependent upon vitamins, for they have many other functions to perform. An improper diet may cause people to drive automobiles blind ly at night so that they are dan gerous not only to themselves and their passengers, but to everyone on the streets and roads. A de ficient diet will also send them through life with half-efficient bod ies, half-efficient brains, half-effi cient senses. - - That is why I urge you to learn everything you can about food, so that in planning meals you will not only feed your eyes, your husband’s eyes and your chil dren's eyes, bnt will take advan tage of the wonderful discoveries of nutritional science to make ev ery member of the family so effi cient that they will enjov the best of health each day of tneir lives. Questions Answered Mrs. G. C. L.—Yes, indeed, nu tritionists do. approve of a mid afternoon snack for most school children. A glass of milk and a slice of buttered bread with jam or preserves; fruit juice and oat meal cookies; or a chocolate milk shake and graham crackers will provide fresh energy for late aft ernoon play. Without the between- meal lunch, some children become so fatigued that nerve strain re sults. Take care, however, that the snack does not destroy the appetite for the evening meal. O—WNU—C. Houston Goudiss—1938—33. AROUND th« HOUSE W: III Items of Interest to the Housewife When Cooking Greens. — If a piece of fat about the size of a nutmeg is added to the water in which any kind of greens are be ing cooked there will be no boiling over and no stirring will be re quired. * • • To Press Ribbons. — Dampen ribbons and iron them between tis sue paper. • • • Bright Clothes for Children.— You may not like vividly colored clothes, but they are the safest thing to wear in traffic. It is ad visable to dress children in such costumes to help protect them from accidents. • • • Save Salty Water.—When water in which salt has been boiling is poured over coal, it makes good coal last longer and improves bad coal. • * * Keeping Paint.—If a can of paint has to be left open, stir it thoroughly, so as to dissolve all the oil, then fill up with water. When it becomes necessary to use the paint pour off the water and you will find it as fresh as when first opened. We Hope They Got Home Before Moon Came Up! A young farmer had bought a horse which was a wonderful jumper, and was riding him home. Thfey came to a gate 10 feet high. The horse pricked up his ears, wagged his tail and gracefully jumped over. A little farther on they came to a gate 14 feet high, and again the horse pricked up his ears, wagged his tail and sailed over with equal ease. Farther on still they came to a railway bridge. Again the horse pricked up his ears, wagged his tail, but the squire shouted nervously, “Whoa, under this one, not over.” Salt Improves Coffee.—The fla vor of coffee is improved if a little salt is sprinkled on the bottom of the pot before the coffee is put in. * * * Well-Fitting Hose. — Children's stockings ought to be selected carefully. Jshort ones cramp toes and will eventually make them crooked. Too long ones wrinkle and twist, irritating toes and heels. Also, children should be taught to wear a fresh pair of stockings each morning. Don’t al low your youngsters to wear ga loshes in the house or classroom. mm* Apples for the Winter.—To keep apples through the winter, bore holes in the bottom and sides of a barrel and store on a dry plat form a foot or more from the ground. Where only a few apples are available for storage, a good plan is to carefully wrap them singly in paper, then pack them in layers three or four deep in shal low boxes and place them in the coolest position in the house or outbuilding. SNOW-WHITE PETROLEUM JELLY Every Moment There is not a moment without some duty.—Cicero. t'njou BEAUTI FUL * ? Natural - Looking FALSE TEETH ^ LOWEST PRICES V SEND NO / MONEY Wwbrfd’! No.l w Dental Plates tor men and wama DAYS’ hCK QUArANTZB YOU’LL B8 T1SF1ED. Monthly payments possible. • forms, easy directions and catalog, TODAY! C. T. Johnton, PresTof ■ nifta. SATISFIED.) FltU month - WRITE ME UNITED STATES DENTAL COMPANY DMt. lOWl. ISM Milwaukee Ave.. Chicago, M. 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