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THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1939 PAGE SEVEN doctor FASHION Mf by WE AUGHUWAUGH MD Cross-Eyed Children The eyes are considered the most attractive and the most desirable part of the human body. Many writ ers have made this statement. Some have called them “the hooks of love” — “the watchmen of the body” — “the things which make sound folks mad and mad men sane” — “the lamps of love” — and “Cup id’s arrow.” If one has good eyes, other facial deformities are not so obvious, and if one is so unfortunate as to be cross-eyed, statistics show that the chances of getting married are ap proximately only one in two-hundred and eighty-three. Cross-eyed people were consid ered by primitive men to have been cursed before their birth, and in old en days they were obliged to occupy pews away from the rest of the con gregation during religious services because they were considered to have been cursed by the Evil One. Even today, cross-eyed persons are supposed, by many, to be hargingers of ill luck, and children often cross their fingers to ward off danger from a cross-eyed individual looking at them. A little more than fifty years ago, a German physician named Von Grafe devised an operation < to over come cross-eyes, and as a conse quence, this condition, previously re latively common, is now seldom met with. Cross-eyes are medically termed convergent strabismus, and are the most common gross disorder found in children. Fortunately if treat ment is started as soon ps any devi ation of the eyes become manifest, the chances are 100 to 1, that the situation can be corrected, and this handicap elimilnated from the life of the young one. Simultaneous vision with both eyes, rather than just a cosmetically good position of the eyes, usually results from prompt and scientific surgical attention. As a rule cross-eyed children have what some eye specialists term “a lazy eye” and children with this trouble, suppress the vision of that eye and use the normal eye most frequently. These little ones are often times far sighted and experience difficulty in seeing with both eyes simultan eously. Cross-eyes are hereditary, and there is a distinct tendency for them to occur in families. I have one family which I have known for three generations and every one has had this trouble, the grandfather assur ing me that his father and grand father were also victims of this dis order. Sterescopes, with pictures adapt ed to attract children, stimulate both eyes to see properly, and cross eyed little ones should be given this toy. The type on books given them to read should be heavy and of good size. The operation required to straight en cross-eyes is relatively simple, but too technical to be understood by the layman and the sooner in life this operation is done, the more certain are the results. So if your child has a squint, or some defect in his vision, consult PATRICIA DOW FLATTERING FROCKS Pattern 8558—Of course you want right away, one of the decidedly new fashions that revive the crisp femin inity of grandma’s day. Here’s just the one! It’s a very useful dress, too, is 8558. You can wear it for business and shopping and informal after noons, and you’ll want to wear it a lot because it flatters the figure. The bodice has bosom gathers to give you the full-busted look import ant to Victorian fashions. Faille, bengaline, flat crepe and thin wool are appropriate materials for this easy-to-make design. Pattern 8468—This blouse-skirt fa shion, and the girl in the 10 to 16 size range, are just made for each other. One must be very young and slim to wear this very full skirt, trimmed with two patch pockets. The blouse goes perfectly with it, snug at the waist and wide at the shoulders, with Buster Brown collar and bow. Make sure that your daughter’s first appearance in the classroom will be a success, because she’s wearing this mode, fresh from New York fa shion enters. the best eye specialist in town, with the assurance that proper vision and perfect sight can be restored, in practically every case. “Mule P » dense . . . just ordinary hard Common Sense, tells you it is dangerous and costly to neglect keeping your car in shape all the time. ... we have a very modernly equipped shop to take care of your repair work. Machines have been installed at considerable cost to fix your car right and at the same time save you money. Long years of experience on all kinds of cars assures you that we can take care of yours proper ly. W. H. DAVIS & SON LOWER MAIN STREET l S-iintlay School tUi-A^yin. REV. CHARLES E. DUNN Beverage Alcohol and Social Progress Lesson for October 29: Micah 2:9-11; Luke 21:29-31, 34-36; I Corinthians . .6:9-11. Golden Text: I Corinthians 6:9. In Bible passages grouped in the leson text we find that, through 800 years, drunkennes was recog nized as an infamous evil that ag gravated others. The liquor traffic today is indis solubly connected with entrenched evils, and with it ■ stamped out we could better deal with other prob lems. The traffic is always on the defen sive. Even full-page ads of liquor advise moderation. None undertakes to show the blessings of liquor. Three thousand years ago Solo mon wrote. “Wine is a mocker.” And it still deceives men, and mocks them in the end. The liquor traffic increases' gov ernment revenues. But why thus collect money that must be spent, with more, to, control the traffic and deal with its human wrecks? And we cannot hope for great social progress as long as this mon strous evil is licensed to thwart much that is being done to make things better. Some tell us that the use of liquor can never be prevented, and that the practical thing to do is to regulate the traffic in it and allow the govern ment to share the profit. But Christ ians should not compromise with any evil. The liquor traffic can no more be regulated than can the devil him- | self. And the only way to deal with him is to declare war upon him now j and forever. Many, with easy assumption of | infallibility, brand National Prohibi-1 tion as a falure. But conditions were never worse than now, with the liquor j traffic brought from behind swinging doors and its wares displayed in glittering show-windows, and an “in creasing number of women drinking in “cocktail lounges.” Let us work for an enlightened public opinion that in due time Pro hibition will come agan—to be en forced and to remain. FROM THE WRITINGS OF Dr. Frank Crane Never Hurry PIANOS SEE J.J.LANGFORD&SON Lord Chesterfield says that a gen tleman is never in a hurry. This remark sounds rather uppish, but there is some truth in it. All violence, loud speaking and hurry are signs of weakness. “He that believeth shall not make haste.” If one is sure of himself and that his position is founded upon the truth, he knows that the stars in their courses are fighting for him and he doesn’t have to bluff or bluster. Lynching negroes, burning witches, staging bloody revolutions, assassin ating tyrants and all capital punish ments are signs that we are not quite sure what to do. You can hurt a man’s feelings much more by what you say calmly than by cursing at him and shouting. Hurry breeds nervousness. The woman comes to the end of her day with her nerves a-jangle, her back aching and her head heavy, be cause all day she has hurried; she never had, or never took, ±he time to do things with system are care. Hurry and worry are twins. Many a boy ruins his career and handicaps himself for life by leaving high school before graduation, be cause he is in a hurry to get into business. Many a foolish couple spend their lives in friction and unhappiness, be cause they got married in a hurry. The engine breaks down, the bridge collapses, the wall topples, the manu factured product is rejected for de fectiveness, because workmen were careless and in a hurry to get the job done. Battles are lost because generals were in a hurry. Laws are passed that do infinite mischief, because they were enacted in a hurry without due deliberation. Lives are lost because the surgeon was in a hurry. Most of the failures that have tumbled into the pit of incompetency got there by being in a hurry. The opposite and alternative of hurry is not sloth or laziness; it is intelligent diligence. Hurry is the penalty often for lack of forethought. If you want to get there on time, start on time; dont wait until the last minute, and then hurry. If you have a lot to do, and are bewiledered with the many things before you, take awhile to sit down quietly, think it all out, set your tasks in order, make a program, use system, and then you can unhurried ly do one thing at a time, and accom plish vastly more than by trying to do three things at once. Hurry nothing No matter how j much you have to do, if you take. time to do first things first, and use j order and care, you will go farther and fare better. Haste makes waste, just as surely ‘ as it did in Ben Franklin’s day. And the longest way around is still often the shortest way home. In fine, if you would be (1) effi cient, (2) skillful, (3) healthy, (4) unworried, (5) safe, (6) agreeable to others, (7) well bred, and (8) happy —don’t hurry. But keep moving. NEWBERRY BOY WINS STATE FAIR PRIZES Newberry boys showed up well in the 4-H club competition at the State fair last week, winning first place in the county groups with seven coun ties participating. In Jersey cattle, junior calf class, Henry Parr, Jr., won 2nd, and Joel Turner, 3rd; senior calf class, Henry Parr, Jr., 2nd, Frank Cousins, 4th; junior yearling calf class, William Parr 1st; senior yearling calf class, Robert Turner 1st; cow three years or over, C. B. Parr, 1st; William Parr 3rd. In Guernsey cattle Thomas Ham won 2nd in the junior yearling calf class, and with a senior yearling Wil liam Dickert won 4th and Frank Cousins 5th. Come To The Fair! AND DRINK Royal Crown Cola 12 ounces 5 cents (1c Tax) NEHI BOTTLING COMPANY, Newberry “When The Frost Is On The Pumpkin . . .. ” It’s FAIR TIME in Newberry Take a few days off and come to the County Fair! It’s time to pause and relax a bit from the year’s work and see what your neighbor has been doing* There’s profit and entertainment at your County Fair. Make Our Store Your Headquarters Come in while at the Fair and “hang around” with us. We have been supplying the farmers of Newberry county for many years and we rejoice to know that crops are good this year. Call on us for anything we can supply. Johnson-McCrackin Co. FARM SUPPLIES IMPLEMENTS and TRACTORS