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THE SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C„ FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1940 Chicken Embryos Help Battle Dread Horse Disease Good news to the nation's farmers came from the United States department of agriculture recently with the announcement that a cheap, extremely effective vaccine against almost always fatal sleeping sickness in horses has been developed. The vaccine has been produced by use of chicken embryos in their shells. Left: The live 10- or 11-day old embryo of a chicken is innoculated with sleeping sickness virus. Center inset: When the chicken is about to break out of the egg the embryo is removed. Right: The vaccine, made from the em bryo, is injected into the skin of the horse’s neck, making him immune. The virus-filled embryo is extremely dangerous to handle and workers are equipped with rubber gloves. Old Man Coyote Frightened by Headless Creature of Forest By THORNTON BURGESS Trained Dogs May Serve in British Army Four-Footed Messengers May Again Roam World War Battlefields. LONDON.—A nationwide appeal for donation of dogs to be trained for service with the British expedi tionary force is anticipated if the war office accepts a proposal by Lieut. Col. E. H. Richardson, whose canine messengers have distin guished themselves on a score of battlefields in the last 40 years. Two thousand of Colonel Richard son’s dogs played heroes’ roles with the British army during the World war. Hundreds of them died in ac tion and were buried in unmarked graves in Flanders. This little ca nine army was credited in official dispatches with saving entire bat talions from almost certain annihila tion. At 74, Colonel Richardson has told the war office he is prepared to or ganize and train a similar army— under fire. Used in Far East. “Yes, I’m getting old, but I can do the job again,” Colonel Richard son said. “The first dogs I trained for war service distinguished them selves by locating scores of Russian wounded in the millet fields of the Far East during the Russo-Japanese war. My dogs have carried out important military missions in Mo rocco, Bulgaria, Montenegro and Tripoli. “Of course they’ve done pretty well in peacetime, too,” said the of ficer, a mischievous twinkle in his eyes. “Take, for instance, the mas tiff, bloodhound and the collie I trained especially for Sultan Abdul Hamid of Turkey as watchdogs for his harem. They had a capital job. Scotland Yard has used my dogs, too. It was one of my dogs that tore the trousers of the famous high wayman, Dick Turpin, when they nabbed him in Yorkshire. He had to climb a tree pretty fast. “One of the outstanding dogs trained in my kennels south of Paris during the World war was Airedale Jack. He saved practically an en tire battalion by running through a heavy German barrage for half a mile to brigade headquarters with a vital message strapped to his col lar. Jack reached headquarters with his foreleg smashed and his jaw broken. He delivered his mes sage, then died. Sheep Dog Here. “Then there was Tweed, a bob tailed sheep dog. He went on duty with a Scottish Canadian regiment at Amiens in 1918. The Germans broke through the British front lines. If they had gone any farther it would have been serious. Three dogs unsuccessfully tried to reach the headquarters of the French Colonials three kilometers back with a message to send reinforcements. Then Tweed tried it and made the grade. He ran the German barrage and arrived in 10 minutes. The French were quickly sent up, and the line was straightened.” Colonel Richardson developed a huge organization for training dogs during the World war, including ap proximately 2,000 game wardens. Hundreds of dogs, including aire- dales, mastiffs, retrievers, surchers and sheep dogs, were in constant training at a central kennel in Etaples, France. From these cen tral kennels dogs and their trainers 'were pooled out to sectional kennels behind the front line. In each of these an average of 48 dogs were kept, tended by a sergeant and 16 men—three dogs to a keeper. Informal Dinners May Require Use Of Service Plates By PHYLLIS BELMONT TTflLL you please give me details about '' serving an informal dinner? Should service plates be on the table all the time? Which is correct—to place the nap kin at the left side of the plate or on it? And how should the napkin be folded? Thank you. MRS. E. L. W. Answer—No, service plates re main on the table only until the main dinner course is served. If the first course is an appetizer followed by soup, both courses are served on the service plate, the main course being served on a dinner plate. If something cold is served first, this course may be on the table when the meal is announced and the napkin will then be placed at the left side of the service plate. But if the first course is a hot soup, then the nap kin should be put on the service plate, and the soup served after the guests are seated. When the nap kin is placed on the service plate, it is folded flat so that if there is a monogram it will show in the center of the fold. Phyllis Belmont.—WNU Service. Boost for Barley Animal husbandmen at the Uni versity of Missouri boost barley as a substitute for corn for fattening steers. They credit it with a value of 56 cents a bushel, when corn is priced at 50 cents. Their tests show that steers receiving barley, plus clover hay, silage, and cottonseed meal, come to full feed more rap idly, make greater daily gains, and sell at higher prices than those fed the same amounts of corn. IJ ARDLY was Sammy Jay out of * sight flying toward the old Or chard when Old Man Coyote started for the Green Forest. He is very sharp, is Old Man Coyote, so sharp that it is not very often that he is fooled. If Sammy Jay had gone to him and told him what a splendid chance he would have to catch Pe ter Rabbit if he hurried up to the Green Forest right away Old Man Coyote would have suspected a trick of some kind. Sammy had been smart enough to know this. So he had just mentioned in the most mat ter of fact way that he had seen Peter over on Prickly Porky’s hill and that Peter appeared to have been in trouble so that he was too lame to go to his home in the dear old Brier Patch. There wasn’t even Old Man Coyote took one good look, hesitated, looked again, and then turned tail and started for the Green Meadows. a hint that Old Man Coyote should go over there. This was what made him sure that the news about Peter was probably true. Now, as soon as Sammy was sure that Old Man Coyote couldn’t see him, he headed straight for the Green Forest and the hill, where Prickly Porky, Jimmy Skunk, Unc’ Billy Possum and Peter and Mrs. Peter Rabbit were waiting. As he flew he saw Reddy Fox and old Granny Fox stretched flat behind an old log some distance away, but where they could see all that might happen. “I knew they would be on hand," he chuckled. When he reached the others he reported that he had delivered the message to Old Man Coyote and that he was very sure, in fact, he was positive, that Old Man Coyote was already on his way there in the hope that he would be able to catch Peter Rabbit. It was decided that every body but Peter should get out of sight at once. So Unc’ Billy Pos sum climbed a tree, Jimmy Skunk crawled into a hollow log, Sammy Jay hid in the thickest part of a hemlock tree, Prickly Porky got be hind a big stump right at the top of the hill, and little Mrs. Peter, with her heart going pit-a-pat, crept into the old house between the roots of this same old stump. Only Peter was to be seen when at last Old Man Coyote came tip-toeing along the hol low at the foot of the hill as noise less as a gray shadow. He saw Peter almost as soon as Peter saw him, and the instant he saw him he stopped as still as if he were made of stone. Peter took a couple of steps and it was very plain to see that he was lame, just as Sammy Jay had said. "That good for nothing Jay told the truth for once,” thought Old Man Coyote, with a hungry gleam in his eyes. Whenever Old Man Coyote thought that Peter was not looking his way he would crawl on his stomach from one tree to another, always getting a little nearer to Peter. He would lie perfectly still whenever Peter seemed to be looking toward him. Now, of course, Peter knew just what was going on and he took the greatest care not to get more than a couple of jumps away from the old house under the big stomp where Mrs. Peter was hiding and wishing with all her might that she and Pe ter were back in the dear Old Brier Patch. It was very still in the Green* Forest, save for the song of happiness of Redeye, the Vireo, who, if he knew what was going on, made no sign. My, but it was exciting to those who were watching! Old Man Coyote had crept up the hill and Peter was wondering how much nearer he could let him get with safety when a sudden grunt ing broke right out behind him. Pe ter knew what it meant and jumped to one side. Then down the hill, rolling straight toward Old Man Coyote started the strange, headless, tailless, legless, creature that had so frightened Reddy and Granny Fox. Old Man Coyote took one good look, hesitated, looked again, and then turned tail and started for the Green Meadows as fast as his long legs would take him. It was plain to see that he was afraid, very much afraid. Quite suddenly he had lost his appetite. © T. W. Burgess.—WNU Service. Bomberette A woman member of the Soviet red army air corps pictured in the gunpit of a bombing plane, operat ing the gun mount. Finns report a woman was among the crew of one of the first Soviet bombing planes to be shot down while attacking Hel sinki. Thousands of Russian women have been trained for war-time work. Italian Cyclists Start New Travel Vogue Bicycles don’t use gasoline—that’s why they’re so popular in Italy. Here’s a new design. The high wheel bike is reversed and the saddle is placed between the handlebars, which steer from the back. Notice the pedal arrangement on the bicycle at the right. The pedals do not m^ke a full turn, but propel the vehicle by special gears. COBBLER’S DAUGHTER, 10, HAILED AS VIOLIN PRODIGY SEATTLE.—Anita Lipp, 10-year- old daughter of a cobbler, is beint talked of as the Pacific Northwest’s first contribution to the ranks of violin “prodigies.” She made her formal debut a few days before Thanksgiving day, byt even by that time she had managed to become the protege of Seattle and Washington state officialdom. Mischa Elman, internationally fa mous violinist, heard her play and immediately declared she should have an opportunity to extend her education. She has played for four years. His suggestion brought about her debut, the proceeds of which will be used for her musical instruction. Her father’s income cannot meet the constantly increasing expenses of her violin instruction. General opinion of critics after her concert was that Anita was capable of being the finest violinist to emerge from the Pacific Northwest. For the next year or two it is likely the youthful musician will re main in comparative retirement. Perhaps her next step will be an appearance in San Francisco. By that time, according to her experienced instructor, she should be able to overcome her chief handi cap—lack of size. She uses a three- quarter-size violin. Her concert performance, critics said, was assured, competent, and, in some respects, even brilliant. Vet eran orchestra players marveled when Anita played through difficult concertos for four hours without fal tering. The answer to this was that Anita likes to play. As far as she is con cerned she’d give a concert any place if asked. She likes to make public appearances. Arthritis May Be Result of Three Factors By DR. JAMES W. BARTON CAN remember as a boy an older brother telling me of a wonderful drug that would “cure” rheumatism. The new drug was acetyl salicylic acid (as pirin). It does not cure rheumatism but does relieve pain and the spasm or tightness that painful conditions. A few years later it was dis covered that infected teeth and tonsils caused rheumatism and it was felt that with the cause known, and then removed, rheu matism would be soon a disease of the past. “Chronic arthritis (rheuma tism) counts more victims than tuberculosis. While not as fatal, it may be quite as disabling.”' Instead of just the one cause, focal infection — in fected teeth, tonsils, sinus, middle ear, gall bladder, intestine —“there are three ways in which arthrihs may be produced. One is from without (injury or strain); an other is from within (infection). The third combines these two, the effect of strain on a joint damaged by disease resulting in a vicious circle. Other factors entering into the cause of arthritis are gland conditions and lack of vital elements in the food. Still more subtle or difficult to find is an inher ited inferiority of joint tissue.” I am quoting from an article on treat ment of arthritis by Dr. Bernard Fantus and Eugene F. Traut, in the Jour nal of the American Medical Association. As these many fac tors—injury, infec tion, lack of neces sary food elements, inherited tendency, changes in cli mate, emotional disturbances and others—may be causing arthritis, all must be taken into consideration in the treatment. Factors to Consider. For a long time, the usual treat ment of arthritis was to remove all infected teeth, ♦onsils and gall blad ders, as they were believed to be the entire or whole cause. Today, while they are not believed to be the whole cause or, in some cases, even a part of the cause, they are removed just the same in order to build up the general health of the patient. By improving his general health, his resistance is increased. It is in improving his resistance to infection that has set up the new diet method of treating arthritis. “The diet should, in general, be low in carbohydrates—starches, es pecially as to concentrated, refined starch foods such as white flour, corn starch, rice and sugar. If pa tient is very thin, more fats—but ter, cream, egg yolks—may be eat en. One serving of meat, eggs or fish is allowed daily. *00 Appendicitis Pain May Be Varied A S IT seems to be the general opinion that the pain in appen dicitis must be in the lower right side of the abdomen, many health writers, including myself, try to re mind readers that the pain “usual ly” starts up near the stomach, then gradually shifts down to the appen dix and stops there. It might be well, therefore, to learn that while the pain usually starts high in the abdomen, in a number of cases it starts elsewhere. Dr. Gordon Murray, Toronto, in Canadian Medical Association Jour nal gives an analysis of 1,000 cases of appendicitis whose records in the Toronto General hospital have been care .ully studied. In this group, the proportion of appendicitis in the male was four to one in the female Abdominal pain was the first symp tom in 80 per cent. The situation of pain was (1) general cramps in abdomen, 75 per cent; (2) right low er part of abdomen (appendix re gion), 10 per cent; (3) above the stomach proper, 7 per cent; (4) um bilicus or navel region, 2 per cent; (5) at side of abdomen, 2 per cent; (6) underneath the stomach, 2 per cent. Pain Area May Vary. It can thus be seen then that the pain in appendicitis may start from various parts of the abdomen, as in only 10 per cent did the pain start in the appendix region. How ever, in all cases whether the pain started high up, low down, or at the side of the abdomen, in 100 per cent of the cases the pain finally shifted to the region of the appen dix. The pain was crampy at first, but frequently became less severe, leaving a dull aching sensation in the appendix region. Aside from the pain and its loca tion, other symptoms mentioned are: Loss of appetite was an early symp tom ; vomiting occurred early and in about 90 per cent of the cases; nau sea was present often. (Relaaicd by Wertern Newspaper Union.) TODAY'S HEALTH COLUMN aggravates Dr. Barton Hour-Glass Silhouette Is a ‘Must’ Fashion '“PHIS is really a “must” fachion -*■ for this season when your fig ure should by all means have the delicately rounded, small-waisted look that distinguished the gra cious ladies of the eighties. Gath ers on the shoulders and at the waistline, gathers on each side of the front skirt panel which flat tens your diaphragm beautifully— that’s all the detailing there is to 8567, so that anybody can make it without any trouble at all. And ;he result is a charmingly elegant, tiny-waisted fashion that you’ll love for afternoon and general wear. Make it of wool broadcloth, faille, flat crepe or sheer velvet, and revel in the satisfaction of having an ultra-smart dress that looks expensive and costs really very little. Pattern No. 8567 is designed for ;izes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 and 40. Size 14 requires 4V4 yards of 39-inch labric with three-quarter length Jeeves; 4V4 yards with short sleeves. For a pattern of thjs attractive nodel send 15 cents in coin, your lame, address, style, number and -,ize to The Sewing Circle, Pattern Dept., Room 1324, 211 W. Wacker Or., Chicago, 111. The Better Way to Correct Constipation One wry to treat constipation is to endure it first and "ewe” it afterward. The other way is to avoid having it by getting at its cause. So why not save yourself those dull headachy days, plus the inevitable trips to the medi cine chest, if you can do it by a simple common-sense “ounce of prevention”? If your trouble, like that of millions, is due to lack of “bulk” in the diet, “the better way” is to eat Kellogg’s All-Bran. This crunchy, toasted, ready-to-eat cereal has Just the “bulk” you need. If you eat it regularly—and drink plenty of water—you can not only get regular but keep regular, day after day and month after month! All-Bran is made by Kellogg’s in Battle Creek. If your condition is chronic, it is wise to consult a physician. Ease Up “Where did you get those trou- ers, old man? They fit like a love.” “That’s just it; they should fit ike trousers.” QUICK-RUB YOUR CHILD WITH SUPER- MEDICATED PENETRO. LET IN ITS GOOD WORK. FASTER.^ BECAUSE IT CONTAINS 2 TO 3 I T/MES MORE MEDICATION, THAN ANY OTHER SALVE i SOLD NATIONALLY FOR COLDS'MUSCULAR ACHES AND NASAL MISERIES.. USE SUPER-MEDICATED PENETRO^l Hollow Glory The paths of glory lead but to ;he grave. MIDDLE AGE” WOMEN ■mqha Thousands have eone^ smiling thru this ing time” by taking Pinkham's— famous for helping female funo* tional troubles. Try it! LYDIA L PINKHARfS VEGETABLE COMPOUND