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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.
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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