The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923, June 21, 1907, Page 10, Image 10

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VOLUME '7, NUMBER;23
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Wanderlust
I am homesick for tho hills;-
They call i mo all day long
To hear tho music of tho stroams,
Tho pino-troo's whispered Bong.
I am homesick for tho hills;
My soul longs for the balm ,
O, to bo there, among thorn,
Their solitudes and calm.
O, to bo there, among them,
'Neath skies so bluo and clear,
"Whore tho world of men sooms far
away,
And God so very near!
I am homesick for thohills K
Green-clad, with spruces tall,
Where golden mists come creeping
down,
And purple shadows fall.
And J long to sit at sunset
On high places that I know
And watch the rose and crimson flush
Upon tho banks of snow.
I am homesick for tho hills
Where life is full and free,'
Whore tho air is like a draft of
wine
There's whero I fain would be!
And my straining eyes lqok west
ward, My heart with, longing fills,
For I hoar tho pine-trees calling
I am homesick for the hills!"
Florence M. Cooloy, in Godd
t Health.
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' ' ' Marital Devotion-.
rltation that comqs of long suffering,
can not docrease tho devotion.
Sometimes circumstances are such
that it is a marvel to others how the
burdon can be borne; but tho spirit
of devotion toils on, evon unto the
end, with no reward save such as
the consciousness of having done all
that could bo done. From tho high
est to tho lowest the world is full of
just such cases. They may bo next
door to yourself, if you would but
take time to notice.
"Don't Kiss tho Baby"
At the meeting of tho American
Medical association in Atlantic City,
N. J., recently, many thousand physi
cians wore gathered from all parts
of tho country, and the newest meth
ods of prevention and cure of dis
eases wore under thorough discus
sion. It was the consensus of this
body that next to the house-fly, the
habit of kissing the baby is tho most
dangerously vital manner of spread
ing consumption, and many other
diseases of more or less dreadful
character. One physician made the
declaration that in every home there
should be put up a sign reading:
"Don't Kiss the Baby," declaring
that all the. authorities can do to
protect the Infant from various in
fections, through a safe-guarded
milk supply, and otherwise, was ren
dered of no avail by the avalanche
of kisses rained upon the baby by
kins-people, visitors and callers.
ItrlBjfhe fatihlon. on the demise of
nny-'ono -who, 'during Uo, Ms been Many physicians strongly object to
much InihjjpubUceyj), to. fill .tho. UhoMiabJt of kissing tho baby oh the
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Trnrtv)U page with stories extolling
tho intense dovotlon of the husband
to tho wife, or tho wife to tho inter
ests of tho husband and tho home,
as tho case may be; and to read these
eulogies, one might well get tho idea
that devotion to olio's matrimonial
mate, or to tho home, was an ex
ceedingly rare virtue, instead of tho
vory common ono which it certainly
Is. The recent death of tho widow
mouth, but think there are other dis
eases which are more readily con
veyed through kissing than tubercu
losis, but which are as much to bo
objoctod to. Persons having , de
cayed teeth, one physician contends,
Bhould not be allowed to kiss the
baby, as the gums, even of healthy
persons are teeming with germs, and
these germs are transmitted to the
baby, causing . illness more or less
fled with tho lightest of nourishment
in quantity and quality. Often a
cup of hot water as hot as can be
sipped comfortably, taken frequent
ly, Is the very best thing to bo done.
Very few people drink water in suffi
cient quantities to maintain the pro
portion of liquids needed for perfect
health. As for the "no-breakfast"
fad, that may do vory well for the
man or woman who has a hearty
meal at midnight or after, and lies
abed until nearly noon; or even for
thosG who do sedentary work, begin
ning tho day with some beverage of
a nourishing character, leaving solid
foods until later. But for tho man or
woman who gets up early and goes
to work at any business requiring
muscular strength, or even mental,
it is but an. invitation to physical de
terioration of nervo tissue to get
down to the business of the day on
an empty stomach. Gaunt, hungry
looking women, victims of some diet
fad, would be far better off to take
three square meals a day. The man
or woman who half starves the body
until late at night and then gorges
the stomach with a heavy dinner is
in a fair way to bring on a good
case of "stomach trouble.'' If one
eats moderately of nourishing and
satisfying foods at breakfast and
luncheon, the danger of over-eating
at night when the body is exhausted,
will be far less. There are hun
dreds of people of both sexes, vic
tims of indigestion, who would get-j
strong, and well if they would eat
plenty of nourishing food and let
drugs and food fads alone. In many
cases, tho stomach has been- so
starved and weakened by 'this abuse
that much time must be taken be
fore it can be put back into its
healthy, normal condition by proper
foods.
roused to "deeds of daring," even
without the whisky, It is particularly
dangerous to give way to the savage
instincts by beclouding the moral and
intellectual nature, and indulging in
habits which tend to quarrelsomeness
and fighting, the result of which no
one can foretell. They are safer,
more sensible and fully as patriotic
ways to celebrate America's great
day.
of a late prominent official haB given pronounced. It Is not a rare thing
occasion Tor such, literature, and It to find nersona with breath sn of
fensive that a grown person dislikes
is all very well, and makes excellent
reading; but this spirit of unselfish
devotion is by no means a rare one.
There are thousands of cases that
equal It; some of them surpass It;
but, being so common, and among
even to talk to them, but the baby
Is forced to endure even closer con
tact, and must draw into its little
lungs this offensive and contaminat
ed odor whether it will or not, to
the masses, they aro little talked of. Bay nothing of the contact of 'the
There are many homos in which
either tho husband or the wife is a
hopeless, holpless invalid, of no help,
and vory often a great hindrance,
to tho best interests of the family.
Tho husbands or wives of these in
valids cling faithfully to their
charges, often bearing the burden of
great poverty, and being forced to
toll all day for the necessities of the
homo and tho sick chamber, and then
act as nurse to the sufferer during
the night hours, snatching the little
sleep that comes to them "between
duties, only to go forth again on
the morrow to their daily tasks, in
many cases leaving the invalid alone
until the closing hour brings tho
worker homo again to the duties of
nurse and housekeeper. In some in
stances, there are little, stuntod chil
dren, that makes the absences harder
to provide for; but tho toiling one,
man or woman, goes cheerfully on
as long as life lasts. The world
is full of such cases. Even the loss
of external attractiveness, or tho in
crease of tho fretful, unreasonable ir-
AN OLD AND WELL TRIED REMEDY
Mii8. "Winslow'h Soothing Srnupf orchil
(Iron tcothinc should always ho used fdrtjhll
Orcn while teothinir. Itsoftens tho Kunuj.allaya
nil rnin. cures wind colic and Is ttyo heat roraedy
or diarrhoea. Twenty-five dents abotUe.
germ-laden lips. It is vory hard not
to kiss a baby. A woman would
scarcely be a woman without want
ing to "got her hands on the baby,"
and there really Is nothing sweeter,
or more tempting than tho warm wetf
mouth of the baby. But for the sake
of tho baby's health, even this may
be foregone, and the affection satis
fled in some measure by kissing the
hands, neck or cheek, or cuddling
the little velvet body close in the en
folding arms. Mothers will sacrifice
much for tho god of the baby.
Food Fads
i
Custom has decided that, for the
average person, three meals a day
nourishes the body bettor than two
or four, without overtaxing the stom
ach and digestive organs; but there
aro strong, healthy people who might
well do better on two .meals a day
than three. There are" weak people
or those who eat little at a time,
and invalids who can not take nour
ishment in large quantities, who aro
bettor for eating four or five times
a day, using proper food. In most
Tho Deadly Fire Works
As the birth anniversary" of our
nation approaches, the store windows
are filling with displays of various
kinds of fireworks, and the adver
tising columns of the newspapers are
setting rorth the glories possible to
the one well supplied with such ma
terials. But it will be quickly fol
lowed by items of more or less
length, tolling of the damages to life,
limb and property which inevitably
results from the Fourth of July fun,.
As the small boy and the careless
man are gathering in tho "store
things," the provident mother and
the far-seeing surgeon are laying in
supplies of a kind that will be need
ed to bring together the mutilated
and scattered parts of the enthusias
tic boy who dares the most in the
noisy celebration. Thousands of
dollars will be wasted, many, acci
dents will happen, and much prop
erty will be damaged or destroyed
by the uses of the deadly explosives
so freely indulged in by both young
and old. For the few minutes of
fuss and fizzle, together with the
glare of colored fire, many an ill
spared dollar will go from the family
purse. If anything good came of it,
it might bo endured; hut it is more
than money that is wasted. -
Next to the destructiveness of the
explosives, is that of the "fire-water"
Indulged in by a certain class of rmn-
ple who think thatAto have a rous
ing good time," one must become
besotted and crazed with alcoholic
drinks. This indulgence leads to
many crimes, much heartache and
,the cruel pangs of remorse. -At any
uuiu, it is a wretcuea tiling to drown
one's manhood in drink, hut to do
Street Car Etiquette
There is no rule of formal eti
quette compelling a man to resign
his seat in a street car to women.
Since women have become so much
a part of the business life of every
community and consequently are
compelled to be on the streets and
in public conveyances at exactly the
same hour as business men, in com
ing and going from or to business,
it seems that tho old-time deference
shown to the one sex by the other
is no longer the rule. Yet the cour
tesy and good manners shown by
man when he offers his $eat to a
woman, just because she is a woman,
still commands the admiration of on
lookers, even if it is not expected of
him by any one. Younger women
often rise to offer their seat to :an
elder one, to an invalid, or. a tired
mother carrying a heavy child; so
it is a small thing for a man to do
the same, remembering that" his
mother may receive such courtesy
some time. When a man rises to re
sign his seat, it is good form for him
to indicate by a glance, or a touch
on her arm, if the woman does not
note the fact. He should raise his
hat and move to a short distance;
this Indicates that it is not his in
tention to presume upon his polite
ness. And women should never, by
any chance, fail to acknowledge Tiv
La-slight bow and a pleasant "thank
you" tne courtesy extended to them.
It is possible .that the omission1 of
such an acknowledgement may caus&
,a man to hesitate .before putting
himself to so much trouble when
it is not appreciated. ' However, a"
really well-bred man does- not wait
for thanks. It is not an unusual
thing for young women or girls, as
well as men, to rise and offer their -seat
to a crippled man, or an old
gentleman, and one of the prettiest
sights to be' seen in a street' car is
that of a young girl or woman, in
sisting upon some old lady occupy- "
ing their seat, while they stand in
the aisle beside them, and T am glad
to say that such sights are by no
means rare, in the crowded city.
Another delightful custom is that of
the conductor, kindly helping the
crippled or feeble old person of
either sex until they safely reach the
ground, when alighting from the car
cases, however, tho frequent craving
of tho stomach for food is a symptom
of some stomach trouble, and this
craving should bo ignored, or satis- so at a time when one is abnormally
- Outing Lunches ''- -
For the outing lunch,' cheese sand-
wiches are very appetizing," and eas
ilyumade. Grate the cheese fine, and
rub it to a paste with melted butter,
seasoned as liked with salt and pep
per," and. spread on the slices, of,
bread. A lettuce leaf between the
slices of bread makes a nice addition
to the filling. Brown bread, cut in
very thin slices, make delicious sand-"
wiches when filled with any filling
suitable for white breads.
Meats chopped fine and, used for
filling sandwiches are much- -more
convenient than put up In slices or
"chunks," and chicken, boned and
pressed, then sliced, makes much
more dainty handling for the -consumer.
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For tho Hot Season -Y '' '"' ?
Do not be afraid of the "night
air" in your sleeping rooms; night
air is all the air one can get after
duskfall until day-dawn, and should
be admitted freely. The bed should
not stand directly in a draught, nor
should the wind be allowed to blow
upon one; but the windows should
be left open, and where it isvsaf
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