Toy Pandas Aid War Victims ■BN? vV.-. ■* ;. ' .-.Vs*. • - • An exact reproduction of a baby Chinese panda is presented to Uta Hagen, youthful Theater Guild star, by little Marilyn Chu. The toy pandas, first to be made, are being sold for the American Bureau for Medical Aid to China. I Keeping Cool Is Easy for Kathleen California heat waves can’t ruffle pretty Kathleen Wilson, N. B. C. dramatic star of One Man’s Family, '».v2*Sr.->.s,5,^. rassi#\i^3f5^wv'>y!7‘;'f'5«^W!w«SvR»> for when Old Sol beams his hottest, Kathleen snuggles under the garden hose with enough Ice cream to bailie Old Sol’s best. What Happens When Train Meets Truck ■ seconds. Blondes Hold Peace Conference Blondes from many parts of the United States interested in preserving peace are pictured as they answered the roll call at the first National Conference of Blondes to End War. The purpose of the “Blonde Brigade” Is to fight war. Should America be invaded, members of the brigade will meet the enemy. They are confident that there isn't a soldier in the world who would shoot a lovely blonde. “Sound” Baseball Played by Blind Performers k.. : Teams from (lie Industrial Home for the Blind at Oakland, Calif., demonstrate “sound” baseball. The batter hits a jingling ball and runs down a padded baseline. Ten players form a team. The fielders kneel on pads back of the baseline to catch the sounding ball and register an out by rolling the ball across the bases or baseline ahead of the runner. Home plate has a bell on it to show when runs are scored. Streamlined Boat for Mississippi This streamlined river boat now under construction on the St. Louis levee is beginning to assume the graceful lines which will make it the most beautiful craft on the Mississippi. It will be used as a pleasure steamer plying north and south from St. Louis. FLYING WIENERS Falling like manna from heaven, food for a platoon of cavalry in ma neuvers at Valentine, Texas, was dropped by plane. The men were fed for four days by this means as a test of the efficacy of rationing mili tary units by air. Here is a delight ed trooper with the supplies. Liver and | Gall Bladder DR. JAMES W. BARTON © Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service. I BELIEVE that most phy sicians, including myself, when there are abdominal and stomach symptoms that are not acute and there are not definite symptoms of ul cer, cancer or appendicitis, are likely to blame a slug gish liver and gall bladder. As two of every three individuals of middle age really have some liv er and gau Diaaaer disturbance anyway —inflammation or gall stones—the phy sician is likely to be right two out of three times. The symptoms are dis comfort, nausea, gas pressure, clay-col ored stools. If the adult is in good health, exer Dr. Barton cises to squeeze the liver, such as long deep breaths or bending exercises, keeping the knees straight, are used. About the only medicine given may be small doses of Epsom salts daily for one week in each month. Diet the Chief Thing. The principal part of the treat ment is by diet and so every book on diet now has a diet for liver and gall bladder disturbances. Thus "Practical Dietetics,” Dr. Sanford Blum, gives the following sugges tions: May take: Vegetables, especially green ones; limited quantity of boiled, mashed or baked potatoes; farinaceous foods—rice, farina, bar ley, arrowroot, cornstarch, oatmeal, cooked breakfast foods; water, min eral water, tea, milk, buttermilk; fresh meat or white fish or game or poultry once a day; eggs in mod eration; cottage cheese; limited amount of butter; toast, bread, zwieback; plain cake and puddings; fresh fruit—apples, grapes, pears, peaches, figs, oranges, grapefruit, pineapple juice; salads of fresh green vegetables, raw or cooked. Should avoid: Salt, canned, pre served and spiced meats and fish; herring, salmon, sardines in oil, mackerel; stews, goose, domestic duck, oysters and shellfish; old cheese, American cheese, Swiss cheese, cream cheese, except cot tage cheese; dry beans, corn, sprouts cold slaw, cabbage, cauli flower, sauerkraut, onions, garlic; rich soups; berries, preserves; gra vies; nuts, sweets, pies; pastry, fats and oils; alcoholics. • * * Infection and Insanity. Some years ago I wrote of a New Jersey state hospital in which the "cure” of a young woman occurred within two months after some in fected teeth were removed. She had been an inmate of the institu tion for over two years. This so impressed the superintendent that immediately dentists, nose, throat, eye and other specialists were called in to clear up or remove any infection in teeth, tonsils, sinuses or elsewhere, with the result that about 40 per cent of the inmates were able to return home. Today practically every mental institution has a dentist giving his entire time to the patients, and oth er specialists—gynecologists, derm atologists, general surgeons—hold clinics at regular intervals. Thus many of those whose mental symp toms depend mostly upon some or ganic trouble in the body are en abled to become normal again. Now there are many of us who do not do such foolish or unusual things that we are considered "men tal,” yet we come so near this at times that our friends and we, our selves, begin to wonder if we are just quite sane. We may undergo a severe shock or other emotional upsetment and our reactions to this—loss of ambi tion, laziness, change in behavior— is blamed on the shock or emo tional disturbance. In a great many cases the emotional disturbance causes the above symptoms because all the other body processes have been "hurt” for the time being. However, when the average sane man or woman, whether or not he or she has undergone a shock or emotional disturbance, begins to act “differently,” then a thorough search for infection by physician and dentist should be made. Animals' Tails Useful Most animals’ tails seem to give the final touch of style to the wear er’s costume. But tails aren’t flour ished simply because it’s quite the thing in animal circles; each serves a very useful purpose. The alli gator uses his tail us a club. The horse considers his the best fly swat ter ever made. The 'possum hangs from a tree limb by his tail and takes a pleasant little swing. The fox wraps his around his neck as a muffler. The fish paddles through the water by means of his tail, while the squirrel used his as a parachute. Squirrels that have lost their tails in accidents have been killed by bad falls, while the usual bushy-tailed little fellow always lands unharmed, right side up.