' Arsenal of Health
If hile we are all conscious of the gigantic work going on in our
steel mills and factories to produce the equipment that will keep
America secure against outside attack, few of us know about the
total war that is going on t&crush the enemy within—DISEASE.
In hundreds of laboratories men and women labor to cn\sh him
with vaccines, serums and toxins. These photos show what goes on
in the William Hallock Park laboratory if* New York.
A step in the concentration and refinement of crude serums.
Harmful substances are removed by precipitation with chemicals
and collected by filtration.
Ur sung hero. A sterile canula 1
has been inserted into the horse's
jugu ’ar. IUo(hI is drawn into the
large tube and allowed to clot, i
This technician is operating
the apparatus in which final steri
lization and filtration of biolog
ical products is carried out.
H earing aseptic masks, caps and gouns, women technicians are
working on sterile cubicles, filling the vials with anti-rahic vaccine.
'This product has saved the lives of many bitten by rabid animals.
As in every other step of the preparation of sera, vaccines arul
anti-toxins, extraordinary precautions are taken in bottling the
products. A glass windou' covers most of the filling operation to
prevent air contamination.
A small quantity of blood is taken from ear vein of rabbit.
From this blood a quantity of anti-pneumococcic serum is extracted.
The One Man She Wanted
By BARBARA ANN BENEDICT
(Associated Newspapers—WNU Service.)
Thelma morrow was
beautiful, intelligent, good
natured, a good sport, a di
vine dancer; she played an
excellent game of tennis and golf;
she could ride horseback and swim
and at 27 was still unmarried and
had never had a proposal.
The lack of proposals was proba
bly due to the fact that whenever
a man seemed to be growing fonder
of her than she desired, Thelma
would laughingly announce within
hearing of xhe candidate that she
hadn’t a^^et and didn% expect she
ever would meet a man whom she
thought worth marrying. Which
was a kindly way of voicing her
refusal, for it spared the subject a
possible embarrassing moment. At
the same time it won for Thelma a
reputation.
Then during the winter of 41,
Thelma went to Miami for the sea
son and met a lad named Curt Len
nox. Curt, it turned out, was the
one man in all the world who could
crash the gates of Thelma’s heart.
She fell in love with him and the
realization of it bewildered and up
set her. She didn’t quite know what
to do about it, especially when it
flashed across her mind that Curt
might not love her. What worse
fate, she thought, could a girl be
asked to endure than to forego the
love of the only man in the world
who had the power of causing goose
pimples to run up and down her
spinal column by merely squeezing
her hand.
A casual observer would have
laughed at Thelma's doubts and
fears. For Curt at the moment was
doing his level best to give the girl
a grand rush. Six days out of the
seven they spent their afternoons
and evenings together, and on the
seventh they compromised by get
ting up early in the morning and
“O. K.,” said Curt, “then kindly
stop talking a minute so I can kiss
you.”
playing a round of golf, driving over
to Naples in the afternoon, dining
in Coral Gables and sailing around
Biscnyne Bay in the evening.
Yet for all this Thelma was fear
ful and doubtful and as the winter
wore away her doubts and fears
became more poignant. Curt was
devoted, from appearances in love
with her, yet he did not say the
words she longed to hear. There
was a faint, yet plainly perceptible
barrier of reserve between them, a
barrier erected by Curt. Thelma
wondered at it and then suddenly
she knew!
It was her reputation, her reputa
tion for forestalling men whose in
terests in her were more than gen
eral, her boast that she never ex
pected to meet a man worthy of
her love. Curt had heard and had
taken heed. He was afraid. She
shuddered at the thought. What an
egotistical little ninny he must think
her! Her own words which once
had sounded so casual and unimpor
tant now recurred to her as the
very essence of conceit and insult
Thelma had retired to her room to
give the matter thought. Shortly
after lunch Curt sent up word that
he was waiting in the lobby. She
told the clerk to advise Mr. Lennox
she felt ill and would spend the
afternoon resting.
Before the dinner hour she had
settled upon a plan. It was a des
perate plan, fantastic, ridiculous,
but it had been tried before and
proven successful. She picked up
the telephone, called one of the lo
cal newspapers and spoke hurried
ly, as if afraid she might weaken.
The next day’s edition carried a
picture of Thelma in its society col
umns and beneath it the caption:
Heiress Wintering at King Palm Ho
tel. ‘‘Miss Thelma Morrow of New
York, it was learned today, is
spending the winter season at the
fashionable King Palm Hotel. Miss
Morrow s the heiress to the Mor
row millions and will—”
Before the day bad passed two
of the young men who had been
vying iun3uccessfully to be sure)
with Curt Lennox for Thelma’s fa
vor, threw caution to the winds and
proposed marriage. Their attitudes
were: "Nothing ventured, nothing
gained." Thelma refused them
gracefully and waited for Curt Len
nox. But Curt Lennox didn't come.
Instead two more ambitious youths
succeeded in negotiating for a mo
ment of privacy with her to plead
their causes. Thelma marvelled at
their philosophical acceptances
when she refused.
Toward 10 o’clock, depressed and
! miserable, yet reasonably assured
that Curt wasn't coming, she went
to her room, seeking solitude and
escape from other would-be-fortune
seeking husbands. Sitting at her
window, chin cupped in hands, she
stared out over the bay and told
herself what a fool she’d been. Se
cretly she was glad that Curt had
not fallen into her money-baited
trap. No, somehow, she would
have to go through life without the
one thing she had ever wanted and
found impossible to obtain.
The ringing of her telephone
awoke Thelma the next morning.
She saw with something of a shock
that it was nearly noon. The 'phone
rang again and she picked it up.
Curt’s voice came to her. He
seemed excited, anxious. He want
ed, he told her without preamble, to
see her at once.
“But, Curt, you'll have to wait.
I’m not out of bed yet. I’m—”
“Put something on! I’m coming
up!” She heard the click of the re
ceiver, and her heart began to
pound wildly. She slid from be
tween the sheets, caught up a dress
ing gown, rushed over to the near
est mirror and began arranging her
hair. A knock sounded on the door
of the living room.
A moment later Thelma opened
the door. She didn’t look quite as
she would have liked, but one glance
at Curt and her own appearance
was forgotten. His chin wore a
two-days’ stubble of beard. Dirt
covered his flannels and once-white
shirt. There was a wild look in
his eyes.
He stepped into the room, banged
shut the door and faced her. '‘Thel
ma,” he said almost harshly, “will
you marry me?”
Thelma’s heart sank. So, after
all, the money had made a differ
ence. It wasn’t her he wanted. She
faced him squarely. It would be
better to get it over with at once.
“Are you sure it’s me you want.
Curt? It’s only fair to tell you,
that—that I’m not rich.”
“Rich?” he said.
“I haven't any money. It was
all a—ruse, a trick to make you
propose. I called up the paper
myself—”
“What,” said Curt, “in hell are
you talking about?”
“Why, the newspaper story. The
one about me being an heiress. I—"
“Listen,” said Curt, “I haven't
seen a newspaper for two days.
When you told meyou were ill yes
terday I thought it was just your
way of letting me off easy, telling
me there wasn't any use to hope,
like you have a reputation for do
ing. Well, it—it upset me. I had
to get away. So I chartered a boat
and went out into the Gulf stream
fishing. Our engine went dead, and
we’ve been lying out there for near
ly two days. It was while I was
sitting around with nothing to do
but think of you that I decided I
was going to ask you anyhow. I
had to know. And the more I
thought about it, realizing I couldn’t
get back—" He broke off, realizing
his words were getting confused,
and took her it) his arms. “I don’t
know what all this newspaper heir
ess talk is about but I- do know
that a minute ago you had an af
firmative look in your eyes, and
even if you have changed your
mind—"
"But—but," said Thelma, feeling
just a trifle dazed, “I haven’t
changed my mind nor want to."
“O. K.” said Curt, “Then kindly
stop talking a minute so I can kiss
you.” Whereupon Thelma stopped
talking for five minutes.
Tinnis Gave Us Tennis;
Debut in 14th Century .
What’s in a name?
Take, for example, tennis.
For a long time it was thought
that tennis was rooted in the
French tenez, receive.
But with Dr. Philip K. Hitti, pro
fessor of Semitic literature in
Princeton university, this derivation
did not click.
Such an alleged origin, he rea
soned—felt—did violence to certain
linguistic principles.
Also, it ignored a most important
factor, the history of the game it
self; for study had revealpd to him
that tennis had made its debut in
Europe about the beginning of the
Fourteenth century—and the play
ers who introduced it, had brought
it back with them from the East.
Professor Hitti knew, of course,
that our word “racket,” with which
tennis is played today, was trace
able to the Arabic rahah, palm of
the hand. And further digging
turned up the illuminating fact that
when tennis was first played, the
ball was not struck with a racket
but with the flat palm.
He was getting warm.
Now, this ball was made of light
cloth. Professor Hitti had a hunch;
Where could such a cloth have been
manufactured in the East?
Research brought to light that in
the Nile Delta there was a town
that was famed for being the hub
of an area that manufactured tex
tiles and other fabrics—a town
which, incidentally, was once the
capital of one of the Egyptian
dynasties.
He ran this town down—found
that its name was Tinnis.
INFLUENCE OF WEATHER
ON HEALTH AND DISEASE
Everyone knows of people who
can predict a change in the weather
because rheumatic or previously in*
jured joints become
Or. Nathan S.
Davis III
stiff and painful,
but few appreciate
that such changes
affect the health
and well-being of
all. In the days be*
fore bacteria and
viruses were prov
en to be the causes
of many of our most
common diseases,
most of them were
believed to be due to climatic and
weather conditions.
Typhoid fever, cholera and other
water-borne diseases and malaria,
yellow fever and other diseases car
ried by insects that breed in stand
ing water were most prevalent in
wet seasons. They were considered
to be caused by high humidity, high
atmospheric pressures and damp
ness. As it became known that one
or another type of organism caused
such diseases, the members of the
medical profession paid less atten
tion to the effects of weather on
health.
However, some attention is again
being given to the influences of
weather on health and disease. It is
known that in the north temperate
:one, “colds,” sore throats, sinus
CAUSES FOR
MILITARY REJECTION
The relative proportion of defects
that have been the principal causes
of rejection at local Army induc
tion stations:
Teeth .... 19.32%
Eyes.13.25%
Cardiovascular System 6.18%
Musculo-Skeletal
Defects . . . 4.90%
Mental and Nervous 10.48%
Ears.9.52%
Hernia .... 5.28%
Lungs.5.00%
Venereal .... 4.44%
Feet.3.64%
All Others . . . 17.99%
infections, bronchitis and pneumo
nias are most prevalent from No
vember through April but the prob
able connection between the high in
cidence and the lack of ultra violet
rays from the sun during these
months is not appreciated.
It has long been known that a
stimulating climate, one in which
weather and especially temperature
varies greatly causes civilization tc
reach the highest levels. However,
extreme changes have a detrimental
effect, especially on the sick whc
may even be benefited by constant
temperature and weather condi
tions. For example, the individual
who has a high blood pressure and
hardening of the arteries benefits
from a constant fairly warm cli
mate and reacts badly to the marked
changes in temperature, humidity
and atmospheric pressure. Such ar
individual will often consult his phy
sician when there has been a sudden
and great rise in temperature with
an equally abrupt rise in humidity
and barometric pressure and state
that he feels much worse and is
sure that his blood pressure is much
higher than usual. But under such
circumstances, instead of being
higher, the blood pressure is often
distinctly lower than it has been.
This fall in blood pressure and the
changes in the circulation and in
cellular chemistry that result, is
probably the reason that so many,
under such atmospheric conditions,
have “strokes.”
These rapid changes in the weath
er conditions also have an effect on
the healthy and seem to decrease
their ability to withstand infections.
Everyone knows that colds are more
prevalent during a winter thaw with
relatively high temperatures follow
ing abruptly on an unusually cold
spell. Such weather is also “pneu
monia weather.”
There are, then, plenty of reasons
for the development of aches and
pains with changes in the weather;
for your feeling blue and depressed
in bad weather and full of vim, vig
or and vitality when the sun is shin
ing, the weather cool, and the ba
rometer low.
• • •
QUESTION BOX
Send questions to Dr. Nathan S. Davis lit.
Winnetka, 111. (Enclose a self-addressed,
stamped envelope.)
Q.—Will buttermilk and lemon
juice bleach freckles?
A.—Buttermilk and lemon juice
are harmless and not very effec
tive. Perhaps the new method of
peeling skin safely may be of help
for freckles.
Q.—Are boils caused by a virus,
or some external c; use? M. S.
A.—Boils are usually caused by a
staphylococcas, a bacterium and not
by a virus. Both are external causes.
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Perhaps Official Wasn’t
Very Good at History
A famous alienist met a certain
prominent official. After some
discussion on the mentally un
sound, the official asked:
if a person is insane?”
“Doctor, how do you really tell
“Oh, we merely ask a few or
dinary questions which ordinary
people can answer correctly.”
“What type of questions?”
“Well,” replied the alienist,
“this sort of thing: Captain Cook
made three voyages around the
world and died on one of them.
Which was it?”
“Oh, I say,” objected the offi
cial, “I’m afraid I’ve forgotten
which one it was.”
Public Speaking Self-Taught
“lV/lY, ISN’T she brave!” thinks
the timid soul when an ex
perienced speaker shows no fear.
But the experienced public
speakers smile at this “bravery”
idea. In order to be sure of your
self, they say, you have only to
learn to be sure of little details.
And those you can practice at
home.
• * *
Just stand up there, relaxed, nothing in
your hands to distract you—and give! Our
32-page booklet tells how you can pracUce
Picture frames should be select
ed to harmonize with the pic
tures for which they are intended.
• * *
Be sure to arrange the dishes
cooking in your oven so that there
is plenty of space between them
and the food will brown evenly.
* * *
Cigarette ashes, put on potted
plants, will kill the insects that
often infest them.
* • •
An ordinary blackboard eraser
is an excellent polisher for win
dow panes.
A teaspoon of salt added to the
water in which eggs are boiled
makes them easier to remove
from the shells.
* * *
In mixing floor and water for
gravies, use a fork or egg beater
to make it smooth and free from
lumps.
• * •
Celery leaves, sprigs of parsley
and slices of onion may be used
effectively and economically to
season soups. Add the seasoning
to the soup while it is cooking and
strain it before it is served.
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Jj0‘ ^ /TpHE PUBLIC nature of advertising bene
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public by describing exactly the products that are offered. It
benefits employees, because the advertiser must be more fair
and just than the employer who has no obligation to the public.
These benefits of advertising are quite apart from the obvious
benefits which advertising confers—the lower prices, the higher
quality, the better service that go with advertised goods and firms.
