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TOWN WEEKLY MAGAZINE SECTION
YOLK GOOD HEALTH: MODERN WOMEN}
SUNBURN AND HEAT PROSTRATION KEEPING HUSBAN
ARE AVOIDABLE SUMMER HIS IS YOUNG WIFE
by CLAVD NORTH CHRISMAN, M. D. by MARIAN M4>
RECENTLY IT HAS become Africa, often at a temperature W H E T H E R OR NOT one is
stylish to have the arms, neck, of 140 degrees F., always keep content with one!s lot in life is ii
chest, face, body and legs a piece of salt pork in their not altogether, a m a t t e r of dis- b
thoroughly tanned. It adver- mouths. Many industrial con- position. No m a t t e r how much n
cerns now supply their men some women have they a r e
tises t o our friends and neigh- . : • »
with salt for their drinking never content, while others a r e n
bors t h a t we have been able to
water or salt tablets to hold i n — happy with almostnothirtg..How._ MO
afford a long vacation. The
the mouth. It is surprising else can we account for it ex- fc
average length of a vacation
how good salt water tastes a n d - cept by temperament or dis- s
is two weeks. That allows
how thoroughly it quenches position? il
enough time to acquire a beau-
tiful sunburn, the first two or thirst. I h a v e a long and v e r y - p e r - -
three d a y s while the remainder — L r e p e a t t h a t -Uims.uM_exejfe„ sonal letter from a woman who,
cise by those unaccustomed to being contented herself, finds
of the vacation period can be
_^rnplf\y*>rl ip ^ftflUrift the blJS- heat should be avoided. Those herself wedded to a man who
COWARD: ma a roRtlpsH diaposition_and__
ters, overcoming the itching and siuffering from kidney,
vessel or heart disease should who is, heaven pity her, a wof-
scaling and acquiring the tan.
not perform enough work to re- rier a s well.
The enjoyment comes after-
ward when we forget the dis- quire the addition of this salt YOUR CHILD "To begin with," she writes,
"the first reason why I'm so
comfort and tell folks of the treatment.
"good" times we had. Utilize Curiosity contented is t h a t we're both in
"IT'S NOT T H E HEAT—" perfect health and from w h a t I
The best treatment for sun- in Teaching hear and read everywhere of
burn is to use cold compresses
Another form of heat pros- ISN'T I T SURPRISING how diseases, we're lucky, which m y
of a strong solution of tannic
tration, commonly called "heat hard children work and how husband claims is not luck but
acid, two tablespoonfuls of tan-
stroke" and often referred to a s much knowledge they manage intelligence."
sun stroke, is not due to ex- to accumulate in the first four Now I maintain t h a t anyone
cessive perspiration and loss of or five years of their life? The sensible enough to appreciate
salt. _ Exposure to sun need not 'toddler is tirelessly interested in health before one loses it is
cause it. I t hTHue to"extreme""' everything. And his curiosity intelligent^- I also hold t h a t
heat added to high humidity, is what frequently prompts him there are plenty of highly intel-
as after a sudden warm thun- to pick buttons and other bits ligent persons, who are not
der showerr~ The damp - a i r - p r e - of foreign-matter, off t h e floor healthy* which seems to prove
vents evaporation and heat loss and place them into his mouth. t h a t good health is not depen-"
from the skin surface, and the The impulse which prompts dent on intelligence alone.
blood therefore becomes over^ a child to do this is precious.
heated. It is. the root of all knowledge. WORRIED OVER DEBTS
An attack may be gradual It must not be killed by ham-
with headache, dizziness, sick pering the child's freedom with I t seems, t h a t before marriage
stomach and extreme thirst. a n endless flow of "don'ts" and the young man was free to
More frequently the attack is punishments. The ideal method come and go a s he pleased a n d
sudden. The" patient falls as if - vis to direct his curiosity about he did please to have * - p r e t t y ^-j
stricken dead and his temper- pins and scraps along more good time. After marriage he
ature rises as high ,as 109-10 practical lines. naturally found his social ac-
degrees Fyer_chairJMT floor. couples old and young. So
ed exercise in hot weather. I t and over-heating. Light, well- The child will be all eager- again in Order to p l e a s e h e r EUJS£ '""
is surprising how much work ventilated hats, cool leaves, and ness to help. Any repetitious band, and herself, too, the young
and heat some people can stand other protection for the head mechanical action fascinates wife consented to the purchase
when they have accustomed ' are a great help in preventing of a car, not for cash a s you
themselves gradually to heavy the trouble. Continued On Page 10 also must have guessed.
work and extreme heat, Those
who wbrkn6ut~m^he"~sTin~trom-
early spring till summer, and
those working in blast furnaces PROFILES for TODAY: Mary Shanley
or furnace rooms can do 30 with WE ALWAYS THOUGHT that-—illegal pursuit of pickpocketing There they hoped to get' them*
comfort providing they drink ' lady policemen were"' purely either. Greenberg has the ac- selves beautifully lost in t h e
plenty of water^and eat enough ornamental—and ^ decorative-^-, colade of thirty-nine arrests and crowd.
salt. until we came across Detective twenty-seven convictions. Conti When she followed, they ran.
F r e e perspiration keeps them Mary Shanley of the New York has forty-seven arrests and six- Miss Shanley, something of a
cool by evaporation, but the loss Police Department. teen convictions. hurry-upper herself, ran too. She
of water is not the only im- Miss Shanley even looks like Miss Shanley noticed this pair shouted for them to stop, b u t
portant thing. Loss of salt by a cop. She's built four-square wandering around a subway they put on extra speed. Out
sweating depletes the system, to the wind, ,has large capable platform in New York. They came Miss Shanley's trusty re-
and cramps in stomach and feet, and a likeable countenance. looked suspicious and s h e . volver—she is rated a first-
legs and extreme prostration A couple of months ago she cap- watched them. They dodged grade pistol shot—and off it
are likely to result. tured two male criminals single- into a coming train. They then went. The suspects surrendered
Only recently laboratory stud- handed. The other day, just to tried to lose her and dodged out without further "suggestion."
ies have proven that salt is show that this was ho mere of the train again at busy Times. Miss Shanl*y has been on the
necessary, but those who have fluke, she did the stunt all over Square, making for the street. force since 1931 and h a s been
long worked at excessive tem- again. : commended for bravery, perse-
pex'ature learned by experience The Messrs. Jack Greenberg verance and judgment in making
t h a t an increase in salt con- and Joseph Conti are now arrests. In 1936 she was made
sumption would prevent cramps languishing in durance vile, due by
a detective. She's not the only
and prostration. to this impressive woman's at- woman on the force, however,
Ignorant Kaffirs, working in tention to her duties. And they for there a r e eight others with
the diamond mines of South are not precisely tyros in their
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