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Newspaper Page TextKeeping Up WitKScience qyScfflnQep erv^e © Science Service. —WNU Service. Childbirth’s Pains Safely Banned by Savants’ Discovery New Chemical Formula Puts Mother to Sleep WASHINGTON.—A safe way of taking the suffering out of child birth has long been a goal of medical scientists as well as the prayer of countless mothers the world over. One by one, various anesthetics and pain-killing agents have been tried —chloroform, ether, nitrous oxide or “laughing gas,” twi light sleep, to name a few familiar ones. Some have been rejected because of danger to mother and child. Others ■were of limited use because compli cated apparatus and skilled anesthet ists were needed to give them. Others have brought only partial relief of suf fering, or have relieved the pain in some cases and not in others. Years of Research. The long quest seems now to have been ended by a discovery of two Washington, D. C., physicians, Drs. Howard F. Kane and George B. Roth of George Washington University Med ical school. After years of careful re search they have hit on what may prove to be the ideal childbirth anes thetic. The agent they use is a mixture of paraldehyde and benzyl alcohol. The mixture is injected when the first labor pains are reported and the patient falls asleep within half an hour or an hour. She sleeps soundly and awakens actually refreshed some six or eight hours after delivery. Is Easily Administered. The chief advantage of the new method, Doctor Kane said, is that there is no danger to either mother or child. Another advantage is the fact that the anesthetic can be easily given and requires no complicated apparatus. It has been tried in several hundred cases during the last three and a half years at the George Washington Uni versity hospital, and no ill effects have been noticed in either mother or child. Gold Output Value Exceeds Billion for First Time NEW YORK.—GoId mining, among the oldest industries of man, entered the billion dollar business stage for the first time in 1935, the meeting here of the Ameri can Institute of Mining and Metallur gical Engineers learned. “Preliminary estimates for 1935,” declared John J. Croston, Boston min ing engineer, “indicate that more than 80,000,000 ounces of gold were pro duced, 10 per cent more than the 1934 record. “Ranking In order as gold producers were the Union of South Africa, Rus sia, the United States and Canada, with Russia showing the greatest per centage of increase. In view of the large number of new mines being pre pared for production in Canada, Aus tralia, the Gold Coast and the United States, further increases in production are expected in 1936 and 1937,” Depression Boomed Mines. The start of the depression in 1929, Mr. Croston pointed out, marked the turning point for gold mining from a declining to an increased industry. Up till 1929 there was a gradual depletion of known gold deposits and the operat ing costs increased while the price of ♦ gold was pegged—as it had been since 1717—at $20.67 an ounce. Following 1929 the first aid to the in lustry was the decline of wages and supplies which, enabled some marginal operators to get a foothold. Biggest spur, of course, was when Great Britain and finally the United States went off the gold standard. Lipstick Scent Causes Occasional Skin Trouble CHICAGO.—Change the scent of your lipstick, girls, if the kind you are using brings on a skin trouble. The doctors have traced some cases of lipstick dermatitis —the skin disor der that occasionally develops among users of a lip rouge—to the perfume it contains. A particular offender is a perfume containing methyl heptine carbonate, The Journal of the American Medical Association states. A young woman came to her doctor with a breaking out on the skin, which he traced to her use of lipstick. She had been using a certain brand for years with no ill effects until she changed shades. By patch tests on the girl’s arm, the physician found that she was sensitive not to the oil or dyes in the rouge but only to the perfume used in two shades of lipstick she had been using. Punch and Judy Shows Solve Kids’ Behavior Problems “Problem Child” Analyzed by Puppet Dramas CLEVELAND. — Punch and Judy and other puppet show characters beloved of children are helping psychiatrists untangle se rious behavior difficulties and ward off mental and personality disorders. Details of this new use for puppet shows were given by Dr. Lauretta Bender and Adolph Wolt mann of Bellevue hospital, New York city, at a meeting of the American Orthopsychiatric association. The method has met with striking success, the New York psychiatrists said. It was developed in the chil dren’s observation ward of the hos pital where hundreds of children suf fering from all kinds of behavior prob lems are sent in each year from chil dren’s courts, mental hygiene clinics, schools and other institutions. The greatest need among this group • of children is, first, an adequate under standing of their emotional problems ’ and, second, a form of treatment that । 'will deal with the emotional problems involved. Because of the small staff, it is impossible to give individual at i tention to each group of children. The puppet shows, however, can be used to । detect the difficulties of the children in a group and also to help the chil dren work out the solution of their problems. How the Plots Develop. The shows are written and produced to deal directly with such problems of children as rivalry between brothers and sisters, the unloved child, aggres sion, and over-devotion to one or the other parent. The hero, Caspar, can in the shows face all kinds of prob lems and the children in the audience can help him decide what to do. The children are also taught to make the puppets and write and produce their own plays. In the course of these classes, the children discuss free ly the various problems in the imper sonal terms of the puppets. The pup pets have in this way helped the psy chiatrists enormously in gaining in sight into the various complexes of the children. Electric “Prospector” Finds Coal Veins in Pennsylvania NEW YORK.—The same tech nique of using electrical prospect ing methods—often likened to electrical divining rods—which has worked so successfully in dis covering oil, gold and other min erals, is now being used to find deposits of coal in Pennsylvania. Scientists told the meeting of the American Institute of Mining and Met allurgical Engineers here that the new electrical methods, based on how well a seam of coal conducts electricity, were successful in the Mahanoy coal fields which already have been worked for 70 years. Locating Anthracite Pits. Most of the coal seams, Dr. Maurice Ewing, A. P. Crary, J. W. Peoples and J. A. Peoples, Jr., describe in their report, were worked near the surface in the past but since the workings were never completely or accurately mapped complete extraction of the coal from older pits was not obtained. In consequence, they point out, virgin bodies of coal, not heretofore known, are yet to be found. The electrical prospecting consists of passing a known electric current be tween metal stakes driven into the ground at considerable distance apart. How much current will flow between the stakes depends on how well the underlying minerals conduct the cur rent. Now It’s All Right to Mow Your Dandelions ANN ARBOR, MlCH.—Dan delions have almost ceased from troubling lawn-anxious household ers; but Prof. Carl D. Laßue of the University of Michigan is offering, for future reference, the results of his study of seed behavior in the heads of dandelions mowed before the seeds were ripe. He undertoook his Investigation be cause he had received many inquiries whether dandelion heads cut down by the lawnmower would go on and ripen seeds that would sprout later. He cut off a large number of the heads at various stages of development and let them lie on moist moss until they had fully dried. Then he examined an.l placed the seeds under conditions for germination. He found that In all heads cut at any stage before the white down (“pappus" to botanists) began to show above the closed green sheath after the petals had wilted, the seeds looked quite unpromising and that their ger mination performance did not belle their looks. They all failed to sprout; in fact, after ten days they had ali de cayed. Professor Laßue concludes: “Ap parently then, until the white of thi dandelion pappus begins to extend be yond the green involucre tips, the heads may be cut and allowed to dry on the lawn without any danger cf spreading the seed.” ho^are "lloiiytx>K / DR. JAMES W. BARTON T*lk» About ® Cutting Down on Water PRACTICALLY every over weight individual knows that potatoes, bread, and sugar help greatly to form fat in the body and accordingly these three items are usually eaten in very small amounts by those who are faith fully trying to reduce theirweight. Most overweights also know that fat ; foods —cream, butter, fat meats, nuts, i egg yolks—by preventing wear and tear tn the tissues prevent loss of body . weight. । However It would seem that there . are still a great many overweights who do not seem to know that water in the body tissues adds greatly to the weight of the body, makes life uncomfortable, and interferes with the proper action of the organs and tissues just as does fat tissue itself. This fact is known to boxers, wrestlers, jockeys and others whose athletic endeavors call for ’ fl ; Ihk.: L„iwi Dr. Barton i i speed, skill and endurance. The first . thought of boxers, for instance, after - being weighed in, is not food but wa ter or other liquids, as the “drying out” process has left them terribly thirsty. ; And when we remember that every pound of fat tissue can and does often ! hold over three pounds of water, we can readily realize what it means to the weight of the body if too much liquid is not used, as liquids feed wa ter to the fat tissues of the body. This is the reason that exercise Is such a wonderful weight reducer. The exercise heats up the body, first gets ’ rid of surplus water in the skin, then draws up the surplus water in the fat, and then heats and removes some of the fat itself. And the great point about exercise is that the water and fat are gradually replaced by muscle tissue. This muscle tissue not only strengthens the individual and makes him willing to take more exercise, but muscle tissue does not h(dd extra wa ter as does fat tissue. Already Water-Logged. The thought then for overweights Is that while water is necessary to every one, and most of us do not drink enough of it, the overweight is already water-logged and does not need so much water. The overweight should drink some water whenever he feels he must, but a quarter to one-third of the usual amount is all that should be taken. Simply gargling the parched throat may help, between drinks. Another point that is not remem bered by overweights is that eating too much salt will prevent loss of weight, as it has been found that a grain of salt will hold seventy times its weight of water within the tissues. Thus “a person can easily carry one to one and a half gallons of water in his body, kept there by salt, without showing swelling. Now salt is necessary for health and for life itself. Salt preserves the tis sues from disorganization and putre faction, is needed by the blood to hold certain materials in solution, it regu lates the chemical reaction of the blood and various juices of the body. Lack of salt can cause digestive, nervous, bone, and other disturbances. Use Small Quantities. However, in overweights, anxious to rid themselves of water, salt must be taken in small quantities. This is a real hardship because overweights are usually good eaters and like their food well seasoned. Now how are these overweights who have developed a liking or perhaps a craving for salt going to cut down on salt without too much hardship? Dietitians tell us that raw vegeta bles do not require salt; that there is enough salt in them to make them “tasty.” “Meat can be made tasty without the use of salt by browning it quickly and adding only a little water. Natural condiments such as caraway seed, mus tard, nutmeg, onions, cheese, butter, and lemon can be used.” “Sweet, cold fruit soups may be served. Leafy vegetables should not be boiled in water. Potatoes should be boiled with their skins on, for then the lack of salt is not so noticeable. Root vegetables should be boiled un cut” * * * Treating Varicose Veins There seems to be a tendency to wards varicose veins in some families, while other cases are due to over weight or to overlifting. When the veins are small, cause no discomfort, no swelling or other symptom they should be forgotten as there is no need for treatment. When, however, there is discomfort or the veins are unsight ly, their removal by the injection treat ment or by surgery must be considered. Dr. J. S. Bobo, Gadsden, Ala., in the Alabama Medical Association Journal describes a method now in use to find out if treatment should be given. A tourniquet (tight band) is placed round the lower part of the thigh just ti>ht enough to obstruct the return flow of the blood in the veins just below the surface of the skin, and the patient is allowed to walk about the room for several minutes to observe if the deej veins are working notwithstanding thiq band around the thigh. ©— WNU Service. ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ ! STAR I I DUST | ★ * i .Movie • Radio * A ★ ★★★By VIRGINIA VALE★★★ THOSE awards made by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are still caus ing violent debates all over Holly wood. Executives of the Screen Actors Guild and the Screen Writ ers Guild telegraphed the mem bers the day before the awards were ’ made, urging them not to attend the presentation banquet. They charged that the academy is producer-con trolled, and that studio politics con- trolled the giving of the awards. Os course the Academy heads denied that, and the battle has been on ever since. It is claimed that Bette Davis was given the prize for the best per formance given by a woman during the year, not because of her work in “Danger ous,” but because she didn’t get the award I I 1 BWS 1 w ■lb j 1 ' /W vhr * ’ Bette Davis last year for her performance in “Os Human Bondage.” It is urged that Victor McLaglen, who won the prize for the men, gave just one good per formance, in “The Informer,” whereas J Charles Laughton and Paul Muni each gave several. In fact, there are argu ments about everything but that be lated award of D. W. Griffith for his 1 work in the days before there was any 1 Academy. People wept when Henry 1 Walthall introduced D. W. 1 — They're rewritting Ken Maynard’s new picture, because the lioness who 1 acted in it was killed recently. (You 1 may have seen her in “Sequoia.”) 1 The company was on location, and the 1 lioness went out for some exercise. 'ln ; California there’s a bounty of SBO on mountain lions, and a prospector thought this was just one more lion, and shot her. If you want to go into the movies, 1 you’ll be Interested in the news that • several of the big companies are plan ning to develop their own actors, by establishing schools in New York. In fact, Paramount already has such a » school, and RKO and Metro are think ing of following their example. It’s all caused by the fact that the picture ■ companies have not been able to re । cruit suitable players from the stage. I They’ve scoured the field of vaude s ville, radio, night clubs and college ! dramatic societies, and have concluded : that training schools are the best solu l tion of the problem. —*— Walt Disney has a school, too, de voted to training artists to animate the Disney pictures. Recently he adver tised for help, and only fifty people out of the 1,700 who answered made the grade. Now he’s advertising again. The candidates whom he accept^ re ceive a small salary while they’re learning the work, and then go on the I pay roll as animators. —* — Randolph Scott, who went into pic tures, not because he was stellar ma terial, but because it looked like a ( good way to make a living, is to be starred in “The Last of the Mohi- ' cans.” John Boles had to cut short his personal appearance tour and rush back to Hollywood to be starred in “White I Fang.” Incidentally, if you have to diet to B | keep your weight down 1 John can sympathize ’ with you. He starts CTH * the day by drinking lemon juice in hot । water, and the big mo- jg m , ment of dinner, for I him, is two lamb Q chops. John Boles Jean Hersholt gives such an excel lent performance in “The Country Doc tor" that his old contract was torn up and a new one, with the salary doubled, was given him. —k— Sunny O’Dea, who danced so well in Eddie Cantor’s “Strike Me Pink” that she’s headed for the top in pic tures, still has to go to school in the studio, because she's not yet eighteen The fact that she has already made a name for herself as a dancer In New York and London makes not the slight est difference. —♦— Gary Cooper's wife, Sandra, who doesn’t care for the movie spotlights, has made a reputation in spite of her self; she’s known as one of the best dressed women in Hollywood. The other Is Kay Francis. ODDS AND ENDS . . . Pauline Starke, whom some of you will remember from her movie days, is to be starred in a stage play . . . Grace Moore doesn't want to make any more movies . . . Mary Brian is back from England . . . Jack Benny is thinking of really learning to play the violin—with Rubinoff as his teacher . . . Never has Freddie Bartholomew given a more moving performance than in the sketch he did on the Rudy l allee pro gram recently . . . Boake Carter, news commentator, made 2J 72 consecutive broadcasts—then he came down with the grippe, and had to miss one, and he’ll never get over it. © Western Newspaper Union. Here We Have a Versatile Pup That 1 You Will Find Easy to Cross Stitch < —i pyj—<] M I IrnuMoav* I | J utpHtsoav sun d a u-j— PATTERN 5493 Isn’t he versatile —this pup that can wash, iron, sew and even play a violin? Just having him around —on tea towels or scarf ends, will bright en your day. Brighten, too, the hours you spend embroidering his amusing antics in cross stitch. They’re ever so easy to do—with crosses 8 to the inch, and before you know it you’ve one for each day of No Ifs or Ands Sonny Boy—Say, Dad, what is meant by “the bone of contention”? Dad—The jawbone, my son. 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Original Bob Was Sawed Off With Shark’s Teeth Bobbed hair for women had its American debut in Hawaii, accord ing to Pan-Pacific Press bureau. In ancient times, native women wore theirs long. But a haircut was no such easy matters as nowadays. They sawed it off with a knife of sharks' teeth. THE OLD HOG “The farmer’s wife tells me it Is profitable to keep a pig to get rid of scraps around the house.’’ “I presume so. I find, however, that my husband will eat almost anything.” Not Even Tarnished “You ain’t got no brains.” “Ain’t got no brains? Why, man. Ah got brains which ain’t been used." Caution Be cautious with whom you asso ciate, and never give your company or your confidence to persons of whose good principles you are not certain.