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HAVE YOU INSURED
YOUR BABY?
It is a well Known fact that young
children are more susceptible to mea¬
sles, mumps, diphtheria, scarlet fever,
tuberculosis and typhoid fever than
grown people. This is unfortunate
because it is extremely important
that every child be brought up to ma¬
turity as free as possible from the
effects of disease. Plants and trees
must lie carefully cultivated and pro¬
tected from harmful influences while
they are tender and small. Every
farmer knows this. Just so, the same
rule applies to children. The growing
child needs a well balanced body. Ev¬
ery part must grow at a normal, uni¬
form rate. Bruise a young sapling. It
may grow up into a tree finally but
it will not be strong enough to with¬
stand strong winds Injure the vital
organs of a young child: It may grow
up finally but it will never recover
physical perfection. No disease, not
even measles, mumps or whooping
■cough, leaves the child as sound phy¬
sically as he would have been if lie
had not had the disease,
It was not so many years ago when
it was considered proper for parents
deliberately to expose their children
to measles, mumps and whooping
cough so that they would contract
these diseases and not be bothered
with them later in life. We now know
that this was a very dangerous prac¬
tice, especially with regard to mea¬
sles and whooping cough. J)o you
know that 4UQ children died from
whooping cough in Georgia during
1927 and 192S? Do you know, also,
that 211 people died of measles during
these two years and most of these
were young children? Diphtheria killed
400 and typhoid fever 1,100. These
figures refer to actual deaths. Thous¬
ands of children had these diseases
and recovered. Or did they recover?
Yes, they recovered from the disease
but not entirely from the after effects.
If time permitted, I could tell you more
about these after effects. I think, how¬
ever, that ft is more important that
I talk about the prevention of these
diseases in young children.
1 only wish it were possible to give
you a simple method of preventing
each and every kind of infectious dis¬
ease. Some day this may be possi¬
ble. At the present time three of
these diseases can be prevented by
vaccination, namely: smallpox, diph¬
theria and typhoid fever
Every intelligent person knows
about the value of vaccination against
smallpox. Perhaps every one of you
can show a vaccination scar on your
arm. Some of you were vaccinated
during childhood and some later in
life. Smallpox is a rare disease be¬
cause most of us are protected by vac¬
cination. Those of you who have
children or expect to have them will
no doubt see to it that they are vac¬
cinated by tlie time they are old
enough to go to school. But why wait
until then? Any good pediatrician, or
doctor of children, will advise you that
the best time to vaccinate your chil¬
dren is when they are-only a few days
or weeks old. This is advised not
merely to get early protection but be¬
cause babies at this age suffer less
discomfort and are not able to scratch
the scab off and contaminate the sore
with tlieir fingers. Large, unsightly
scars are usually due to the poison¬
ous infection from dirty fingernails
and not to the vaccine itself.
Babies are usually immune to diph¬
theria during the first six months of
life. After this time, immunity is
rapidly lost. Children between the
ages of six months aril six years are
very susceptible. Beyond the sixth
year natural immunity begins to de
velop so that older children and adults
rarely have the disease. Your doctor
will, therefore, advise you to have
your baby vaccinated against diph
thcria before it is six months old.
Here again the injections give very
little discomfort, while in older chil
dren there may be some uncomforta
ble reaction though never severe or ;
serious.
Babies are usually immune to ty¬
phoid fever during the first year of j
life. After this time they become j
very susceptible aud remain so !
throughout their lives. Therefore, ev- j
baby should be vaccinated against '
ery j
typhoid fever before reaching the age
of two. Those of you who have taken
typhoid vaccine know that for the
twenty-four hours after the injec- '
firs?
tion there is sometimes an uncom- :
fortable reaction. The younger the
child, however, the milder the reac- j |
tion. Babies have almost no reac
tion at all. early Hence vaccination. another argument j
in favor of
cinatiou It is only against fair to of admit these that diseases vac- j
any
is not an absolute protection. But in- j
stances of failure are rare. If every |
baby born vaccinated during the I next have ten just years de- |
were as ;
scribed, diphtheria, smallpox and ty- [
phoid fever in the next generation j
would he rare curiosities.
Perhaps your children apply are no longer them j I
babies. The same rules to
The they vaccinated, '
glso. sooner are j
the better the protection and the less
discomfort to them.
Health Officer Resigns
-
The State Board of Health is indeed ■
sorry to lose the valuable services of
one of our best workers, Doctor B. B j
Bagby, of Clarke county. He will at¬
tend post-graduate school this fall be¬
fore finally locating, so says Georgia’s
Health.
SharpestNVision
The distance bhnt\me isurfaee human eye
can see over the of the earth
lias never been [definitely measured,
The longest 1 ‘eats'of unaided\yisien on
record approach ^200' miles. of Observers France
on the Mediterranean coast
are said lo have/sighted lights on Cor
siean mountains)386 miles away,
mirrors on Mount Shasta, Calif., were
recentlj sighted from Mount Helena, a
distance of 192 miles. . V . \ : '
“Cat Out of Bag” \ \
The expression, ‘'letting the cat out
of the bag” is of nautical origin.
When punishment by the use of the
cat-o’-nine-tails was abolished from
the United States navy the “eat” was
placed in a canvas bag and its use
became an infraction of tlie law.
Hence the meaning that when the cat
was taken from the bag trouble would
issue.
Grades in Intelligence '*s s
Dr. Edward K. Free, New York
scientist, made the statement that me¬
chanics are the nation’s most intelli¬
gent class in an address delivered be¬
fore the American Society of Mechan¬
ical Engineers. According to Doctor
Free, engineers and technical men
rank second and business meu third.
Crowded Village
So many places claim to he the
smallest village or parish In England
that it Is difficult to make a choice,
but Norlhholme, near Wninfleet, with
an area of only 2.3 acres and 20
perches, and a population of about
2t>0, must at least be the most pop
ttlotis for' its tiny size.
Advertising Long Employed
Advertising is of great antiquity.
Egyptian advertising over four thou¬
sand years old has been discovered.
Picture advertisements were used for
t(u* most part it(i to tlie lime of and
through the Middle ages. The earliest
newspaper advertisement is said to
have been in Germany, 1.391.
j Postal Excitements
Talking of advertisements, the coun¬
try gentleman who advertises “boa
constrictor, healthy,” which “can he
seen by writing" is obviously of the
siftne breed as the gentleman who of¬
fers to send “roars of laughter" post
free.
Life in London
According to an English paper, when
a landlord asked for possession .of a
room at Drayton I’ark, Highbury, lie
told the magistrate that the room
measured 12 feet by is feet. II was
occupied by a husband and wife and
eight children.
Life’* Golden Thread,
Utile self-denials, little honesties.
little silent victories over favorite
temptations — tlies.e are tlie silent
threads of gold which, when woven
together, gleam out so brightly in the
pattern of lile that God
Dean Inge.
Bookplate,
A bookplate is a printed or engraved
label, hearing the owner’s name and a
decorative design, which is pasted in¬
side the front cover of a hook. The
must popular size for a bookplate is
2 by 2% inches.
Removing Egg Stain,
Egg stains on stiver are removed
will) Wet suit, others with precipitated
chalk or whitening mixed with a litile!
ammonia. After the stains have been
removed, wash and polish the silver. ■
A Human Verse
There is one verse in the Bible that
an Atchison heathen believes. The
verse quotes I’eter in this manner;
“We fished all night and caught nolb j
ing.”—Atchison Dally Globe.
Franklin as Publisher
The first book printed by Benja ,
min Franklin was “Tlie Rise, In :
crease and Progress of the Christian 1
People Called Quakers,” by William 1
Scwel.
Wine From Palm Sap
The kitul palm in India secretes a
sweet, aromatic sap which, after fer
mentation, is an excellent sort of palm
wine.
Tea-Leaf Salad
There is a virgin tea called Lung-j
Soo, meaning dragon’s whiskers, which
tlie Chinese use in making tea and the
leaves of which they eat as a salad. !
Heaven Forbid
When those scientists succeed in 1
making wood edibie we presume well- !
seasoned lumber will take on added i
value.—Philadelphia Inquirer.
Decidedly Not Gossip
Neighbor—Now, what I'm tellin
yer, Mrs. Horan, is no gossip, because
everybody’s talkin’ about it.—Boston
Transcript.
Let Ananias Tell One
It would be interesting to hear An j
anins tell what they allowed him for
his old car.—San Francisco Chronicle.!
Share Enjoyment
To enjoy a thing exclusively is com
monty lo exclude yourself from the
true enjoyment of it.—Thoreau.
Norway’, Nickname
Norway, or, more specifically, north
ern Norway, is the Land of the Mid |
night Sun.
Mere Expression,
Gifts and aims are the expressions
not the essence, of virtue.—Addison, i
THE CLEVELA^b COURIER, CLEVELAND. GEORGIA.
Hard to Shake Belief
in Good and Bad Luck
Jt is hard to overcome such inbred
myths as tlie “thirteen” superstition.
To any reasonable person you can
demonstrate in two minutes that
there is nothing in it. But these be¬
liefs in good and bad luck are not
kept going by people capable of rea¬
son. They are the beliefs of the un¬
■ thinking mass with whom it is useless
to argue.
Parnell, the famous Irish states¬
man, was one of the many prominent
politicians who have been afraid of
J3. His mother was responsible
if. Yet she was a woman of char¬
acter and intellect. One day she was
getting into a train at Dublin when
she noticed tlie number of the coach
was 39. “1 won’t go in that,” she
declared flatly; “it’s unlucky.” The
lord mayor, who was seetiug her oft',
asked why. “Because of multiple of
13," she said, and climbed into
Other carriage—a third-class one, al¬
though site had n first-class ticket.
There was no other first-class coach
but tlie “unlucky” one.
Character Molded by
Example of
Do you ever wonder wlmt you
would have boon if your fattier and
mother had been different? J often
do.
My own father and mother lived
what they tried to teach their two
children; my sister and myself. To
have so consistent an example of ab¬
solute Integrity would lie of ineudetil
able worth to any child; 1 never can
sufficiently express nty debt of grati
tilde to them.
My father was a “natural born'
scientist, an indefatigable searcher
for the relation between cause and
effect. It was he that taught me b
ask the why of everything; ,o want
to know and to understand things.
Both my father and my motion
Judged persons by the essenttals of
character; such things as honesty,
kindness, uprightness; by what per
sons were—not by how much money
they had or how much show they
could make. —Mary ii. Mullett in the
American Magazine.
Pal,
The late Chauncey M. Depew was
fond of telling stories on himself. On
one of his last birthdays, which had
become occasions of ceremony, lie told ,
this ope:
‘‘I feel ns Methuselah must have
when one of the beauties of his court
congratulated him on his nine hundred
sixtieth birthday saying, ‘You don’t
look a day over 930.’ "
' Tills also on himself;
“One day I was stopped in the
street b.v a lady who asked If her :
aged father might come In and visit ;
me. ‘He is nearly as old ns you,’ she j
said. ‘He is feeble-minded, hut 1 j
know he would enjoy talking to you.’ ” I
The Appointed Place
The big business man had died and '
gone to—well not to heaven. Bui
hardly Imd lie settled down for a nice]
long smoke when a hearty hand [
slapped him on the hack, and into ids !
ear boomed the voice of a persistent
salesman who trad pestered him much j
on earth.
"Well, Mr. Smith,” chortled the
salesman, "I'm here for tlie appoint¬
ment.”
“What appointment?”
“Why, don't you remember?” the
salesman went on. “Every time I
came into your office you told me i
you’d see me here I”
Thou and You
A reader asks “when and b.v whom i
was the plain language, thee and thou, j
changed to you when speaking to a I
single person?” We can only say that '
■ the change was brought about b.v puli j j
lie usage. If one were to adhere
strictly to the laws of grammar, then
one should still address a single per |
son people as thou do this instead yet, of hut you, the and ordinary some j
custom has become to drop the sec
ond person singular, even when only I
one person is addressed, and to use ;
the second person plural. There Is
no law of any kind requiring this, it i
is simply tlie custom.—Exchange.
Rite, of Baptism
Immersion is unquestionably tin
most ancient form of Christian bap |
tisni. The word “baptism” is derived
from the Greek “bapto” or “baptizeo," ;
literally meaning to immerse, bat lie, oi j
wash. Baptism in the Latin or Ko- j
man Catholic church was originally
by immersion. That method prevailed i
until about the Twelfth century. In
some places individual Catholic j
churches continued to baptize by irn ;
mersion until only a few hundred;
years ago. According to the ritual
now authorized by tlie Catholic church,
baptism is performed by laving the 1
candidate’s head.—Exchange.
Where There’, a Will—
Under the will of a wealthy Sydney
manufacturer who died recently, $400,
000 was left for the provision of
horse troughs, with the names of his!
wife and himself to be inscribed on 1
each one erected.
A list of queer wills was compiled
in New York a few months ago con-<
taining one which had a clause re
questing the mourners to stop at a
restaurant and have a good lunch be-;
fore proceeding to the grave.
There was also the case of the j
Yorkshire gardener who left his wife
one shilling and a cracked bowl, j
AN IMPORTANT
MATTER OFTEN
OVERLOOKED
The fact that birth and death are
indisputably the two most important
events to a human bei*a is. in itself,
sufficient reason why a permanent
.record of these all-important events
should, be made through the medium
of birth and death regia I ration. But
there are many other reasons, and
practical ones, too, why births and
deaths should be registered.
Birth registration is essential for
establishing proof of citizenship and
identity, the right to attend school,
to eater into employment, to marry,
to receive passports, to enjoy bequests
and tlie proceeds of insurance. All
of these, and special social and crimi¬
nal problems are more or 1 ss depend¬
ent upon accurate birth records.
The fitst duly of parents to their
new-born child is to see that the birth
is properly registered with the local
registrar, There are contingencies
rave to arise when the man or woman
will bitterly vegret the carelessness
of parents who overlook ’.his duty,
for a birth certificate may mean (lie
difference between luxury or poverty,
happiness or sorrow, honor or dis
giace.
Your doctor or other attendant pres¬
ent at the birth, is required by law to
file the birth certificate, but parents
should insist that it he done.
Death registration is equally Import ¬
ant. Such records are necessary in
proving death for probating wills, set
tling estates, establishing claims lor
insurance and pensions, and safe¬
guarding the health of our people.
Public Health Officers must have
immediate and accurate Information
concerning each death in order that
the proper measures may bo adopted
o prevent the spread of contagious and
epidemic diseases, and protect us from
an untimely death from preventable
causes.
Although the law requires the tin
dertaker, or person acting as such, to
file the death certificate with the local
registrar, the relatives should insist
that ii be done.
T E A C H E R S
OF HEALTH
ASSEMBLED
The teachers in the schools of the
twelve Congressional Districts, who
are the instructors of the Health
Course, sponsored by the Gooigia. Tu
berculosis Association, the State Board
of Health, aud the State Department
of Education, nut for i teachers’ in¬
stitute at (ho Henry Grady Hotel, June
6, through Hie Sth.
Some of ilie foremost health and
educational experts in the State ad¬
dressed these teachers, among whom
were Mr. Willis Sutton, Dr T. F. Ab¬
ercrombie, Dr. M. E. Winchester, Mr.
J. O. Marlin, Alias Lillian Barker, Mr.
J. P. Faulkner, Dr. !!. B. Bagby, Miss
Susan Matthew and Miss Mildred S.
Man so n.
An interesting program was ar¬
ranged with two purposes in mind—
to give these teachers a vision of tlie
possibilities of health teaching in the
rural communities throughout Georgia,
and also aid them in working out, in
a practical fashion, the later,t methods
in the technique of teaching health
to children.
The State Board of 11 alth co-oper¬
ated In every way possible in this as¬
sembly and arranged for physical ex¬
aminations to he given each, teacher
taking the Health Course and any oilier
teachers in the Summer Normals who
will avail themselves of this oppor¬
tunity.
Baldwin County Health
Officer Resigns
It is with extreme regret that UK
State Board of Health learned of the
resignation of Dr. Sain’ A. Anderson,
Health Officer of Baldwin County, on
June 1, 1029. Doctor An tier son has
been health officer of Baldwin County
since April 1, 1924, and much advance¬
ment in public health has been made in
this county during his administration.
Doctor Anderson is leaving the field
of public health to enter that of in
ternal medicine and has received an
appointment as interne in one of the ;
larger hospitals in the cast. After
completing this co tse he will probably j
return to tlie South aud begin the prac- i
tice of.internal nu.seine.
Dr. John D. Wiley was elected to fill
.
the position made vacant by the resig- j
nation of Doctor Anderson and as J
sumed charge of the work on June 1 |
Doctor Wiley is a native Georgian,
having received his public health
training from the Medical Department
of the University of Georgia at Au¬
gusta and the Rockefeller Foundation
Training Station at Indianola, Missis¬
sippi, and has already entered actively
into the public health program of this
county.
No State in the Union has greater
natural advantages than Georgia, but
w? cannot capitalize these advantages
until we are able to assure the people
tha’ our State affords every health
protection possible
Many Use, for Honey
Throughout the ages honey has had
all sorts of uses. The Greeks espe
dally prized the honey of Hymetlus,
although Muhaffy said he could get
better on the heather hills of Ireland,
says the New York Times. A favorite
drink of Chaucer's time was wine
mixed with honey and spices. Hindus
P'lt a drop of honey in tlie mouth of
a new-born male infant. Honey was
used as an embalming material in an¬
cient. Egypt,
Receipt for Beauty
Kindness can become a habit with
you, just as groucliiness can become
a habit, it pays sometimes to stop
1° think a minute and check up on
your habits and see if they are what
yon really intend them to he. Kind¬
ness is a habit Unit will make you
happier, yes. and prettier, for il will
soften the lines of your face.—Our
Sunday Visitor.
Rhone’s Rapid Current
Probably the most rapid river in tlie
world, with the exception of some
small streams which are merely tor¬
| rents or cataracts, is the River Rhone,
In France. At some seasons tlie our
rent of this stream readies a speed
of 40 miles an hour. In the drier sea- ;
sons, six miles however, hour. it drops jo a rate of j
an
Wanted Her Change
A woman traveling northward from
Banbury pulled Hie communication
cord when the train had left the sin
lion some distance. The train wits
slopped, and when the guard made
Inquiries the woman staled that she
tendered a hoy sixpence for an apple
0,1 Banbury station platform and
wanted her change.—London Tit-Bits.
Do They Learn It?
-\fler a thoughtful woman lias been
married a certain time, she has
learned to hang a clothesline in the
basement in winter In such a way
that, it will Invariably catch an unsus¬
pecting male across the Adam’s ap
pie.—Detroit News.
Letter’, Form Changed
The letter U was originally a cur
sire or rounded form of the letter V.
and not distinguished from It. By the
Tcnlh century V came to he used by
preference as (he capital initial form
4 lie two letters, however, were noi
given separately until about 1800.
Requisite Qualjtie,
Knowledge is essential to conquest;
only according to our ignorance are
wo helpless. Thought creates char
m'ler. Character can dominate con¬
ditions. Will creates circumstances
and environment.—Begant.
Wrong Tendency
sensitivity We need 4n not less, but more moral j. j
a complex world. Anj
tendency of thought which inclines to j
destroy the “ought” in moral reason I
ing is dangerous,—I’rof. Helnhold Net- j
Imhr.
Unpardonable Omission
A recent article enumerating those
who have contributed to tlie emanci¬
pation of women failed to mention Mr
Slides or whoever it was who Invent¬
ed tlie typewriter.—Florence Herald. |
Too True
The people are always incensed |
about something in their public af j
fairs, but I he object of their indlgna
lion changes often aud they get little
done.—Exchange.
Value of Self-Denial
They that deny themselves will be
sure to find their strength increased
their affections raised, and their in
ward peace continually augmented.—
Matthew Arnold.
Early Dealer* in Stock,
The New York Stock exchange was
formed and a code of rules drawn up
for the organization February 21, 1820.
The membership fee amounted to$100
apiece.
Light on the Subject
Two hoys saw it barber through the
window singeing the hair of a cus
toner. “,Say, Jim,” said his pal, “lie’s
hunting ’em wid a light."—Exchange
Magical Talisman
Courage and perseverance have n
nufgical talisman, before which difii
cullies disappear and obstacles van
i.-li into air.—John Quincy Adams.
No Test of Quality
Self-praise is no recommendation.
Many a man throws bouquets at him¬
self who never pays his florist's bill.—
Boston Transcript.
And the Breakable Kind
Fannie (showing her new doll to liei
little cousin)—But you mustn’t drop
tier, Marian, ’cause tier head is made
of dish.
Public Taste Criticized
I have always suspected public taste
to he a mongrel product, out of affeeta
tion b.v dogmatism.—Robert Louis
Stevenson.
Assured Harvest
He who sows courtesy reaps friend j
ship, and he who plants kindness;
gathers love.—Bash.
Like, Strong Color,
It is stated that the bumblebee has
a strong preference for blues and
purples.
Beyond At) Valuation
One good mother Is worth a hun
Bred schoolmasters.—Proverb.
Women pay more for their clothes
than men and get less.
The airplane industry believes the
overhead will never be too great.
“Incidentals": A large lump figure
put into a household budget to make
the affair balance.
Trouble with us is that our neces¬
sities are too luxurious and our lux¬
uries too necessary.
“A saxophone has 167 separate
parts.”—New York Sun. Well, just
so they are separate.
Some one asked the Office Cynic
this morning wliat Uis birHistone was
ami he said, “Pumice.”
A sunshine spreader advises us that
thinking lengthens life. It does, if
y«»u dodge quick enough.
New York couldn’t solve the Roth
stein mystery, even, and now this
Einstein tiling comes up.
Statistic: Mighty few of the world’s
great thoughts were first written by
u customer trying out a fountain pen.
The office crab hasn't eaten In a
breakfast nook since the last eorn-on
I lie-cob season, when he splashed the
walls.
The only time a one-armed man Is
at an advantage is when lie sits at
one of those crowded boarding house
tables.
A manufacturer calls the saxo¬
phone’s note "the Tocsin of the Mod¬
em Spirit.” Then how about an anti
tocsin?
According to the many gorgeous
seed catalogues, arriviri illustratji «ymce more
in Hie mail, the still has
His dreams.
A new oxygen helmet Is one of the
several ways invented to escape from
a submarine, other than enlisting in
the Infantry.
Not only can you astonish your
friends with (lie French you learn In
ten Easy Lessons: You can aston¬
ish a Frenchman.
A “Stay Alive” club has been or¬
ganized hi New York. Nothing will
contribute more to Us success than
a good constitution.
Wonders of Childhood, No. 2-H;
The hired girl who could take an ap¬
ple and pare off the entire skin In a
tong unbroken piece.
“The suggestion Is made that the
Congressional Record he printed on
cornstalk paper.” Fine! What’ll wo
do with the extra corn?
Blue, yellow and lavender table¬
cloths are among the season’s novel¬
ties in Ihe linen line, but nothing prac¬
tical like gravy-colored.
Nowadays when you see a woods
tire, just Imagine bow many pairs of
silk stockings could have been made
from the devastated timber.
“He used to walk off mornings with
all tlie matches in the kitchen,” said
tlie silly wife. “So the other day I
bought him a cigarlighter.”
The Wild Life editor flatly denies
a rumor that a “cow tree” in Nica¬
ragua, which gives milk remarkably
like, a cow’s, also says Moo.
A freshman in the punning course
went iuto a stationer’s the other
morning and asked whether he kept
any new corn paper iu stalk.
New York’s handsome police com¬
missioner has been running around so
much on the new Job he has worn
his shoes right down to the spats.
Young Westinghouse, the hoy in
ventor who is thinking up uses for
paper towels, intends to study their
as an undercrust for pies.
In an unsettled .slate of affairs tlie
over it would require an expert
social relativity to define tlie pre¬
cise boundaries of the “underworld.”
We have had it confirmed by suit¬
able inquires that ihe name of the
revolutionary figure in China is
really Hip Flip Hong, instead of Hur¬
ray.
“A new paper for wrapping pur¬
Is made waterproof In the proc¬
of manufacture.” Something after
Idea of the paper towel, we ex¬
“Tlie only difference between graph¬
and a diamond is in the way the
molecules are arranged.” Splendid!
break a lead pencil and start
nanging.
The opportunity for a demonstra¬
has passed, of course, but we
wonder how the late Mr. Houdini
on extricating the arm from a
sleeve-lining.
These bridge games which are
might h* given a further
convincing touch if one leg of the
cabinet could be arranged to
occasionally.
Artists have secured results that
imply the influence of a “fourth
Some of the products
as difficult to reduce to ordinary
of ratiocination as Einstein’s
Itself.
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