Show YOUR OUR BABY L l I AND MINE By y Myrtle Mey Eldr Eldred dOME d- d HOME OME D DOSING SING 18 IS A DANGEROUS DANGEROUS DANGER DANGEROUS OUS OUS- BUSINESS When there thero Is Js illness illness' about It is hs ishuman ishuman human nature natura to want to do sonic some t tiling ln about It ft In this doing doIngS the mother Is aided b by everyone within hearing of ot the tho household The with which amateurs step stepin p pIn in and Md diagnose and advise o for sickness Is almost alarming One has only to read m my dally daily mOon malt to understand bow how much er cr- Information Is passed around round Th The young mother is la tin particular target for vast ut quantities ties tics of advice nd and Information about children Almost all of this information lIon tion I li is false not because the tho donors donora aim to tell untruths or to pass on Incorrect information but because mothers are so gullible that anyone anone has only to make a lL statement how bow over absurd In a very ry convincing way ay and md the they swallow It whole In the matter of or dosing for Ill Illnesses Ill Ill- nesses neeses tho tyro never nC hesitates hesitates hesi hesi- tates ates for tor a n. moment Stomach Stomachaches aches My M 1 dear just give him a n. good lose dose of ot castor eu oil and hell he'll bo be well weli tomorrow I T always do that with my Children If by morning tho hapLess hapless hap hap- Less victim of ot stomach pains I la Is Inthe in inthe the tho hospital with an acute acuto attack of ot Appendicitis who blames tho the od- od visor pot not ot the the- mother Colds CoMs Colds should bo be stuffed Also rub on on some somo hot camphorated d oil oil oU coyer his chest chesl with whim flannel give him a good physic and let him sniff up some soma medicinal oil oll says tho the amateur doctor Sometimes the aftermath of or this forcible sniffing up un is serious in tho the extreme SniffIng Sniffing Sniff Sniff- In Ing up when ones one's nasal naMI passages are arc already full tull of ot bacteria is quite as 4 effective a a. way us as olio ode could rise to force tho bacteria into the middle car nn and 1 perhaps pg eventually c 1 Into to tho maIt mastOids DOcs DOes an any one blame blamo tho the n advisor Tho Time moro more a n. person knows the themore themore more hesitantly ho makes makes' definite statements about anything Not Sol so 50 the tho person with a n. smatter smattering In of ot knowledge she fine is unrestrained In imparting h It H. Why arent aren't mothers courageous tous enough to refuse an any advice n about home borne dosing 7 It Is far tar harder I admit but more moro Intelligent to rigidly refuse to to use use- medicines until ut it I Imi certain exactly for what th they y arc are to bo ho used HARMLESS ARMLESS PROCEDURE Tho child chUd who ho is Js ill Is made no worse by being bathed bathed put pUl to bed kept In a room of even en temperature given hen of water to drink and anti a n. er ery light dl diet t until it Il can hO he- us- us decided 1 whether this Is a 1 tempo ar ailment or a n. serious one Tw T lve Jye hours will tell that quite accurately ac ne- ne curate and antI meanwhile it Il la is' belleL bette bet bet- te leL cr to take no steps at al all than to take lake wrong wron one ones First aid for fer cuts burns and cs comes cumes within the tho province pro of ot the time mother Incidentally offer Ofer o yc we C a i on that subject which 1 Is t tl tp hang in iii th the bathroom If It you jou ou wish Ish to secure it it arel n a rel elf addressed f stamped envelope with wills your jour request and mall It to the tue Your nab Baby and Mine 11 no department of ot this newspaper ne' Tho symptoms of f PO so many ninny illnesses arc are 5 to so o similar In n their thell beginnings however er that H it Hakes takes akes a a. mO most t presumptuous person to decide after a n. casual look hook at the child or a rehearsal of theSe sym ym m. toms tom exactly what Is wrong and what should be done about It It Tomorrow t Teaching Honesty Demands Demand Sam Same Virtue in Parents e |