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Show Iathleen Kathleen ( Norris Says : Something ( Valuable ) for Nothing NothingDen . . . D.n Dn Den . S7D'IJca S7DIJca S7D'IJcaWNU Syndioato-WNU Syndioato WNU ' -WNU WNU - - Taaturea " .atw atw ; A # 1/ph 1 ph 1phf 1phA 1phDon't 1phI f / I : - Don Don't Dont ' , pW put II tt 00 off s . mo.m mom mona.nt monant . . lo.r lor longer , . . Open the the'elephon 'elephon elephon telephon ' . boole book boole"OW booknow "OW OW now " to ' 0 "RedCraa "Red Red "RedCro " Craa Cro . . " and findow findout find ow out how hate how.oon .oon oon soon . you CGII tall enroll enro1L . By KATHLEEN NORRISD NORRISID NORRIS 10 ID you ever stop to con con- consider conalder consider - D ? DID sider alder that all the things thingswe thingswe thingswe we women are learning learn learn- learning learning - ing to do in this tlus war-tlungs war tlungs war-things things wartlungsour warthingsour war - thingsour our . mothers r.nothers rnothers never drear.ned drearned dreamed dreamedof drear.nedof . of doing , will be useful in ttr.ne ttrne time ttr.neof timeof timeof . of peace9 peace " ' These dark days daysthrough daysthrough daysthrough through w which ich we are living livingare livingare livingare are providing you with an op op- opportunity op- op opportunity opportunity - - portunity to be instructed m 1n msome 1nsome insome some line Une of work , to gain gainBorne gainsome gainBome Borne some experience that will be beuseful beuseful beuseful useful to you all your life . Don't Dont Don.t . ' ' mls rnisB miss . It ft Became Because we are are&oin aregoing arefoinc &oin oin going & , to bo be a pretty specialized peo pe0- pe0 pea - pe0ple peapie people ple pie after the war , and you may find findyourself findyourself findyourself yourself paying paylna a good god ood round stunfor sum stun sumfor sumfor for the lessons you may have nave tor tornothln tornothing tornothlni nothln nothing , now Courses of all aU sorta aorta sortaare aortaare sortare * are open to you , . , you can choosewhat choosewhat choose choosewhat what appeals to you most . . Don't Dont Don'tbe Don'tbe Don'tbe Dontbe ' be one of the women who are golna going goingto golnato goingto to feel left out of everything everythJna one oneof oneof oneof of these day dap : because laecause they acted In hi Inwartime hiwartime inwartime wartime exactly exactb exactiy ' as . If R it was wu peace- peace peaceUrne peacetime peace-time peace time peacetimeThe - - Urne time UrneThe timeThe The opportunities opportuDlUes opportunittea of men andwomen and andwomen andwomen women are more nearly equal today todaythan todaythan todaythan than they ever have been Thou Thou- Thoulanda Thousands Thousands - sands landa of women are & going &oing oing to toretain toretain toretain retain after the war . , specdaUzed specialized specdaUzedjobs specializedjobs specializedJobs jobs for which they have provedthemselves proved provedthemselves provedthemselves themselves adapted And there areoinl aregoing are arethe going , oinl to be 10 so many Dew new Jobs , In Inthe Inthe the great uprush of reconstrucUon reconstruction reconstrucUoneverywhere reconstructioneverywhere reconstructioneverywhere everywhere , that there will be anunprecedented an anunprecedented anunprecedented unprecedented demand tor for labor laborBut laborBut laborBut But meanwhile , if you are not Inthe Jn fn Jnthe fnthe the uniform of a WAVE W AVE or a WACif WAC . , if you are not on the assembly line lineor lineor lineor or serving servin , the wounded in some hos hOIl- hOIl hospital hOIlpItal hos- hos hospital - - pital . . , take immediate hnmedlate advantage advantae , ofthe ofthe of ofthe the course in Home Nursing Nursln . thatyour that thatyour thatyour your Bed Red Cross Is Ja L offering ofterin , you Theworld The Theworld Theworld world would be a better place to tolive tolive tolive live in if every girl airl took this courseas course courseas as . a part of her high Web school scbool training train trainIn traintug In tug , and perhaps some 80me day it willbe will willbe willbe be included in high school .chct chct . < > l work . . . Ittakes It Ittakes Ittakes takes 24 hours , . divided into twice- twice twice-a twice a twicea - - a week periods Twenty four hours hoursl hoursland Iand I Iand and then you have something somethlnl thatwtU that thatwill thatwill will be of inestimable Inullinable advantage advanta.e advantae . toyou to toyou toyou you afl aJ1 all your life ute . . WTOCD Wemen W.men Wmen . fer far r r Emergency Emercency NuraJn Nursing & . Something SomethinC tar fGr tor nothing Dothinl Yes . , thatii thatla that ii . one of the strange Btranae fruits fruita of a . agreat agreat iI'eat iIeat great ' war Doctors and nurses arecruelly arecruelly are arecruelly cruelly overworked these days andas and andas andas as a result the always resourceful resourcefulRed resourcefulRed resourcefulRed Red Cross is la enlisting enUs thousands ofother of ofother ofother other women tor for emergency erpergency serviceat serviceat service at home homeWhat What do you leamT learnt learn ? Well Wen youlearn you youlearn youlearn learn a hundred simple little Uttle rulesabout rulesabout rules rulesbout bout about keeping the family well . . Youlearn You Youlearn Youlearn learn about things thing . that cause illnesssymptoms illness , , symptom symptoms . of sickness "elmess elmess " how to taketemperatures take taketemperatures taketemperatures temperatures pulse and respirationand respiration . , and how to use sickroom conven convenlences convenienhes convenlences convenlencesYou lences ienhes lencesYou ienhesYou You learn lea rn about getting etUDg , ready forthe torthe for forthe the baby care of the new babykeeping baby , keepm keeping , an Invalid's Invalids InvaUd ' . bed fresh andcomfortable and andcomfortable andcomfortable comfortable , , the use and purpose of ofmediclDes ofmedicines ofmedicine mediclDes medicines * , add a d above all ail all . . , immedlate lmmed1 Immedi lmmed1at Immediate at ate . action acUou in to emergencies eJJ1erencles emergenciesOh , Oh 011 . , when wben those emergencies arisehow arise , how we wish wisb we'd wed ' gotten &otten otten & ready forthem for forthem forthem them I ) ] When the broken wrist the thesudden thesudden thesudden sudden inexplicable spasm or chinconfronts chID chip chIDconfronts chipconfronts confronts us WI how bow utterly stupid stupidbow &tupid- &tupid tupid stupid- stupid &tupidhow stupidbow & - - bow how criminally crlminal17 negligent we feel feelour feelwhen feelwhen when an all that we can do 1 Is & wrm wring wringour . our hands banda handat I ) When the small sman sense 1HYlIIe- 1HYlIIe seose- seose seoseleas 1HYlIIeleu senseless - - less leu leas body is . rescued reamed from the nrtm swim nrtmmID swimming swimmlag mID ming , pool . someone .omeone omeone may Indeed nm run nmto runto runto to th the . telephone tor for the doctor butK butr butDabtse but K r B.W BW Dabtse . d dts'f . + ts'f tsf ' brie . .z.e z.e ze sohe . n.w nw . - , . days . BEING.4 BEING4 BEING A . GOOD COOP NURSEEvery NVRSE NURSE NVRSEEvery Every woman should knowa ImowCI Imow know CI a good ood dealabora dealabout deal about abora nursing nursmg nursmgand nursingand and andfir andfirst andfirst fir first , ' cud aid . , if II at IIonly atonly only to care for her herlamlly herf herarntly her/amity her amity lamlly arntly f / . . Now In w wartime , . when whendoctors whendoctors whendoctors doctors nclnUTU andnurses and ncl nurses nUTU $ are scarce scarce scarceand . , , ncl and there are so many manyextra extra extradangers extradangers extradangers dangers and dJfl difficulties .cultle cultle . , it U as Uupeclally asespecially Mespecially upeclally especially upeclallyImportant especiallyimportant important for every everywoman everywoman everywoman woman to be prepared preparedIn preparedI I In , . many communities commumtJes theRed the theRed , he heRed Red Cross Cros . is U offering oOermg oOermga feranga of ferang a hare short shorthome , shorthome harehome home nurl.n nurln nursingcourse nursing $ . course . , , consist consist- consu- consu consu1118 consisting consisting ' - ing 1118 ingo of oj o f 24 hours ofclass fclass o of f class tame time timedivided , . divided divided.nto dividedinto into .nto nto . twice a week per peri pen periods " . . ods od6 eds The course covers cOtJers care of ofbablu ofbabies ofbabies bablu babies andoung and oungchildren youngchildren young oung children children.symptoms childrensymptoms . . symptom3 symptoms 0 0/ 0 0illness of { / illness r.llnes rllnes . $ , . s.mple smple simple s.mplenursing simplenursing simplenursing . nursing techniques teclmiquu . , fin first . cud aid aidand aidand nd and ndmany andmany many manyother manyoilier other oilier subJectsTakIng subjectsTaking subjects subjectsTaking Taking th this . course may prep4re prepare pro- pro pre- pre proHe - - - p4re pare you to save lave a lIfe-per- lIfe per life-per lIfeperh life - - per - ' . He h hops ps , that thaI of oj ojjJomeone ofsomeone someone jJomeone mo most mostdear mostdear . ' dear to you . . It wilt WIll give pve you a asense asense sense . me ofselJconfidence ofselfconfidence of self-confidence self confidence selJ-confidence selJ - - - andsave and and.ave andsave .ave ave save . you many manyworrIed worried hour hours hours.The hoursThe . . The course is u as free It will beworth be beworth beworth worth worthmany many manytime manytimes times time . the eOort effort eOortyou effortyou effortyou you put in an to take it itif itIf if the doctor is out on morning morningrounda morningrounds morningrounds , rounda rounds a precious life may tUcker flicker flickerout nickelout out before he arrivesShort arrivesShort arrives arrivesShort Short Course , , Bot But Long JoyThere JoyThere Joy JoyThere There is la no woman old or young youngteacher youngteacher youngteacher teacher , , mother housewife profes profesalonal professionaf protessional alonal sionaf . , . who will not be an mfinitely infinitely mfinitelymore infinitelymore infinitelymore more valuable citizen for taking thiscourse this thiscourse thilcourse course Ther There are evening classes classesTwenty classesTwenty'four classesTwenty-tour classesTwenty tour Twenty Twenty'four Twentyfour .four four < . ' - hours out of your free freetime freetime treetime time now may be worth thousands thousandsof thousandsof of hours of happiness to you some someday someday someday somedaySome day daySome Some years ago a small boy on onour onour OBour our ranch was waa planing the bottom of ofa ofa ota a door-for door for door - - for no conceivable reason reasonexcept reasonexcept reasonexcept except that he was 12 and it seemed seemeda a . sound BOund idea to him him . , the tool slipped slippedand slippedand slippedand and he be got Iot ( a deep gash in his groin groin.A groinA . . . A girl ctrl who had taken a first aid aidcourse aidcourse aidcourse course was visiting us and she very veryquietly veryquietly veryquietly quietly saved his life for no one oneelse oneelse oneelse else knew what to do She closed closedI closedthe closedthe closedthe I the arterial wound witha with a tIl"ht tIlht tti ti " ht pres pressure pressure pressure sure of lint and fingers and told us uswhat uswhat uswhat what to tell the doctor seven miles milesaway milesaway milesaway away The boy is a doct r I ' now nowwith nowwith nowwith with boy boys . of his own he Is doing a agood agood agood good job . , and he and h s Lountry country countryhave Lountryhave countryhave have to thank a 17 year 011 ol of 1 I Igirl blrl girl t > irl wbo who wboknew whoknew whoknewAnother whoknew knew knewAnother Another Instance of ot what whet a very verylittle verylittle verylittle little knowledge will do I is in the theway theway theway way babies are given the r bottles bottlesnowadays bottlesnowadays bottlesnowadays nowadays Thirty n rty years abO ako ao { , we aU all aUhad allhad allbad had colicky coUclQ < babies After theirmorning their theirmomln theirmorning momln morning , meals they had sufficient sufficientfusllnl sufficientfussing sufficientfussing fusllnl fussing and handling to keep k'ep kep ! ' them themcom1ortable themcomfortable themcomfortable com1ortable comfortable but after their six sixo sixo six0 o Clock bottles , . how they yelledl'lben yeUedl yelledl yelled yeUedlThen ) ' Then 'lben lben , , someone discovered the themid themid mid meal bubble And with the ar arrival arrival arrival rival of the bubble a millon mill on shriek shriektrig shriektoe : mil trig nocturnal Infants turned into a amillion amillion , mJUJon million serene little bundles tucked tuckeddown tuckeddown tuckeddown down into blankets and off ofT to dream dreamland dreamland dreamland land without a peep It wag was divmely dlvmeiy divmelyalmpI.e dlvmeiysimple divinelysimple almpI.e almpIe simple . , but you had bad to know it it itOther . . Other things just as u simple arewaiting are arewaJ arewaiting waJ waiting tor fQr fpr you to discover them themI themDon't themDon't themDont themDon't Don't Dont ' put It off oft a moment longer longerWhether longerWhether longerWhether Whether you are 14 or 74open 74 open the thetelephone thetelephone tb tbtelephone I telephone book now to Red Cross Crossand Crossand Crossand and find nd out bow soon sooo you ( ' fan 'an an can enrolL enroll en rolL . |