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Show THE PARK RECORD PAGE SEVEN D" Love, Honor and Obey D -LITERARY GEMS- Thursday, April 7, 1938 DO YOU KNOW at Massachusetts, in 1754 offered a bonus of 3 pounds ($15) to every man who enlisted en-listed in the army and furnished fur-nished his own gun. The English scoffed at these poorly drilled and roughly clad men, but each one was a dead shot and well trained in the Indian warfare of that timS CMcGurc Nfwapapoi Syndicate WNU Service. Shrine Erected by Dentists Saint Appollonia's shrine in La-Guade, La-Guade, not far from Nice, France, was erected by the dentists of France. She was an aged deacon ess of Alexandria, and was tortured to death about 250 A. D., by persecutors perse-cutors who broke, her teeth with pincers. All statues of her show her holding a pair of pincers in which is one of her teeth. Oxygen, Gaseous Element Oxygen is a gaseous element occurring oc-curring in the free state in the atmosphere. at-mosphere. It is colorless, tasteless, odorless and chemically active. Mh Pictured All llealthy, Youthful With rare exceptions, Egyptian ' sculptors followed the rule of portraying por-traying all men and women healthy and youthful. Wedding Ring on Right Hand Women in Europe wear the wedding wed-ding ring on the right hand instead cf the left. Jellyfish in Fresh Water Jellyfish are usually known as sea creatures but a few kinds live in fresh water. Weaving Navajo Rugs Navajo Indian women weave rugs on a vertical loom, working from the bottom up. ' Most Successful Play "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was the most successful stage presentation on Broadway in 1901. 908 United States Postoffices in 1800 The United States had 908 post-ofhces post-ofhces in 1800. Dt I. T It!.- a ci is tt canny in 15V -4V? This is "Pet," a little Spitz of Chicago, who is the owner of $30,000 left him in trust by Miss Margaret McDermott who died in 1935. His mistress, a lonely old woman who had only two relatives cousins who tried unsuccessfully to break the will picked up Pet in a grocery store when he was at a tender age. The will was upheld by Circuit Judge Joseph Burke, who decreed that proceeds from the $30,000 (about $1,000 per year) will be used in caring for Pet and when the dog dies the principal will be turned over to the Anti-Cruelty society. Use of Pepper in Tropics Pepper is freely used in seasoning season-ing food in the tropics because it stimulates perspiration, thereby cooling the body. Brownstone Brownstone is a brownish-red sandstone used for building. Houses with brownstone fronts formerly were considered a mark of wealth. One of Earliest Strikes One of the earliest strikes in the United States was the strike of the New York city carters in 1684. English Women Skilled Weavers The women of England were skilled in weaving fine linen as early as the Seventh century. Alcohol Arabic Word Alcohol is an Arabic word, formerly for-merly applied to a powder used for painting the eyebrows. Mining Below Sea Level Cryolite, a mineral used in aluminum alum-inum manufacture, is mined far below be-low sea level in Greenland. . . Coyotes Beat Cats Coyotes are better mousers than cats. - w Franldin Book Reveals Keen Colonial Mind By ELIZABETH C. JAMES T) ENJAMIN FRANKLIN was born JJ in Boston in 1706, of immigrant parents. His father was a candle and soap maker, and Benjamin was one of 17 children. With only two years of schooling, he set out on a career later chronicled in his "Autobiography." "Au-tobiography." First he worked as a printer, finally owning his own shop. At one time in his youth he was sent to London by a merchant to buy a new printing press, but things went wrong and he was stranded in a foreign country. Months of manual labor were necessary necessa-ry before he was financially able to buy passage home. At forty-two he sold his shop for 18,-000 18,-000 pounds, and lived the rest of his life on the income from this sum. Statesmanship became be-came his chief interest in-terest in life. His influence in the Elizabeth James American cause during colonial and revolutionary strife was extensive, necessitating personal correspondence correspond-ence with men of the 13 states and with Englishmen. If there is a secret for the great success of Franklin it might be sifted to the one word: attitude. In the first place, he enjoyed life; but not in a dilatory manner. He appreciated and valued life and took advantage of every new situation that came to him. Yet he did not strain after new opportunities. Franklin believed in himself and in the application of the ideas that came to him. For that reason the list of his accomplishments is a long one. Time to him was not money, but time and money were both elements for the enjoyment of life; so he was thrifty with both. Was Self-Educated. His education was without the help of teachers and schools. To learn to write well he read the "Spectator" papers and tried to im itate Addison's style. He and Col lins, his friend, wrote letters on current topics and criticized each other. In order to learn to speak FRANKLIN THE DIPLOMAT The life of Benjamin Franklin spans both the Colonial and Revolutionary Rev-olutionary periods. His writings were done in the former, for foreign for-eign affairs occupied the latter time. He was colonial agent to France and to England, carrying the weight of foreign relations for the fighting colonies. Yet along with a busy political life, Franklin wrote Poor Richard's Rich-ard's Almanac and his own biography, bi-ography, and established the Pennsylvania Gazette, which has come down with a continuous history his-tory and lives today as the Saturday Sat-urday Evening Post. Thus Franklin Frank-lin was the first great man of letters, in addition to being first in many other enterprises. to a group of people and to think on his feet, he organized the Junto, a I i club of young men who had the same desire. This club was the laboratory for self expression. Many incidents are included in his autobiography that reveal a keen analysis of people. One story relates how he won the friendship of an enemy. He wanted to overcome over-come the man's dislike, so he wrote a note and requested the man to lend him a special book, much discussed dis-cussed at the time. The book came at once, and Franklin read it and in a week returned it with an expression expres-sion of appreciation. He was applying ap-plying the fact that a person who does you a favor likes you, for you have made him feel that he is kind. "I Believe" Habit. . Franklin needed tactfulness very badly, for he was positive by nature. na-ture. He observed that university men had enemies as a result of their attitude of "I know," so he cultivated the "I believe" habit, and always asked the opinion of his conversationalist. con-versationalist. He applied this formula for-mula to the business of getting subscriptions sub-scriptions for the first public library in this country, that of Philadelphia, and instead of saying, "I have an idea that I think will benefit the city," he said, "Some men, book lovers of the city, have decided that this plan is a good one," and there was no personal antagonism toward the idea or toward himself. Public Spirited Citizen. The contributions to progress made by Franklin are too many to name; but he is given credit for establishing the first fire department, depart-ment, the first public library, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Saturday Evening Post; he wrote "Poor Richard's Almanac," invented invent-ed many useful household utilities, and experimented with electricity. Of all the great statesmen of the American Revolutionary period. Franklin is the only one who signed all four of these documents: the Declaration of Independence, the treaty of alliance with France, the treaty of peace with England, and the Constitution. C Bell Syndicate. WNU Servict. What to Eat and Why &.4fou5ton Goudi55 "fiticuiSei WATER- the Elixir of Life By C. HOUSTON GOUDISS e East 39Ui St., New York. OF ALL the elements required to support life and maintain health and efficiency, water takes precedence. Without it, the protein, carbohydrates, fats, minerals and vitamins, which build and repair tissues, provide motive power for the body engine, and regulate the complex processes necessary to existence would be utterly useless. Water is the magic stream'' through which all nutritive elements are carried into and through the body and there held in suspension. It is the ever-ready messenger which distributes heat, moisture and body-building material, where and as it is needed. Man Is a Sponge Our bodies are like water-logged sponges, for we carry water to the limit of our capacity. ca-pacity. A human being is more than two - thirds water, and this proportion must be maintained, main-tained, if health and strength are to be preserved. There is enoueh V Y water in a person S weighing 150 pounds to fill a 15-gallon 15-gallon barrel. Muscles, liver and kidneys are about 80 per cent wa ter, the brain 85 per cent. Even bone is made up of more than one-third water, so you can see that the old adage "dry as a bone" is not strictly accurate. No cell can function unless it is constantly bathed in fluid. Furthermore, Fur-thermore, the cells depend upon water to transport their foods through the blood. This alone requires re-quires ten pounds of water in constant circulation. We may term these functions an incoming service. But it is equally important as an outgoing stream. The cells need water to flush away their waste products. And if the surface of the lungs is not kept moist, there can be no intake in-take of oxygen, no output of carbon car-bon dioxide. Without water, no waste would be carried out of the body. Poisonous Poi-sonous substances would remain to wreck the system within a short time. Water flushes the countless channels of physical existence-even existence-even while we sleep, for it constantly con-stantly passes from the body through the lungs and skin, as well as through the bowels and kidneys. Water Starvation Where do we get all this water? When we are thirsty, we take a VE OFFER it A New Food Department k All the accumulated knowledge knowl-edge and experience of C. Houston Goudiss, the man who for 30 years has exerted a wide influence on the food habits of this nation, are now available to homemakers through the series se-ries of articles now appearing in this newspaper. These discussions dis-cussions are as fascinating as fiction, as up to date as tomorrow, to-morrow, and, above all, authoritative. au-thoritative. For no matter what aspect of food is under discussion, dis-cussion, C. Houston Goudiss knows whereof he speaks. k His work has been a devotion devo-tion to the study of food, both from the productive and the manufactured standpoint. He believes that better food means a better nation. Sharing these views, we have secured him to assist in carrying out our aims to be the best available guide in the most important of all matters that affect the homes of the readers of this newspaperfor newspa-perfor health, happiness and prosperity depend first of all upon food. k Every homemaker will want to clip these articles, and save them. She will find them invaluable aids in keeping her family properly fed. ; ' '"i Irium contained in BOTH Pepsodent Tooth Powder and Pepsodent Tooth Paste Thank your lucky stars that Pepsodent Pepso-dent now contains remarkable Irium! For this wonderful new cleansing agent found only in Pepsodent promises your smile a new beauty I For Irium makes Pepsodent extra drink and there the interest of most people ends. Few individuals give proper consideration to supplying the body with all the water it needs. Yet, when the water content of the body diminishes, health and life are in danger. A loss of 10 per cent of body water is a serious matter and a loss of 20 per cent is usually fatal. It is only in rare instances- such as when lost in a desert- that man actually dies of thirst, for even when no fluids are drunk, water is consumed with food. But all about us we see men and worn en sufferinff from the effects of water starvation. Some indica tions of this are dryness of the skin and lips, mucous membranes and scalp. There is also danger of damaging the kidneys which re quire water to flush away the acid products of metabolism. And very often constipation can be traced to a deficiency of water, which is necessary to soften the contents of the intestinal canal. None of these ill effects may be feared if you take enough water How Much Is Enough? A healthy, normal individual requires re-quires about four quarts of water every 24 hours. That requirement varies somewhat with the season In hot weather there is a greater elimination of water through per spiration and that loss must be replaced. However, it is not necessary to drink four quarts of water a day. For part of our needs are supplied sup-plied by food. The body draws upon three sources for its water: First, water taken as a drink or in other liquids; second, water supplied by foods, especially fruits and vegetables, for although solid foods appear dry, most of them are in fact from 75 to 95 per cent water; third, water formed in the tissues in the combustion of fuel foods. Fat gives the most water when burned. In fact, it produces more water than the weight of the original fat. Sugar gives the least. Foods Rich in Water A half-pound potato contains nearly a full glass of water. Some other foods that are more than 70 per cent water are asparagus, berries, string beans, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, cucumber, eggs, citrus fruits, cherries, grapes, melons, apples, raw and cooked greens, milk, onions, cooked green peas, boiled pota toes, sauerkraut, shell fish, meat stews, tomatoes and squash. Foods containing less than 30 per cent water include butter, cakes, candies, ready-to-eat cereals, cere-als, crackers, dried fruits, nuts, potato chips, sausage, bacon, syrups syr-ups and zwieback. Avoid the Dry Habit In addition to the water con sumed with food, every normal individual should drink about six glasses of liquid daily as water, milk, coffee, tea or other beverages. bever-ages. Most people drink far too little water. Women often have the mistaken mis-taken notion that water will make them fat. To demonstrate the fallacy fal-lacy of this idea, a world-famous physician once remarked that if that were true, poor people would long ago have adopted the practice. prac-tice. It is possible to drink too much water and those who are suffering from disease should be guided by their physician in determining the amount required. But most normal nor-mal people could increase both mental and physical efficiency by taking more of this magic fluid. Drink Water with Meals The question is often asked "Is it wise to drink water with meals?" The answer is "Yes." ft i II effective . . . enabling it to gently brush away unsightly surface-stains. . . restoring restor-ing teeth to their full natural radiance. Pepsodent with Irium is r7ioroai...yet Utterly SAFE. It contains NO BLEACH, NO GRIT, NO PUMICE! Try it ! Have You a Question? Ask C. Houston Goudiss C. Houston Goudiss has placed at the disposal of readers of this newspaper news-paper all the facilities of his famous Experimental Kitchen Laboratory in Neto York City. He will gladly an. swer questions concerning foods, diet, nutrition, and their relation to health. You are also invited to consult him in matters of personal hygiene. It's not necessary to write a letter unless you desire, for postcard inquiries will receive the same careful attention. atten-tion. Address C. Houston Goudiss at 6 East 39th Street, New York City. There is evidence that the drink ing of a reasonable amount of water wa-ter with meals by normal individ uals stimulates the secretion of gastric juice, thereby improving digestion. It has also been dem onstrated that it aids m the ab sorption of food by the body and retards the growth of intestinal bacteria. The homemaker should be just as conscientious in providing her family with sufficient water as with adequate amounts of the other oth-er food substances. For water must be included in the list of es sential food constituents. It is in truth, the ELIXIR of LIFE. Questions Answered Mrs. S. T. It. Answering your question as to what is the most efficient time to begin reducing the proper time is when the weight first begins to climb above normal. Most people wait until they are 20 or 30 pounds overweight over-weight and then reducing becomes more difficult. Miss T. P. G. Yes, there is a stimulant in cocoa that closely resembles re-sembles caffeine in coffee. But a cup of cocoa contains less of the stimulant than is found in a cup of tea or coffee. Mrs. A. R. M. No, milk is not fattening. Women especially fear that milk will increase their weight, but this fear is not justified, justi-fied, since a pint of milk, or two large glasses, only supplies 340 calories. WNU C. Houston Goudiss 1938. Why ... an Oil Polish? And here, home-makers, is why: The oil element in polish is absolutely essential to all fine wood! For the same reason that we oil machinery water our plants massage cream into the face is oil polish used! The same principle applies for wood definitely defi-nitely requires this attention to keep it "alive!" The best oil polish pol-ish has a fine, non-greasy oil base and it is just this when rubbed or massaged into the furniture that prevents the wood from checking, drying out, splitting or cracking. Furniture will not do any of these things, when cared for and it is the combination of the "oil" and the "rubbing" that prevents it! For the quality oil-polish oil-polish "feeds" the hungry finish keeps the wood young! Other polishes pol-ishes may give a quick, easy-to-achieve luster but a little time and energy (it should not be labor) la-bor) on the part of the housewife, will pay dividends in the looks and long life of her furniture and woodwork. All experts agree that an oil polish properly used (apply on damp cloth as directed) is not only better it is vital! And so, home-makers, take this important tip: Always use an oil polish and the best one! o-cedarI MFArK. ff POLISHES PRESERVES- i KEEPS FURNITURE If; t J LIKE NEW More women use O-Cedar Polish and Mops than any other kind for furniture, J ... r for furniture, 0? woodwork, .Z -i a, & and floors. V ' ' |