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Show Do You Whletlef There are few mora unlovely characters char-acters than the man that whistles," waa the frank confession of a Hrjlcm greybeard. "Yet 1 can't help feeling sorry for him. "Not mor than one man In a hundred hun-dred that wbUtloa on the street or In other public places can carry an air or has any Idea of music ; therefore his efforts are nerve-racking. Meat whistlers never fall to whistle when on their way home lute at night, thereby there-by murdering sleep. Moat milkmen wake people at an unreasonable hour tn the morning by whistling. "Whistling Is chiefly Inspired by contentment or high aplrlta and It's pleasing to know that so many are conditioned thus happily. Hut every jian that whistles makea every other person within hearing distance unhappy un-happy while he Is at It. Which Is a great pity and hardship." New York Globe. LESSEN PAIN OF POISON IVY Some Remedlea Thoae Liable to ln faction Will Do Will to Keep In the Memory. Pueey aaya: "Poison Ivy Is a trailing trail-ing green vine with handsome, bright green foliage, which turna a brilliant yellow to red In early autumn (and la vyy tempting, by the way, to collectors col-lectors of aututan leaves)., Ii ! very easly distinguished from other alml-Inr alml-Inr looking vines by the fact that Its-leaves Its-leaves occur In groups of three on a stem, and not five. "It and other poisonous plants are most Irritating when moist, and should especially be avoided In the early Homing, when wet with dew. "After exposure to poison Ivy the 111 effects can be warded off by prompt removal of the Irritating substance. This can be done J vigorously washing wash-ing with soap and water, preferably using a hand brush and. after that, with alcohol. If these measures are carried out before the effects on the skin become manifest, the usual reaction re-action In the skin can, as a rule, be entirely, or In great part, prevented And even after dermatitis has begun It can often be reduced to slight Intensity In-tensity and cut short by the aamo mensurea. "Of course after Irritation haa become be-come Intense vigorous washing of the surface cannot be done, and sponging with alcohol Is painful. To relieve the Itching, sponging with cool water, or distilled extract of hammells I witch hsxen) followed by an application applica-tion of dusting powder. Is comforting. Salves, as a rule, are not well borne. |