The Lampasas Daily Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 287, Ed. 1 Monday, February 9, 1931 Page: 2 of 4
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THE LAMPASAS LEADER
Move to Save
Mothers’ Lives
Proper Medical Care Will
Reduce Death Rale in
Maternity Cases.
New York.—A way has clearly been
t Ifound to save the lives of 10,000 of
the 16,OCX) mothers who die each year
3n maternity, according to Dr. Louis
I. Dublin, statistician of the Metro-
politan Life Insurance company, who
rendered a statistical report here to
the Maternity Center association, of
a study made of 4,726 cases cared for
by that organization.
Approximately one-third of these
women showed signs of complications
which might have been a real peril
had they not received the type of at-
tention which included early and con-
tinuous medical and nursing care, the
: report said. The death rate was re-
’ duced to one-third the prevailing gen-
eral average for motners in the same
6ection, who were not cared for by
the association.
“This result,” stated Doctor Dub-
lin, “is indicative of the saving of
lives that might be accomplished were
every mother to receive the benefits
of a specialized maternity service. As
more than 16,000 women in the United
States every year die from causes re-
lated to maternity—the highest rate
of any country in the civilized world
—this means that more than 10,000
are preventable.”
Disgrace to America.
The disgrace from which America
has suffered may be removed by pro-
viding adequate maternity care for the
women of the country, Doctor Dublin
said.
Not only were mothers’ lives saved,
but infant deaths in the first month
of life were reduced by one-third.
Among the special group, the rate was
29.1 per 1,000 live births, as against
a rate of 42.9 in the general popula-
tion.
“Results obtained show a death rate
below that of Denmark,” Doctor Dub-
lin added, “which has the lowest ma-
ternal mortality rate in the world.
Denmark’s is 2.4 per 1,000 live births,
while among the group receiving spe-
cial care in New York the rate was
2.2.”
In commenting on the report, Mrs.
John Sloane, president of the Ma-
ternity Center association, said: “The
only explanation of America’s tolera-
tion of the existing situation is that
the people as a whole do not know
about it. Motherhood is such a com-
monplace thing to most of us that we
fail to realize the necessity to safe-
guard it. One thing clearly shown is
that mothers, as a general rule, do not
place themselves under competent
medical care early enough. When fa-
thers and mothers know the vital im-
portance of maternity care, a change
for the better can be expected.
“In the section of New York city
where it was proved that two-thirds
of the mothers who die in childbirth
die needlessly, a few important points
were given special emphasis. First,
seek examination by a physician as
sdon as a baby is expected and con-
tinue under his care; second, regular
work, rest, exercise and diet in ac-
cordance with the doctor’s advice, and
third, supplement this skilled medical
care during delivery and the weeks
that follow by such nursing and house-
hold help as will assure rest in bed
for at least ten days and an easy and
gradual return to usual activity on the
advice of the doctor and after his ex-
aminations.”
Mrs. Sloane explained that this ed-
ucation of mothers was carried on by
specially prepared public health nurses
who taught them individually and in
classes. These nurses assisted the doc-
tors when the patients were delivered
in their homes, and gave nursing care
until the baby was at least six weeks
old.
Two AsMands in U. S.
Have Same Population
Ashland, Pa.—Out on the Pacific
coast was found a twin of this an-
thracite town.
A twin not alone in name but also
in population to the exact figure, as
recorded by the 1930 census.
Ashland (Ore.) was reported in the
census to have a population of 7,164.
Ashland (Pa.) in the same census, was
given the sa^ne number of inhabitants.
One other town in the United States
was recorded as having a population
of 7,164. That was Wheaton, HI.
Stenio Vincent, editor, and opponent
of American occupation, who was elect-
ed president of Haiti by the national
assembly to succeed Eugene Roy.
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New Machine Will Test
Asphalt for Experts
Washington.—A machine that de-
teriorates asphalt roofing material as
much in a few days as months of ex-
posure to the weather is the latest
device used at the bureau of stand-
ards.
It is used to speed up tests. If the
samples are prepared and exposed to
the weather, a long time must elapse
before it can be learned whether or
not they wear well. But with the ma-
chine this information can be ob-
tained quickly.
The device has been used by O. G.
Strieter, research associate of the As-
phalt Shingle and Roofing institute.
It consists of three carbon arc lamps
operating at 220 volts and 13 amperes.
Each lamp is surrounded by a cylinder
with three-inch slots in back of which
are inserted the test panels. The en-
tire cylinder is turned by a motor
once in 20 minutes. Vertical water
jets can be turned on, imitating light
rain, while ordinary lawn sprinklers,
with rotating arms, are used for vig-
orous spraying, to simulate hard rain.
Because of the heat produced by the
lamps the cylinders are ordinarily
kept at a temperature of 140 degrees,
but a separate refrigerating unit can
be used to cool them, in order to pro-
duce the effects of sudden temperature
changes.
Panels of asphalt coated on alumi-
num, similar to those used in the
“weathering” machine, were exposed
to the open air for a long time, and
it was found that the effects were
practically the same.
Turkish Women Freed,
Rush to Divorce Courts
Istanbul.—Emancipation of women
in Turkey has given them one right
formerly held only by men, which
they have not hesitated to exercise—
that of instituting and obtaining di-
vorce.
Divorce suits have Increased and a
large number of them have been
brought by the wife. An average of
25 suits are being brought daily. Ap-
parently there is no motive other than
the desire to be free of the marital
bond in most cases, for only 15 per
cent are successful.
The Turkish law on marriage and
divorce is now sold in penny booklets
on the,street.
Formerly, only the husband had the
right of repudiating his mate. Now
the wife takes the initiative and, for
good measure, demands alimony.
Pitting Captured Stills to a Good Use
Students of the Henry J. Schaaf junior high school of Parma. Ohio, dismantling a 50-gallon still, which was
taken in a raid by the Parma police and turned over to the school for use of the art metal class in making ham-
mered copper art objects, such as calendar pads, ash trays and letter openers.
STAYS BLINDFOLDED ABED
7 YEARS TO SPITE SPOUSE
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(Up After Long Rest, Says Mate Trans-
ferred Their Home to
Trusted Friend.
Jonesboro, Ind.—The strange story
of Harry Havens of this town, who
went to bed—and stayed there—for
jseven years with a blindfold over his
eyes because he was peeved at his
wife, was revealed when he decided
to get out of bed.
The only tangible result of Havens’
act is that he is more peeved at his
wife than ever. This is because he
learned that she helped a trusted
friend got possession of his home while
he slept.
Havens was the kind of husband
who liked to help around the house—
hang pictures, wipe the dishes, and
such. His wife scolded him for
the way he was performing one of
these tasks, and he resented it.
“All right,” he said. “If that’s the
way you feel, I’m going to bed. I’m
going to stay thei’e the rest of my life,
and I don’t want to see you or anyone
else again.”
His last remark explains the blind-
fold.
He got up, he explains, when the
bed started to feel uncomfortable,
after seven years.
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g Lumley, wife of a rancher near g
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g cockerel with two wishbones g
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S the skin that its beats can be g
g watched. g
Taking a new interest in life, he
went to pay the taxes on his home.
He found the records show that the
house now is owned by William Craw-
ford, who lived with the Havenses. On
the transfer deed where his signature
should have been was a cross, said to
be his “mark.”
Havens won’t go back to bed—at
least not until he gets his house back,
Trench Enemies Now
Sell Meat in Same Shop
Aberdeen, Wash.--William Weissen-
born and William Howser fought each
other from trenches 25 yeads apart in
1918. Now they stand side by side
and wait on the customers in Weis-
senborn’s meat market here.
Weissenborn was a member of the
Uhlan regiment and Howser was with
the One Hundred and Fortieth United
States infantry. Their companies
fought each other three times.
After the war Weissenborn came to
the United States. Howser had been
employed in his market for some time
before they discovered that they had
been trench enemies.
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T OAN CRANDELL slowed the car to
•J a stop and glanced quickly at the
gray-haired man beside her. The red
light changed to green and she slid
the car in motion. By the set of his
shoulders and the lines around his
mouth, Joan decided Uncle Jim Cran-
dell was in ill humor.
Jim Crandell and his niece, Joan,
were the last of the Crandell family.
They lived in the big old house; Uncle
Jim sternly trying to dominate the
lively and lovely Joan; and she in
turn trying to coax him into agreeing
with her on more modern ideas than
his own. As a result, they were usual-
ly in a heated debate, which they both
enjoyed.
“Uncle Jim, let’s stop at the ball
game—we are just in time.” Joan
glanced at her wrist watch.
“You don’t want to see a ball game;
you are running after that good-for-
nothing bajl player, Bert Franklin,”
grunted Uncle Jim, giving his cigar a
tighter clamp.
“Why don’t you like Bert? He
makes a good salary, and he is jolly
and likes me a ‘little bit,’ ” modestly
admitted Joan.
“Bah ! A ball player—kids’ play—
no better than a stage actor—buy a
ticket to get in to see them act!”
Again, the innocent cigar caught the
punishment.
“Uncle Jim, I just happened to
think, Bert won’t be playing today.
He pitched a game yesterday. Joan’s
eyes were shining, eagerly, as she
turned for an answer.
“Then, we will go. I enjoyed ball
games till that young fool turned me
against them,” Jim Crandell grunted.
“Be good for my rheumatism to sit in
the warm afternoon sun,” refusing to
agree that he wanted to see the game.
As the usher showed them to their ’
seats, Joan suppressed a knowing lit-
tle smile—as if the width of the ball
diamond could separate Bert from
her!
Joan keenly watched the players
In practice, hoping to see Bert
Franklin.
“Oh, look! The home team is com-
ing out on the field,” Joan, excitedly,
spoke.
“What do you want me to do?—stop
them? That’s what they get paid for,
ain’t it?”
This quieted Joan’s attempt at con-
versation with her uncle. For eight
innings she sat silent and again she
watched the home team take their
places in the field; the score board
read three for the home team and two
for the visiting players.
Satisfied, she sat back. The pitcher
had been throwing wonderful ball.
Three up and three out, then home,
she thought. Now that the game was
almost through, she was anxious to
get home.
The crack of the bat against the
ball caused Joan to drop her powder
puff and take renewed interest in the
game. The runner was rounding sec-
ond, started to third, thought better of
it, and returned to second. Limply,
Joan sat
The next man up stood defiantly at
the home plate. The pitcher threw the
ball. Again that crack of the bat and
a second man was on the bases. Joan
dug her nails in the palm of her hand;
Uncle Jim was beating his knuckles
on the railing.
“Another hit and we are done for!”
Uncle Jim gasped, his eyes never leav-
ing the game.
“That’s a pinch hitter coming in,”
Joan spoke, hopelessly. “ ‘Home-Run
Tommy’ they call him.”
A swift grounder dashed from the
bat, filling the bases; a moan went up
from the crowd. Joan sat on the edge
of the chair. They were taking the
pitcher out, and a man with p. mega-
phone was shouting: “Bert Franklin
now pitching!”
Joan turned to her uncle. He im-
mediately changed his interested facial
expression to one of indifference.
Bert walked to the center of the
diamond; a few preliminary throws
and he stood facing the batter. Three
times his arm went up in that swing-
ing motion, and three times the um-
pire called: “Strike!”
Uncle Jim lost all pretended indif-
ference now; he was shouting: “Atta
boy, Bert! Come on, kid! Just two
more times like that! You can do it,
Bert!” Uncle Jim pleaded unmindful
of the happy Joan looking in wonder
at her relative.
The next man up to bat swung at
the first one, hit it up, the ball bound-
ed in the air. Bert, like a flash, was
under it He was waiting for it; he
had it safely in his glove.
Again Bert Franklin put three swift
strikes over the center of the plate,
and the last man was out. A deafen-
ing roar went up from the fans.
Uncle Jim called to Joan, as she
dashed from the box. Loudly he
called, far more loudly than was nec-
essary.
“Oh, Joan, tell Bert Franklin we
will wait for him and drive him
home!” Uncle Jim proudly got to his
feet and faced the awed crowd around'
him.
“O. K., Uncle Jim. Will meet yoij
in the car!”
Mysterious Personality
It is exceedingly doubtful whether
that mysterious whole which we term
personality will ever yield to investi-
gators, however patient, honest and
meticulous in their searchings they
may be.—Archibald Rutledge.
tramp antidote
Mr. Grumps—I’d just like to know
what good all these cooking-school
lessons are doing our daughter.
Mrs. G.—Everything she cooks she
brings home.
“Yes; and none of the family will
touch ’em, and the things are just
thrown away.”
“No, they are not. She gives them
to tramps.”
“Ugh! What good does that do?”
“We are getting rid of the tramps.”
—Pearson's.
CRUEL PUNISHMENT
Jean—You have known your hus-
band to flirt with only one girl? What
punishment did you impose?
Jo—1 married him.
Assumptions
The man of egotistic turn
Would not annoy us so
If he would only try to learn
What he pretends to know.
impressed
The best thing we have heard about
miniature golf is to this effect. A
stranger who had been playing as-
siduously called the proprietor aside.
“I just want to make a suggestion.”
“Yes. sir?”
“This game seems good enough to
be played on a larger scale.”
Reforming the Household
Mr. Justwed—1 thought you were
going to cream some potatoes for din
tier?
His Bride—I was but the recipe
said to cut the potatoes in dice, and
the last time we had dice in the house
your rowdy friends won $42 from you,
Cash Royalties
He—I’m knowu as the King of the
Jazz Song Writers, and my partner is
the Crown Prince.
Young Lady—How thrilling! I’m
very much interested in royalties.
JUST LIKE A WOMAN
“How about that five dollars you
were short on my allowance lust
week?”
“Now, there you go again ! Women
are always trying to start an argu-
ment.”
Ain’t It So?
“Dad,” Johnny said,
“What’s this big town stuff?”
“Son," dad replied,
“It's bull and bluff!”
Buy Him a Dish Mop
Customer—I want a nice present for
my husband. What do you advise?
Shopkeeper—May I ask flow long
you have been married, madam?
Customer—Oh, about fifteen years.
Shopkeeper—Bargain counter in the
basement, madam.—Leeds Mercury.
He Can Prove It
Anxious Father—And could you sup
port my daughter?
Suitor—I have two strong arms.
“But can they support her?”
“They often have, sir.”
Laid in a Cemetery
“In the first act of my play,” ex-
plained the young dramatist, "the
scene is laid in a cemetery.”
“So I see,” said the manager brutal-
ly as ho skimmed through the pages
of manuscript. “And you might as
well lay the whole thing there.”
It’s Quite Likely
A Georgetown (Pa.) man who tsfit
a policeman was fined on the gronnd
that his effort to put teeth 1b the law
was misdirected.—Fort Worth StaF
Telegram.
MILK PRODUCTION
MOST IMPORTANT
Poor Economy to Substitute
Feed for Shelter.
Feed given the dairy cow should be
used for milk production <trtd body
maintenance rather than as a substi-
tute for proper housing.
“When cows are unduly exposed to
bad weather, a large part of their ra-
tion is used to keep their bodies warm*
leaving only a small portion for milk
production,” asserts John A. Arey,
dairy extension specialist at the North
Carolina State college. “Every effort
should be made to keep the cows com-
fortable during the disagreeable pe-
riods. If this is not done, profits will
be reduced. It is poor economy to
substitute feed for shelter at any
time.”
*r. Arey believes the cow stall
should be well lighted, nicely bedded
and properly ventilated but free from
air currents. He says he has seen
many cow barns and sheds in the
state of such poor construction that
they afford little protection against
the cold winter wind. The sides of
the barn or shelter should be made
tight with the air being admitted
through properly located windows.
The practice also of requiring cows.
to wade through mud ana ice to se-
cure drinking water is expensive. This
kind of exposure chills the cow’s body
ano prevents her from drinking the
amount of water needed for good mint
production. A cow weighing from 800
to 900 pounds and producing about 30
pounds of milk a day needs from 80*
to 90 pounds of water each day. She
will not drink this amount unless it is
convenient and of medium tempera*
' ire, says Mr. Arey.
Practical Dairyman Is
Admirer of Modern Bam
The modern dairy barn is as far re-
moved almost from the old cow stable
in use a third of a century ago as is.
mechanical power from that furnished
by a yoke of oxen in pioneer days. A
well vent i#i ted, well lighted harm
equipped with a concrete floor, ad-
justable sttills that can easily he kept
clean and in strictly sanitary condi-
tion. truly is an inspiration to the
practical dairyman. With proper ven-
tilation, not only can the foul air he
removed, but also the excess moisture-
that used to accumulate in the old
stables. This means better herd health
and more economical use of feed hv
the cows. Plenty of sunshine and
fresh, pure air are two of the most
important factors nor only for the
health of the cow. but also for the-
conversion by her of feed into milk
and butterfat.
Colostrum Is Helpful
to Newborn Calves-
A new-horn calf should always he
given the opportunity to suck its dnmt
at least once so as to get the colos-
trum which nature has especially pre-
pared for it. This colostrum is laxa-
tive in' character arid also contains-
sonte stimulating products which hep*
to start the digestive system into ac-
tivity. If for any reason it is impos-
sible to give the colostrum to the-
calf. it should he given one ounce of
castor oil shortly after birth and be-
fore it is given any food After that
the calf may he given mills from any
cow if the mother’s milk is not avail-
able.
Give Cows Free Access
to Water to Help Yield
Giving cows free access to water
any time they want it. increased milk
yield 6 per cent and the butter yield
12 per cent Cows which had rccpss
to water took a drink an average of
10.3 times in each 24 hours and drank
over 18 per cent more wafer than
cows which were fed exactly the same-
hut watered outside. These are the
results of tests conducted by C. Y.
Gannon of Iowa State college. They
indicate that there are thousands of
dairymen who could greatly increase
their profits by using drinking icups.
Dairy Facts
Water is the cheapest and one of
the most important dairy feeds. If we
can class it as a feed.
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When several small calves are kept
together small stand ions are a great
convenience at feeding time.
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Where skint milk is left on the farm
the raising of calves is comparatively
simple if supplemental feeds are used.
* * *
About 87 per cent of milk is water.
For plenty of milk, don't forget to give
the cow all the water she cares to
drink.
* * *
Cows give more milk If mflked
three times a day instead of twice.
In observed cases the increase hast
been from 10 to 25 per cent.
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The life of an average woven wire
fence when posts are replaced and
the fence is restretched, Is .18 to 2T
years, according to estimates made by
146 Iowa farmers.
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