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 MEN'S WORK IN THE HOME. 



One of our members sent New Year Greetings to a friend and in response 

 the friend's husband sent the following which our member thinks contains 

 food for reflection. It is an every day story for mothers: 



"A Happy New Year to all from all of us. We had to discharge our 

 hired girl; Mrs. M - was ill and I filled the position of stoker, cook, 

 first aid to the wounded, chaplain, dish washer, etc., etc., in addition to my 

 down-town duties at the office. On that account, and by reason of the 

 ^stentorian yelling of the latest arrival, the 'hollerdays' passed like a 

 ^kaleidoscopic nightmare." 



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DRUGS VS. HYGIENE. 



There are many physicians who would stop giving drugs to their patients 

 if they could get them to adopt hygienic remedies, such as the application 

 of hot, cold, or tepid water, warm enemas, and the various forms of the 

 "bath. But they are met by great stupidity in the use of these simple but 

 powerful remedial agents. 



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I want to say a little about methods of hygiene for children, because we 

 Bolder folk have gone so far astray in our manner of living, that it is a 

 miracle we can still totter around, but with children we have a fair page 

 to write on, and if it gets defaced it is our fault. Living in these beautiful 

 country places, they are saved from many dangers which town children 

 must face, and all our children should be strong and rosy. But are they? 

 Our besetting sin is in the feeble way we guard them in the matter of food. 

 We let them eat all the mixture of food-stuffs we do, and then wonder what 

 is the matter with them. Where will you see such sturdy enjoyable young- 

 sters as in England, where among people as well-to-do as ourselves, the 

 children have their own table, and cheerfully eat their mutton, vegetables, 

 and rice pudding, half the year round, while at tea-time they get thin 

 T)read and butter with a little jam. With us, they get anything in sight, 

 and when they are feverish, as a natural consequence, some liquid drug is 

 poured down their throats. The true way of treating a feverish child is to 

 give a warm bath, followed by a copious enema, and rest in a cool bed. If 

 fever persists, try the effect of tepid water poured on the crown of the 

 head. And this is just as good for an adult as for a child. The patient can 

 lie comfortably along the front of the bed, a thick bath towel round his 

 neck. His head is to be supported by your left hand, face downward, 

 while pouring tepid water from a pitcher held in the right. A rubber sheet, 

 and a small bath tub' close by saves all untidiness. Five minutes of this 

 pouring gives a delicious feeling of coolness and relief. If fever should 

 again rise, after three or four hours, the pouring can be repeated with 

 perfect safety. Any sick person will feel grateful for this treatment. Sleep 

 is sure to follow its application. 



I think you will unanimously agree with me, that methods like these 

 should be considered: 



First, because they appeal to our common sense. 



Second, to our tenderness. 



And third, because they save our pocket book. 



MRS. CHANDLER, Royal Oak W. I. 



