NOVEMBKR, 1917 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



889 



" Don't forget a generous supply of cigar- 

 ettes." Did you ever? Did Elbert Hub- 

 bard make a mistake? I think that every 

 college professor or teacher, and I should 

 like to say every doctor as well as every 

 minister of the gospel, would unhesitatingly 

 say that Elbert was just right about it. 

 Somebody said to me recently that the sol- 

 diers in the army, especially where they had 

 not much to do, were using cigarettes to an 

 extent unheard of heretofore. 



trouble with the feet; " freezone," 

 "ice-mint," etc. 

 Some time last winter I saw a notice in 

 a dail}' paper about a new remedy for corns, 

 called " Freezone." Tliis article pretended 

 to be a news item from the editor of the 

 paper; but at the bottom of the item was 

 seen the familiar "(Advt.)." I saw at once 

 that Freezone was going to be " a hit." I 

 went right up to our Bradentown drugstore, 

 but they were sold out already. So many 

 people have trouble with their feet that 

 tbeie was a rush for the diiig-store, par- 

 ticularly because the advertisement claimed 

 that all pain and uneasiness Avould cease at 

 once, and finally tliat in just a few days 

 the entire corn could be " picked out, roots 

 and all." I finally got a bottle at another 

 di-ugstore. Very soon aftenvard there came 

 out a similar advertisement called " lee- 

 miint." Here is an extract from the adver- 

 tisement : 



You simply apply a little on a tender, aching corn 

 or callus, and instantly the soreness is relieved, and 

 soon the corn or callus is so shriveled that it may te 

 lifted out easily with the fingers — roots and all — 

 leaving the surrounding skin in normal healthy con- 

 dition. 



Now for the outcome: T applied Ice- 

 mint (to a corn that had troubled me occa- 

 sionalljO night and morning, just exactly 

 according to the directions, for about three 

 weeks. Did the corn drop out as described 

 above? An expression much in vogue down 

 south seems to hit it — " Niotliin' doin'." 

 The corn has not dropped out, and, in fact, 

 it has given me more pain and trouble since 

 I began using Ice-mint than any other corn 

 I ever had before in my life. In the direc- 

 tions for use is the old well-known remedy: 

 " Gi\'e the foot a good soaldng, after three 

 or four days, and protect the com in some 

 way so the shoe cannot press on it." The 

 above treatment alone gives great hclii. as 

 we all know. Freezone used by Mis. Root 

 gave some veiy good results; but as to pick- 

 ing the com out, roots and all. with the 

 fingers, there was no such "good luck" in 

 our home. Now, as other peoiile may have 

 had an experience different from my own 



and that of Mrs. Root, and as we may be 

 only an exception, if wrong we will humbly 

 beg pardon of the Ice-mint, and the Free- 

 zone folks, and will give them some free 

 advertising besides. I confess it has seem- 

 ed to me all along that nobody would claim 

 what these two advertisers do unless there 

 wiere at least some ground for their great 

 claim. Not only are their little advertise- 

 ments in the daily papers, but I see that 

 Icemint is now taking full-page advertise- 

 ments in some of our monthlies. 



By the way, in regard to keeping th© shoe 

 from pressing on tlie corn, I have made a 

 little invention. Where the callus or corn 

 is on the bottom of the foot, put in your 

 shoe a cork sole with a hole cut clear thru 

 the cork sole large enough to keep all pres- 

 sure otf the com. 



After the above was put in type the 

 " boss printer " informed me that my in- 

 vention is old, and that he has used a cork 

 sole with a hole in it for years and years, 

 which onlj' goes to show that my " great 

 invention " is, like the biggest part of them, 

 old, and that " there is nothing new under 

 the sun !" But to get back to the feet once 

 more: I find' it is very bad for a corn to 

 have the feet get'hot, and for that reason I 

 \\^ar, the greater part of the time, some thin 

 cloth shoes to keep my feet cool and give 

 them plenty of air. Was it Abraham Lin- 

 cols who said, "the feet need to breathe?" 

 While the feet should be kept comfortably 

 warm, at the same time they should not be 

 allowed to become hot and feverish by too 

 much covering — especially covering like 

 rubber, (and leather also, to some extent,) 

 that is impervious to air. Freezone costs 

 35c; lee-mint, 50e. 



TRADE NOTES 



SPECTAIi OFFER ON ONE-POUND BOUND JARS. 



We have available at Des 

 Moines, Chicago, and St. Paul a 

 surplus stock of glass jars as 

 shown which will hold 15 ounces 

 (ach of ripe honey. These are 

 as handsome a jar as wo have 

 ever sold; and on today's market, 

 with the extreme difficulty of get- 

 ting: such ware from the factories, 

 are easily worth much more than 

 Ihe price we ai'e placing on them 

 for a special sale this month. 

 We prefer to reduce the stock to 

 make room for other goods, and 

 offer for this month, while stock 

 lasts, 6 cases for $6.00; 30 cases 

 for $28.50; 100 cases, $90.00. 

 We are particularly desirous of disposing of the 

 stock in Des Moines, where we are closing up our 

 hranch and ai'ranging with other parties to handle 

 our goods at that point. Send your orders direct to 

 The A. I. Root Co., Des Moines, Chicago, or St. 

 Paul, whichever point is most convenient. Send 

 remittance with your order, and do it now while 

 stock is available at such bargain prices. 



The A. I. Root Co., Medina, O, 



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