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,STEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1925
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Constance rushed from the room,
leaving H, Hedge paralyzed In hit
truck!, It was far ahead of the day
set by John W. Brooke for hit home
coming. He propped hit shoulderi
against the wall for a few secondt 1
order to steady himself while reali
zation became complete.
I A Wife's Confessional
n
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
Hrte"" e hM 1
Too Much Olicienty
By E.J.(S)'
Adcle Gajrl&on'i New Phase of
REVELATIONS OF A WIFE
Hillo. ltovouls Ht Plan for Htlplnf;
Family.
U the sounld of Katie's shrill v.-
i'fd voice from the other side of
" f door, Picky muttered an inipre-
ii'inn, an! ittrMlne hastily to the
lour, unlocked it a,nj threw It open
o suddenly, that my little, maid,
rrambling up from her knees,
pitched forward lit, his feet, and
1 1 j i v grasping iit nun to save her
if, almost brought him to the
loor with h"r. Hut Plcky's athletic
I'towrsa stood li till In good stead, I
and he riot onlv was able to keep
his balance, but to pull the girl to
her feet and hold her at ami's
leng'h white lie looked at hr with
ringly. "Ho, you've been listening at key
holes again.' he said contemptuous
Iv. "Well! for once vou received a
lust reward, and I think It high
Mme you were sent away."
Kane gazed wildly up at him, her
working, her eyes full of re
morseful tears.
' I forget" sho said. "I no mean to
listen, but anuddT day I hear my
Missis Graham read letter, say Jeem
und Kntie hne to be send aay, und
I eant to know more."
'-he twisted away from his hands,
n d threw her apron oer her head,
ure sign to me of one of her tern
."stuous outbursts of tears. With a
igh and a smile at her unconscious
elation that she had listened sur
reptitiously to my discussion of
tucky's letter to his mother, I made
hi Imperative signal to my husband
'o keep quiet. Going over to my lit
tle maid I put my arm around her,
"I'ned her around, so that her face
"as shielded from any eyes but
mine, and pulled the apron from her
3 re, .
"Stop this at once, Katie," I said
'n the imperative tone with which
I always have been able to control
it. "and-listen to mo while I tell
mi what .this all means."
"We Have Lost Sonic Money
he caught back a shuddering
ob, and with a handkerchief which
I thrust lnd,o her hands wiped her
yes and looked tip Into mine with
'h" trusting obedient gaze she has
Kivn me ever since she came to j
work for ine in the first days of my j
marriage. Dicky, with the distaste
of every man for feminine scenes,
had retreated to the side of the
room farthest from us, and with his
hands in his pockets was looking out
of the window into the blackness
uu'slde.
"We have lost some monev,
Katie," 1 said, using the words
which 1 knew would convey
"l'-aning most quickly to her.
my ,
'and!
must eut down our ovp-ns
for !
) I.FTTMl JFItOM 1.1 Sill.
I'lll M tiJT TO JOHN .MJI1.X
rnrosroTT
Waiter was on the operating table i
'! morning for two hours and a
I'"!'. The doc'ors think that the im
U''',ai. operation was very success
f,il but iv. y tc us lhot only in about
'i'f ot 'hose operations does the
bene i':''l: up the eapifnries and
:r in where, it has been grafted.
' 't Wilton tells mr t!;is operation
n'.tv !;.' to le- done throe or four
'i;-.'s b- fore it Is really successful,
""alt. r came out of the anesthetic
p!en M b'v. lie seems to have stood
l etter than Ituth did. She col-'pf-d
and had to be put to hed as
n ii,r. f o i ( n 1 1 that for Hie tjnv
' f-t l'a, h'r husband was nut
,1 ;
!re ther" is always dan'r
lion In a case like Walter's,
.s't sufgfs'ed this to Ruth,
r. as I think her ncr poor
: e been o 1 1 s; ! 1 1 up riou-li.
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t"b me. unless f nietl.ing
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the next few months. Mr. Graham
thought It would bo best for you
and Jim to find other places until
this trouble, should be over, and then
you could como back to me. Hut I
have a plan v.-lilch I havo not yet
talked over with Mr. Graham, and
I may be able to keep you with us."
"But ve have plan, too, Jeem und
me," Katlo's words fairly tumbled
over themselves. "You no have to
pay us anytlngs, und ve ran stay,
You know dot factory down In
Harbor
I Dicky Apologizes
"Yes," I returned, and I had no
chance for any further words, for
Katie's speech was like the waters
at Lodore,
"Veil, lots of vimmens go down
dere now, vork got (root moneys.
Jeeui he ran get job. too, und me,
und ve got chance to get leetle fliv
ver. You see? Not mooch do here
in vlnter. Yen Jeem gets fall vork
foonished, few days now, ve go down
dere. get Jobs. Jeem he do every
thing about place before ve go, und
I get breakfast, und feex some leetle
tings for dinner. Maybe you can get
own loonch," this doubtfully, "und i
I get hack In time to feex dinner. I
vash und clean Saturday afternoons
und Sundays, Jeem he can help me,
und so ve manage till your big sheep
cooms sailing in vuncc more. You no
have to pay us vim cent, shoost let
us havo our rooms. Den ve no have
i to pay rent. Ve buy our own food."
Her face was so earnest, so en
thusiastic, with smiles chasing the
tears as she unfolded her warm
hearted scheme for helping us, that
I felt my throat constrict, and the
tears welling to my own eyes. To
hide them, I bent my head and kiss
ed her check warmly.
"You are a dear, Katie," I said,
"and your scheme is a wonderful
one. We'll talk It over later. Run
away now, and get some sleep. Mr.
Graham wants to take that first
train in the morning, so you'll have
to get up extra early to get his
breakfast."
"All right, I feex," Katie said
cheerily, and at the words, Dicky
wheeled from the window and came
striding over to us.
' I'm mighty sorrv Katie for the
way I spoke to you just now," he
said in whole-souled apology.
"You're a brick, my girl and neither j
Mrs. Graham nor I will forget this
offer. 1
"Oh! dots all right," Katie re-I
turned largely, her tear-wet face all j
smiles, as she went out of the door. I
"Von eet's bad times, families must I
all steoek together like."
Copyright, 102:",, bv Newspaper
Feature Service, Ine.
Hurling girl :
1 was mighty giad to get your day
letter this noon and to learn that
everything is going so fine for Wal
ter. I do not think, with the methods
of modern surgery, there is much
danrrer of infection, so I'm sure
ecryth;ng is going to be all right.
Of course, I am delighted to know
that Walter is getting along well
for his own sake, hut im smi morc
delighted for my own.
The sooner Waller T'.tirk- recovers
and is on the road to conva lesroneo
from the effecis of his deplorable ac
cident, the sooner will Mrs, Leslie
Ilamiiion return to her lonely and
1;cene;,olate husband, John Ab.len
I'rescott.
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whom I
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nourrh to impress even yon
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are if the three-letter order. And
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4. Convert into leather
7. Small boat.
10. Part of "to be."
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14. Permit,
15. Negation.
17. Coffee house (pi.),
19. A weed allowance In weight
pl.).
21. Indefinite article.
22. Girl's hat.
24. Moved rapidly.
25. Insect.
2H. Single.
27. Knock
2D. Put on.
31. A drink.
32. Finish.
33. Vehicle.
35. Declined.
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40, Insect.
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43. Night moisture.
4 1. Procured.
45. Kntreat, implore.
4". 2 210 pounds.
41. t'pon.
50. Moist.
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52. True.
55. Procure.
55. Fleshy tumor.
56. Endeavor.
5S. Over (poet.).
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71. Rodent.
72. Floor covering
74. Still, now,
7ii. Immerse.
77. Bovine.
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MILKS STAXOIMI. Dl All
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15. Pet hobby.
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21. Conjunction.
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26. Assault, attack.
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32. Consume.
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37. Something placed in mouth to
hinder speech.
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39. Spur.
41. Acquire knowledge.
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46.
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Conjunction.
Company of cavalry.
Sense, humor.
Yes (Biblical).
Fur-bearing animal.
Hear.
Suitable.
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60.
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62. Male ruminant to ba'ter.
fil. Twisted, distorted,
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I 68. Article of furniture,
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with,
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" never spoke to her of his love.
I , One afternoon when Atden was
I : visiting Priscilla a messenger,
breathless from running, came to
; the door.
"Mihs Stanclish Is d.-id!" he
fried. "An Indian has brought us
the tidings. II" was slain by a poi
! soned arrow, cut off with all his
forces. Now all the town will be
1 burned and the people murdered."
tMake this p'lian blanket
orange trimmed with as many
, brieht colors as you can. Color the
; feathers, also, a variety of colors.)
j Copyright, 1025, Associated Editors,
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r.H.U FLI TS FASHIONABLE
Many new types of bracelets have,
hern Introd'ir-'! since the craze for
them has become so general. One
finds them in class, rrystal. gold or
:-ilor wire, und in fancy beads as
we as in jewels
Necessary
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No evening gown is complete with
out a lirnc-let. The sloevtless frock
ii, niamls ornetiiriilatjon at the wrist.
The combination of sapphires und
di.inioivls or emeralds tnd diamonds
jhas the complete sanction of the
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REGIS ITERE TODAY
JOHN W. BROOKE, hardware
j magnate, widower and father of
j three grown children, haa been
'away from home several weeks
since arranging with a firm of effi
ciency experts to put his Fifth
avenue mansion on an economic
I basis. He failed to consider the con
I sequences of leaving Constance, Billy
and Alice nt the mercy of
II. HEDGE, efficiency expert, as
) signed to carry out the contract. The
' "children" fight a losing battle until
Hedge falls In love with Constance.
' Coincident with their engagement
Hedge destroys all efficiency records
accumulated In the Brooke library
and cancels all regulations made In
the name of scientific management.
Billy and Alice find It possible to
approve the regenerated Hedge. All
loin to prepare for an enormous
; party planned for tonight. Constance
is phoning friends while Hedge Is
' calling the caterer, decorator, and
i other necessary Individuals to pro
vide entertainment for the celebra
tion. Billy haa Just reported for
duty.
NOW GO ON WITH TIIE STORY
"Now, Bill," satd H. Hedge, "you
never worked for me before, and
this Is your last chance. Dump a bar
rel or so of gas into that foolish jit
ney of yours and stand by for or
ders. You may have to go a hundred
miles a minute, so here's money to
pay your fines."
Ha jammed a roll of yellow bills
Into the hands of Billy, whirled him
about, and propelled him from the
room.
Then he seized tho desk 'phone.
For the next fifteen minutes H.
I Hedge was a conversational volcano.
He spouted vehement words until the
transmitter fairly quivered.
"How many? Oh, be ready for
two or three hundred anyhow.
Walters, everything! How much do
I want to spend? Don't be silly. I
want the whole works, and it's up
to you to see I get 'em. Make be
lieve it's for royalty; there'll be a
queen here anyhow. Wine? Of
course, anything, everything! What
do you think I'm running a hash
house? You want a deposit? Hlght.
I'll have it there In half an hour.
Now hop off the wire. I've got to
talk to somebody else."
He never paused to take breath.
"Y'ou say yoifve decorated this
house before? Vou're wrong, old
man; you only think you did. You
mean you trimmed It. I want it
decorated. Y'ou got six hundred dol
lars for the last job? Well, you're
going to get fifteen hundred for
this, and if everything isn't all set by
nine o'clock I'll come down there
and throw bombs through your
greenhouses. Yes; you'll get a de
posit, too. Now, hustle out the be
gonias and the potted palms and the
flora! bowers. Do I want roses? I
said I wanted this place decorated.
i didn't I. I want everything from
Buster Boar Saves His Coat
By Thornton W. Burgess
Think quickly and as quickly act,
Though you may lacking be In tact.
Buster Bear.
Fp in a tree in the Green Forest I
was Buster Bear. On the ground un
der the tree was a hunter with a
I terrible gun. The hunter had start
I ed out that morning to try to
! shoot Buster Bear for nothing un
' der the sun but that he wanted
Buster's fine fur coat for a rug to
nut before the fireolace In his home, i
He had hunted and hunted and i
hunted that morning without get
ting so much as a glimpse of Buster
pear. But now he bad Buster treed.
Y'es. sir, he had Buster up a tree
1 where he could neither hide nor run
away. But that hunter didn't know
: it-
You see, lie hadn't thought of
looking up in trees for Buster Bear.
H- had looked this way and looked
A great Mack mass landcl with
thud right beside him
that way on the ground and finally i
naa stopped 10 rt fi un.itr me very
tree In which Buster was. but had
n't once looked up. But if he didn't
know that ho had Buster treed,
Buster knew it. He looked right
down at that hunter and his terrible
gun and It gave him an all-gone
feeling. Yts. sir, that is just the
kind of a feeling it gave him. Ho
knew in less than half a minute that
that hunter hadn't discovered hioi,
but he also knew that that hunter
might look up any second, and If he
did that would be the end of him.
That terrible gun would bang and he
would shortly nftrr lose his fur coal.
He didn't want to lose that fur coat.
You see. if he lost that he would lose
his life wilh It. What to do?
Buster did some fast thinking. He
thought a lot all in a minute. "If I j
start to scramble down that hunter
i . :
irjfc i .. ii
roses to rubber plants. Get It into
your head that this Is a desert and
that you're Luther Burbank. King
off, Luther."
H. Hedge was assuredly tireless.
"Send somebody to the phone
who can talk United States. I want
the bossr I don't want the guy that
saws the big fiddle. Hello ah, good.
I want a couple of orchestras. Yes
two! Can you get the Metropolitan
Opera bunch? No? Why, I could do
that myself If I had time.
"Have 'em on the job at nine
o'clock. Wrhat'll they play? All the
latest dance dirges, friend. For how
long? How do I know? I may have
'em here playing for hrcakfijst.
They're here until I blow the
whistle.
"Would I like a lady harpist? -Sure
I would. Tell her to trot right '
along. I leave It all to you. If you
say hand-organs. Its hand-organs.
But the Lord help you If you throw
me down. Selah! Yes that means .
by-by.' j
From telephoning H. Hedge turn
ed to the writing of checks. He was
still at It when Billy Brooke re-
turned to announce that his. ear had
been vitalized again. j
"Take these checks to these ad-
dresses. Bill," commanded the ex-!
efficiency man. "They're deposits, j
Let's see. it's two o'clock. Take 'em
to the bank first and get 'em cert!- '
fled. Don't mind do you, old man
Billy grinned.
"Let's shake again," he said.
They shook.
"And say, E. E. you're going to i
be awful good to Connie, aren't j
you ?"
H. Hedge gripped Billy's fingers i
until their owner winced.
"Bill," he said, "I'm going to be
awful good but not good enough. '.
Nobody could be good enough to ,
Connie, I'm only a poor human boob,
after all."
"You'll do," said Billy, "And E.
E. some time I want, you to teach
me that straight left the one you
handed Tommy Treadwell."
"I'll demonstrate It right now If
you don't rustle with those checks,
son! Burn the road, Bill. It's Con
nie's party."
The retired efficiency engineer
was sitting back in a swivel chair,
with his feet on the desk, smoking
placidly, when Constance appeared.
"What gown do you want nie to
wear, E. E. ? I've been looking them
over and I can't decide."
"Gown! Holy smoke! I forgot
your gown! Why, you can't wear
any of those gowns, Connie. Not on
your life! Wait."
He rushed to the telephone and
called a number.
"Put the head gown-builder on
here," he commanded. "Ah how do
you do, madame? This is the resi
dence of John W. Brooke. Miss
Brooke Yes; of course you know
her. Well, Miss Brooke Yes, yes'.
As I was about to say, Miss Brooke
will hear me and I won't have even a : self."
little chance," thought. Busier. "If I
could get down there without that There was more than a mere,
hunter knowing it I might have some ' sound of revelry in the Brooke man
chance to run away. I know what I'll j sion; there was a pandemonium. H.
do; I'll Just drop. I won't stop to i Hedge had at last given a party that
climb down; I'll drop. It is a long ; exceeded anything within the mom
wav down, but I guess I can stand ory of Constance or Billy. What, it
He won't have time to do any-
thing with that terribh
gun v. nne
I am getting down."
Just a minute later as that hunter
was saying to himself, "It is queer,
but I have a feeling that there Is a
bear right near me," a great black
mass landed with a thud right be-
side him and frightened him half out
of his wits.
Then that gr'eat black
, mass scrambled to four feet and
liway it went, down hill at a rate
! that no one would believe who has
j n't. seen a frightened bear run. By
I the time that badly scared hunter
1 realized what it was, and remom
! bered that he had a terrible gun.
Buster Bear had disappeared and
that hunter knew that there wasn't
j a chance in the world that he would
! see so much as a hair of Buster Bear
again that day.
Such a foolish look a.s there was
on the face of that hunter. He kept
loking up in that tree as if he half
expected another bear to drop out o
it. or else as if he couldn't believe
that a bear really had droppid out of
It.
"To think that he was right here
and I didn't know it!" he kept say
ing over and over. "Why, if I had
known he was up In that tree 1
could have shot him with no trouble
at all. and I would have had that
! coat of his for a rug. The old rascal
never made a sound until he hit the
ground. He must have Just lot go up
there and dropped. It is a lucky
thing for me that I wasn't right un
der him. As it was he scared me so
that I forgot I had a gun in my
bands until he was out of sight. I'm
n0 one Mw fhat perfonnsncP...
j Of course, he meant no other man
; or boy. But other eyes did see it all,
j the bright eyes of Sammy day. And
to this day Sammy chuckles when
' ever he thinks of it. Sammy has seen
1 funny things, but nothing funnier
1 than the look of that hunter when
i Buster Bear landed beside him. As
1 to Buster. Sammy's respect for him
was increased greatly. Sammy had
; seen at once the dreadful situation
in which Buster was caught and he
bad been sure that he was about to
see the end of Buster. The instant
Buster dropped Sammy mw that he
had done ihe only thing there was
to do. and his respect for Buster and
his quick wit doubled.
(Copyright. 15TS. by T. W. Burgess)
The net story:
Deer Has a Scare.'
"Lightfoot the
i oh, yes, yes! Now, Miss Brooke
I one moment please. This Is my con-
versatlon, madame, not yours, It's
the most important conversation In
Now Y'ork City at this particular
minute, and I will not be Inter
rupted. "Miss Brooke desires a gown to
wear this evening, Therefore, you
will have every gown In your shop
sent up here Inside or an hour, in
order that she may make a selec
tion. And send a couple of tailors
along to make any necessary
changes.
I want ovrrvtiiimr from roses to
rubber plants,"'
"What? Maybe they're not tailors;
but anyhow you send 'em. Have 'em
brin. their own scissors and pins
and all the customary tools. This is
a rush job, but it has to be done
right.
"How's that? Oh, bunk! You call
as many automobiles as you need
and put 'em on the bill. Get these
i gowns here; that's all. What? Oh!
1 Consider all apologies made in
j Fienrh. Sure. Merci, madame. You
' are. charming rnagnlfique! All to
the good! How's that? All right?
Surest thing you know; we be great
I friends in no time. Only get those
; gowns here, Hortense!"
j Constance had collapsed into a
i chair.
"K. E.," she gasped, "you are the
limit!''
Well, that's the only way to talk
to those gay Parlslennes, my dear. I
bet you those gowns will be hero in
half an hour. Why, that kid is hustl
ing 'em into the boxes now!"
"Kid! She's fifty if she's a day,
and she's fat."
"Never mind. She's human. She's
so curious to see what talked to her
that she's bringing the coins her-
cost, the young Brookes had not the
Past idea, although the probable
magnitude of the expense stunned
and a little startled Constance.
As for Hedge, he had no more no
tion of the cost than they, and did
not cere. Perhaps ho had wiped out
all the savings effected by scientific
management; he rather hoped he
had. He was certain he would never
exactly know, because the records of
hjs administration were in ashes.
There had never been so much
and such beautiful music, it seemed
to the guests of the Brookes. There
had never been such a supper. As
for flowers, the house seemed lit
erally to be built out tf them. And,
to add the last touch of magnifi
cence, particularly in the eyes of H.
Kcdgo. Constance wore the kind of
gown that only comes once in a life
time. It was nearly midnight, when a
commotion in the front hall sent
Hedge scurrying out to investigate.
He returned in fie niinut. s, grin
ning. Constance questioned him
with her eyes.
".lust an old gentleman who is
slightly out of his head," he ex.
plained. "II" managed to iniike his
way past the man at the ,loor. and
he won't go. He seems to hav
! he belongs here, and he
came rather noisy when they tried to
eject him."
"The poor thing!" said Constance,
sympathetically. "What did you
do?"
"Telephoned for the police, it's
the only right thing to do. They'll
take care of him: probahly send him
down to Bellevue for observation."
"Where is be now?"
"A couple of men are holding him
out in the vestibule. He's making a
rather embarrassing racket. The
funny part Is, he keeps on saying he
owns the. house."
Constance looked at H. Hedge,
and her eyes slowly widened.
"What does he look like, E. E. ?"
she asked in a whisper.
"Oh, he's about medium height,
with a short gray beard. He's
j ehunkity built and h;,s a deep voice.
with a funny way of making ges
tures with his hands."
Constance turned white and rose
unsteadily to her feet.
"Oh, E. E" she gasped, "do you
know who that man Is?"
"Y'ou mean the old tad who's try-
will
if
j tng to break In?"
I "It'i father!"
JiEXT CHAPTKR: John W.
nuinds an nmmntlne.
Your Health
How to Keep It
Causes of Illness
(BY DM. HUGH S. CfMMINO)
Surgeon General, V. S. Publle
Health Service
Lobar or croupous pneumonia,
It is sometimes called, Is a very
common, a definite, or, as we say,
a. specific disease, acute In charac
ter, in which there occurs a peculiar
I form of inflammation in one or both
lungs.
The lungs are divided Into sepa
rate parts called lobes, there beinir.
three lobes In the right lung and
two in the left. In lobar pneumonia,
one or more whole lobes of one
or both lungs are involved.
From 5 to 10 per cent , of all
deaths that occur are due to lobar
pneumonia. The disease may occur
at any age, but is most common in
young children and in old people.
It occurs more than twice as often
in males as in females, due no
doubt to the fact that males are
more generally exposed to the condi
tions which help to cause It.
Lobar pneumonia occurs all over
th" world, but Is somewhat less
common in ih tropics. It is most
prevalent In the winter months and
in early spring, and It Is most com
mon, as a rule, in persons having
outdoor occupations and very often
follows severe exposure to cold.
The direct cause of pneumonia Is
infection of the lung tissue with a.
microscopic vegetable germ known
as the pneumococcus, so called be
cause it is almost round in shape
and occurs In pneumonia. This
germ is always seen under the mi
croscope in pairs and for this rea
son, it is often called a dlplococt
cus.
The symptoms of pneumonia are
quite pronounced and are charac
teristic of the disease.
The onset Is very abrupt; the pa
tient experiences a rather severe
chill and rapidly develops a high
fever. There. Is often severe pain In
the side, there Is a short drv couch
a,(" lne "reaming is very rapid, the
rate being from 40 to 5fi breaths per
minute in adults, instead of the nor
mal of IS breaths per minute.
As the disease progresses, the
symptoms continue with but slight,
abatement, or they may be Increas
ed in severity except for the pain,
which is usually worse in the early
part of the course of the disease,
though there is apt to be pain on
coughing throughout, the "entire
period. The breathing Is difficult
and shallow from the beginning.
There is a. cough with bloody ex
pectoration and this symptom may
be quite distressing. In the very old
or the very young, the cough may be
slight or even absent. The patient
usually lies on the affected side. This
allows the unaffected lung freer
movement and Is more comfortable
for the patient. There may be
headache, sleeplessness and delirium
and, in children, there may be con
vulsions. Pleurisy is such a common com
plication of pneumonia that It Is re
garded as a part of the disease Itself,
though pleurisy may exist without
pneumonia being present. Pleurisy,
it may be explained, is an inflam
mation of the surface or lining mem
brane of the lung, or as we say, an
inflammation of the pleura the
pleura being to the lung what the
skin is to the body, namely, Its cov
erlng. t
Another complication which may
take place In pneumonia Is an exten
sion of the Inflammation to the lin
ing membranes of the heart. Now
the heart is lined both Inside and
out on tho outside, there Is a dou
ble lining just as in the lung on the
Inside, a single lining.
When inflammation occurs In the
uuiiuie uuier uning or me neart, we
j call it perl-carditis perl meaning
around. If it is the inner lining of
the heart, we call It an endocarditis,
though this latter comDlleation la
j rare in rneumonia; it is very often
present In rheumatism. In Inflam
mation of the double layers of the
outside lining of the heart, ther
may be a distension of the space be
tween these layers with fluid as in
pleurisy this condition is spoken of
as a peri-cardial effusion.
Another very serious, but fortun
ately very rare complication of
pneumonia is an extension of the in
flanjntion to the coverings or mem
branes which line the surfaces of
the brain and spinal cord a condl
tion we speak of as meningitis. Men
ingitis can occur, of course, with
out there being a pneumonia, often
docs in fact, but pneumonia with
meningitis as a complication is near
ly always fatal.
The treatment of nneumnnln cll
an j tor the services of a skilled physi
be. I clan. The fever in pneumonia lasts
from six to eight days, usually about
nine days. The temperature may
drop suddenly on the ninth day (or
some other day) and the patient may
begin at once to grow better or the
change from worse to better may be
more gradual. There may be re
lapses, or complications may set in
even at this stage but usually when
this so-called crisis is reached, unin
terrupted recovery follows.
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