iWriters’ Cramp Common Symptom of Muscular Rebellion PAIN SPASMS OFTEN DUE TO OCCUPATION “Muscular Neuroses” Is the Medical Term for This Trouble, Differing from Neuritis and Caused by Monotonous Efforts Required in Daily Tasks. By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D. W United States Senator from New York. Former Commissioner of Health, New York City. THESE muscles of ours have a habit of rebelling against continued wrong use made of them. They are patient, but if the demands are too great they will speak out in meeting. In the medical books we read about “occupational neuroses.” What in the world are these? They are the spasms or localized pains which follow abuse of the muscles. One example is the condition called “writer’s cramp.” Telegraph operators, piano players, dress makers, typists are liable to these symptoms. In any occupation where long continued, monoto nous muscular efforts are required in the work one of these ailments may appear. Persons who have good health are not liable to have such trouble. Nervous people—what we call “neurotic” persons—are more likely to suf fer these attacks. The onset of writer’s cramp is marked by dull ache or tired feeling in the wrist and hand. Then there is a spasm of marked contraction of the muscles of the arm and wrist. DR. COPELAND There will probably be trembling of the hand and fingers. All the symptoms are made very much worse by attempting to work. This trouble is different from neuralgia or neuritis. There is no tenderness on pressure. The nerves are not at all sensitive. But, as 1 have said, every effort to use the muscles in their ordinary occupa non. win nring on me symptoms, or make them much worse. The cure is accomplished by pro longed rest. Nothing else will do more than to give temporary relief. Massage, baking, out-of-door life, lots ©f rest and sleep, and upbuilding of the general health will do wonders. But rest or change of work is essen tial. I wish we could get people to take care of themselves. Of course our social system is eo defective that thousands of men and women are forced to work long hours, under evil conditions. The bread and but ter problem mates It necessary to Work hour after hour, and, in con sequence, the nervaus system cracks ©r breaks. When we get wiser as a people and show better sense as Individuals, the occupational neurosis will dis appear. But alas! that joyful day is not here. It will corns, but. in the meantime, we must do the best we can with those who suffer the ef fects of overwork and overworry. ‘‘Change of work Is play," is an old saying and a true one. Those unfortunate persons who have a ten .dency to such cramps as I have described, should keep this saying 1 mind. Frequent periods of change I muscular effort will hslp to pre nt the onset of this trouble. If you taave actually developed writer’s cramp or any similar ail ment, there most be complete rest. Every attention to the upbuilding of nerves and health are necessary. Perfect nourishment of the body will prevent and help to cure the ailment. Foods must be well selected. The green vegetables and other vitamin carrying foods are impor tant. An ounce of prevention Is worth a pound of cure. Why don't we keep this In mind? If we did, the doctors would be out of business. Too many .of their patients are seeking relief [because of the violation of Nature’s * laws. _ j] Anowqy to Health Queries W. H. IT. Q.—-Do you usually stop • growing after twenty-one years of I _ I JL.—Tea. * M. M. G. Q.—What causes a tired lazy feeling? A.—*-This Is probably due to auto intoxication. Avoid constipation and exercise daily in the open air. • • • R. S. F. Q.—Are raw eggs good for the system? A.—Poached or soft boiled are better. • • • JOHN S. Q.—Does eating yesst Improve the condition of the blood and clear up the skin? A.-—Yes. • • e J. A. Q.—What should a boy of 17, 5 feet 8 inches tall weigh? A.—He should weigh about 140 pounds. • • • A YOUNG READER. Q.—I am S feet 3 inches tall, 16 years of age. What should I weigh? 2.—I have a bad strain In the side, almost a rupture. Would it be ad visable to go in swimming? A.—You should weigh about 113 pounds. 2.—It would be wise to have ycair doctor advise you under these cir cumstances. • • • MISS A. R. Q.—I am 16 years old. 5 feet 4 inches tall, what should I weigh? 2.—What do you advise for pim ples? A.—You should weigh about 120 pounds. 2.—Correct the diet, by cutting down on sugar, starches and coffee. • » • S. F. Q.—What causes urticaria and what treatment Is advisable? A.—Urticaria or hives may be due to constipation, to some food which produces an irritation, to a nerve disturbance or to a possible kidney condition. The diet and elimination are important factors in most instances. OopyrixM. 2929. Knrtpipar 6-rrlc*. r»«. A Fashion Model’s Diary By GRACE THORNCLIFFE She Tells About the ISetc Short Evening Wraps. it comes to luck, certainly has more uuui oer share! With Easter coming along and averybody rushing madly about trying to get things ready for the Easter Day Parade, I haven't had much chance to think of myself, but when Helene sprung her surprise, it struck me in a heap that I didn’t have a single invitation for the holiday. Can you beat It? Of course, I suppoae I can rely on the Boy Friend for company, but I’d love to have had such an invitation JLs Helene drew. She simply pounced on me this morning when I arrived at the Shop and the words tumbled out of her raowth so fast that I had to shake coherence into her. Finally I got the story. Seems that Brother’s college chum is from a very swank family and they’re giving a house party over the holiday. I thought he had an awful case on Helene, but never dreamed it was this serious. Well, his folks live up in West Chester some place and Helene said ehe nearly passed out with excitement When aha received his Mother's let ter inviting her up. Can you beat it? Clothes, of course, were her first thought. Because even if the folf*8 do know she’s a "woikkig goil,” when they find she’s a model they’ll expect something marvelous. And they're going to get it. She has some gorgeous things, but she needed a wrap, so we went to Madame and told her the story- She was terribly interested for she adores knowing that her models are gmdly with the “Four Hundred.” dame Immediately went to a huge i that had never been opened and >ught cut the most stunning wrap you’ve ever seen. It’s one of those new ones they’re Showing now designed to be worn With the new down-in-back dresses. Phe old style ones look sort of ilumsv. you know, but this style is , peach. It’s of red satin with a softly (Wx&TiSil Iferesr® New Wrap of Red Satin Following the Down-in-Back Influence. draped collar. The sleeves are flar ing and it has a very tight hip band of red chiffon velvet. It’s long in the back, and short in the front and looks perfectly stunning on Helene She’ll be the belle c*f the ball in that wrap. I know, and ft she doesn’t make a hit, it'a her own fault. The Dollar Princess By Madge Geyer | i2£X._: POOR little Dollar Princess! What a fright ful dilemma she’s in. No wonder that she frequently wishes she could change places with the little girl who so pleasantly waits on her in the shop. And the little girl wishes con stantly she could change places with the lovely lady who so nonchalantly buys all the lovely things that her own heart desires. But the little shopgirl has the advantage, for at least she knows when her Bob tells her that - v ■ T. , u_^ ( he loves her, it’s sincere, and that he loves her for herself alone. But the Dollar Princess is ever in a quandry. Because she constantly has the thought before her that those who declare their love do so for the dollars which surround her, and not for her lovely self. So don’t envy herl But perhaps some day love will really come to her, and let’s hope that she will recognize it. She should, but somehow or other it’s rather hard, isn’t it? Now Is the Time to Start theHome-Making Helps Annual War Against Moths By Eleanor Ross. MOTHS axe insects whieh one'* has to fight before they ar rive. Once you see them fly ing about—or even a single one, mis chief has already been done. And all you can do is to hunt up the garment that has been attacked, weep over the punctures, and get hold of a mending expert. All this unpleasantness can be avoided by preparing your defence against moth* far In advance. Don’t wait for the warmest weather. By that time the baby worm may have hatched out of the egg, laid in a nice warm spot In your velvet dress by the flying moth. The little worm begins to feed at once, and also ■pins a little nest for itself out of the woolen or silky fabric, and the holes thus made are actually much larger than they seem at first glance. Poke your finger through one to get the full extent of the disaster! Fight the moths before they ap pear. Early In the Spring, before the annual cleaning, Is the time. What with the numerous labor savers one can get so inexpensively nowadays, packing clothes against moth-attack isn’t nearly the arduous Job it used to be. First of all, aJl articles—woolen, silks, furs, cloth of any kind, should be thoroughly cleaned. A vigorous brushing Is good, but a vacuum cleaning is better. If possible, hang the articles outdoors in brilliant sun shine. Remember that moths are small and the eggs practically invie The Stars Say— For Tuesday, March 26. By GENEVIEVE KEMBLE. THE presage based upon the planetary configurations for this day must be fraught with lndeOnitsness. While the lunar aspect promises a most mediocre and listless state of affairs, yet a solar relationship to the two planets of indefiniteness, surprise and eccen tricity make it impossible to define the auguries. Peculiar, subtle, in triguing, unconventional are words to classify the prospect. Change seems imminent, but be cautious. Those whose birthday it is may have a year of unusual or irregular experiences and events. These are not entirely menacing, but call for discretion, especially as to change or travel. A child born oa this day Is likely to be endowed with some subtle or unusual talents and qualities. In diplomacy, travel, science, or in methods of conspiracy or intrigue it may find Its success, even renown. Bote flight m chance may roue or tink a toul.—Bailey. ►ible to the naked eye, so that even if a garment appears clean it may be the shelter of a moth family. A complete and strenuous brushing is the first step in insuring against a moth Invasion. Without it, other later processes may not prove effec tive. Next, pack the cleaned garment in a paper clothes bag, or fold in a newspaper. The paper *you use doesn’t matter. What is important, is to pin or seal the hag so ! thoroughly that there isn’t a crack or hole or exposed 6«am that will let la anything from the outside. Then place in a cedar chest, If you have one, or In a box with a liberal sprinkling of camphor or moth balls. As a convenience, paste a label oa every package marked with the contents. Then, if you should hap pen to need one of these • rments after it has been packed away, you won’t have to open several before finding the right one. (Or succumb to the temptation of making a lit tle hole in one package after an other just for a peep—then leave the "hole, and destroy all the good pack ing done so conscientiously!) Some of our modern apartments and homes now contain at least one cedar-lined closet that is a perma nent protection against moths. An other substitute plan, is to obtain on© of the portable clothing closets that can be left in some cool spot in the house. Line it with tar paper and hang in it the packed clothes that are to be stored for the Winter. Such a closet can be kept permanently closed, and pro tects your clothes almost perfectly. Incidentally, rugs apd carpets also require proper defence against in sects. and they have a species of their own—the carpet beetle or "Buffalo bug’’ which is as fond of cotton as of rugs. Carpets and rugs require the same treatment — a thorough cleaning, packing and seal ing, and storing in a cool place, in a strong aroma of camphor or moth balls. If you haven’t the space for giving proper care to rugs or car pets, it’s cheaper to store outside with a reliable commercial firm, than risk exposure of good rugs to moth-holes. If I Were 1 If I Were A Man— A Girl— > By JOX --By JACK I WOULDN’T be a prof essional wise-cracker. I wouldn’t spend all my time thinking up smart remarks to try out on the Girl Friend, and consider that day lost when a crack of mine didn’t reduce her to hysterics. I wouldn’t haunt all the musical shows and comedies In town in an effort to pick up new lines—and then spring them on her as original. Perhaps she patronizes some of the same theatres that I do! I wouldn't be forever making rotten puns and expecting her to think them funny. Just because I once heard someone say: “That fellow ought to go on the stage—he’s a born comedian,’’ I wouldn't cherish the secret belief that I was funnier than all the great comedians all rolled into one. It’s all right to get off a wise crack occasionlly—provided, it’s a good one—but it’s too much to ex pect of any girl that she act as permanent audience to an amateur clown. ►T ’D GIVE 411 my attention to the I man I happened to be with, in stead of casting flirtatious glances in the direction of any other men who were around. For a girl to flirt with men sit ting at nearby tables in a restaurant, is a cheap way for her to demon strate what a siren she is to the masculine sex. It only indicates how lacking she is in breeding and good taste. When a man took me out to din ner, I’d have the courtesy' to con centrate my attentions on him, or failing in that, at least, on the food he provided. When I went to a dance, I wouldn’t flirt with every man on the floor and have no giinces to spare for the man who had brought me. In the theatre, I would keep my eyes fixed on the stage and, between acts, on my escort. The girl with a rov ing eye is a man's idea of a pretty poor sport. There’s a code for everything—even flirtation. When a girl goes on a man-hunt, she ought to have the decency to hunt alone, Instead of dragging a man along as a camouflage. Oowr!srM, 1919, Rffwsrsrxr F»stu"» Sarvtcft, Ine. PASTE BLEACH FOR SUPERFLUOUS HAIR No Excuse for Having Unsightly Hair Showing Through Silken Hose, Says Miss Huddleston, Suggesting a Safe and Sane Method of Removal. By JOSEPHINE HUDDLESTON NATURE has provided a light down on the skin of children to serve as a protection against harsh winds and the heat of the sun. As one grows older this down often becomes coarse and thick, thus an otherwise clear skin is marred by superfluous hair. The newer ‘‘light ray” treatments for its re moval are gaining an enviable position in beauty culture. The appearance of legs and arms covered with superfluous hair is unforgivable, since it is within the power of every woman to devote two minutes each day to the task of safely and sanely removing such beauty destroying ele ments. If the growth actually is thin, but appears abundant because of its dark color, a bleach will serve the purpose of making it less conspicuous. As most liquids dry before their bleaching prop erties have a chance to perform their full duty, I’m going to give a, formula today for making a paste bleach that may be used with effective results. To two tablespoonfuls of peroxide and one- Je,ephin« Huddle»ton half teaspoonful of household ammonia, add suf ficient chalk of magnesia to make a light, creamy paste. Using soap and warm water (not hot), cleanse and dry the skin. Spread the paste smoothly and evenly over the hair to be bleached, allowing it to remain on for eight or ten minutes. Remove with cool water and pat Advice to Girls By ANNIE LAURIE Dear annie laurie: 1. Would it be proper for me to give a gift to a boy friend of mine on his birthday? He gave me a beautiful birthday and Christmas present. 2. He has invited me to a college "prom” but as the school is quite a distance from this city I will have to stay overnight. Would this be proper without taking a chaperon with me? I am mostly known as "The Life of Every Party,” but I can be that way or just the opposite. How would you advise me to act at the "prom”? _ BROWN EYES. BROWN EYES: Yes, it would be proper. However, it would not be in good taste to give a very ex pensive gift. 2. It would be beat to have a chaperon, unless you are to stay somewhere where you will be chaperoned. 3. Act naturally. Don’t try to make yourself conspicuous, but enjoy yourself and act in euch a manner that the young man will be proud of you. Dear annie laurie: Won’t you please tell me what to wear to a June prom dance? PATIENTLY WAITING. PATIENTLY WAITING: It would be rather difficult to advise you what to wear, my dear, as I do not know your size and type. If you will write me again telling me more about yourself. I shall be glad to help you. ► liio bun u-i y. This pasts bleach may be used as often as necessary- Should the skin become dry from the continued use of the pas'e, a light cream may be rubbed gently over the area at night. The treatment of the coarse thick and dark hair is a more difficult problem. Shaving makes the new growth of hair stiff and more con spicuous. But like all beauty ills, even this problem can be combated safely. First remove all the superfluous hair from the legs and arms by shav ing. Then rinse the skin in cool water and rub a light cream over the newly shaved area. That is al ways the start and if results are to be satisfactory, the following care must be given at least every second, and preferably each day. All that is necessary for the daily treatment is a piece of raw pumice stone which has been soaked in a glass of water for three days. Each day AFTER getting into the tub (so that the skin is wet), run the pumice lightly over the hairy area. Don’t he alarmed if the skin becomes a little pink, as the slight change in color is caused by the rapidly in creased circulation due to the brush ing, therefore it is only a temporary reaction. Keep the pumice stone handy so that the daily task is not forgotten. You will be especially delighted with the results after you consider this treatment part of the bath, for it really takes less time than any other method. What the pumice really does is to wear down the new growth as soon as it appears. The rubbing should he no more vigorous than when a bath or flesh brush is used. Either talcum powder or cold cream may be used on the skin after the treatment. Love’s Awakening Steadfast Woman. j --By Adele Garrison—__! Noel Adds to the Apprehension with News That the Thugs Live Nearby. AT Noel’s revelatiion that he had seen the man who had tried to get into Mary’s room. Harry Underwood was also on his feet. “Are you sure, boy?” he queried sharply. “Tell us, quickly. “There couldn’t be two such men looking like that, could there?” Noel Veritzen asked. “Rat-like face, you said, sandy hair, partly grey, strag gling over it, and a scar like a comma, deep in one cheek? I’ve seen a man like that." “Then you’ve seen the devil him self," Mr. Underwood rejoined. "Where? When?" “A couple of days ago when I was out riding with Eleanor—I mean Princess Olina,” he said, flushing. “She always likes to go through the wood roads, and of course they are much better than the automobile highways. It was one of those wind ing roads that lead out toward Shin necock, and there was a shack of a house almost hidden in the woods that looked as if nobody lived there. But sitting on the steps were three men, and one of them jumped up when he saw us and ran around back of the house. But we caught a good look at him, and the Princess exclaimed at the awful scar on his face. I’d know him again anywhere. Couldn’t we go there, and makesure of capturing the man?” Harry Underwood looked at him with kindly and sympathetic admira tion of his pluck, but shook his head. “My dear boy,” he said, “wherever that bird and his companions are, they’re many miles away from that shack. They’re too wise to leave open any trail like that.” “Do you mean you think they’ve left the island?” Noel asked hope fully. Hiding Places Everywhere. Again Mr. Underwood made a negative sign. “I wish I could believe that,” he said, “but the lads who belong to Kenellos don’t give up so easily as that. Unfortunately there are enough law-breaking, boot-legging aliens In the sparsely settled parts of this end of the island to give them a hundred safe shelters.” “Then,” Noel asked fearfully, “isn’t it going to be a hard task to gxiard all three, Mary—and Olina and Georges—when they’re ail in -u ► different places and there’s so much space out here?” "You’ve put your finger on the sore place, Noel,'* Mr. Underwood returned. “ ‘Hard’ isn’t the word. ‘Impossible* would be better. Oh," as he saw the alarm in Noel’s face. “I don’t mean Just now. ever/body's safe for the next few days—they’re too cagey to take eny risks—those lads, but they have infinite patience, and determination, steeled by what will happen to them if they fail, so they’re going to try again at the first opportunity.” "Then what’s to be done?" Noel demanded in youthful impatience, flushed a brick red as Mr. Under wood turned mildly quizzical eyes upon him. “That’s what I'm trying to figure out, son," he said softly, and Noel put no more questions. “There's another thing we’ve got to consider,” he said. “As long as Mary is here, the farmhouse isn't going to be a very safe place for anybody.” My terrified thoughts flew to my small eon, sleeping upstairs, and I shivered. But Mr. Underwood paid no attention, and I realized that he deliberately had added this fear to my anxiety for Mary—for some rea son of his own. Planning an Exodus. “When is your father expected?” He turned to me. "Any day now,” I returned. "He said in his last letter he would be at home some time this week.” “ ‘Oh, let it be soon’ ” he quoted, then turned to Noel. “Do you know when Princess Olina’s lease of The Larches is up? Not that it matters—although she may be fussy—you never can tell about women—some of them, I mean." His bow and amile absolved Lillian and me from his strictures. “There is no set time, I believe,” Noel answered. “She took the place for the season, and s/he can stay as long as she likes or leave whenever 6he pleases.” “Good!” Mr. Underwood replied. “And as for Prince Gogeree, he has no responsibility except his hotel bill and the hospital charges, neither of which, I imagine, will bother him. So there’ll be nothing to hinder the baiting of the tiger trap.” I looked at him in amazement. What did he mean? (Continued Tomorrow l OopyrtsM. 1929. Kewip»p« Itatur* R«r»lc». Xne. GOOD-NIGHT STORIES . By Max Trell .... . The Shadow - Children Pay a Surprise Visit to a Chine** Mandarin. ONE day MIJ, Flor, Hanid, Tam and Knarf—the five little shadow-children with the turned about names—were sitting on the edge of a teacup, talking about where they would like to go. “I wish we could go to Algeria,** said Yam. “That's too near,” said Mij. “I ; wish we could go to the South Pole.” “—right to the top of the South Pole,” added Flor, who being Mij"» twin alwav's agreed with him. “It's too cold there. I think we ought to go to— “—to China;** exclaimed Knarf, suddenly falling off the teacup in his excitement. He dropped into a Chinese plate that was lying cn the table. Then a very curious thing happened. He disappeared. Now. to disappear all at once in a Chinese plate is extraordinary even for a shadow-child. With a cry of surprise Mij. Flor, Hanid and Yam sprang down off the cup and looked down into the plate. It was light blue and in the centre was a lovely Chine«se garden with flowers and grass and a little river with a bridge over it and a house and cherry trees in blossom. But no trace of Knarf did they see. They leaned over the plate and looked and looked. Then suddenly Yam, who was leaning over farther than the rest, toppled in. Then she, too, disappeared, although not before the others saw a tiny dark speck roll swiftly down the road, over the hill 1 and into the little house. j “W*hat ought we to do?” asked ! Hanid anxiously. Flor looked puzzled. Mij looked even more puzzled. ; “Let's call them.’* suggested Knarf Dropped Into a Chinese Plate. Hanid. "Come hack,” shouted Flor, "Come back quick,” shouted MIJ, But they didn't. They didn't even answer. "Something must have happened to them,” said Mij. "Something did happen to them,* added Flor. "They disappeared," said Hanid "Do you think we ought to go if after them?” Mij and Flor nodded. j “I’ll take a peek first,” said Mij. He grasped Flor’s hand and lei himself down very slowly. "Don’t lei go,” he warned Flor, as his feet touched the tips of the grass in the little Chinese garden. “I won’t," Flor assured him. Hardly had the words left his mouth when Mij abruptly rolled off, exactly like the others. Nor was this all. Flor holding on to him, as he promised, rolled off, too. This left poor Hanid all alone. She ran around the edge of the plate, ex citedly calling to the others. Just then, Inda, the maid, walked in. Hanid shouted up to her. "They’ve disappeared.” she cried, at the top of her voice, “—they’ve disappeared in the plate.” But Inda, who wasn’t accustomed to hearing shadows speak, and was, j moreover, busy getting the table ready for tea, merely gave the j Chinese plate a whisk with her nap. kin and—presto! Hanid was swept after the others. She found herself rolling swiftly down the road, over the bridge, and before she could stop herself, into the little house near the cherry-trees. There, to her as tonishment, she beheld Knarf, Tain, j Mij and Flor sitting at a round tea* table with a mandarin. A mandarin, you know, is a Chinese person cl 1 very exalted rank. The mandarin pointed to a vacant chair at tha table. "It is for you," he said to Hanid, "We have been waiting a very long time." Tha other shadow-children nodded in agreement. But they didn’t seem at all annoyed that Hanid had kept them waiting. It was such a beautiful little house in such a love* ly little garden. “It's pleasant to began Flor. "In a Chinese plate" concluded Mij. (Tomorrow: What happened in the ; Chinese plate.) Copyright. 1929. N>w«p»per Veiture S*rrte», Ir.a. Words of the Wise. Take away from our learned men the pleasure of making ' themselves heard, learning would then be nothing to them. \ —Rousseau. I would compromise war. I would compromise glory. I would compromise everything at that point where hate comes S in, where misery comes in, where love ceases to be love, and life begins its descent into the valley of the shadows of I death. But I would not com promise Truth. I would not compromise the right. —Watte rson. j The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable 1 with interest about thirty years{ \ after date. —Colton. ■ -- . J . -. - ... f j. % n