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an ('HTCAGO t 4 By RUTH DE YOUNG IG1 T IFIED dowagers may have expressed surprise and shock at the manners of modern vouth. but is it any wonder when their own rlebut ante deportment W;lS cir- cum scribed by rules that ran the gamut from the boudoir to the ballroom? A cont roversy of marmcr s was st a rtcd some weeks ilg-O when ficrv •Ticholas Murray Butler, addressing" the first convocation of Columbia university students this fall, declared the conduct of the younger generation" shocking." Since then liheralists ha vs 1~~l1<,dII d"f"n'e of u nbrid l ed r-onvr-rsat ton, srnokmc a nd drinking', lind broken d i nnr-r da tr-s as the" r e- "'llt of the t imr-s." w hil •• cnnsr-r va- i 'p~. nnmbering most of Ch icago's lIf'"j<>ty l"ail<'rs. r avo indica tr-d t.na t /;l1c-h manners arc productive of no g oori. ThC'c::p cons-rvattves hAYP: rf'ff'ITf'ld ",~ain to t hn dog-cat'ed rna nuals that wore Baedekers of conduct in the middle a nd la te runotccnt h century. St Ill t.hev quot••, almost by nr-nrt, tlll' pag-ps of ru les that dict.atnd t hr-Ir tone o! \'oic<', their topics of can VAl" sat ion, t hr-ir mod" of dress, evr-n t hr-ir amount of letter wrrtirur. And why, the)' q nestion, are t.hcsr- rulea not Ill' wholesome and hca.lt.hfu l for nul' g-randdaug-hters as thcy were tor u ? In the library of thl' Chicago His, torical socir-ty severa I of the Vir-to- rta n volumr-s ha vo been preserved. T'hor» is the fnmo11s "Hill's Ma nua l," wrrtte n hy T'hornn s F:. Hill, a g-entlp- ma n horn in It rct irr-d part of • -('w EndRnd where school a dva nt.acr-s in c hitrlhood wer e fl'w. Possessed nt ~ .trornc sc nsit ivc noss, he dcterrninr-d tn sot down the cutturn.l knowledze he n<''1uir('d, that others born into his ch ildhood clrcumsta nccs mizht be better RbI<' to meet the problems he encountered. ••G('ntl~' g-li<l!'in the i1an('(', w('a1'· In; " pll'fls"nt (' 'pr('ssion; also bnw thp h"a<l sli"htly as the handR are li;:;htl~' touch('(I." ('xplains anolh('r manual on file at the Historical 80- ci<'ty. This is "The Young- Lady'. 0\ 'n Book," written in 1832, Ac· cordin;:; to its own prefa.ce, it is a- ••manual of politen<"s, Intell<'ctua 1 Impro\'!'mc-nt, and moral <lepo1'tment, calcula ted to form the charactl'r on a solid basis a nel to in~ure rosp<'cta- bil ty and succ('ss in Hfe." ~lnre than one modern debutant,,'s g'1'"nd- mot her and g-reat· g-randmother studied it hy lamplight. .\n)' difficulty or misundl'r~landinJl" at a public ball, this little book goes on to ('xplain, should be r••fPrrpd to the master of cr-remnnles, whnse rjp(';sion shoutrt be dor-med flna 1. 1 Tnd",' a florid hE'a<ling-,••The Ball," •t r. JJill in h;~ ma nua l savs that he will pxprp~s /I no opinion concor ntne t h p junpr irtv or Irrmronrio tv at da nr.inrr. In the simple act or pass- ing- throug-h the fig-urI'S of the dance t her e need he no wrong cornm ittr-d, but, as t hn bRII is ortr-n conducted, very sorio us and unfortunate results rcllow." Mr. Hill, however, ll"0PSon to ad- mon lsh : "For the company to AS- semble At a late hour And enll"al\'e in u nuxua l, pxeitlng-, and severe exer- cisl'S throug-hout the E'ntire night Is often too grea t a tax upon the nnvs- ioa l system. '1'0 dress too thinly and in a. sl a I" at persph-at ion to be E'X' posed, as ladies at the ball frequently Bad manners at the table. A collection of bl unders 111 deportment and vulgarities to shock even the most indifferent diner. (Illuvtrations reproduced from Hill'. Manual.) I-Tips back his chair. 5-Engages In violent argument.t 9-Comas to the table in hi, ,hid- 2-Eats with his mouth too full. the mealtime. sleeve, and puts his fcnt beside 3-Feeds • dog at the table. 6-Lounges upon th •• tabllt, his chair. 4-Holds his knife improperly. 7-Brings a cross child to the tabl". IO-Picks his teeth with hi, finge". 8-Drinks from saucer and le ps with II-Scretches his head end is fr••_ his tongue the lest drop from quently getting up from the the plate. teble. a re, to draughts at cold, Is oftl'ntimp. to plant the ~E'('(ls of disease from whleh t hev never recover, Ag-ain, to come in contact, as ladies are liable tn, more E'spE'eialIy at the public hall, with disreputable men, is sometimes to form alliances that make a life- t ime of sorr-ow." T'he dancing master, if thl' proper type of man, CRn be a decided sate- g ua rd, Mr. Rill points out in savin« that" the master should be a person of g-ood moral character, a p hvaio l- og-i~t, a reform er. Such a young- ma n at the hoa d of a da ncing school would hI' a! Inn nita assrstance to the young m(>n and women coming upon the stage of aetion." The polite ~nd dignified introduction on the street. NI'vl'r diel a YiCloria n mamlal ot eUqnet nl'"leet a decription of the SAtting- for a party or ball. "Flora.l f'mbellishment gives much attra.c· tiOTI," says one, H and if an abnn· dance of flowers, shrubbcry, and E'vergrp.pns are about the music stand, concealing the musicians from viE'w, the effect will be all the more charnling." This same all thor ~Uggcstf; a sys.. tem of idcntifying wra.ps "similar to that for checking bag-gage. A dr(,8s- ing table in the ladies' room should b" supplied with soap, water, towels, brushes, combs, pomade, face pow· ClenCe Presents the iv y'r Vi I0 nd V-tal-t By Thomas M. Beck P ERIODICALLY th<: Val' i 011' fiplils at seienc" a.re eonvulsed with <'xeitement. It usually starts when some clev"r invcsti· gntnr discovers some entirely new phpnom<,non. Immediately a number ot hl'l fE'liow scientists temporarily dp· ';I'rt thE'ir resp"etive lines of rE'search "nd, like prospectors Iparning of a n"w g-old field, swarm into this new I"nb,ipct to help exploit it. The scien, tifie ,iournal~ are delug-ed with hastily "..rittl'n articl<,s announeing new dis· ro\'eripoc:::. Lparnpd profcc::sors anxioll~- Iy pnCII thl' fionr and make tJ1f'ir h"rril'i1 stndents work late at ni;:;hJ., O~<,"sionally anA of the'e same pro· fvsors takes tlml' to lay a polemic 11('(01''' the sciE'ntific wnrlil, in which. with frrostv politenpss an<l a pon<lerous vocabulary, he i1enounces his rivals As fools and liars. In spite of occasional harsh wor<ls, II g-Iorious time is had by ev"ryoHe, Il.nd th" rest of the world profits from 1111'rtimulated resparch. Such 8chol· 1'11'1)' furors are fairly common. del', eolog ne, needlps, thread, pins, etc" while wa tel', sonp, towels, brush broom, comb, hairbrush, bootjack, anrl a blar-k ing brush with a box of blacking should bo in tho gentle.- men's dressing apartment," the au- thor adds. TTnder II G(ln~J'al Rllg~estions to Those ,Yho Atte nd Balls" Mr. I-Jill explains, ",Vhen all the ladics are pr-ovided for, t hen the gcnt.lernr-n may think ot their own supper." Another colllmn, ent itled "'V hnt Conduct to Avoid nt the Ball," give~ the following advice: A ballroom eng-agement ~hould not be broken, No g('ntlema n should enl<'r the ladies' dressin;; room at a ball. Do not en;:;ago yourself for the last two or three dances. It may keep you too late, No g'"ntlroma.n who~e 1'101hing or breath is tainled with the fumes of stron;:; drinle 01' tobReco should E'\'er enter the IHPsence of ladies in the dancing room. A gentJ"ma n should not invite a lady to be his partner in a dance with which he is not perfectly fa.· miliar. It is tiresomc and embar· I to fade and die. The only conclusion was that there is at lea.st one other essential to a normal diet. l!'or this new essential an English investigator named Funk suggested the name" vitamine" (from the Latin word vita, meaning life, and the sci· cntific word amine, meaning ammonia derivative). It wa.s soon found that Funk ha.d blundered a little, since whaleYer these new substances might be chemically, some of thcm certa.inly wcre not amincs, However, the name has a nice sound anel the scientists ha.ve kept it, with a slight correetion. The purists have insisted, in the name of scientific accuracy, that the letter " e" be dropped. '.rhe diseovery of the principle of vitamin chemistry at once provoked a vast amol1nt o[ research on the sub, ject. Those rather nc;;lected ailments, scurvy and beriberi, were dragged back into the limelig-ht and shown t be tho results of eertain vitamin de ficiencies, In addition, within te years it was shown that the lade a certain Yltamins was eithel the ca.us or a contributing- factor in pellag-ra rickets, and xerophthalmia. The pr,,"<'nec of the various vita mins in foods is detcrmined by feeding experiments on guinea pigs or whit rats. At first chemists attemptcd un sueceSfl11ly to isolate 1he vitamins a pure substances, but within the las ~ few years the technique of handling In thl' no mn.n's land bptwpen elwm. thcm in the laboratory has been devel 1"lry and biochpmistry ther" is a topie opcd to such an extent tha.t result that has h"en flaring up with varyin" are now being achieved in this diree Inlensity for more than twenty years, tion. Vitamins A and C have been to the delight of advertisers and the obtained in a pure state and thei ocea.ional perplexity of the genpral chemical structures determined. A public. This topic is that of vitamins. thir<l ono, vitamin D, while still some It has been known for about a hun· thing of an unknown quantity ehem dred YE'ars that there are four essen· icall~', is being synthesized in a highl) tials to human diet: proteins, fats, A laboratory scientist inoculating a guinea pig in vitamin research for scurvy prevention. concentrated form on a commercia carboh)'drates, and minerals. It has scale. been only relatively recently that the in thl'ir absenee from diet. Such dis· foods, espE'eially oranl\'E's, IE'mons, or bra.n, s('emE'd to prevent lh" disordcr, Variom; workers have announced necessity at a fifth class, the vitamins, orders now are known a.s dE'fieiency limE'S. The result was that the British TJnfortunat('ly, Ei;jkman followed the the disco\'eries of about a dozen dif ball b"en established. Vitamins are diseases and have long beE'n familiar navy adopted the rulE' of dosing its wrong direction in his subscquent reo ferent vitamins. A few of these dis extremely powerful drugs that oceur to mankind. Seurvy is perhaps the s<:>amE'ndaily with bottled lime juice s('arch. Instead of looleing for a cur. eo\'eries have turned out to be mis naturally to a very small extent In best known at them. It Is a painful and thereby put an !'nd to the inroads ative agl'nt in rice bran, he wasted a taken optimism on the part of some certaIn foods, and which operate in and frequently fatal disease, the most of the disease, While this was a fine number of years in a fruitlcss search scientist, and others appear to have some little understood fashion to keep notorious characteristic at which Is an thing for the Engllsh sailors, it wa.s a for a poison in the rice kcrnel and very little practical importance, There the body in good working order. inflamed condition of the mouth and Htlle too successful for the good of prohably miss cd gaining fame as the are about a half dozen important ones, They are present to such an extraor· gums, and it was the bane of sailors .tcienoe, since It stopped turther work discovcrer of vitamins. however. 'While it is not within the dinaril)' small amollnt and are SO dell· in the good old da.y.. A couple ot een· on this subject. scope of this article to discuss their cately fragile to,,·ard rough chemical tUries ago ships s~tting" out on long About 1895 a Dr. :FJijkman, a pri80n ~ lTIcdical significance, the follo,ving 'eatment U<at they C1JCapeddetection ocpan voyages were '~ced to teed physician In the DutelL East Indies,. 1.'h A honor of founding vitamin short descriptions aro given of them until only a few years ago, Vitamin their sailors on dried or saltl'd toads b"eame Interl'sted in trying to find out c-h"mistry belon;;s not to anYone man, fr0m the chemist's viewpoint. C. whic-h oceurs naturnlly in a greater "xclush'ely. It usually happened that why so many of his unfortunate cli<'n· but rather to a group of scientists, Vitamin A promotes growth, builds proportion by weight than any of thp after about a monlh at sueh diet, tel" were dying of beriberi, a dreadful notably Hopkins in England and Os. up resistance to infections, and pre· others, i~ pr<'sent in I<'mon jUlce, one scurvy bpgan to br('ak out. It was nervous disE'ase long- known in the bOrI1P, Men(]('l, and McCOllum in this vents an c~'e disease known as xeroph· of its richest ~ourc(' , to the e.'tent of such a commonplace occurr('nce that orient. It spems that previously some country. They all ha.d been working thalmia. It was isolatcd by Karrer in only ahout .0:> at one per cent; the ships usually started out with a largoe official, acting no doubt on a gentle on nutrition problems involving the lU:J3 and is a thick oil ha\'in;; the 0' her Vitamins are pres<'nt in th<'ir excess of m('n in ord 0 r to provide sub· humanitarian impuls", had ordercd usc of altifieial foods. It was founel chemical formula C,,,,I1 3U O. It is close, own sourc 'l to a much smallcr can· ~titutcs for those who would be inca- that the prisoners be fed on white pol· that the feeding to laboratory animal~ Iy rolated chemically to the carotenes, certr' tion than even th,~. ]JacHat d by the disease. ished rice instead a! the cheaper but of a correctly proportioned mixture o[ a group of plant pigments that give S Ich ran and eldsh'e substance,; I In 17:>7 nn l~nglish doctor nam"d ic-ss appetizini; brown rice. Eijkman highly l1uritied protcins, fats, carbo, the ~el1ow color to carrots and buttcr, wel'l not discovcred dlr~CUY, but rath Lind sho\\·pd lh"t "' ul'\'~' could bo I shr1\\"<llllat the dis('n,p was the dircet hydl'al('s. and milwrals, which ,;houl(] Both carolene and vitamin A appear .1' through thE' nr';:;alJve method of I holh P""\'I'nlr"1 ~nd r'1I]'('<I 'pv the in· rl'~ult nr '11('h pdl11p<,ring, sinc-e a diet h,"'c bnpn >\n idl'al dipl 0:&.tl1l' ha~i, In 1", IJilill up in pl"nls by tlw cr'l11hi I·,o:kint; thc iII e!recta that took place clusion in the diet at cer\ain fresh of brown ricc, which contained rice of accclJted th~ol'Y, causcd.' animais Ination of a numl .•.. ]' of " ulc~ o[ ,,\c rass inz to a lady to have a partner who appears awkward. Today most of these" don'ts" are flavore<l with humor, and so are those that Mr. Hill lists on another pag-e dl'voted to the etiquet of call- ing. Yet many of them a re 1'1I1"s that rnicht be observed with benefit. B<,rE\ is what Mr. Hill says about calling: Do not star" around the room. Do not take a dog or small child. Do not linger at the dinner hour. Do not lay aside the bonnet at a formal ca ll, Do not fidg-et with your cane, hat, or parasol. Do not make a call a! ceremony on a wet day. Do not touch the piano unless in vitcd to do so. Do not open or shut doors or windows or alter the arrangement of the room. Do not Introduce politics, 1'- Ilg ion, or wr-ig hty topics for con- .••. ersation when making- calls. Under the "EtiqllPUe of Co nver- sal ion," always one of the first les- sons of a young ladv out of the pr imcr stages, every ma nual stresses aca in the importance of a voidi nz cont.rovorstat subjects. "You prob- ably would not convert your nppo- nont and he would not COilvert you," 1\11'. lJill says. "To i1iscuss t hosa topics is to amuse fe"lin;; without any g-ood result." To please in can- vet-sa tion Mr. Hill add s In his manual: U8e clr-a 1', dist inct words to ex- press your ideas, though your voice should he low. Be cool, collected, and MIt·pOS· sossr-d, 11sing- respectful, chaste, and appropr-iate language. Remember that the person to whom you are speaking is not to hlame for the opinion he enter- tains. Opinions are not made by us, but they are made for 11Sby circumstances. Wit h the same or- goanization, training, and circum- stances a round us, we would have the same opinion ourselves. In th is modr rn day of separa tion and divorce, families might profit by the ailvice of Mr. HlIl in his column on "Etiquette Bl'tween Husbands and ,\'i ves." He says: Let the rebuke be preceded by a kiss. Do not require a rcquest to be repeated. Never should both be a.ng-rJ' at the same time . Never neglect the other for all the world beside. Let each strive to always a.ccom· mndate the other. Lct the an;;-ry word be ans\\'ercd only with a kiss. Always lea.ve home with a tend"r good·by a.nd loving words. Thcy may be the last. am a much simpler eompound, isoprene (C,Rs). Isoprene, incidentally, is the fundamental building stone of such varied plant products as turpentine, camphor, essential oils, and rubbcr. Vitamin B prevents beriberi. It was one of the first ones to be discovered, but so far it has remained consider. able of a mystery to the chemist, due to its exlreme instability. It appar- ently has been obtaincd in a. pur" state in minute quanti lIes, but at present little is known of its chemical nature. Vitamin C, Which prevents scurvy and builds good teelh, was isolated last year by C. G, King and found to be the same a.s a previously known crystalline solid now ealled ascorbk acid (CoH,O,,). It is related chemically to the sugars. The fact that it can be pr('pared from other sources at a reasonable east has resulted in alaI 0 NAME- 8E'ST SOURCE'S n VITAMIN A FISflLIVEROILS f e VITAMIN B DRIEDBR£:W£:RS Y£:AS1; WH£:AT GE-RM RAWCABBAGE, LETTUCE-, PAPRtKA, VITAMIN C SPINACH, TOMATO, WAT£:Ra"SS, GRAP!: F-RUIT, L£:MON. ORANG£: FISHUV£:ROllS, SUNLIGHT, e VITAMIN D RADIATED ER.GOSTEROL s VITAMIN ~ Wl-I£:AT G£:RMOIL t FR£:SHMEAT,YEAST,LIVER, VITAMIN G KIDN£:Y,SPL£:£:N s Chart showing the best sources of the various vitamins. l' /WEIGHf I RATFE-D ON OI£:T CONTAININGVITAMIN -. RATF£:DONVITAMIN FR£:£:OI£:T DAYS Chart showing how presence of I vitamins fA or OJ IS determined i by growth of rats. I of research on it thpsf' d(;;l\"t;, \yilieh promises 10 ha\'e considerable mcdical significance. "itamin D, or the sunshine vitamin, results when erg-osterol (C"R"O), a I waxy solid found in small amounts in most living tissue, is exposed to direct sunlig'ht or ultraviolet llg-ht. It can f be prepar('d ('OlllI1lCr<~i(lIJy by tbis t n1l'thod, It p. nl0tf'~ gT"wlh, l'('~\l. t lates bone ;; I'U h, aud llrevcnts rick· r- I. Ungraceful positions which the readers of the old etiquet books were warned to cvoid. I-Stand, with arms akimbo. 2-Sits with elbows on the knees. 3-Sits ~stride tho chair ~nd wears his hat in the parlor. 4-Stains the wall paper by prcvs- ing against it with his hood; c~t, an apple alone and stands with lcqs crossed, Consult and arld'e t,,::;<'I.hpl- in all that comes w ithin Ihe ex 1('I'i· ence and sphere of each Individu- ity. Along the same lin" is the spnti- mental advice offr-red about Ie ttr-r writing: "'.rhe longer you rna ke your letters the better, 'rho a bse nt husband should writc a lcttr-r at least once a week. If the m isaive from the absent one is dearly chcrtshed, let the relatives at home remember that doubly dear is tho let ter from till' ha llowed harthstone of tho horne fireside, where the dearest rr-colloc- lions of t he heart lip ;.:·al'l1er<,(l. Do not fail to wrtt e ver-y pmmptly to the one that is away. Give all Iho neil's. Go into all t ho Iit t lo pa rt ir-u- lars just as you would talk, Afl"r you have written up matters of I,<,n· or-at moment, come down tl\ little personal gossip that is or pH it lc-uta I' interest. Glve the details f ully a hour Sally 'Yllliams mal'l'yin~ .lohn 11unt and her pal'ents 11Oin;:;- oPIHlsed to Ille match. Be explicit about the new nlini~l(ll'." O[ all letters tho 10\'" 1ctt('l' sholll'l be the most care[ully jH'epal'E'd, eV<'I'yold·time eliquet manua.] aSl'ees. "'rhey al'e the most thorou~hl)' l'l'ad and reread, the longest pl'esen'I'd, and the most likely to be reg l't"ltc(1 ill aftl'l' life," one author' wl'itl". ..As a physiological law man should h" ~5 and woman ~3 b"fol'c marrying." l!'l'om letter writing' Bilrs 1I[~nwtl goes into a diseussion of e\·en more personal matteI's, such as Ihl' colol' appropriate to \'ariouR eompkxions . dark violet intermixe(l \\'itll lilac anel blue for the fail" hail'('d, ruddy blonde and Mlo,sy hla<'i< fOl' : rose ets. Ineiden tally, in a eoncen tl'ateel form it is a powerful drug and should not be used without a physician's ad, vice. 'roo little of it keeps bones frnllJ developing, '1'00 much lays down bone tissue where the Lord neveL' meant it to be. VitallJin E, thc absenee of which causes sterility in rats, is of littl'J practical impul'tance 10 humans. 'I. tamin F has been abandoned as a false start. Vitamin G, the lack of which results in a susel']ltibility t, pella."1'a, has been the subject of much recent chemical invl'stigation, which is far from eomplete at present. .\hout all that is known is that it i" relatl") to a elass of ye!low plant pigments called flavins or flavinols, w hie b means nothin(;' to the layman and not 111uch 1110reto the aV(~l'a.~·pfjCicntibt. The whole field of vitamin study i' one of which Americans can w 11 lIl' I proud. since much of the im]Jortanl work in it has been done on tbis sldc of the Atlantic. 'rhe imjJol'tance 01 I this information cannot be e.·a,;gel'at· ed. '1'he average pel'son, however need not worry much about vitamin starvation, A man who cats thrpe square meals a day is almost ecrtain to pick up enou;;h vitamins, no mat· tel' how many there are. Scientific Queries Answered Mr. 8eck will be glad tu HIl~wer tlUestions nf scientific' nature. .\ddl'e~s 'J'hUJlHlS M. Ut'('k, (.rUI)h1<' ~rdiuJl, Vhica~o 'l'rilJullc. I~'or personu! relll.", lucius" stampt':tl, addrf'~~pd rllvelolle. I I have secn a cig-aret lightpr that cons:sted of a thin WIl'e [astcncd to a lid and held inside a metai tube eOll taining- a pad soaked in lig·htel' fluid I "'hen the lid was removed and h"ld so that the wire was part way inSi;!.pI Ihe tube, the wire got red· hot and t1w fluid caug-ht on fire. llow does th,:; work'i-J. A, C., Chica.go. I 'I' h e fluid probably eonHiHled of methyl alcohol and the wir" was a thin filameut of platill',lm, Whfn t1~e alcohol vapor mixed with ail' comes in contact wilh platinum, tho lail('r pro, notes (l'alaly,-cs) their combination fIn ts surfacc and is h"at",i tn inl·and,';· cenee by the bf~at of the l'eaelioll, '1'11.:< ·ed h<'at causeS the "apo[' to burst inlo flame. I ha\'" been told that cellophane also made from milk. Is Ihis true, lossible'i-J. J. '1'., Chicano, Cellophane Is a trarIe 1J1l11l"[or ,t particular matcrial. It i>l m>\rl" ollly 'rom cellulose and not from mille 5-Ro'ts his foot upon the chatr cushion. b-Tips beck his chai" soil, th w,11 by rcsjin q hIS head agalns~ it, and smokes in the presence of ladies. t he hl'11111 tic. If also 'l! 1'1 lal'C of thl' PCI' n It I urn .I,' sava .11'. l l i ll, ' that tho reader (1<'. sin's he t lt h and boa uty a nrl I "III. jll~ t o govern hi" habit accnrdi n ly, Observe, then, the following regula- tions." 'I'he Balh-Upon arlslng tak A. cnrn plot. bath. A simple wanhlng out of the on r is not sume -nt, 1\ at marc tha 11 a quart of water l~ nece sn ry. 1 e upon the> hands I he samo a, vou ,10 upon the> f i ce, 'I'h« fikin-r wa.v of c t rior a pplica t ion of ("I, n' ti' for the l'llrl\(I: o[ h LUllr.\In, til(' skin. T'hc "1'r",1I' t I> r utttl I'., In c (,l\C'C ;:In' plenty of I.•rt-r it i 1 t 1 I'rrs h all', the I cerun of the POI or tlll kin t: "Inplr t Iy open by b,lthin , the t",din" of the body wlt h a sufllc irnr-y o[ s i lJl p lr, hca lt h v ['\(IlI, a nd th., ob lr In u! tho rcq ui ite amount ul Itell. .Inst II V to imprfl\ 0 Jlfln the e rnlcs o[ bl'auh lodn,' "It I,' t"lC" 111'. 11ill a HI'S, ' tlr • sOl1wtime L :;Iibht touch o[ art m,ly imlJl'o\'e tI'e JH'l'~onalapp'"ll';II1l'l. Thp \"l'l'y al.. low ('olnplt un lllay 110 inlpl'()YlC, by a sma II attlOunt or culor . lpliel!. Thll hair, if n, ttl"tl y 1I1') anrl tiff. may he l,,'pl in plal'l' Wa simple h 11' pI'( 1)(1 J'ation, and a. "tule (ycbr w llWy 1> brOil ht itr"o hanHOIlJO l~ colill' \\ Ilh til<' cuI')!' of the huir o[ the lwad h,Y l dye, II tllis bem • (Irme ,() adroitly that 11<' ,'xt'l'nal ,1JlplilatlOll cannot b" d tt ell'd, Bllt 1I. a. Uill grl'ak t l)(-auty is obfalmd by :t "tri, t o1>"erval1e ot th la.\ (If hl'nltlJ." • Due to constipation I suffered from 'n- dige3tion and biliouone ~. In tre cour e of ten or fifteen years I spent a nleo little sum on laxative:; of all kinds, but n"na seemed to suit my system. I have had .h most wonderful relief it.h FICEN-.\- MINT. I havo no u ,e for any I 'ative til t hrin a severe rcact.ion so th t n, tu <) Reems 1.0 st.op funetioninp,' aftcrw' rd '. With FEEN-A-;,IL 'TIdonotreaiizcIh vo taken a cathartia and it c rtainly cleat J out my system. I can't praise it cnouo;h. Ea,.ier becau e YO'.l chew it. Typical or ]P{ff afl- 1" 1 tt r we r"'''' i",.! Ov ,.. 15,ooo.Ono 111 nand wornc n have f unlI th t FEEN-A·MINT l1ivp.sthem nlOre thoroullh. more comforta:\le r,..lief. Becau e YO.l C , v it the laxative sl,rend. ev nly throu h tho clogl'Y'ed flys1cm RfHl can work more thor- oughly. FEEN·A-lIlIN'l' i eonveni"nt and it, delicious mint Havor makes it pleasant to take. At all dnll; star Co Lor 15 and 25¢. FEE T THE CHEWING-GUM LAXATIVE StUjl Gelting' Up Dead Doctor 11eal.· !ifor uu.:h Ailmel

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4By RUTH DE YOUNG

IG1TIFIED dowagers may have expressed surprise andshock at the manners of modern vouth. but is it anywonder when their own rlebut ante deportment W;lS cir-

cum scribed by rules that ran the gamut from the boudoir to theballroom?

A cont roversy of marmcr s was st a rtcd some weeks ilg-O whenficrv •Ticholas Murray Butler, addressing" the first convocationof Columbia university students this fall, declared the conductof the younger generation" shocking." Since then liheralistsha vs 1~~l1<,dII d"f"n'e of u nbrid ledr-onvr-rsat ton, srnokmc a nd drinking',lind broken d innr-r da tr-s as the" r e-"'llt of the t imr-s." w hil •• cnnsr-r va-i 'p~. nnmbering most of Ch ica go'slIf'"j<>ty l"ail<'rs. r avo indica tr-d t.na t/;l1c-h manners arc productive of nogoori.

ThC'c::p cons-rvattves hAYP: rf'ff'ITf'ld

",~ain to t hn dog-cat'ed rna n ua ls thatwore Baedekers of conduct in themiddle a nd la te runotccnt h century.

St Ill t.hev quot ••, almost by nr-nrt,tlll' pag-ps of ru les that dict.a tnd thr-Irtone o! \'oic<', their topics of can VAl"sat ion, t hr-ir mod" of dress, evr-nt hr-ir amount of letter wrrtirur. Andwhy, the)' qnestion, are t.hcsr- ruleanot Ill' wholesome and hca.lt.hfu l fornul' g-randdaug-hters as thcy weretor u ?In the library of thl' Chicago His,

torical socir-ty severa I of the Vir-to-rta n vo lumr-s ha vo been preserved.T'hor» is the fnmo11s "Hill's Ma nua l,"wrrtte n hy T'hornn s F:. Hill, a g-entlp-ma n horn in It rct irr-d part of • -('wEndRnd where school a dva nt.acr-s inch itrlhood wer e fl'w. Possessed nt~ .trornc sc nsit ivc noss, he dcterrninr-dtn sot down the cutturn.l k nowledzehe n<''1uir('d, that others born into hisch ildhood clrcumsta nccs m iz ht bebetter RbI<' to meet the problems heencountered.

••G('ntl~' g-li<l!'in the i1an('(', w('a1'·In; " pll'fls"nt (' 'pr('ssion; also bnwthp h"a<l sli"htly as the handR areli;:;htl~' touch('(I." ('xplains anolh('rmanual on file at the Historical 80-ci<'ty. This is "The Young- Lady'.0\ 'n Book," written in 1832, Ac·cordin;:; to its own prefa.ce, it is a-••manual of politen<"s, Intell<'ctua 1Impro\'!'mc-nt, and moral <lepo1'tment,calcula ted to form the charactl'r ona solid basis a nel to in~ure rosp<'cta-bil ty and succ('ss in Hfe." ~lnrethan one modern debutant,,'s g'1'"nd-mot her and g-reat· g-randmotherstudied it hy lamplight..\n)' difficulty or misundl'r~landinJl"

at a public ball, this little book goes

on to ('xplain, should be r ••fPrrpd tothe master of cr-remnnles, whnserjp(';sion shoutrt be dor-med flna 1.1Tnd",' a florid hE'a<ling-, ••The Ball,"• t r. JJill in h;~ ma nua l savs that hewill pxprp~s /I no opinion concor ntnet h p junpr ir tv or Irrmronrio tv atda nr.inrr. In the simple act or pass-ing- throug-h the fig-urI'S of the dancet her e need he no wrong cornm ittr-d,but, as t hn bRII is ortr-n conducted,very sorio us and unfortunate resultsrcllow."Mr. Hill, however, ll"0PS on to ad-

mon lsh : "For the company to AS-

semble At a late hour And enll"al\'ein u nuxua l, pxeitlng-, and severe exer-cisl'S throug-hout the E'ntire night Isoften too grea t a tax upon the nnvs-ioa l system. '1'0 dress too thinly andin a. sl a I" at persph-at ion to be E'X'

posed, as ladies at the ball frequently

Bad manners at the table. A collection of bl unders 111 deportment and vulgarities to shock

even the most indifferent diner. (Illuvtrations reproduced from Hill'. Manual.)

I-Tips back his chair. 5-Engages In violent argument.t 9-Comas to the table in hi, ,hid-2-Eats with his mouth too full. the mealtime. sleeve, and puts his fcnt beside3-Feeds • dog at the table. 6-Lounges upon th •• tabllt, his chair.4-Holds his knife improperly. 7-Brings a cross child to the tabl". IO-Picks his teeth with hi, finge".

8-Drinks from saucer and le ps with II-Scretches his head end is fr ••_his tongue the lest drop from quently getting up from thethe plate. teble.

a re, to draughts at cold, Is oftl'ntimp.to plant the ~E'('(ls of disease fromwhleh thev never recover, Ag-ain, tocome in contact, as ladies are liable tn, more E'spE'eialIy at the public hall,

with disreputable men, is sometimesto form alliances that make a life-t ime of sorr-ow."T'he dancing master, if thl' proper

type of man, CRn be a decided sate-gua rd, Mr. Rill points out in savin«that" the master should be a personof g-ood moral character, a phvaio l-og-i~t, a reform er. Such a young-ma n at the hoa d of a da nci ng schoolwould hI' a! Inn nita assrstance to theyoung m(>n and women coming uponthe stage of aetion."

The polite ~nd dignified introduction on the street.

NI'vl'r diel a YiCloria n mamlal oteUqnet nl'"leet a decription of theSAtting- for a party or ball. "Flora.lf'mbellishment gives much attra.c·tiOTI," says one, H and if an abnn·dance of flowers, shrubbcry, andE'vergrp.pns are about t he musicstand, concealing the musicians fromviE'w, the effect will be all the morecharnling."This same all thor ~Uggcstf; a sys ..

tem of idcntifying wra.ps "similar tothat for checking bag-gage. A dr(,8s-ing table in the ladies' room shouldb" supplied with soap, water, towels,brushes, combs, pomade, face pow·

•ClenCe Presents theivy'r

Vi I 0

nd V-tal-tBy Thomas M. Beck

PERIODICALLY th<: Val' i 011'fiplils at seienc" a.re eonvulsedwith <'xeitement. It usuallystarts when some clev"r invcsti·

gntnr discovers some entirely newphpnom<,non. Immediately a numberot hl'l fE'liow scientists temporarily dp·';I'rt thE'ir resp"etive lines of rE'search"nd, like prospectors Ipa rning of an"w g-old field, swarm into this newI"nb,ipct to help exploit it. The scien,tifie ,iournal~ are delug-ed with hastily" ..rittl'n articl<,s announeing new dis·ro\'eripoc:::. Lparnpd profcc::sors anxioll~-Iy pnCII thl' fionr and make tJ1f'irh"rril'i1 stndents work late at ni;:;hJ.,O~<,"sionally anA of the'e same pro·fvsors takes tlml' to lay a polemic11('(01''' the sciE'ntific wnrlil, in which.with frrostv politenpss an<l a pon<lerousvocabulary, he i1enounces his rivalsAs fools and liars.In spite of occasional harsh wor<ls,

II g-Iorious time is had by ev"ryoHe,Il.nd th" rest of the world profits from1111'rtimulated resparch. Such 8chol·1'11'1)'furors are fairly common.

del', eolog ne, needlps, thread, pins,etc" while wa tel', son p, towels, brushbroom, comb, hairbrush, bootjack,anrl a blar-k ing brush with a box ofblacking should bo in tho gentle.-men's dressing apartment," the au-thor adds.

TTnder II G(ln~J'al Rllg~estions toThose ,Yho Atte nd Balls" Mr. I-Jillexplains, ",Vhen all the ladics arepr-ovided for, the n the gcnt.lernr-nmay think ot their own supper."Another colllmn, ent itled "'V h n tConduct to Avoid nt the Ball," give~the following advice:

A ballroom eng-agement ~houldnot be broken,No g('ntlema n should enl<'r the

ladies' dressin;; room at a ball.Do not en;:;ago yourself for the

last two or three dances. It maykeep you too late,No g'"ntlroma.n who~e 1'101hing or

breath is tainled with the fumesof stron;:; drinle 01' tobReco shouldE'\'er enter the IHPsence of ladiesin the dancing room.A gentJ"ma n should not invite

a lady to be his partner in a dancewith which he is not perfectly fa.·miliar. It is tiresomc and em bar·

•Ito fade and die. The only conclusionwas that there is at lea.st one otheressential to a normal diet.l!'or this new essential an English

investigator named Funk suggestedthe name" vitamine" (from the Latinword vita, meaning life, and the sci·cntific word amine, meaning ammoniaderivative). It wa.s soon found thatFunk ha.d blundered a little, sincewhaleYer these new substances mightbe chemically, some of thcm certa.inlywcre not amincs, However, the namehas a nice sound anel the scientistsha.ve kept it, with a slight correetion.The purists have insisted, in the nameof scientific accuracy, that the letter" e" be dropped.'.rhe diseovery of the principle of

vitamin chemistry at once provoked avast amol1nt o[ research on the sub,ject. Those rather nc;;lected ailments,scurvy and beriberi, were draggedback into the limelig-ht and shown tbe tho results of eertain vitamin deficiencies, In addition, within teyears it was shown that the lade acertain Yltamins was eithel the ca.usor a contributing- factor in pellag-rarickets, and xerophthalmia.

The pr,,"<'nec of the various vitamins in foods is detcrmined by feedingexperiments on guinea pigs or whitrats. At first chemists attemptcd unsueceSfl11ly to isolate 1he vitamins apure substances, but within the las

~ few years the technique of handlingIn thl' no mn.n's land bptwpen elwm. thcm in the laboratory has been devel

1"lry and biochpmistry ther" is a topie opcd to such an extent tha.t resultthat has h"en flaring up with varyin" are now being achieved in this direeInlensity for more than twenty years, tion. Vitamins A and C have beento the delight of advertisers and the obtained in a pure state and theiocea.ional perplexity of the genpral chemical structures determined. Apublic. This topic is that of vitamins. thir<l ono, vitamin D, while still someIt has been known for about a hun· thing of an unknown quantity ehem

dred YE'ars that there are four essen· icall~', is being synthesized in a highl)tials to human diet: proteins, fats, A laboratory scientist inoculating a guinea pig in vitamin research for scurvy prevention. concentrated form on a commerciacarboh)'drates, and minerals. It has scale.been only relatively recently that the in thl'ir absenee from diet. Such dis· foods, espE'eially oranl\'E's, IE'mons, or bra.n, s('emE'd to prevent lh" disordcr, Variom; workers have announcednecessity at a fifth class, the vitamins, orders now are known a.s dE'fieiency limE'S. The result was that the British TJnfortunat('ly, Ei;jkman followed the the disco\'eries of about a dozen difball b"en established. Vitamins are diseases and have long beE'n familiar navy adopted the rulE' of dosing its wrong direction in his subscquent reo ferent vitamins. A few of these disextremely powerful drugs that oceur to mankind. Seurvy is perhaps the s<:>amE'ndaily with bottled lime juice s('arch. Instead of looleing for a cur. eo\'eries have turned out to be misnaturally to a very small extent In best known at them. It Is a painful and thereby put an !'nd to the inroads ative agl'nt in rice bran, he wasted a taken optimism on the part of somecertaIn foods, and which operate in and frequently fatal disease, the most of the disease, While this was a fine number of years in a fruitlcss search scientist, and others appear to havesome little understood fashion to keep notorious characteristic at which Is an thing for the Engllsh sailors, it wa.s a for a poison in the rice kcrnel and very little practical importance, Therethe body in good working order. inflamed condition of the mouth and Htlle too successful for the good of prohably miss cd gaining fame as the are about a half dozen important ones,They are present to such an extraor· gums, and it was the bane of sailors .tcienoe, since It stopped turther work discovcrer of vitamins. however. 'While it is not within thedinaril)' small amollnt and are SO dell· in the good old da.y.. A couple ot een· on this subject. scope of this article to discuss theircately fragile to,,·ard rough chemical tUries ago ships s~tting" out on long About 1895 a Dr. :FJijkman, a pri80n ~ lTIcdical significance, the follo,ving'eatment U<at they C1JCapeddetection ocpan voyages were '~ced to teed physician In the DutelL East Indies,. 1.'h A honor of founding vitamin short descriptions aro given of them

until only a few years ago, Vitamin their sailors on dried or saltl'd toads b"eame Interl'sted in trying to find out c-h"mistry belon;;s not to anYone man, fr0m the chemist's viewpoint.C. whic-h oceurs naturnlly in a greater "xclush'ely. It usually happened that why so many of his unfortunate cli<'n· but rather to a group of scientists, Vitamin A promotes growth, buildsproportion by weight than any of thp after about a monlh at sueh diet, tel" were dying of beriberi, a dreadful notably Hopkins in England and Os. up resistance to infections, and pre·others, i~ pr<'sent in I<'mon jUlce, one scurvy bpgan to br('ak out. It was nervous disE'ase long- known in the bOrI1P, Men(]('l, and McCOllum in this vents an c~'e disease known as xeroph·of its richest ~ourc(' , to the e.'tent of such a commonplace occurr('nce that orient. It spems that previously some country. They all ha.d been working thalmia. It was isolatcd by Karrer inonly ahout .0:> at one per cent; the ships usually started out with a largoe official, acting no doubt on a gentle on nutrition problems involving the lU:J3 and is a thick oil ha\'in;; the0' her Vitamins are pres<'nt in th<'ir excess of m('n in ord0r to provide sub· humanitarian impuls", had ordercd usc of altifieial foods. It was founel chemical formula C,,,,I1

3UO. It is close,

own sourc 'l to a much smallcr can· ~titutcs for those who would be inca- that the prisoners be fed on white pol· that the feeding to laboratory animal~ Iy rolated chemically to the carotenes,certr' tion than even th,~. ]JacHat d by the disease. ished rice instead a! the cheaper but of a correctly proportioned mixture o[ a group of plant pigments that giveS Ich ran and eldsh'e substance,; I In 17:>7 nn l~nglish doctor nam"d ic-ss appetizini; brown rice. Eijkman highly l1uritied protcins, fats, carbo, the ~el1ow color to carrots and buttcr,

wel'l not discovcred dlr~CUY, but rath Lind sho\\·pd lh"t "' ul'\'~' could bo I shr1\\"<llllat the dis('n,p was the dircet hydl'al('s. and milwrals, which ,;houl(] Both carolene and vitamin A appear.1' through thE' nr';:;alJve method of I holh P""\'I'nlr"1 ~nd r'1I]'('<I 'pv the in· rl'~ult nr '11('h pdl11p<,ring, sinc-e a diet h,"'c bnpn >\n idl'al dipl 0:&.tl1l' ha~i, In 1", IJilill up in pl"nls by tlw cr'l11hiI·,o:kint; thc iII e!recta that took place clusion in the diet at cer\ain fresh of brown ricc, which contained rice of accclJted th~ol'Y, causcd.' animais I nation of a numl .•..]' of " ulc~ o[

,,\c

rass inz to a lady to have a partnerwho appears awkward.

Today most of these" don'ts" areflavore<l with humor, and so arethose that Mr. Hill lists on anotherpag-e dl'voted to the etiquet of ca ll-ing. Yet many of them a re 1'1I1"sthat rn ic ht be observed with benefit.B<,rE\ is what Mr. Hill says aboutcalling:

Do not star" around the room.Do not take a dog or small child.Do not linger at the dinner hour.Do not lay aside the bonnet at a

formal ca ll,Do not fidg-et with your cane,

hat, or parasol.Do not make a call a! ceremony

on a wet day.Do not touch the piano unless

in vitcd to do so.Do not open or shut doors or

windows or alter the arrangementof the room.Do not Introduce politics, 1'-

Ilg ion, or wr-ighty topics for con-.••.ersation when making- calls.

Under the "EtiqllPUe of Co nver-sal ion," always one of the first les-sons of a young ladv out of thepr imcr stages, every ma n ual stressesaca in the importance of a voidi nzcont.rovorstat subjects. "You prob-ably would not convert your nppo-nont and he would not COilvert you,"1\11'. lJill says. "To i1iscuss t hosatopics is to a muse fe"lin;; withoutany g-ood result." To please in can-vet-sa tion Mr. Hill add s In hismanual:

U8e clr-a 1', dist inct words to ex-press your ideas, though yourvoice should he low.Be cool, collected, and MIt·pOS·

so ssr-d, 11sing- respectful, chaste,and appropr-iate language.Remember that the person to

whom you are speaking is not tohlame for t he opinion he enter-tains. Opinions are not made byus, but they are made for 11S bycircumstances. Wit h the same or-goanization, training, and circum-stances a round us, we would havethe same opinion ourselves.

In th is modr rn day of separa tionand divorce, families might profit bythe ail vice of Mr. HlIl in his columnon "Etiquette Bl'tween Husbandsand ,\'i ves." He says:

Let the rebuke be preceded by akiss.Do not require a rcquest to be

repeated.Never should both be a.ng-rJ' at

the same time .Never neglect the other for all

the world beside.Let each strive to always a.ccom·

mndate the other.Lct the an;;-ry word be ans\\'ercd

only with a kiss.Always lea.ve home with a tend"r

good·by a.nd loving words. Thcymay be the last.

•ama much simpler eompound, isoprene(C,Rs). Isoprene, incidentally, is thefundamental building stone of suchvaried plant products as turpentine,camphor, essential oils, and rubbcr.Vitamin B prevents beriberi. It was

one of the first ones to be discovered,but so far it has remained consider.able of a mystery to the chemist, dueto its exlreme instability. It appar-ently has been obtaincd in a. pur"state in minute quanti lIes, but atpresent little is known of its chemicalnature.Vitamin C, Which prevents scurvy

and builds good teelh, was isolatedlast year by C. G, King and found tobe the same a.s a previously knowncrystalline solid now ealled ascorbkacid (CoH,O,,). It is related chemicallyto the sugars. The fact that it canbe pr('pared from other sources at areasonable east has resulted in alaI

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NAME- 8E'ST SOURCE'Sn VITAMIN A FISflLIVEROILSfe

VITAMIN BDRIEDBR£:W£:RSY£:AS1;WH£:ATGE-RM

RAWCABBAGE,LETTUCE-,PAPRtKA,VITAMIN C SPINACH,TOMATO,WAT£:Ra"SS,

GRAP!:F-RUIT,L£:MON.ORANG£:

FISHUV£:ROllS,SUNLIGHT,e VITAMIN D RADIATEDER.GOSTEROL

s VITAMIN ~ Wl-I£:ATG£:RMOILt FR£:SHMEAT,YEAST,LIVER,VITAMIN G KIDN£:Y,SPL£:£:N

sChart showing the best sources

of the various vitamins.l'

/WEIGHf

I RATFE-DON OI£:TCONTAININGVITAMIN

-.RATF£:DONVITAMIN

FR£:£:OI£:T

DAYS

Chart showing how presence of Ivitamins fA or OJ IS determined i

by growth of rats.I

of research on it thpsf' d(;;l\"t;, \yiliehpromises 10 ha\'e considerable mcdicalsignificance."itamin D, or the sunshine vitamin,

results when erg-osterol (C"R"O), a Iwaxy solid found in small amounts inmost living tissue, is exposed to directsunlig'ht or ultraviolet llg-ht. It can fbe prepar('d ('OlllI1lCr<~i(lIJy by tbis tn1l't hod, It p. nl0tf'~ gT"wlh, l'('~\l. tla tes bone ;; I'U h, aud llrevcnts rick·

r-I.

Ungraceful positions which the readers of the old etiquetbooks were warned to cvoid.

I-Stand, with arms akimbo.2-Sits with elbows on the knees.3-Sits ~stride tho chair ~nd wears

his hat in the parlor.4-Stains the wall paper by prcvs-

ing against it with his hood; c~t,an apple alone and stands withlcqs crossed,

Consult and arld'e t,,::;<'I.hpl- inall that comes w ithin Ihe ex 1('I'i·ence and sphere of each Individu-ity.Along the same lin" is the spnti-

mental advice offr-red about Ie ttr-rwriting: "'.rhe longer you rna keyour letters the better, 'rho a bse nthusband should writc a lcttr-r at leastonce a week. If the m isaive fromthe absent one is dearly chcrtshed,let the relatives at home rememberthat doubly dear is tho let ter fromtill' ha llowed harthstone of tho hornefireside, where the dearest rr-co lloc-lions of the heart lip ;.:·al'l1er<,(l. Donot fail to wrtt e ver-y pmmptly tothe one that is away. Give all Ihoneil's. Go into all t ho Iit t lo pa rt ir-u-lars just as you would talk, Afl"ryou have written up matters of I,<,n·or-at moment, come down tl\ littlepersonal gossip that is or pH it lc-uta I'interest. Glve the details f u lly ahourSally 'Yllliams mal'l'yin~ .lohn 11untand her pal'ents 11Oin;:;-oPIHlsed to Illematch. Be explicit about the newnlini~l(ll'."O[ all letters tho 10\'" 1ctt('l' sholll'l

be the most care[ully jH'epal'E'd,eV<'I'yold·time eliquet manua.] aSl'ees."'rhey al'e the most thorou~hl)' l'l'adand reread, the longest pl'esen'I'd,a nd the most likely to be reg l't"ltc(1 illaftl'l' life," one author' wl'itl". .. Asa physiological law man should h"~5 and woman ~3 b"fol'c marrying."l!'l'om letter writing' Bilrs 1I[~nwtl

goes into a diseussion of e\·en morepersonal matteI's, such as Ihl' colol'appropriate to \'ariouR eompkxions

. dark violet intermixe(l \\'itlllilac anel blue for the fail" hail'('d,ruddy blonde and Mlo,sy hla<'i< fOl'

:

roseets. Ineiden tally, in a eoncen tl'ateelform it is a powerful drug and shouldnot be used without a physician's ad,vice. 'roo little of it keeps bones frnllJdeveloping, '1'00 much lays down bonetissue where the Lord neveL' meant itto be.

VitallJin E, thc absenee of whichcauses sterility in rats, is of littl'Jpractical impul'tance 10 humans. 'I.tamin F has been abandoned as afalse start. Vitamin G, the lack ofwhich results in a susel']ltibility t,pella."1'a, has been the subject of muchrecent chemical invl'stigation, whichis far from eomplete at present. .\houtall that is known is that it i" relatl")to a elass of ye!low plant pigmentscalled flavins or flavinols, w hie bmeans nothin(;' to the layman and not111uch 1110re to the aV(~l'a.~·pfjCicntibt.The whole field of vitamin study i'

one of which Americans can w 11 lIl' Iproud. since much of the im]Jortanlwork in it has been done on tbis sldcof the Atlantic. 'rhe imjJol'tance 01 Ithis information cannot be e.·a,;gel'at·ed. '1'he average pel'son, howeverneed not worry much about vitaminstarvation, A man who cats thrpesquare meals a day is almost ecrtainto pick up enou;;h vitamins, no mat·tel' how many there are.

Scientific QueriesAnswered

Mr. 8eck will be glad tu HIl~wertlUestions nf scientific' nature. .\ddl'e~s'J'hUJlHlS M. Ut'('k, (.rUI)h1<' ~rdiuJl,Vhica~o 'l'rilJullc. I~'or personu! relll.",lucius" stampt':tl, addrf'~~pd rllvelolle. II have secn a cig-aret lightpr that

cons:sted of a thin WIl'e [astcncd to alid and held inside a metai tube eOlltaining- a pad soaked in lig·htel' fluid I"'hen the lid was removed and h"ldso that the wire was part way inSi;!.pIIhe tube, the wire got red· hot and t1wfluid caug-ht on fire. llow does th,:;work'i-J. A, C., Chica.go. I'I' h e fluid probably eonHiHled of

methyl alcohol and the wir" was athin filameut of platill',lm, Whfn t1~ealcohol vapor mixed with ail' comes incontact wilh platinum, tho lail('r pro,notes (l'alaly,-cs) their combination fInts surfacc and is h"at",i tn inl·and,';·cenee by the bf~at of the l'eaelioll, '1'11.:<·ed h<'at causeS the "apo[' to burst inloflame.

I ha\'" been told that cellophanealso made from milk. Is Ihis true,lossible'i-J. J. '1'., Chicano,Cellophane Is a trarIe 1J1l11l"[or ,t

particular matcrial. It i>l m>\rl" ollly'rom cellulose and not from mille

5-Ro'ts his foot upon the chatrcushion.

b-Tips beck his chai" soil, thw,11 by rcsjin q hIS head agalns~it, and smokes in the presence ofladies.

t he hl'11111tic. If also 'l! 1'1

lal'C of thl' PCI' n It I urn .I,'sava .11'. l lill, ' that tho reader (1<'.sin's he t lt h and boa ut y a nrl I "III.jll~ t o govern hi" habit accnrdi n ly,Observe, then, the following regula-tions."

'I'he Balh-Upon arlslng tak A.

cnrn plot. bath. A simple wanhlngout of the on r is not sume -nt,1\ at marc tha 11 a quart of waterl~ nece sn ry. 1 e upon the> handsIhe samo a, vou ,10 upon the> f i ce,'I'h« fikin-r wa.v of c t rior

a pp lica t io n of ("I, n' ti' for thel'llrl\(I: o[ h LUllr.\In, til(' skin.T'hc "1'r",1I' t I> rutttl I'., In c t·(,l\C'C ;:In' plenty of I .•r t-r it i 1 t 1I'rrsh all', t he I cerun of the POIor tlll kin t:"Inplr t Iy open byb,lthin , the t",din" of the bodywlt h a sufllc irnr-y o[ s i lJl p l r,hca lt h v ['\(IlI, a nd th., ob lr In u!tho rcq ui ite amount ul It ell.

.Inst I I V to imprfl\ 0 Jlfln the ernlcs o[ bl'auh lodn,' "It I,' t"lC"111'. 11ill a HI'S, ' tlr • sOl1wtime L

:;Iibht touch o[ art m,ly imlJl'o\'e tI'eJH'l'~onal app'" ll';II1l'l. Thp \"l'l'y al ..low ('olnplt un lllay 110 inlpl'()YlC, bya sma II a ttlOunt or culor . lpliel!. Thllhair, if n, ttl"tl y 1I1') anrl tiff. mayhe l,,'pl in plal'l' W a simple h 11'pI'( 1)(1J'ation, and a. "tule (ycbr wllWy 1> brOil ht itr"o hanHOIlJO l~

colill' \\ Ilh til<' cuI')!' of the huir o[ thelwad h,Y l dye, II tllis bem • (Irme ,()adroitly that 11<','xt'l'nal ,1JlplilatlOllcannot b" d tt ell'd, Bllt 1I. a. Uillgrl'ak t l)(-auty is obfalmd by :t"tri, t o1>"erval1e ot th la.\ (If

hl'nltlJ."

• Due to constipation I suffered from 'n-dige3tion and biliouone ~. In tre cour e often or fifteen years I spent a nleo littlesum on laxative:; of all kinds, but n"naseemed to suit my system. I have had .hmost wonderful relief it.h FICEN-.\-MINT. I havo no u ,e for any I 'ative til thrin a severe rcact.ion so th t n, tu <)

Reems 1.0 st.op funetioninp,' aftcrw' rd '.With FEEN-A-;,IL 'TIdonotreaiizcIh votaken a cathartia and it c rtainly cleat J

out my system. I can't praise it cnouo;h.

Ea,.ier becau e YO'.l chew it.Typical or ]P{ff afl- 1" 1 tt r we r"'''' i",.! Ov ,..15,ooo.Ono 111 nand wornc n have f unlI th tFEEN-A·MINT l1ivp.sthem nlOre thoroullh.more comforta:\le r,..lief. Becau e YO.l C , vit the laxative sl,rend. ev nly throu h thoclogl'Y'ed flys1cm RfHl can work more thor-oughly. FEEN·A-lIlIN'l' i eonveni"nt and it,delicious mint Havor makes it pleasant totake. At all dnll; star Co Lor 15 and 25¢.FEE TTHE CHEWING-GUM LAXATIVE

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