* 5 |p| 6 ’ ill 7TT. ~ VW/ 28 * 1 w WL.ZSI^~_ — 78_ ** across the sea (Prov. Eng.) 28 —Ancient name of the " Spanish pe ninsula 30 —Exclama- tion 32 —Not (prefix) 34 — Fruit of the palm 35 Length ex pressed in feet 38 — Citadel 39 — A drawing room 42 — Hastened 43 Entire prop erty of a person l_Su!len and austere g—Nephrite ,o—Uneven, as if eaten aw ay 22 A covetous. grasping person j2_-To come safely through 14—At a great distance 27-Kr.ack 2g Italian river 19—Consisting of lines 2i— Printer's measure 23- Erratic -27 A river near DOWN 6 Acted nerv ous (slang. U S.) 7 Kind of tree 8 — Profound 9 Mistake 11 —Injure 13 —Meriting 15—Expression . 1— Spirit 2 Co-ordinat ing conjunc tion 3 A sort of novel 4 Bone None *8 6 5 4 3 2 * 9642 Tv — * Q VlO 7 . f AQJ9 ♦JIO 9 3 > Ui 53 2 c ♦ AQ7S *KQ 4* 9 7 4 AK 73 fKB ♦KB 6 4 4* A J 10 (Dealer: East. Neither side vul nerable.) Here East bid 1-Heart, South 1- West passed, North 2- East 3-Hearts and South 4-Spades. Charles H. Goren of Philadelphia was the declarer. The heart 10 was led and East won with the A. Ke immediately returned a heart, which Mr. Goren won. When the When a Fresh Air Fiend Becomes a Pest to Others Bv LOGAN CLENDENING, M. D. FOR WHAT it is worth and in viting comment from my readers, I print the following letter from a correspondent: “You’re talk ing about colds. I seize this op portunity to weep into your vest pocket about my pet aver sion—the fresh air fiend. “In the office, on the bus, in the restaurant, he insists upon suddenly throw ing open a win dow just as I am Dr, Clemlening . beginning to en joy the caress of warmth about my and next thing I know I’m Milled, sneezing, blowing my nose ff 1 ' 1 wiping my eyes. And I’m not the only one. If only he could keep his itch es lingers off that window! But °~-he 13 protecting’ me. • Thanks 0 his protection, I have to suffer ln ® to fourteen days of misery. v\iii you kindly tell such birds ey are not protecting anybody, body? CtUally are ex P osin S every ,Eut fbie air is so stale,’ the . , sniffs. Now I don’t believe a e air ever killed anybody; but Dr - Clendening will answer quest ons of general Interest nl >. and then only through "is column. know that cold air, improperly has led to the deaths of U "W<3 thousands. wi , n,i frosh air fiend opens the ha ;.°' v cn a roomful of quiet, fui 's orkin g people, or on a bus coinrt: pas?en gers. They all start h f ..., n £ anJ sneezing. Tell me— is pUrer be the air now? It as °° Ugh germs> where_ the^ tora A was only ‘stale’. Is a gain? Maybe there is; I’m of disgust 16—Revoked 20—A symbol used in Lloyd’s Register J 22—A supernat ural event 24—Tuberculo sis (abbr ) ± 25—Contempu ous shorten ing of N citizen 26- Floats made of logs 29—Long periods of time 31 —A wicket (croquet) 33—Rowing im plement 36 Be indebt ed to 37 S-shaped worm 40 — Because 41— Old Testa ment (abbr ) l ) Answer to previous puzzle Q i _ILJ? c"r""vT "p - ?"e" u L T I ||V\ R__>_o J A R~ EMT AQ s c 7T-tT/T ~e~ Bj so| A Ct R jol G| IQ eIl A~V[BHR E. u T A 7T e aae~ sj play of the spade A dropped East’s Q, the bad distribution was dis closed, so Mr. Goren discontinued trumps. He led the club A and followed with the club J, which 'Vest won. The diamond .1 was re turned, a club being discarded from dummy. East won and came back with the diamond 5, which was won with the K. The spade 3 was now led to the 10 and the heart 6 which had been carefully retained was ruffed with South’s spade K The spade 7 was now led to the 8. and on the spade J the club 10 was discarded, the clubs 8 and 6 in dummy providing discards from South’s two diamonds. * * * Tomorrow’s Problem 4k K 7 6 5 *B4 4A97 5 3 2 4b9 4AQ JlO I 4 9 ¥7 5 2 G »J 1063 ♦ 64 > ♦ Q J 10 8 ♦65 3 2 S. 4, 10 87 4 48432 > *AK Q 9 ♦ K &A K Q J (Dealer: South. Neither side vulnerable.) How should South play for 4-Hearts? West cashed the spade A, followed with a spade, which East ruffed, who then led the heart J. not arguing. I’m just asking, you know. X. Y. Z.” Doctor Was Wrong! It is possible we think too much about our health and even too much of what doctors say about it. 1 note in the paper that in Oneida, in upper New York state, a man was rejected in 1862 as a Civil war recruit because the doctor thought he was too sick. He died the other day near the age of 100. QUESTIONS FROM READERS M. H.: “(1) Is thyroid disturb ance hereditary? (2) Is operation the only cure for exophthalmic goiter when it is of long duration ? (3) Is thyroid extract benefiqij|ljin a case of myxoedema tient is near fO'yearfflftihd mfetap.|ly normal? (4) Is thyroid extract beneficial to a cretin nearly 30 years old who seems mentally nor mal, if this person also has diabe tes insipidus of long standing ? (5) If a baby weighs nine and one-half pounds when born, and twenty-one pounds at five months, is he liable to have thyroid disease, being re lated by blood to the above people? Would medication or treatment help him now? Answer: (1) No. (2) Israel Brahm believes that all cases of exophthalmic goiter can be cured by treatment without operation. (3) Yes, thyroid extract is benefi cial in cases of myxoedema, and nearly all patients are elderly. (4) If a person is mentally normal, he is not a cretin. The question is too complicated for reply by corre spondence. (5) The question is too complicated for reply by corre spondence and should be referred to 3 physician. EDITOR’S NOTE: Seven pamphlets bv Dr. Clendening can now be ob tained by sending 10 cents in coin, for each, and a self-addressed en velope stamped with a three-cent stamp, to Dr. Logan Clendening, in care of this paper. The pamphlets are- “Three Weeks Reducing Diet , “Indigestion and Constipation”, “Re ducing and Gaining", “Infant Feed ing** for the Treatment of Diabetes”. “Feminine Hygiene” and “The Care of the Hair and Skin”. 1 riIMBLE THEATRE Stairring POPE YE Love At First Fright By E. C. Segsi liiJRTSH 1 V . . r— >l ( c ) V MEET IMG VOO.OKI M THE GOONS KNOW ME AS , 1 HELP- W o. _ GOON ISLAND! ARE /GEORGE,THE SEA MONSTER* i 1 \ d - o vou the i- *-ET‘S MOT BE HOT-HEADED. 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