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N ORDER to avoid embarrassing personalities I will attempt to describe how the finances of our home are taken care of by putting it in the abstract. In doing so I wish the reader to bear in mind that I am describing exactly what we have accomplished in our home, and found to work without the usual friction which is inevitable in homes where arbitrary rule is the law, There are discussions in our home, of course. Differences of opinion, to be sure. But not concerning Mary's new hat or Bobby's boots or school books, or whether it costs more to clothe papa than it does mamma. Nothing of this sort ever comes in. Even in homes where the money income is very small, the same arrangement can be made. Let every one know exactly what it costs. The income of the home should be known to all the adult members. The sum set aside for the running expenses of the home should be turned over to the mistress promptly every week or every month, according to circumstances. There should be no question about this at all. If anything happens that should increase or decrease the income which the man of the house is able to provide, this should be known thoroughly to all the members of the home capable of appreciating it, and an adjustment made accordingly. Such expenses as taxes or rent, or any other regular expenses that cannot be controlled by any economy practiced in the home, had better be paid by the man of the house, in order to not burden the mistress with them. But any expense that can be lessened by economy or increased by extravagance should be in the hands of the mistress of the home. Grocery bills, gas bilis, water bills, servant hire, everything that can be added to or deducted from by the wisdom or the unwisdom of the mistress, should be paid by her from the allowance set aside for such purposes, the amount being fixed with her entire consent and approval. This allowance should include her include her own personal expenses, and the personal expenses of such children as are not old enough to take charge of their own personal affairs. As soon as the children get old enough, say sixteen, fourteen, or some children are capable even younger, they should be also granted a monthly allowance, which should be expended by themselves without any arbitrary interference, but they should be held strictly responsible for results. Each child should have a voice in fixing the amount necessary for his personal expenses, which ought to be large enough for each child to maintain his self-respect and small enough to compel the strictest economy on the part of each. Extra expenses, such as theaters, churches, charitable contributions, vacations, would call for a general consultation, each occasion considered as a separate transaction in which all have an equal voice. Each child should have its own responsibilities and duties in the care of the home. Some part of the labor of the home should be performed by each one, boys and girls alike. In this way often the servant question is entirely solved by eliminating the servant. The man of the home should consider himself as the financial manager. He has no more right to spend money for his personal gratification or make any other use of his income, than the rest of the family. His personal expenses should be determined the same as any other member of the family, and he should be true to the arrangement. The amount laid aside as savings should be known to each member of the family. If investments are made, they should be made with the same caution as if he was manager of a bank and was expending the money belonging to the stockholders. The man of the house should not presume on any liberties or looseness in the expenditure of money that he does not grant every other member of his househoid. Such arrangements may at first seem specious, unnecessary, pendantic. But as a matter of fact they are highly important, almost essential for peace in the home, and very quickly become automatic. Having perfected such an arrangement as this, then love is possible. No one can be suspected of extravagance or shirking. No one is allowed to become a parasite or a tyrant. Every one has gradually become accustomed to absolute justice and equality, each one having a responsibility and a duty, and mutual respect is the result. The husband and wife can remain lovers all their lives. The children have no ground for jealousy or discord. No one has occasion to ask favors of any other. Each one has his own rights, his own duties, his own liberties. The financial details of the home are settled. There is time to talk about something else. Instead of discussing or wrangling over some trifling detail that should have been settled permanently, the conversations will be de Dr. Bernthal Talks About Massage B Massage. By Rev. Dr. J. B. Bernthal, Oakwood, Wis. Y MASSAGE is meant mechanical pressure applied to the part affected, by means of the muscular strength of the arms and the hands, as well as by means of certain specially constructed apparatus. However, it should be remarked that animal magnetism must of necessity play a certain part in the exercise of this physiological force. The result obtained by the mechanical action of massage, the strengthening magnetic influence being left out of the question, is a sort of softening of the tissues. The waste matter which is amassed within them, as well as the excretions of the inflamed parts, is drawn into the circulation, while the glands are emptied. A moderate application of massage vivifies and strengthens the nerves, calms pains and cramps, and a feeling of well-being comes on, due probably to purely magnetic influence. The circulation of the blood is also excited and accelerated. This method is equally applicable to chronic and acute. disorders. Physiological massage comprises a certain number of movements, which are divided into several categories, sometimes the ends of the fingers or the palms of the hands are used; at other times the edge of the little finger or knuckles may be employed. The passive movements which are used for some special medical object must also be mentioned under the head of massage. They include extension movements of the atrophied tendons which surround an ankylosed joint, those rotary movement by means of which the masses of secretions that have accumulated in an inflamed joint are crushed, the extension movements of the lymphatic and blood vessels by means of which the deposits resulting from the inflammation are rapidly absorbed, etc. 387 These movements should be gentle. However, it is sometimes necessary to use force, when the secretions have formed a solid mass. In such cases an experienced masseur must be called in. It occasionally happens that, to avoid over-excitement of the skin, it is necessary to rub the body with olive oil before the process of massage is begun. Either olive oil, animal fat, cold cream or vaseline may be used. This method is employed for those parts of the body which are covered with hair, as otherwise an inflammation of the capillary follicles may result. This may also be avoided by shaving off the hair beforehand. Tepid water may be used instead of fatty matter. Massage is generally applied to the naked skin, but a shirt may be worn, if the patient considers it necessary. When the patient is excitable or nervous, the massage should not be too long or energetic, as exhaustion or excitement would result, and more harm than good would be done. It should also be remembered that in diseases due to microbes, such as tuberculosis and syphilis, this exaggerated treatment would awaken the torpid poison and throw it into the circulation, so as to infect those parts which had not yet been contaminated. Massage can only be applied by the patient himself in certain cases. I Smallpox Statistics. HAVE always contended that if vaccination and smallpox statistics were really kept as they ought to be they would prove the utter futility of vaccination. In this connection I am borne out by the following article, which appeared in the Connecticut Anti-Vaccinationator, Volume First, Number 4. This article gives the report of the British Royal Commission on vaccination, made to the English Parliament, in order to ascertain if the anti-compulsory vaccination laws in vogue in that country were in any wise responsible for the epidemic of smallpox that was occurring at the time the commission was appointed: |