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THE LAKE SHORE NEWS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER II. 1921 V COMMUNITY WORK OF RED CROSS Chapters Show Splendid Wot* for Soldiers and In Health Lines. ah over Illinois there Is an In- Jaled interest manifest In the many Guides of the American Red Cross. 52 membership of 283,438 person! in 2rS Chapters shows the far-reach- Zl enthusiasm and the scope of the inanv aotivltles which compile the present Red Cross program. Every part of the state Is support- mi: the work for ex-service men, with Ave U. S. P. H. S. hospitals caring for ex-service men. This medical so- cial service work Is one of the princi- pal activities in each of these hos- pitals, not only providing recreation, but In assisting the men to adjust their various difficulties. Xhere -have been 10,400 ex-service men served by local Red Cross Chap- ters during the past year, in addition. 1521 disabled men still In service have teen helped In various ways. World war veterans and their families to the number of 108,522 have been served by Chapters, which have expended 1410,000 In this work. Throughout the uatlon $10,000,000 Is being spent JU> oually by the Red Cross In helping ex-service men and their families. Also 63,525 patients In hospitals at army camps and naval stations have been visited by Red Cross workers this year. In addition 10,188 enlisted men have been served by Chapters. Important as Is the work for sol- diers and their families, the health program of the Red Cross is till- ing an equal need In every com- munity where It has been devel- oped.â€"There <*re 2,542â€"nurses en Effects of Sun Spots. Magnetic fto»ms manifest them- selves by their effect on electrical ap- paratus and are visible as the uumra polarls. Because such storms fro- quently coincide with sun spots, It is believed that the atmosphere of ihe earth Is In some way lonixed by the sun. The sun snots are believed to shoot huge charges Into space as a shotgun discharges shot. When the earth gets Into the path of such a bombardment we have auroral dis- plays and other magnetic disturbances. â€"Youth's Companion. Use Right Screw-Driver. Probably the screw-driver and the hammer are the most used tools about the house, hut It will surprise ninny people to know tltnt there are three different kinds of drivers to fit three different slr.es of screws. If the cor- rect driver Is being used it will Just flt the slot of the screw and no pres- sure will be required to drive the screw. Further, the danger of the driver's slipping, is'reduced to a mini- mum, thereby preventing accident. " Peanut Net Realty a Nut The peanut Is not a nut: It Is a pea, It Is s trailing, strangling plant, grow- ing from one to two feet high, with thick, angular, pale green, hairy sterna and spreading branches, and It ripens Its fruit or Its peas or nuts, under grouti»l. It Is a st range habit. Small yellow flowers are borne at the Joints where the leaves are attached to the stems and us soon as pollination takes place the (lower fades and the "peg,** as It Is commonly called, buries Itself In the ground, where the pod de- velops. ) Game of Chess la Old. The game of chess seems to have been known In Illndoostnn by the name of Cneturanga, It was changed by the Persians Into Chetrnng. but the Arabs, who took possession of that country, had neither the Initial nor the final letters <f that word In their nlphnbet. Consequently they altered the name to ShetranJ. Though at one time the Chinese claimed to have played chess In 174 B. C, the Hindu* played It long before that time. Peanut Known as Goober Pea, The territory of tidewater Virginia grow* more peanuts tdan any other part of the Un!ted States. To that territory may be added parts, of the Carollnas. also great peanut-growing states. Some places In the Carollnas the peanut Is referred to at "the goob- er pea." All-Day Football Match. An annum event In the town at Ashbourne, <Kng„ la a "round-the-towm* football match, which takes place an Shrove Tuesday. The number of play. ers Ii unlimited and the goals ate lo cated In a stream four miles apart. The game usually starts early la day and lasts well Into the night. THE HOME TOWN PAPER- COMMUNITY INSTITUTION ^ir YES, the home newspaper is a â- J community institution, like the Jl church and the school and the farm and home bureaus. It is being so- recognized by the state agricultural colleges, which see that it is helping; and can help still more to create and evelope a wholesome, satisfying rural and small town life. If you are in- terested in community life you will want to have a part in home paper week. Subscribe for the Home Town Paper Week, November 7-12 rolled with the Red Cross in Illinois. These nurses are qualified according to Red Cross standards for service In war and emergency. Forty-two Chapters are employing public health nurses for community work. During the past year 66 Red Cross public health nurses have been employed by various Chapters In the state. Their work has been in the schools, In teaching children health and sanitation, as well as reaching the homes of the community through personal visits. Women In the state have shown great Interest In the classes in Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick, which have been carried on In connection with the work of Red Cross Chapters. During the past year 2,541 persons have received certificates In the 319 •lasses which have been conducted. The strong health program of the [ted Cross, In addition to Home Nurs- injr Instructions, Include classes In First Aid. Nutrition, and Life-Saving. Much of this work is along preventive lines and designed to prevent accl- dents or spread of contagion. There tinve been 3,533 children enrolled In the ir»5 Nutrition classes in connec- tion with the work of the schools thl: past year. In addition to this work in Nutrition. 148 women have completed eourses^n Food Selection. As the majority of these women were home makers, ap- proximately that many families have received suggestions and Instruction regarding food facts and correct diet. , There are 752 members of the Red Cross 'Life-Saving Corps In Illinois. Each of these persons have passed the examination and Is trained In methods yt resuscitating victims of drowning. Also 84 certificates have been is raed In the First Aid classes. These classes have been found of greal ralue. not only In Instructing men and women in tne proper course to pursue In casej of emergency, but In the prevention of accident. Work of the Junior Red Cross among rhe RfiO Auxiliaries has been carried <»» by its membership of 210,123 chil- dren, They have aided In promoting health programs through the schools, fished hospitals, and helped to pro- ride comforts and entertainment for JiBhTeiT soldiers,as well As unfortu- nate children at home and abroad. To aid in carrying* out these many •etivifiesy and to increase the com- tiur.iry usefulness of the local Red Cross Chapters, an opportunity will be given f«>r renewing membership In the Bed Cross during the Fifth Annual Roll Call. This opens on Armistice rBsy, November 11. and continues through Thanksgiving. Every mem- bership dollar is an investment in com- munity welfare and In relief activities, totally, nationally and internationally.' â€"------let One Way. There is but one way to •e learned and the *•»* Taylor. ii H"Tni#il1iiMTitii mmmKM __