PLUNKET NURSING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24753, 1 November 1941, Page 12

PLUNKET NURSING

A CENTRE IN INDIA STARTED BY NEW ZEALANDER Miss Molly Douglas, a Pluriket nurse who belongs to Melbourne, has returned to Australia after six years in England and a short period spent in India. . . _ . „ She lived for some time in Calcutta, continuing her work, and was inter-, ested to. see the splendid job being done by a Plunket nurse. Miss Vida McLean, from New Zealand, who has started a Plunket centre. “The system is making great progress there.” she said. “The rearing of babies in India teems with difflcuL ties. The climate, flies, mosquitoes, and the poor qualify of cow’s milk are some of the problems. In the hottest weather. Miss McLean goes up to Darjeeling. where most of the babies are taken, and continues her work there.” In England before the war, Miss Douglas spent a great deal of time at Stonefield Maternity Hospital, famous for its vegetarian methods. It is run by two doctors, both vegetarians, and cases come there from many countries Among the systems practised is one —still in its experimental stage—whereby babies, practically from birth, are fed entirely on raw vegetable and fruit juices. As they grow this is supplemented by grated raw vegetables and fruits, no milk being given at all. Flour made from soya beans is also given to the babies. CARE OF WATCHES Many owners of gem-set and other valuable watches have put them away for the duration in favour of a "service “ watch, says an, English exchange But putting away a watch is not just a matter of pushing it into a drawer or jewel case. “Do not in any circumstances wrap a watch up in. cotton wool.” an expert says. “ for there are innumerable tiny particles in the cotton wool which will , do considerable harm 1 if they get into the works. Watches should be wrapped carefully in greaseproof paper or oiled silk before putting them away for any long period. This protects the watch not only from dust but also from damp.” It is worth taking special care of your watch because they are going to be more valuable after the war, continues the article. Most expert watchmakers are busy making bomb fuses and other intricate war devices, and it will be a long time before they are able to give anything like a post-war-service in the watch-repair shops. OLD SONGS POPULAR Ballads of 50 years ago are selling in their thousands and gradually ousting crooning in- Britain. Sullivan's best sellers, including “The "Lost Chord, ’’ “Arabian Love Song” and “Let Me Dream; Again Frederic Cowen’s “ The Better Land ” and “ The Promise of Lifelsadora de Lara’s “The Garden of Sleep,” and Haydn Wood’s best seller of the last war “Roses of Picafdy” gre all popular. Deanna Durbin recently gave Guy d’Hardelot’s “Because ” a new lease on life. “ Little Grey Home in the West ’ is being sung and whistled everywhere. Stanford’s “Drake’s Drum” will sell for ever. Edward German’s “ Glorious Devon ” is also popular, perhaps because of its very English qualities. , Even Major Alan Murray’s “ I’ll Walk Beside You,” popularised by John McCormack, and now taken up by the dance bands, is 10 years old. This war has yet to find its own sentimental songs. V 'V, . a* ae 1