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Dricd milk makes it possible to use the sum; mer surplus in winter, when supplies are short- A UNICEF pasteurization plant practically wiped out undulant fever in Malta. ' _ UNICEF‘S second problem _is infantile mortality. In Sweden 979 babies out. of a thousand survive; in parts of rural Asla and Africa only 700 out of a thousand surviveâ€" nearly a third of the babies born are dead within a year. One of the reasons for this appalling death rate is a low standard ‘of mld- wifery. UNICEF has started maternity and child welfare centres in undeveloped counâ€" tries. supplied midwifery kits and disinfectants and helped to provide a simple practical tram- ing for village midwives. The third problem is that of disease. Malâ€" aria, which is a major evil in Asia, Africa and Latin America, and is especially apt to attack small children, can be wiped out by spraying both the houses and the mosquito breeding grounds with DDT annually. In Guatemala, thanks to UNICEF supplies of DDT, the Government hopes to protect the whole mal- aria-ridden area by 1955. at the cost of about a shilling a head. DDT is equally effective against the lice which carry typhus, and the children of Peru refer to the UNICEF dusting teams as “the white powder men.” Tuberculosis is still a problem in civilized countries, but in the underdeveloped areas four or five times as many children die of it. It is, however, possible to inoculate them with BGG (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin) vaccine, and UNICEF is doing this on an enormous scale. Yaws is a serious tropical disease, akin to syphilis, which usually starts in childhood and produces painful sores all over the body. These can be cripplingâ€"sores on the hands make it impossible to work, sores on the feet are lamâ€" ing. This disease can be completely cured by a single injection of penicillin, costing less than a shilling per child. UNICEF, the World Health Organization and the Indonesian Government, working to- gether’ hope to wipe out the disease in five years, although ten million people are affected, A11 UNICEFTS work in the distribution of drugs IS carriecl out in co-operation with the World Health Organization It is often asked whether, as there is a danger that the population of the world will outrun its food supply, these children are merely being saved to starve. Many diseases such as yaws and malaria, however, weakeri far more people than they kill, and the pro- ductiVity of an area has been known to rise disabled during seed time or harv I bout of malaria. This means that fiisrt all}; two loaves of bread or bowls of rice they can now produce three. Moreover as the standard of living rises the birth-rate] is like] to decline, as in most European countries. y In 1953 the United Nation ‘ for means of cuttin S lookmg around Children's Emergency Fund had hm, n 1v , Such angry protests flooded in from r.” however, and particularly from the ,,..,.,I‘n&r’].: organizations in America, the mngvimn p. whom are members of A.C.W.W., ma," “J: United Nations changed its mind HIKE; which was helping twenty million aq,],i,.,,r' a year, was not to be sacrificed. Thw Unnéui Nations Children's Fund is still mm, fH children in sixtyâ€"eight countries of ti ~ Milli â€"From The Count!“ wumfln‘ Royalty at Sandringham Institute. The Queen Mother. Princess Mar; =91 w the Princess Royal attended the aunt. I meet, ing of Sandringham Women's Instr A, tea the Queen Mother sat at a card i. . With three fellow members from the Rim ' site” and poured tea from one of her «3.x hive, teapots. There was a parade of co; n.3,, a, part of the program and the Quec: whither went into the dressing-rooms later to .' llDli' much she had enjoyed it. The memo 7 were delighted to hear that the Queen Mi. ,- had told the Queen by telephone of the for mpg show. “She asked me to give you 1 hei- best wishes,” the Queen Mother sail Hearing Aids Provided Mr. Edward B. Lally, Managing D . i-i at the National Society of the Deaf and rd of Hearing, has sent a thank-you note Mrs MacPhatter for ten hearing aids prr. , rl xii response to the appeal going out from .10. More aids have been received but not i i Mei as coming from Institute members. .. .‘i * i * LUCINDA MATLOCK By Edgar Lee Masters I went to the dances at Chandlervillc. And played snap-out at Winchester. One time we changed partners, Driving home in the moonlight of mi , ' a June, And then I found Davis. We were married and lived together ' seventy years, Enjoying, working, children, Eight of whom we lost Ere I had reached the age of Sixty. I Spun, I wove, I kept the house, I nib ‘-i the sick, I made the garden, and for holiday Ramblcd over the fields where sang lat-ks, And by Spoon River gathering many a 53' ‘ And many a flower and medicinal ween Shouting to the wooded hills, singing in nL green valleys. At nineltly-six I had lived long enough, 1 15 a , And passed to a sweet repose. What is this I hear of sorrow and wearinm. Anger, discontent and drooping hopes? Degenerate sons and daughters, Life IS too strong for youâ€" It takes life to love Life. raising the n. i 7 HOME AND COUNTRY