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...pneumonia developing in undilated areas of the lungs, scientists have learned. The lungs are not fully dilated by the first cry, or for many hours or even days after birth. The ancient practice of making a child cry several times a day is often ineffective in over coming atelectasis (imperfect expansion of the lungs at birth). The old barbarous and often ineffective methods of resuscitating the newborn by swinging, spanking and dipping in cold water are being replaced by inhalation of carbon dioxide. Many babies that cannot be resuscitated in any other way are thus saved. In maternity hospitals, where...
...acting, though more interesting, was less even than the play itself. The hesitation and indecisions which are the bane of amateur first-nights were sometimes in evidence. Timing was imperfect; cues were taken up slowly. The voice of the prompter was too often disconcertingly audible. In the main scenes, however, the cast almost always rose to the occasion, and acted with sincerity and poise. Miss Rosemary McHugh, as Mrs. Rooke-Walter, had most of the catch-lines. Better make-up would have enhanced an excellent attempt to enter into the spirit of the part. Katherine Roberts and Jean Goodale...
...gayest of all gay musical films has come again to the Fine Arts Theatre. This German operetta, with its inexpensive sets, its modest casting, its imperfect sound-recording, carries exuberance and spontaneity unknown to Hollywood. American films may be suaver, better sung, more pretentious, but charm evades them. For charm is a volatile essence to which the American temperament and the Hollywood system of incubation remain unkind...
...winners of the health contest of the 4-H Clubs. Champion Heikes scored 99.9%, only her teeth counting against her. Pink-cheeked Miss Heikes eats three big meals a day, drinks water and milk, wears broad-toed, low-heeled shoes. Champion Saunders, who scored 99.1%, not only had imperfect teeth but a pimple. He shuns tobacco and stimulants, eats all he wants...
...last week was Dr. Gault's Teletactor. An imperfect one was in use for several years at a school for the blind in Chicago. But three weeks ago Dr. Gault completed his new Teletactor, an entirely rebuilt instrument which has greater power, greater sensitivity...