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...American Association of Plastic Surgeons meeting in Galveston, Texas last week, Dr. William S. Kiskadden described a little-advertised aspect of the average U.S. home. It encloses, he said, "dangerous, poisonous and even lethal appliances . . . frightful traps for the unwary young." He listed...
Plastic Surgeon Kiskadden urged his colleagues to warn parents of an equally potent but less obvious danger: the hollow-chamber type of appliance plug used with many vacuum cleaners, toasters, coffeepots and most irons. Even when the appliance is disconnected, the other end of the cord is often left plugged into the wall outlet. In eight years at Childrens Hospital in Los Angeles, he and Dr. Sanford R. Dietrich have seen 16 children, mostly under three, with severe electrical burns of the mouth. These, said Dr. Kiskadden, "are almost always caused by putting a live plug...
Because plastic surgeons see so much of the damage done by avoidable accidents in the home, the association voted to set up a committee on child safety, with Dr. Kiskadden as chairman, to furnish speakers to groups of parents...
...Decorous Pin-Up. Maude Adams was only nine months old when she first appeared before an audience. In Salt Lake City, where she was born, a player carried her on stage in a production called The Lost Child (Maude's mother, Annie Adams Kiskadden, was the leading lady). By the time she was 16, famed New York Producer Charles Frohman became Maude's mentor and manager. He helped create the shy, veiled creature whose personal life was an enigma. Frohman's order: "You are not to be interviewed. You are not to be quoted . . . People will wonder...
Last Spring she slipped quietly abroad under the misleading but accurate name on the steamship lists of M. Kiskadden. She took her plan to Kipling. He immediately raised two objections but Miss Adams anticipated them before he could put them into words. They were...