Modern Screen (Dec 1948 - Oct 1949)

much as he wished. If he happened to pull out a drawer and everything spilled — why, he just pulled out a drawer and everything was spilled. She never even turned to look at it. And the result of all this? ' Well . . . "You know, darling," said Paul, after he got home one night, "you're wonderful. Really wonderful. Even though the time is getting near and I know how hard it is for you, I come in and find you sweet and peaceful, and your temper not gone. How do you do it?" "Oh," said Jeanne, shrugging modestly. "It's nothing, really. Just a matter of scientific organization." When this last incident had recalled itself to Jeanne's mind and she had gone over it, chuckling, she heard a noise from the bedroom. She turned the dryer off and tiptoed to the doorway. It was getting light out and she could tell that Paul was waking up. She went back to the vanity and waited. She knew now why she had awakened feeling as she had. The fuss and fretting were over. It had been tough trying to take care of her home at such a time but it was all a worthwhile part of life. The fact that she had done her job to the best of her ability and had kept their lives in order meant she was now ready to go to the hospital feeling secure in herself, in her husband, in her home. The contentment had come from that. There was a thump from the bedroom and she knew that Paul had jumped from bed. Then came the quick patter of his bare feet and he burst into the dressing room. who's excited? . . . "Hey! What are you doing up so early?" he demanded, worriedly. "Is it . . . are you . . . today . . .?" "I think so," Jeanne replied. "I think we'd better go down this morning." He looked at her a moment and then went over and touched the dryer. He pulled his fingers back quickly. "It's hot!" he cried. "I bet you've been up for hours doing yourself. That's a fine thing! You know you should have rested as long as possible with what's ahead!" She smiled, got up and put her face near to his. "Now remember, dear, you must be calm. You mustn't get in a dither." "Well, just the same it's no joke," he said, his face getting an executive look. "Yes, darling," she agreed, her voice very obedient "Can't take any chances you know!" he pointed out. "Yes, darling," she repeated, as humble as before. "At a time like this you have to . . ." "Yes, darling," she had started to say again, but he had sensed that she was kidding him and now he reached for her . . . When Michael Anthony Brinkman was born he weighed seven pounds, 11 ounces — four ounces less than his brother, Paul Frederick. But he was one inch longer than Paul. Right now he sleeps in the dressing room where his mother sat on the morning of his day of birth harboring such feelings of gratefulness to him. There is a room for him in the new nursery and by the time Michael is old enough for it, his father will have painted it blue instead of the pink it was originally done in. It seems that Jeanne was prepared if her second baby should be a girl. But now she has another boy — and she knows that means, among other things, more drawers upset, more paper towels unrolled, more ashes walked over her rugs and furniture, and a few new depradations that she is pretty sure Michael will be able to think up for himself. But she also knows that it takes all this to make a house livable. The End -nave you spoken frankly to your daughter abod these cMmafe ^sicaiJactlP Before she marries — make sure she has scientific knowledge she can trust! The practice of vaginal douching two or three times weekly for intimate feminine cleanliness, health, married happiness, after menstrual periods and to combat odor — has become so thoroughly recognized and recommended today, it's no longer a question of whether a woman should douche but rather what she should use in her douche. 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Truly a Miracle! zonite positively contains no phenol, no mercury, no harsh acids — overstrong solutions of which may damage tissues and in time even impair functional activity of the mucous glands, zonite is strictly non-poisonous, non-irritating — truly a blessing to womankind. zonite destroys and removes odorcausing waste substances. Helps guard against infection. It immediately kills every germ it touches. You know it's not always possible to contact all the germs in the tract. But you can be sure zonite does kill every reachable germ and keeps them from multiplying. Any drug counter. 85