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Some poisors paraiyze the breathing â€" mechanism.. Artifiâ€" cal respiration must be startâ€" ed at once if breathing stops And finally, if you live in or rear a city, rush the child ‘o the hospitai. No matter how careful peoâ€" ple try to be in removing artiâ€" cles dangerous to children, there may be something overâ€" looked which the young fry are Lbound to find. It‘s best to know what to do immediately if a child is suspected of swallowâ€" ing something that might be poisonous. Here‘s what Dr. Esslamsuggest: Try to proâ€" wmote vomilins and then call a Cocior rizht away. Diluting the contents of the stomach will Celay absorption of the poison so â€" encovrage the child to cérink as much milk or water 2s possible. However, never rtiompt to give fluids to an unconscious | patient. _ advise. Pr. Haslam For general family protectâ€" ion, label all medicines careâ€" fully. Never store other materâ€" ials besides drugs in the medâ€" icine cabinet, warns Dr. Hasâ€" lam, for people have died as a result of taking spot removâ€" er instead of cough medicine. Matches and poisons cause hundreds of serious accidents to children each year. There are many safety precautions that can be taken to prevent these tragedies. Medicine cabâ€" inets, for instance, should have locks which small children are unable to open. And all drugs should be kept in this cabinet and not on bedside tables or kitchen â€" shelves within the reach of small children. PAGER #I Another â€" housekeeping _ aid which should be kept away from small children is very thin plastic sheeting. Dry cleaâ€" ners are how returning cleanâ€" ing in plastic bags which can be saved to serve as garment covers in clothes closets. Howâ€" ever, these should not be used to cover a mattress on a child‘s bed or given to him as a playâ€" thing. The very thin plastic might cling to a small child‘s fz:ce, covering his mouth and nose and smothering him. er, javel water, silver polish and liquid floor wax should be taboo in these lower cupâ€" boards. If homes were as safety scious as industrial plants dreds of serious â€" are; 221008 as industrial plants hunâ€" dreds of _ serious accidents could be prevented each year according to Dr. L. C. Haslam, chief medical officer of Canâ€" adian Industries Limited. Children, especially, are ofâ€" ten exposed to far worse haz ards than those normally enâ€" countered by a worker in a modern plant, he claims. Curâ€" fosity can be a child‘s worst enemy, _ especially _ when it tempts him into cabinets unâ€" der kitchen sinks which often hold dangerous chemicals. Such cleaning aids as solvents, washing soda, lye, spot removâ€" SAFETY AT HOME THIS PAGE SPONSORED BY THE safety conâ€" In our wg of life a child‘s world should be a place of comfort, love and happy seâ€" curity, a good place to live in. It is a fact, shown by statisâ€" tics, that we are saving childâ€" ren from smalipox, pneumonia, scarlet fever, and other epidâ€" emic diseases that used to raâ€" vage them, only to lose too many of them through acciâ€" dents. It is a tragic irony that acâ€" cidents, largely amenable to control, outrank by a wide margin every other cause of BE "SAFETY CONSCIOUS" B OEH MER S 37 LANCASTER ST. WHERE "SERVICE" IS A MUST OQUR MECHANIC IS READY â€" TO SERVE YOU GENERAL REPAIRS _â€"â€"â€"_â€"â€" TUNE UPS aâ€"â€" Corner King & Ottawa Sts. S“ L_7TELQA ONTARIO â€" QUEBEC 176 HAYWARD AVE. * FUEL : KINSWAY TRANSPORT ». KITCHENER BETEAU‘S SUNOCO SERVICE MAKE "SAFETY" A LIVING HABIT . W. REAL ESTATE BOARD THE WATERLOO (Ontario) CHRONICLE MAPLE LANE DAIRY HELP CHILDREN To ENJOY LIFE THE STREET & AT HOME â€" BE "SAFETY CONSCIOUS" ALWAYS Christian Smith, Director of Health Education in Saskatchâ€" ewan, says: "In the ten years from 1947 to 1956, almost 20,â€" 000 Canadian â€" children â€" lost their lives in accidents. Conâ€" servatively, we estimate that 1,500,000 children were injurâ€" ed in nonâ€"fatal accidents. The yearly toll of children‘s lives runs close to 2,000." Besides the family sorrow that loss of these lives â€"causes, it is a national calamity. death among young children "SHIP KINGSWAY â€" ALL THE WAY" IN QOUR BUSINESS "SAFETY IS A MUST" . "ALWAYS DEAL WITH A REALTOR" Todays child, whether in the SAFETY OF CHILDREN GIVE YOUR CAR A "SAFETY CHECK" FROM * BUILDING MATERIAL SERVING MAJOR CITIES IN INCORPORATED NEW YORK KITCHENER SH 5â€"7584 COURTESY GALT KITCHENER LIMITED During the.,baby‘s first year, outright protection is the only course to follow, but education against accidents should beâ€" gin just as early as possible, and should progress year by year. When the child reaches city or in the country, is surâ€" rounded by lethal weapons, and we cannot escape the charâ€" ge that fourâ€"fifth of all acciâ€" dents to children under five years of age are due to errors of omission or commission by adults. FIRMS MENTIONED ABOVE Thursday, September 1, 1908 / WESTERN CANADA SH 5â€"9431 school age he must be safety minded enough to take care of himself in a world that can be very dangerous. This educa tion must anticipate, rather than follow, disaster. One of the best booklets on child acâ€" cident prevention yet publish ed on this continent is called The Vital Role of Obedience in Your Child‘s Safety. It was distributed to physicians and others interested by the Amâ€" erican Academy of Pediatrics, Evanston, Iilinois, last year. * READY MIX GUELPH 3H 3â€"1453 KE JOBS Kitchener â€"#