The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-29
Address OF Mr. j. M. Heating Before
the Tennyssee Ohautauqua.
How tho Anpients Regarded the
Lava of Health.
Prevention Of Disease by Burning
the FiIth of Cities.
The Cost OF Unsanitary Conditions in
Municipal Lise-Facts Determined
by the --latest Investigations
Tho Hygienic Utopia.

| Special Dispatch 10 The Appeal.
COLUMBIA, Tenn, June 28.-The first
annual assembly .oi the Tennessee Chau-
tauqua, which began its session here June
20 and will continue until July 4, has been
a marked and unexpected success, and is
gratifying TO tho leaders. This system OF
education originated with the Greeks,
when they made knowledge so interesting
that people gathered en- masse in the open
air 10 hear the learned men Of those days
lecture upon the topics OF the time. Tho
people OF this beautiful and highly cul-
tured town, a community which takes the
greatest interest in educational affairs and
has In It's midst the finest Of schools, have
manifested their approval and apprecia-
! ton OF the efforts OF the leaders in this
universal popular mode Of dispensing the
fruits Of knowledge. Every lecture has
been attended by such large crowds that
the opcra-house here. which has a ca
pacity Of seating ! 200 people, is entirely
inadequate to accommodate those who
wish TO hear and learn, Notwithstanding
the warm weather Gentlemen and ladies
have to stand during the discourses.
Tonight Mr.. J. NJ. Heating, editor Of
TnR MEMPHIS AiFEAI.. delivered his ad-
dress entitled "Dir, Disease and Degra-
dation," and, as Dry as the subject was,
mastery way that the attention OF the
audience was rivted 10 the astonishing
facts which he phesented. While il made
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eyes, and 200 more people have been
added to the too small list Of sanitary re-
formers Following was the address;
.Diri, Disease and Degrsdasion.-
Ladies' and Gcnucmcn;
The title Of the paper which have pre-
pared ioryour consideration today is 'Dirt,
Disease and Degradation" Dirt begets filth,
filth begcts disease. poisons the atmosphere,
nentralines the blood Of human beings, and
tins begcis conditions Of spasmodic mental
irritation, misdirection, or permanent de.
crepitude. II lowcrs'thc powers OF physical
resistance very far below the normal aver.
age OF the race, and turns those thus aiiiict-
cd away from industry to shiitlessness and,
eventually, to crime. Thestrength required,
even by healthy persons, 10 resist the
tcmptationto evii il'''. Sever prompting us
Is very grca., 80 great thatthc Christian re-
ligion teaches, rs oil creeds DO. that Il can
not be effected except by help from super
natural sources. . The lower we 20, strata
by strata, In the scale Of humanity, the
lower We End the ssnse Of moral obligation,
and the less We fad Of moral power, until
in the lowest Il disappears almost alto
gethcr. The well bred, well educated man
who eats good, well cooked and whole.
some food regularly, who takes his
nightly rest in clean bed. In
clean, well ventilated room, with
clean surrounding In yard and street and
alley, content presiding over Il all. Is less
likely 20 be irritable, and more likely TO be
equable Of temper, TO be considerafe oil
, Others, thoughtful as 10 himself, circum'
! spect and obcdient 10 the law. On the
other hand, hepaupcrixcd man over whom
utter dcstitution inpends, OF the abjeci
pauper who sleeps IL cellar or the garrett
Of q tenement house, in an oycr-crowdcd
quarter, with sewer gas and dccaying ami.
NAL and vegetable matter poisoning every
breath ho takes. poorly and insuniciently
. and prccariously bel. stimulating his fail.
. ing powers OF body whenever possible "a
him with the dregs Of stale beer OF poison.
, ous whisky or gin-such man lisa Pariah
who, like any mere animal, regards all m,
straint Of law or custom ~ an invention Of
! society especially applied 10 him. Who
over has read the tales Of shipwreck thai
used 10 be more familiar generation age
than now, will readily recall the effects
oven 10 imbccility and insanity, Of starva,
ton and despair upon man after man, until
all but one OF an unfortunate crew had
' persisted. In every one Of our great cities
there arc wrecked men and women who
arc never relieved from the Cravings o.
hunger or the DESPAIR OF abandonment
They arr alone smid an ocean ofhumanity
Round about them On every hand Ia wealth
/ aud health. abundance and Joy. Bul
! these are 10 the abcrratcd castaway and
, ouicaxts NJ the piciuring clouds at sea IN
. which sali phantom ships 10 ven the soul
Of the wrecked AMI dcspairing mariner
, Thesc unfortunates thus controlled ant
prompted by the misdreciing powers o
. minds weakened Of their will. are a sur,
result Of gutter surroundings. cpportunit,
and training. Thcse u n that recruit ths
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depndaie upon society a. beggar-, thieves
4 housebrcakcrs and murdcrcrs, and compc
. the maintenance Of standing armies o
|, police Ia every city ON the globe. The,
: ao born into want and WOO on the edge o
' crime. Their blofJ h poisoncsl by th'
= nolsomc stcnchc5 tAat arc nature's pro
tests against the accumulation and siorag'
. Of filth, and they have neither the will no
: the means 10 rccaycr or secure foothol'
In natural conditbns OF life. Their bloo'
Is poisoned boyd remedy, and thci
y morale, NJ a CON Iuence, u lowered Il
y some cases 90 nro. A healthy body b.
|, gets a healthy MUD. The man who's
Y body u rcduced,hy typhoid fcvcr, Oh
n worst In point OF duration and effect Of al
. the prccntablo disErscs, IL usually pre-
10 mental dislurbsiiccs that are akin q
:. insanity and charsclcfixcd by many Of u
I, Responsibilities IN the man or wonai
n thus tortured by enawing pains and Ia
u heat OF a temperature that usually run
q IL course, We ban hnd some indi
II cations 81 the irrational and abnormal con
Q ditions 10 which The criminal and the pau
per classes, and often therspectablc pooro
I class arc subjected. living constantly, da
= and night, In an atmosphere loaded viii
A the poison that bcgctS typhoid conditions
!. ard In the tropical aud snmi.tropicL eli
Q mates v the indus Of yellow fever. Dir
|. begcis 9th aud fil,h disease aud dcgrcda
4 ton.
4 srwEns AND MORALS.
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