The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-30
HOW TO SEE CHICAGO AND LIVE.
An Expert Hyeienist's Advice to Those
Expecting to visit tho Worlds Fair.

HOW TO SEE CHICAGO AND LIVE.
An Expert H~yeienisrs Advice to Those
Expecting to visit tho worlds Fair.
In Che current number Of The Engineer
ing Magazine appears an article by j. G.
Bayles, Phi. d.. formerly president of the
health department of New York, on the
probable influence of the Chicago Colum-
bian exposition on the death rate OF 1913.
II 10 a somewhat startling contribution 70
tho literature Of this Important subject.
but ia not al all sensational. Its purpose 10
to point out the many serious dangers to
which thoughtleas people subject them-
selves under such conditions as will sxtat in
Chicago, through i,nprnden0e, oversxertion,
and indifference to the most elementary
rules of personal hygiene.
After n briof examination of the condi-
ions existing in Chicago. DR.. naYles as
sumes that the m%ultitudes attracted by the
exposition can visit that city as safely as
any other. The risks assumed by visitors
will be due, not to any negligence on the
part of the municipal authorities or ths
management of the fair, but to reckless
imprudsnce on the part Of ~visitors them
selves. The writer follows a typical
family group through three days and nights
of average experience in Chicago during
the fair season, and back to their homes to
pay the penalties which nature exacts for
tho infraction of her inflexible laws. This
potion of DR.. Baylss' article will vividly
recall to many readers their uncomfortable
experiences in Philadelphia in 1876.
DR.. Bayles discerns the greatest DANCE
In the fact that so large a proportion of
those who visit the exposition will be ply
sioally unfit to go there. He advises that
those who cannot afford the expense OF
comfortable Accommodations remain at
home; and that those who are too old. too
young, or too feeble for amy cause, to bear
safely the f~atigues and exposures Of seeing
the fair, be left at home. The writer coz
cludes his advice with the following code of
simple rules which every visitor to the OK
position may follow with advantage:
/. Before going to Chicago to visit the
exposition, determine whether you are
physically able to 60. and can afford IL. In
deciding these points ono may safely as
sumo that a great deal more strength will
be needed than is required for the normal
hard work Of life; and that to 90 and re-
tUEu Will COdb q kOOd dodA - - SA0
would expect to find sufficient.
ii. Take with you no one for whom You
are responsible, without the approval of
your physician. 1t is safe to assume that
from one-third TO one-half the people VIII
will 90 to Chicago from distances greater
than fifty miles would be advised by any
capable and cenaoientious physician not to
60, If such advice were asked.
III. When you reach Chicago. make it
your first business to secure wholesome and
comfortable lodgings. Under such circum-
stances, the average person needs a great
deal more than a place to sleep. 1t is i'm
possible for any one to keep Zip for two or
three days the tension of eager sightseeing
without needing something more shan a
bed in a closet to retreat to when he can go
nowhere else. In finding lodgings. the
visitor who has made no arrangements in
advance would do we'll to avail himself of
established and recognized agencies of in
formation. and to reject all interested ad-
vice or personal solicitation.
Nv. Avoid excessive fatigue. The sense
of being tired is natures warning that the
physical powers are being overtaxed. The
most fatiguing thing on earth ls a great
exposition. A RAPID succession of vivid
and exciting impressions stupe6es the
brain and emphasizes tho more muscular
fatigue of walking and standing for con-
secutlve hours. When the interest flags
and physical fatigue asserts its,lf, 90
where you can rest.
V. Eat regularly. lightly and frequently,
keeping strictly to plain and wholesome
food. The advice Of a physician on this
point. obtained before starting, will be of
great use to you. the fact that ''the doc
tor said 500 invests the simplest and most
familiar hygionio rule with an OK cathedra
authority.
vi. Drink moderately and carefully.
avoiding unknown or unaccustomed bevsr-
ages. Generally speaking. aerated waters
in siphons are the safest M most refresh
ing drinks available to transient visitors in
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