The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-07
BY WAY OF CAUTION
Diphtheria Is in the Burg aud Must
Be Cared For.
AMATEURS ON THE STAGE
- The Man From Maine" Presented
The Arrest Of Soy for snow
balijng hrows Young Amer
lCanlnto Poetic Commissions.

! Special Correspondence or the standard.
/ Philpsburg. Fob 6.-The diphtheria
scare which is now engaging the at
tention OF the board of health has
! made manifest some rather queer
/ traits in the public character. when
/ the first ease OF diphtheria was re-
ported Or Getty, the city health Off
Ger. was bcsieged by urgent requests
. 70 at once quarantine that portion of
( the town in which the case was sltu-
atnd. After a few days had elapsed.
however. and the disease had not
spread. loud talk of suits FOR damages
against the city and against the health
officer was INDUCED iu and appart ntly
the dear public was of the opinion that
Dr. Getty had no right 10 interfere IN
tho matter at all Monday OF this
week other cases We're reported and
Their" was an immediate rush 10 the
other extreme and. now pr. Getty
wants o. bet that public opinion" IL
a misnpmrr. that there is no such
thing or that If there is II cannot be
caught In a quarantine. There can be
no doubt but that the health officers
both city and county have done what
they Thought 10 b. their duty. neither
can there br any doubt as 10 the ahil-
ity of the professional gentlemen I'm
. charge of those offices. and yet. not
outstanding tEr many kicks made
about being coupcd mp In qu11ntiu"
it is doubtful ~ many ~ those who
kick know what a quarantine Ia, GER
tain IL Is. that SO far there has been
but tho murT-t srmblanCc Of a quafan-
tine here. IL would seem To a laymau
that the thing % % would be u quar-
auf.ur an eases OF dIphtheria and iSo-
late all suspected cases. 10 is all well
enough % say that there Is no danger
when the danger has actually passed.
the facts seem 10 he that the physI-
clans know but very little about. any
way experience has taught that the
summ"niug OF the physician and the
undertaken have usually been an but
simultaneous. There ls one queer thing
about infectious diseases. uuarautlues
and attending physicians. they, the
physicians, always give orders 10 those
around tho sick room not under any
circumstance 10 go down town with
out changing their clothing, dIslnfcct-
ing. ETC.. and vt they themselves go
from house to house without even tax
t ing the prcrautiou Of washing their
hands. This statement has no p8rtie-
uiHr local application. but lis general.
and IL the medical profession have
some medicinal diSiufeetJnt other than
strict cleanliness they ought 10 ten the
rest of the FOLKS. 81 they hav. not. it
is difficult for one 10 understand why
90 is that they themselves cannot as
sist in the spread Of disease as we'll as
others. u IS sincerely hoped That the
disease win not become epidemic. but
If 10 does not IL will he owing to the
/ lcuieuCy of the disease itself. and not
/ from local cleanliness or extraordinary
/ precautions.
\ party of young people here recent
/ ~ organized a theatrical company and
/ gave their initial performance on Mon
3 a. "a 70 -
/ propose 10 continue IN the "histrionic"
business or not IS not Yet public
/ matter. but their first night was a
I financial success whatever 10 may
/ have been otherwise. II would hardly
/ Doe fair 10 cr.tIci-e the acting 81 the
! young ladies ana gentlemen composing
! the company. "a they all undoubtedly
/ did the best they could one thing
about the Performance. however, was
/ pretty severely CritiClsd by many in
/ tho audience. and that was the play
/ itself The play which was The Man
/ From Maine has very little plot 10
/ H. but what little plot there ls. 10 say
I tho least, Is not "a very moral one and
not such A one as would seem - he
just tho proper thing Tor young ladies'
and young gentlemen to present 20
even Jess critical audience than tho
ONE present M the opening night. The
( fact that portion Of the proceeds
lf|lf'f.. % TOBY the II .-tfI'rl.- l.tTNI
/ would hardly De- "a justification for a
( young society gentleman appearing on
+ t.s stage as au unreal. tough gambler.
or "A young society lady appearing ~
his mistress. yet such was the plot -
plot There was. in "Th" Man From
Maine"
The many friends % the young peo-
f pIr.and they have Tauy-siueern1v
trust that they viii select some more
. f...s f.I#t
before The public saze.
Tho other day "a boy was arrested
+ and temporarily rs-fr1 med rf his lh-
.r.F t.r THROWN. n suowhall u is
~. just .I.Hr what damage the BAH
/ dId. II any ur H.ra dtI the 'oeEIn- ua.
/ bat II sasus - have taken away an
/ other One ~ The fast a. supporting IfN-
T er-f .ss ~ the kids within thr sacred
precincts ~ fh- city ri PhIupeburE.
and therefor caused quite a comuo-
/ tom among the boys. While Matthews
I ~ Anaconda. who i- temporary re-
siding here. is perhaps a fair sample
/ ~ young America and hslleN-s Ire
/ the liberty II all the people jus, as
much as aid his great ruuntrymau.
/ George Washington. although PERHAPS
/ N is IftI- doubtful M they would
agree gunn the same line Of defense IN
tho cherry 'r-r episode. Anyway VIII
. .- F-It Hggr.ry-d about tae boy being
Brrst.I E.r throwing -ha SNOWFALL and
This. Oh the other lDi.-ut.r- th-
BOYS thsuk they are suH3#.f..I. caused
+ him - write the following poem
T oh. this IS certainly queer old town.
. For Z have heard IL rumarai around.
+ That rn tA- -.u"r= H. "ann g Skate.
or stay nuf nights until after after
s.-ht
. T.a city council wHi.- a boast
.