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room in which those who have it are To-
Gated, and that everything that can be
done shall be done to bring the eruption
out and keep it out. The old-fashioned
treatment of measles, hot saffron tea, hot
lemonade and hot fax seed tea and all the
other hot drinks, it is true, made measles
rather disagrecable, the trea tment being
worse than he disease in many instances
All this is changed now, and cold drinks,
and even crushed ice. have taken the place
of the hot drink treatment, SO that the
little ones do not have such a bad time
of 1t. While 1 would not go as far as some
who advocate that children should be ex-
posed to II as much as possible and actu-
ally forced to take it, am sure it is much
better that they should have it children
than grow up without having it and then
running greater risks after they have
grown up. In the civil war my experience
was that more men died from measles than
almost any other disease.
THE same proved true during the Spanish
American war, and today there are more
soldiers suffering from measles in the Phil
ippines than from any other disease-in-
deed, 1t can be said than from all other dis
eases. Measles is a very serious thing when
1t prevails III a camp. for the facilities for
treating it are not the best.
There is great demand for colored fe-
male help explained the manager of an
intelligence concern to a Star reporter. but
that the help desired will not work in the
summer time. except by the day or at odd
jobs, here and there. 1t is all right in the
fall and winter months. but the moment the
birds begin to make their nests the afore-
said colored female help, which in MANY
cases is more of worry than a help. has
an attack of miseries of all kinds real and
imaginary, and work or even a promise to
iS ont Oft he
accepting places to work in the country or
suburbs, there is none of it, for there is
not one in each of the hundred who ordi-
nariiy will work in the fan and winter who
VIII even consider an offer for country
work What seems fatal to cOlOred female
help is the various alleys and courts in the
city. and once one of these women get into
these alleys and courts they seem TO lose all
desire TO work. 1t appears that there are
odd jobs which can be got which secure
enough TO buy one full meal a day. and
they are satisfied with that. with now and
then some additional money to go on eX-
curSiGns and picnics. The same class of
women when they do work in service place
demand three full meals per day with a
lot OF piCkings during the day and good
sized lunch to take to their homes to eat
before going to bed in addition. Places at
summer resorts. seaside cities and the like
draw off the best help but the ordinary
woman kitchen help is seldom sought after
from these sources There is no explain
ing the lear that cOlOred help. and men are
affected almost as much as women, have in
regard to service in the country or suburbs.
They admit that it has many advantages
IN the way of more and better food. larger
and better rooms for sleeping. than they
are accustomed to. but as ii cuts them off
from their alley associates and alley goS-
sip, they regard the going to the country
as something awful 1t matters not that
the so-called country places are within a
half hour from the city by the electric
cars II 1t IS country at all. it is in the
boycotted service and must not be accepted
under any circumstances. Those who are
most positive in their Discrimination TO ac-
cept any work at all during the summer
time are about the first who call upon the
charitably disposed people and organiza-
tiOns in the fall months for helD in the
way of clothing and food. and they are
about the most frequent callers during
the winter. though when worse comes to
worse and the snow is blowing in on them
they have to give up their alley independ-
ence and go TO work. They never seem to
think of this during the summer, and ac-
tually appear to be offended when they are
asked to work"