Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-12
sPOKES FR0nT THE
HUB.


fWt"'S kclu'h.c Juiiral-
everyone IN BOSTON is rubbing h.,
ieft arm, Vaccination, 50 universal Mas
II ""rpnc, hats drawn BoStunians To-
SctAtr IN . bond "f sympathy. Quit.
unusual in the annals of IN. Bean
Eaters. Wherever on" goes. in :,
store. cafe. in the carson. secs IN,
FAMILIAR gesture. some one rubbing his
arm, and here. two months a~o an.
would not have rescued a drownioc.
man bcCaus,: one had not been intro
du'ed 10 him, like the proyerbial
frcnchman-onr nov feels Inclined IL
smile and ask Did ii take TIL. en-
idcmlc Of smallpox is said to be on 1h.,
Wan"; but one hears such exaggerated
reports, such blood curdling details as
10 feel inclined Ia house ones self Ike
4 hermit For thu, disease il not con-
lined To any locality. breaking out first
IN South Boston il transferred its
stamping ground Ia Hoxbury: and has
appeared in streets entirely reno. !.
from each other. one never know.
where il Will appear neNt and il scents
~ i cars must hc a prolific source Of
c"ntlgion. Thr writer heard a mos-
Srucsome story today. concerning. tn.
the passengers in q crowded electric.
l""ently. was woman who. in years
Son" by, had nurscd smallpox patients
physicians t"ll as that thrr.. is a dis
tlnCtivr and ncyrr-tu-bc forgotten
"dor about III" disease: ana this wom-
ans trained nostrils perceived thu
d"aly odor in this car. She exclaimed
Some one III this car has smallpox"
Needless To say, a stampede resulted
All the pasSengerS-SaVc one-rushel
(, madlE for II" door: that one VINO re-
manned. sat IN 4 stup0r. too i'll to moV-
q victim of the loathsom" pcstilence.
Nhethc tru- or not. such tales do not
increase ones peace of mind. one feels
inclined TO envy the Christian Scien-
fists th"ir fedrlessn"sS Of disease. one
also hears that even having hoL me
disease is no sign Of immunity W,
an" tCli tn" story Of clergyman i'll
Washington. many years ago. HI hai
, smallpox in mis- youth: So when. in
! later years. it hrok,. out in his neigh
borhood, ~ volunteered to nurs. The
Patients: out caught tt" infection ana
! lost his lite.
TIE board Of health seems To ~. la
! boring under difficulties. w. hear the
I officers accused Of negligence ana
again Of oifcious behavior. To illus
I trate the latter charg" it seems Il po-
/ uiceman was taken i'll. and, being ex-
+ Hmined. Was PRONOUNCED e. b.. 4 vi
/ lin o. smallpox ana sent to th, pest
! houa". All his effects at th, station
! houS" were burn-.' III :. few days lh-
/ man was Well, having had. il app arc,i.
! only AN attack of inliecStin:. Now. h,-
,, haS ehteftu suit against m ritE' AM
WIN soo" t"uS'' "iie ""'iiu '''llh' i'"I
as l" negligence i does seem as
| hlHfe precautions miShl ne taken. 'h't
wonders sometimes as 70 tho fate Of
| these poor creatures. carried away -
die alone; buried at once in quick-lime:
| wiped out from of tn,. face Of the earth
in a few days Dr if ne receivers. lisfig-
urei. probably. for lif" what horrible
| aight-rlar" must the remembrance or
| X be. standing IL th't cruSh ana TX
| citement of rhe subway at six o'clock
IN the evening. one sometimes ihlhhS
OF lie 1T the country lar from the
maddenlhS crowds lShooie Sull''
| cr was a scene more aptly described
than III GREY nllnortai words ~ Soilu
mass OF humanity. croWdinC and push
sion. surges backward and forward tor
half hour. at this :ime every nlGA'.
To attempt 10 board SUBWAY car
during this crush, is a feat resembling
the twelve lahC"s OF Htrchi's---'
tainly equal TO an hours prI"tl'" II e
gymnasium. You sr'' your car "nltrS-
ing from the gloom 81 III" subway
when You are lnNariahiE on the "roilN
| sid" of the mass oi humanity tnpil@
ana flowing around you. Tired 81 3Sh-
ing. Pleas. 1T nc pass. when po-
lit. request "li,its nothing nut a stony
glare from S"hf co!"l,a ~
nnlly eXt.rt' q hii'i II i'''' .,.,.
known ~ l"'ihdiI Pii i''''
ing N"dc"; -'aih itrh"lS' .''in w. "S
his mdntuFtr- N'A'' H"I
hreak for liberty ana gam ny, - -
| th' PLATFORM f'N VT '''''
II rapidly hilih2' aH'- Ill 81 ~,
that car S'ah"S ''''N ~ g.,
creatures nos I'"'' ..1.,,.,l,,,
consist "i smart 'Ip"N : '''!u
Feet; Win "..Sp'iil- i,,,,,,.
'ar. you n"tio'Ih '"i'' ,,,,.,,,