The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-02
Of Committees Give Interest
ing Talks on Departments
of Club Work Before FEEDER
alton Meeting in St. Paul.
HEALTH REFORM
TALK BY PHYSICIAN
DIR. Ohage Says Smoke is Menace 70
Health-Political Reform q
MisnOmer.

Associated Press to The Evening Tlnes.
st. Paul, June 2.-Locking the doors
to keep out the late ones in order that
the opening of the women's general
federation convention might not ne
interfered with, had good effect to-
day. The result was that nearly all
the delegates were on hand promptly
at $3.50, when the presiding officer
called the convention to order. There
was long program before the con-
vention, beginning with the library
extension session. Mrs. Charles s.
Norris. chairman of the committee on
library extension, made a somewhat
lengthy report. She was followed Dy
an address by Rev. Florence Buck, of
kenosha, Wis, on What Should We
Demand of the ,Novel?" The discus
sion OF the address took up the in
tervening time until IL o'clock when
the civic session" was begun with
the report of Chairman Miss Kate
Cassatt Mcknight.
DR.. Justus Ohage, commissioner of
health of St Paul, who has recently
been on a trip through the principal
cities of Europe at the expense of the
city of st. Paul, delivered a lecture
to the delegates on Municipal SAM
tation and Civic Improvement" When
he had finished, the ladies talked about
what he said and then the educational
session was begun with the report
from Miss Mary M. Abbott, chairman
of the committee. and an address on
Character Building in the Home and
School," by Mrs Sarah E. Hyre, who
is member of the Cleveland board
of education. A discussion followed
Mrs. Hyre's remarks and then an ad-
dress by Mrs. Webster Glynes, presi-
dent of the Society of Women of Lon
don, England. on Opportunities for
American Women in English Univer-
sities." This closed the morning ses-
sion.
DR.. Justus Ohage, health commits
sioner of st. Paul, speaking of NUM-
cipal sanitation, said: Some persons
say that bank Of smoke hanging over
city is a sign of industrial prosper
ity. ! wish to again contradict them.
bank of smoke over city is sign
of industrial stupidity Not only is
smoke waste of fuel, that having been
time and again demonstrated, but it
is a danger to health. 1t affects the
bronchial tubes and makes irritated
conditions which makes person sus-
ceptible to an attack of tuberculosis
germs which the lungs are constantly
inhaling."
Repeated applause punctuated the
Doctors remarks when he attacked
what he called "the commercial bru-
: tality of American business life" II
would like to invite "a members of the
drug trust. meat trust and other food
trusts, to permit me to feed them on
the stuff taken from their stocks. l
will guarantee you that there will be
% funerals within a few days.
Appendicitis, you have been told,
comes from the Judgement of seeds in
the appendix. This is not true. 1t is
purely archaeological disease caus-
ed by germs-germs from the food we
eat" OF the battle for civic reform
DR. Ohage said, 1--WE hear great deal
about the dishonesty of politicians.
The dishonesty of the commercial
classes is to blame. If they will let
the politicians alone they will be hon
est men. If you wish to eliminate
graft, begin with your schools, your
churches, begin at the cradles. That
work is especially the work of women
of the type represented by this asso-
ciatiOn