Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-22

of the Chicago Woman's club. But no
soon added: "The man who spends his
time and thought on his counting room
and makes home boarding place IS as
much a social pest as the women VINO
have SO far forgotten their natural
functions that they rush to anything,
from bridge whist to the business oc-
cupations of men. to get away from
the home. The home maker-nlan or
wonlan-has more gray matter IN MS
or her brains than the man who has
Killed his thousands on the battlefield.
After which there was a hush. inc
words must have been true, or partly
true, for they We're confirmed by Blsh-@
Cd Charles Edward Cheney in address,
ing Daughters Of the American Revo-
luton to whom he said: The patriot
of 1908 is the woman who cherishes as
the most precious Of her treasures the
lofty ideas OF the sacredness of the
family and the holiness of the marriage
tie which she inherits from the women
Of the revolution. and who dares TO
brand with the hot iron of her reproba-
ton the theories which are saDping tho
foundations of American society" The
said theories had to do with what he
referred to as the sensaless luxury,
the reckless extravaganza. and the
tawdry parade of wealth which are
characteristic features of American life
today"
MODERN PIED PIPERS'
"Kil the rats was the counsel given
by the American Medical association
TO authorities of San Francisco who
are now battling with bubonic plague.
and the rat killer is at work success
fully. XIII the ground squirrels too
was the secondary advice. which also
has been acted upon. Especial pains
is taken TO kill rats in ships from
ports where the plague Is epidemic.
From the headquarters of the Amer
lean Medical association in this city
the warning was issued that a single
infected rat travelling in wheat car
from San Fransico to some other city
could start an epdemic, therefore
guard against rats. They are known
to become infected. and they are usual
" infested with f1eas; and the flcas
gorged with the blood OF the Infected
raS bite and inoculate the human
being, who then develops the disease
So, Instead of seeking to escape the
disease by charms, amulets or drugs,
modern science starts campaign
against rats. In San Francisco the
entire city is divided into districts,
In each one of which force of men
lis engaged in extcrminating the rats.
Whenever a new case of the plague
is reported an extra squad OF men
is sent at once to Kill all the rodents
Of the vicinity. These modern IDEAS
regarding the control and suppression
of the worlds most dreaded disease
are SO novel to most people as 70
be received at first with incredulity.
In fact. California citizens for some
time looked with distrust on the coui-
sci given for controlling the spread
Of the plague, but the prompt con-
troll and suppression OF the disease
which followed the determination of
the rats at any particular point has
fully convinced the most skeptical.
Modern science has found the greatest
danger Is from diseases of which the
cause is not known. Since 1t has been
known that yellow fever was trans
mined by the mosquito much of the
panic which formerly followed an out
break of this disease has been given to
calm and rational but none the less
energetic measures to control 1t. Shot
gun quarantines have become a thing
Of the past. Public health officers
in different parts of the country are
carefully watching for the appearance
of the bubonic plague in their own
territory and will take immediate and
summary action should a single case
appear While 1t is not probable that
the disease may spread, the danger
is said to be by no means fanciful.
1t was bubonic plague that centuries
ago swept Europe from the east. kill
VI pcoplS civ 6iiIt
til 1t burned itself out. Vivid descrip-
lions of the horrors of middle age
scenes in plague-stricken cities have
come down to us in the pages OF
Boccaccio, De Foe and other writer's.
In those days people became panic
stricken with fear and rushed to
churches and monasteries for safety.
believing that the disease came as a
Judgement from heaven, and that the.
euro lay in drugs, charms and anu
lets.
BIG ELECTRIC CONTRACT.
A s10,000,0oo contract for electric
power has been made for one OF the
two traction companies that are do
with the city, the supply to come from