Frostburg mining journal., 1909-05-22

Nobody Knows VINO wants IL, put
Everybody Knows Who Pays For 1t.
The Government as Nurse, House
keeper and Cook
There is a tradition that scholar Of
the sixteenth century wrote a ponder
Gus Latin treatise entitled "De Omnl-
bus ct Crtcris'-that is, in the YER
nacular of the street about every
thlng-and then some"
How twentieth century truth may
pass sixteenth century fiction IS illus
tratcd by Il 800 page volume just is
sued from the national printing office
under the title Message From the
President Transmitting Reports of the
Presidents Homes Commission on So
cial Bcttcrmcnt of the District Of Co
lumba."
This monument to the buGhOuse
seems to have begun with Il request
from the president to James Bronson
Reynolds to "Nct as adviser to me to
Investigate social conditions In the city
OF Washington"
OF course Jimmy Reynolds accepted,
port. And here is the report before us,
with the following table of contents:
"IIouSing of the Poor" and especial
ly in GALLEY" houses; "Building of
Model Houses" with many plans, 11G
pages; "Elmination Of Alley Houses"
"Building Regulations" twenty-three
pages.
industrial Hygiene" with especial
reference to n large number of more
or less unhcalthful occupations, none
of which appears to be followed In
mere residence city like Washington;
Unemployment of Women and Chill
drcn." "prcvcntion Of tuberculosis"
"Ncntilation," Lighting" Accidents"
"Gcrman Workingmcn'S Insurance."
sickness Insurance." etc, eighty-four
pages.
"IIow to Keep Well" 'Iouscclcan-
ing" Care of the Skin" "Ablutions
and Baths" "Clothing as Cause
of Disease" "Footwear," "Slccp,"
"Drcams." Foods" "Storerooms and
pantrics," Cooking and Eating Uten-
sils," Meal Hours" "Menus For Win
ter Months" Menus For Summer
Months" and recipes for Irish stew
cold slaw. apple pie, fried mush,
stewed pruncs, corncd beef hash, gin
gcrbrcad, tomato sauce, etc, for fifty
more pages.
"Causation and Prevention of Dis
ease" with sections on "SickroOm
Care" "TubcrculosiS," "Pncumonia,"
"IntlucnZa," "Typhoid Fever" with
map locating all the cOops and shantics
In a town where they had it bad, In
fantilc Mortality" with notes on ma
ternal nursing versus bottle feeding,
cows milk dirty milk, certified milk,
paSteuriZed milk, care of nursing bot
ties, etc. ffty-seven pages.
Health of Washington" Vice Dis
blc), "Crusade Against the Social Evil"
"The Tobacco Habit" The Alcohol
Question:" soft Drinks" "Patent
Medicines Containing Alcohol" "IncX-
pensive Amusements," THE Drug
Habit" Danger of Soft Drinks"
advertised Habit Cures" $50 Called
Ethical Proprietary Medicines" I'm
fanticide," "Dlphthcria Cures" "Rheu-
matlsm Cures" all sorts of cures and
quackery in general, eighty pages.
psychological Study of 1,251 Fam
lilies" including their lunchcons, their
installmcnt rugs and their loan
sharks" "Thc Usury Evil" etc, thir-
ty-six pages. And there are also ap-
pendiXes too numerous to mention.
In fact, aside from a table of lOga-
rithms and what became of the secret
service funds, there appears to be
about everything in these volumes IN
the way of Information that might be
desirable in n family almanac.
How comes 1t to be the business of
the government of the United States
to compile and publish general beauty
book, cookbook and family doctor?
Why should the United States govern
ment spend money to disseminate
recipes for corned beef hash and gin
gerbrcad?
When was there a call for United
States government rules on liver com
plalnt, crick in the back. rheumatism,
ricketts, and bald heads?
Who wants the United States gov
ernmcnt to hand down opinions on oat-
meal Cruel, poachcd eggs, weak stom-
aChS and soft and hard drinks?
We do not know. Nobody knows.
But here it all Is, fresh from Bedlam,
Mt Il cost Of 5000 to $4,000 to the
United States treasury. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Direct Route.