The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-22

 39 people die from consumption to every one that dies from strong drink.
 He did not depreciate the movement for temperance, "but when we see the won derful efforts put forth for the ameiora- ton of other ills, 1t does seem strange that the public should just be beginning to take an interest in the war against its greatest enemy" A
 Layman's Duty and Responsibility.
 MT. Bowie then devoted himself to the laymen's duty and responsibility. He said: In making suggestions as to what the layman can do In this movement, I feel, I trust, proper sense of diffidence and a due appreciation of my own lmita- tions. For this reason I have endeav- ored to fortify, as far as possible, all of my assertions, as well as my conclu- sions, with the best authorities which I could obtain. wish now to read a short extract from recent work on this sub ject by pr. W. B. Huber. It is as fol- lows
 Consumption is pre-eminently a dis ease of humanity's submerged strata. This is fact as patent as any in the history of mankind
 Consumption is contracted mostly by those suffering from malnutrition and starvation. As details (yet very import ant ones as an appreciation of the sit uation), one should note the ndigestible quality of the food as commonly pre- pared and cooked by the wives of poor ino ,uith fermentation and development of toxins. There is here provided ideal pabulum upon which the bacillus and it's allied micro-organisms may nourish themselves and multiply This bad cooking is, incl dentally, as potent factor as any other in driving men to drink; and if the Wom- en's Christian Temperance union would take upon themselves, in place of at least one among their already multitudinous activities, to teach their sisters how to cook, there would be less occasion to blame men for becoming drunkards The chaotic indulgence of the appetites and the exhaustion resulting from excessive sexuality among the wretchedly poor are also factors which must be considered: we must not here forget Malthus
 
 depends almost entirely upon the house. And such is certainly the case when the house is dark. dirty and germ-inviting. unventilated. with damp walls, made quate drainage and horrible plumbing conditions
 Tn 9S per cent of all cases of con sumption home treatment must be de- pended upon. The sanatorium treatment Is ideal but for obvious reasons 1t cannot and probably never can be utilized gen. erally in the cure of the consumptive."
 Praises Cooking Schools.
 If I should be called upon to select the two most worthy institutions of learn ing in this state I believe I would name the cooking schools in the High school in Birmingham and in the Alabama School for Girls at Montevsllo.
 My next suggestion Is borrowed from a work issued by the public health and marine hospital service of the United States, entitled Milk and It's Relation to Public Health, published in 190S After stating the yearly figures compiled from the official statistics of the New York department Of health, showing the deaths and death rate of children under years it is said
 "At the rate of mortality of 1892 there would have been 27169 deaths of children under years of age in 1906 instead of 15,534 Thus the apparent saving in one year was il. 1885 lives or 42. .S2 per cenut At the summer mortality rate of 1892 death would have claimed 9743 victims In June, July and August, 1906, instead of 4426 Thus the apparent saving of lives in three months was 5S17 or 54.57 per cent" These results were principally achieved through the introduction of pasteurized milk, a gift to New York and to hu- manity from that great benefactor of his race, Nathan Straus. If I had my way
 
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