Evening journal., 1910-09-10
LIFE CHEAP In
EUROPEAN CITIES
Woman Physician Declares
System Lacking in Fight
ing Disease


CHICAGO, Sept. 10-Everything is
cheap in most of the countries OF
continental Europe, but life is the
cheapest of all, according to Dr. Efie
Lobdell, who has Just returned to chi
cago after four months of travelling
and study on the other side OF the
Atlantic.
Typhoid fever and cholera are rag
ing in many communities, and there
is a general lack of systematic efforts
to check and prevent those diseases,
the doctor says. as compared with The
efficient methods obtaining in this
country.
But" she added, "the people over
there can better-afford to be sick than
we can over here, for they pay their
doctors only from 20 to 40 cents a
visit"
Coupled with her remarks about
the prevalence of cholera and typhoid,
DR.. Lobdell sounded a note of warn
ing to Americans travelling in Euro
pean countries, particularly in Italy,
to forego salads and all uncookef
fruit and vegetables
Americans Get Typhoid.
There are a number of Americans
down with typhoid throughout Italy,
she said, as a result of their careless
ness in the matter of eating and
drinking.
In Holland there is also great
deal of typhoid, the doctor counting
no less than seven typhoid placards
on the doors of houses in one small
street in the village OF Monnlken-
dam
This condition in Holland is due, in
the opinion of doctors, to the reckless
use of the canals. into which all sorts
of refuse is Jumped, the people trust
ing to the tides TO carry It out to
sea.
But Holland, next to Switzerland
is making greater progress than any
OF the other continental countries In
adopting American methods, par
ticularly with reference to travelling
and hotel accommodations. In these
particulars both countries are doing
more for the comfort of the tourist
than any other land in Europe. The
Swiss ana Hollanders readily pick NJ
the English language, and seem eager
to follow American ways.
I
Poor Opinion of Frenchmen.
DIR. Lobdell is not an admirer OF the
rank and file of the men OF France
who she declares are far behind theil
sisters in matters of business an6
management The women, she says
are energetic and highly endowed
with business acumen, conducting
shops and other business establish
ments. while the men seem unambi
tious and are content with clerkshipi
and other minor occupations usually
held by girls in this country.
"One thing which forcibly strike
an American throughout most of tn
} continental countries" said the doc
tor. "is the number of persons EN-
ployed to carry on a task which ord
: narily would be allotted TO a singl
person in the United States. This
T SO in nearly all lines Of work, In m
railway service, on the street car
inathe customs departments, and NJ
tels
For instance. you buy ticket
a street car. and after few BLOCH
an inspector gets aboard and scrut
:, nizes your ticket; a few blocf
farther on another inspector make
his appearance and goes through II
same performance. This conditio
is probably due to the cheapness
labor"
Or. Lobdell visited the leading ho
pitais of Germany, Italy, France, an
other countries, and attended a nun
Der of clinics.
AS a rule she found the hospit
buildings Of a more substantial nj
ture than those Of this country, bl
the work and arrangements, even
the best, are no better than in Il
United States, and in some instsnc
inferior. she said.
Patients do not receive the clio
personal attention accorded them
American hospitals. Dr. Lobdell sal
and the attendants and hospital Z
taches do not seem to feel the pc
sonal responsibility which characte
ICES the nurses and members of t
medical staff of American hospita