Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-05-28

~ No other city is so lavish
N@l in its expenditures, no
where else is public SYM
pathy more readily aroused, while the
results obtained are unprecedented.
An interesting comparison of the
work here and abroad has been made
possible by the visit of Nine. Laurence
Fielder, especially commissioned by
the French government to investigate
the work in America. Nine. Fielder,
who has already visited Germany and
Denmark on the same errand, expects
to devote two years to the work in
various parts of the United States On
leaving America she will make similar
investigations in Canada, England,
Scotland and Ireland.
Nine. Fielder is well known through
out Europe as a writer on various med
ical and social problems, as well as a
practical worker in bringing about re-
FORMS She is the only woman in
Paris who belongs to the different Off
cial commissions for improving health
conditions, and has taken active part
in many important congresses. She is
the founder of the Society of Champro-
sary for Rural Cures, q sanitarium
with agricultural household schools for
the ill children of Paris. She has long
been an active member in the benevo-
lent anti-tuberculosis work of Vile
pinte, and of societies for children,
young girls and women in France
Her labors developing and extending
the Red Cross work of France are
widely recognized These many serv-
ices covering a period of years have
been recognized by the Academy of
Medicine of France. which has con-
~ l.
The value of Nine. Fiedlers investi-
cations is due largely to the very prac-
teal and intimate studies she makes
of actual conditions. During her 20
months in Germany Nine Fielder
spent entire days in the sanitariums
among the consumptives and in the
clinics studying the work of public as
sistance. For years she has been a
familiar figure in the hospitals of Paris
as well as in the poorest sections and
the most remote garrets of the city
Her work is based upon the theory
that tuberculosis is a malady which
comes from social misery. Her work
in America will be, therefore, largely
devoted to combating the white plague
by relieving social conditions. She be-
Heves, as the result of very extended
investigation, that consumption can be
overcome by educating and improving
the lot of the working classes, espe-
cially as regards their home conditions
and the general problem of social by
giene.
Lectures at Columbia.
Nine. Ffedler's work in Europe has
long been known in America and her
reception has been very cordial. The
president invited her to call at the
White House soon after her arrival
and discussed the situation for nearly
an hour, expressing his sympathy with
her work. Nine. Fielder delivered a
course of five lectures at Columbia uni
versity on social questions in France
The official reports she will make from
time to time to the French govern
ment will cover a wide field. She will
visit all parts of the United States il
order to report on tho laws tending tC
protect the working classes, the rela
tions between earnings and the cost OF
living and the measures taken by EN-
ployers to safeguard the health OF
their men. The employment bureaus
the trade unions and their influence OF
health conditions in general will also
be looked into to insure the best con
ditions for fighting consumption.
Your work in combating consump
ton here in America is amazing" said
Nine. Fielder in discussing her plans
recently. Il know of no place in Eu
rope where money is spent so freely
in this crusade or where sympathy is
so ready. The statistics for New Yorl
for the last few years show a rate Of
improvement which / believe to be
without precedent anywhere in the
world. A few months ago while discus
sing the conditions in Germany with
Professor Koch, who is no doubt the
that never found such results as his
anywhere else in Europe The pro
fessor remarked, Yes, they are graft
flying, but wait until you have seer
the conditions in New York They are
wonderful and l have found that he
was right.
Tribute to Americans.
For one thing. the Americans are
more clearly in their personal habit:
than the average European, far more
Only the best houses have bathroom.
in Europe. while in New York every
one has one, or, at least, has access Il
r them Cleanliness is very importan
weapon in fighting tuberculosis. Tn,
Americans again are intelligent and
quick to learn, so that the problem o
teaching them to take care OF them
selves when their lungs are weak il
greatly simplified- Another thin
which impresses me is the lavish us