The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-06-06
CLUB has BftN ORGANIZED
TO PUT A STOP TO KISSING
Objects OF Worlds Health Organ
ization Explained in a
Bulletin
MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN is ON

\ cub, known as the Worlds
Health Organization, has been formel
10 discourage kissing. II is the lates-
general health movement, and its ob-
jects are fully explained in the follow
ing Clcular issued by the president,
Mrs. l. Rechtin of Cincinnati:
once upon a time there was a con
test among Diseases, and the one that
could prove ne gave the most vtcti"Is
to Death was to have First place.
Consumption, haggard spectre
f-om the crew, crawls forth and thus
asserts his due:
''Cis l who faint the sweetest joy
And in the shape of Love destroy;
can shanks, sunk eyes, AMI nose
less face
Prove my pretenSion to the place.
,'an you guess what Disease came
out ahead? When Infection stalks
forth IN the guise of Affection, ciyi'-
lied. aroctionate kissing human ue-
ing do not realize it is a WOLF il
S'.Geps clothing. The beginning IF
Consumption is never known, but the
end Is heralded i'm unmistakablc signs.
Roc,ors have declared over and over
again that kissing is one of the most
direct methods Of disseminating the
disease.
kissin, friends i'm greeting and
parting kissing the baby by we'll
meaning but infected relatives arc the
means of spreading Consumption ;as-
Ser than any known Scientific remedy
ca check il.
why not stop kissing? 1t is Time
houorcd custom, and one person can
net stop it. 1t is only in unity that
sufficient strength can be gained 20
convince the civilized world that kiss
ing is pernlcious. and unhealthfuL
\ club has been organized for the
express purpose of discouraging kiss
ing The name Of the club Is the
NOHLD'S HEALTH ORGANtZA-
TON. the initials are w III. O. II hats
been estimated that one person in
every seven I'm infected with Consump-
ton
who offers to greet you with a kiss?
Is it an infected person?
Who wants to kiss the little folks?
Is il an infected person?
You may not be able to answer
these questions. but you can join the
w. II. O. and protect yourself from
your friends.
II you have the welfare OF your
country at stake; If you prize your
own health; If you care FOR the health
OF your relatives; If you have seen a
loved one weakened and fatigued by
Consumption, if you want to help to
protect the babies, IL you want to do the
world little good before you die, join
the w. II. O.
Sign the pledge printed below, and
get your friends to sign 1t. Send in
your names. We want TO boast Of
having the largest and healthiest Club
in the world.
There are no dues necessary TO join
the club, all who work for it are doing
it for the cause of Humanity.
The motto OF the Club is kiss Not.
We have a very pretty club button
bearing this motto Kiss Not" in red
letters on white background to show
who are members of the Club. a
prominent physician said regarding
our button: III one of these buttons
could be put upon the bib of every
new born baby, and worn till the
child is eighty years Old there would
be more old people than there are to-
day"
A lady member Of the Club wrote
US that she stood i'm line with thirty
one other ladies to be welcomed by the
hostess who kissed each one as they
appeared. When il came her turn,
she pushed the end of her tie aside,
and brought into full view the motto
Kiss Not. saying q belong to the w.
II. o. and our motto is Kiss Not" Be-
fore our member went home the
the hostess had joined the Club, and
given her name 10 be recorded on our
books Of Life and Health, and hence
forth wore one Of our buttons.
Get up a club i'm your own town and
send Us your names. The buttons are
five cents apiece.
Each member is expected TO sign
the Pledge as given below.
Mrs. /. Rechtin. Pres. w II. o.
1928 +. Mcmillan St, Cincinnati, o
Pledge
Mrs. I. Rechtin, President w. ii. o.
1928 East Mcmillan ST., Cincinnati, o
In order to encourage good health