The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-05-05


tingly observed here last Sunday
the Methodist church being crowded
in the evening by very attentive
audience assembled to hear the ad.
dresses Of Doctors Capron and Reed
By reason of the great Importance of
the subject and the able and inter.
esting manner in which it was hand.
led by the speakers of the evening,
the islander publishes the address
of DR.. Capron in full, his having
been the first one delivered, and
will next week present to its readers
the no less important paper Of DR..
Reed, dealing with the causes, pre-.
vention and cure of the dread dis.
ease. DR.. Capron spoke as follows:
Iwould that ! were an accomplish.
ed speaker, that the subject about
to be presented could be placed be-
fore you in manner deserving OF
its Importance. / will do the best
can and trust that you will make
allowance for the fact that in ad.
dressing you / am attempting some
thing out of my line.
There are some matters, however,
of such vital Importance that the
manner of delivery passes unnoticed
If you were aboard a ship and the
mate should tell you that the boat
was leaking and in danger, you
would hardly notice whether he
spoke with resonant voice and a
pleasing manner; or if some one
shouted "the house is on fire" you
would be impressed by what he said,
even though he croaked. as though
he had frog in his thr oat. / also
wish to warn you of a threatened
danger and hope you will remember
the message and not the delivery.
You have all heard of consumption
and know that it is a very common
and fatal disease. but you probably
do not realize that one death in
every seven is caused by it. When
40 persons are killed in a railway
accident the calamity appears in
large headlines in the newspapers
and should 100 be burned to death in
building the press would have "hol-
ocaust", in red letters across the
first page. Yet without attracting
any special amount of attention, 500
persons, mostly in the prime of life,
in the U. S. alone, departed today
from this world of care or pleasure,
as you please, the victims of the
white plague. While no large head
Eings appeared in the press, the fact
remains that the sorrow and grief OF
thousands of bereaved relatives and
friends are sad realities this minute
and command our sympathy. This
does not mean that we should go
about with a long, melancholy and
woe begone countenance; this would
do harm instead of good. This
matter should hold our attention,
should interest -us; it certainly will
interest some of US for,
Laugh and the world laughs
| with you,
Weep. and you weep alone.
1t means, on the other hand, that
we should bestir ourselves and learn
the exact state of affairs and then
meet the situation with cheerfulness
The general who goes to battle first
prepares himself with all the knowl-
edge he can get concerning the
enemy, and studies to find the best
plan to defeat him, and then pro-
ceeds with smile. Whatever may
be the trouble that confronts us. .
calm. judicial frame Of mind is oul
greatest asset.
In tuberculosis we have one Of
1 the greatest, if not the greatest Of
our enemies. It is waiting for Vi
everywhere, day and night. con
tinuously, tirelessly attacking u.
frem the cradle to the grave, lurk
/ ing in the air we breath, the water
4 we drink and even the food we eat
4 If the evil spirits of old were al
i malicious today as they were once
reported to be, they would still be
as nothing compared to the ravaees
of this terrible destroyer Of human
] life. Considering the awful suffer
i ing caused by this omnipresen1