Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-09-26

NEWSY GOSSIP FROM NATIONAL CAPITOL


Never spit on a slate, floor, play
ground or sidewalk.
DO not put your fingers into your
mouth,
DO not pick your lose, or wipe il
on your hand or sleeve.
DO not wet your fingers in your
mouth when turning the leaves OF
books.
Do 10 put pencils il your mouth
or Wet them with your lips.
Do not hold money or pins in Your
mouth.
DO not put anything in your mouth
except food and drink,
Do not swap applecores. candy,
chewing gum, h%alf.eaten food
whistles, bean.hlowers, or anything
that is usually put in the mouth.
Keep your face, hands, and nails
clean.
When you don't feel well, have cut
yourself. or have been hurt by others,
do not be afraid TO report TO the
teacher.
Keep yourself just as clean at home
as you do at school.
Clean your teeth with tooth brush
and water. If possible after each
the morning and on going 10 bed at
might.
DO not kiss any one IN the mouth.
nor allow anybody TO do so 10 you.
Learn to love fresh air, and learn
10 breathe deeply. and do it often.
1t is safe to say that the Old
World has been largely depleted OF
its most celebrated scientists, and
that every continent in the civilized
world has through its medical and
other societies and organizations, and
governments seat 10 this worlds con
gresS its most learned savants to
represent it here in the various dis
cusSioIs whereby the ills that flesh is
heir 10 will be most successfully com.
batted. Thus, we find among the
delegates about $50 representatives
health officers Of the German empire,
almost all of them famed men. One
OF the most noted in that delegation
being Prof. Won l.oeffler. the diScov-
erer of the diphtheria bacilli: an
other is Prof. n. Forlet, Of the Ger
man army's medical college, and au-
1hority on the dreaded typhoid; still
another is Prof. S~chattenforh, OF
Vienna, who has an international rep
utation as a bacte ri 10 e ist
and again. there is DR.. G. H. Gaert-
ner, one of the worlds famous ac.
thorities on the bacilli of Intestinal
diseases.
England sends scientists not by the
score but also by the hundred, head
ed by Sir Arthur Whitelegge, X. c.
B., Of London; Sir George McCrae.
OF Edinburgh. Canada sends her big
delegation with such men as DR..
Frederick Montizanbert, its director
general OF public health. France
heads her list o. saraats with the
great DR.. Jacques Bertillon. Japans
representatives include the noted
Self Tsuhamoto, of the department
iof the interior. Hairoullah Effendi.
NJ. D., one Of the Ottoman Monistry
Marine accompanies a number OF
learned Turks.
One OF its public notices says that
this congress was called into being
in 1882 to halt the great pandemic
OF cholera in Europe, and now, two
generations later, the principal bust
ness OF the congress is to halt the
great social evil With this evil eli
minated, or even restricted 10 the
extent of protecting health, all all.
ments not traceable 10 this cause
could be easily COPIED with. Accord
ingly. efforts Of the powers OF the
world have been united 10 make this
the biggest and most productive con-
greSS or al, and the health exhibit
ton is the largest and most startling
ever known.
Since this is the first congress TO
come TO America, it is the first time
that every state has heen represent
ed in it. Ii is a matter OF national
pride that every state in the union
is represented by committees OF
physicians, health officers, and au-
thorities OF hygiene, appointed by the
governors. Over 800 American cities,
through their mayors, have sent
delegations totalins nearly 100; and
there are several hundred delegates
from American colleges, universities.
ana other inst. buttons for social and
educational advancement ii is pitt
full, however. to add that over Sc
cities OF the entire number invited
by the government have declined to
send representatives, a fact that does
not speak Well for the moral or other
advancement OF those communities,
Maybe yoQ have heard al some
time or another about WashinsIon'S
model sewers; if You haven't, You
ought 10 visit them the very next
time that Won make a trip TO the IA
tioDal capital. They are a wonder
and a delight, as we'll, TO the thou
sands OF sayaats attending the ga
rious scientific congresses now in
session. For the special convenience
OF the visitors guides are being fur
nished to take the delegates through
the big New Jersey aye2ce tunnel
and TO the ouIfall. several miles be
low the city. Old World engineers
examining the system express their
unqualified delight with il.
The "Trip through the sewers and
also through the pumping station
s.