El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-30

ana Demography in Washington star
tied the spectators and proved 10 DC
one of the greatest OBJECT lessons IN
disease prevention that the world mas
ever seen Hundreds Of hygienists and
sanitarians have wished that 1t coulu
be put on a special train under cdPd-
BILE directors and carried to every CITY
and town where the railroads OF tnr
country go, so that the people might
see for themselves the wonderful eye
story of American health progress Inc
exhibition deals with every phase OF
the question of hygiene ana sanitation
Here. is the hookworm crusade ex-
hibit showing the worms and their
eggs. showing the hookworm working
its way through the bare feet OF
child and through the blood into the
lungs and thence into the lnteStlneS-
Here is a model of a farm house WIN
the adjacent well; the earth on Ii1e
one side is. cut and the visitor may see
how the water sseps down through
the soil, strikes the veins in the rocks,
and then flows into the well; danger
ously nearby are the outhouses, the
pigsty and the barnyard-
FIens Cause Plague.
The typhoid germs may be seen
through a microscope and VINO sees
the exhibit cannot see without
plague exhibit. showing the fleas that
cause it, showing the rats and the
ground squirrels that have 1t. and
showing the whole proof Of the method
of contracting the disease so concIus-
lively and so clearly that any chlld
can understand 1t.
At another place is illustrated all
kinds of methods of sewage disposal:
Here is 2 sewage bed with a hunoreo
tiny fountains spraying material upon
finely crushed gravel, and permitting
the spectator to follow the water until
if is robbed Of its entire load Of. or
ganic matter. Here is liberation
plant that transforms polluted river
water by the tens of millions OF gal
Ions into wholesome drinking water
There the army illustrates how 1t is
the greatest germ murderer OF history
A mechanism has been devised when
automatically manufactures chlorine
gas and passes water through IT, mus
killing every germ it contains 1t is
equipped with 4 pressure gage tnat
regulates the amount OF chlorine 10
nicely. There is one little OUTFIT tnar
weighs less than 200 pounds which
could be erected at small cost by any
householder desiring to protect him
self against a questionable water sup
ply.
The navy shows its electric potato
peters which practically wear OF inc
skins by friction. Its great electric
dough mixers which can handle a Oar
rel and half of flour at a time, its
electric dish washers, and there IS
sailors table all ready set, even to the
1lnelN copper NOAACC PIT A-eNA-7
ing at the end.
See Germs Through Microscope.
The exhibit of laboratory 1nstru-
ments. especially microscopes, is nlSn-
" interesting A German manuIac-
turer has chosen a unique way TO snow
off the merits of his goods. He has a
half dozen microscopes set up with
slides showing germs in position Here
is one with a drop of saliva, and the
powerful instrument reveals lnOu-
sand busy germs, some lazily floating
aroInd. others darting here ana Their
, with the energy OF an eel; some o.
them like an uncoiled spiral spring,
some like a rod, and others like a pin
scope the visitor makes the acqua1nt-
ance of a typhus germ, and through
| another he sees tae typhoid germ
Another instrument in this collection
is microtome. Any one who has seen
! a breakfast bacon slIcer at work can
understand the principle of micro
tome. 1t will cut $4,000 slices to the
inch Think Of the biggest una
bridged dictionary being reduced to a
small fraction Of an inch in thickness
That is what could be done If it were
possible to print it on paper as thin as
the slices of parafin or other material
the microtome makes for the labora-
tory.
state Health Exhibits.
A large numebr of the states have
contributed special exhibits. New York
, has a fine exhibit showing how 1t is
making itself one of the leading states
in the promotion Of human health.
Massachusetts has a fins exhibit. Lou
isiana and California sent special cars
! with exhibits. These cars travel
around over the states which support
them, accompanied by competent dem
onstrators, and are perhaps the great
, est factor in health education work to
I be found.
The American Red Cross has its
booth, and here all sorts of first
aid outfits are displayed. cataloS
of supplies is distributed. There are
first aid boxes for the household. first
aid boxes for the school, first aid boxes
for the street, for the mine, for the
| boy scout
of the times IN the health movement is
to be found in the work that is being
done in the schools. Here is illus
trated the Importance and the success
of dental and medical inspection; there
we have children's cooking classes to
prepare wholesome food for the chill
dren at recess time; and at another
: place an exhibit of child study work.
/ Sample bulletins. such as are given
F., to school children in many states, are
distributed.
Industrial hygiene finds a fine op-
| portunity for display. Behind the acct
! dent prevention movement are the big
insurance companies which write acct
are issued showing methods of safe
| guarding machinery in all sorts of
| factories. Here we learn how wood
| working machinery may be made safe.
| there how elevators may afford safe
ups and downs for those who do not
| climb stairs. \ large number of man
ufacturers exhibit models OF their ma
| chinery made with all of the safe
guards that are recommended by wei
| fare workers.
Problems solved and UnsOIYed.
Many big corporations have exhibits
! of what they practice as well as of
| what they preach. One of the big in
surance companies has a full exhibit OF
| all the health literature it distributes
\ The major portion of this literature is
strIkingly written and convincingly
/ Illustrated. Here is a pamphlet with
the story of the unclean grocery and
the story of the clean one in pictures.
Here is the milk problem solved and
[ the milk problem unsolved. In the one
set of pictures there are clean cows,
clean bottles, and everything clean
from the udder of the COW to the
mouth Of the baby, The other set of
pictures shows the unclean COW, the
| unclean mixer. the tramp drinking
from the milk can and allOwin~ milk
J to stream down over his beard and
| into the can again, the dirty grocery.
and the dirty bucket or pitcher with
which Il e housewife carries it home
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