The Washington herald., 1912-10-01

A chart entitled THE Relation of To-
bscco to immortality and Its Diseases -
which formed part Of the exhibit on sex
hygiene of the American Federation for
Sex Hygiene in the National Health Ex-
position. Seventeenth and Streets
Northwest. was removed yesterday on the
representations of the eXpositions di-
rector. DR.. J. W. Schereschewsky
Upon examining this chart" said Dr.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY yesterday. 1T appeared
to me that good many OF the state
ments made on It were fallacious, and
some az least the result of prejudice
Thus, 1t is not necessarily true that be-
cause so many undesirable citizens
smoke. Their undeslrability arises from
smoking.
Although ] am a smoker myself.
freely admit that the use of tobacco 10
attended by certain bad effects. 1t Is
bad for the smokers wind, 1t is bad
for his heart, bad for any catarrhal con-
d'tion he may have. bad for growing
boys development. But have yet to
find any proof for the assertion that It
IS bad for ones morals, although 1t does
tend TO make one procrastinate.'
Like illuminating Gas.
DR.. Norman Roberts, assistant director
OF the exhibition, said: IT fully approve
OF DIR. Schereschewsky's stand. though
/ myself do not use tobacco in any FORM
Undoubtedly. tobacco first stimulates and
then paralyzes: but these. are physical
end not moral. reactions. In any case.
It must be borne in mind that the smoker
is poisoned. not by nicotine. but by car
bon monoxide. or plain ordinary illumi-
mating gas. which is formed by burning
the weed. For this reason. II is no more
harmful to smoke tobacco than it Is to
smoke hayseed. for the carbon monox-
ide is the result of combustion. not of the
fuel from which the combustion is made.
Incidentally. l may say in this con-
nection that there is no such thing as
health pipe, because a pipe that will draw
at all must poison the smoker with the
carbon monoxide."
DIR. Gardner c. Basset. of the psyche
logical department of Johns Hopkins
University. who is here conducting the
ington children. took up the subject Of
the effects Of tobacco upon mankind
from the standpoint OF the psychologist
The use of tobacco" he said. is fol-
lowed by a decrease in the amount of
physical energy: in its effects upon men.
tai energy. individuals differ"
The most exereme view OF all was
taken by DR.. Robert n. Wilson. jr, of
Philadelphia. secretary OF the American
Federation for Sex Hygiene. of whose
exhibit the offending chart formed a
part. DR.. Wilson said: Tobacco Is a
spendthrift. a tempter into evil associ-
ations. into gambling. alcoholism, and
immortality, with a power and persist
ence exerted by no other influence, save
the devil. The tobacco trade is the only
trafic apart from that Of alcohol, the
stage. and open immortality that uses
indecency and vulgarity In picture and
advertisement to increase its gain"
Jury of Awards Meets To-day.
Announcement was made yesterday by
DR.. J. w. Schereschewsky. director Of
the National Exhibition on Hygiene and
Demography, that the Jury of awards
would hold its first meeting to-day.
The jury as appointed by the executive
committee Of the congress is composed
of DR.. Alex Hrdlicka, curator of an
thropology, United States National Mu-
scum; Maj. Frederick A. Russell. Army
Medical School; s. n. d. North, former
director OF the United States Census;
DR.. r. B. Dole, chemist of the United
States Geologic Survey: DR.. Reid Hunt.
chief of the Division Of Pharmacology,
Hygenic Laboratory: DR.. William C.
Woodward. District Health Officer. and
DR.. Tom A. Williams.
DR.. Schereschewsky said yesterday that
nearly 400 exhibits await judgment. The
awards will consist of diplomas of su-
perior merit In each one OF the thirteen