New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-25
says State Should Interfere.

ones liable At all Is regarded by him az
4 confession OF poverty; 20 have u OFTEN
IS badge of wealth.
Save State Should Interfere.
Nalnutrition IT children. said Or. Rub
Ter. has become 50 general ard has
reached such q critical stage IN al parts
Of tne world that the state must enforce
proper feeding OF the younger generation
r Ire human race Is 10 be saved from
degeneration.
That cooking is lost art. that the
dread OF hurGer il one OF the potent
forces Of socialism: that false pride
factor in The high cost Of living problem.
IS resulting n tho devital;zine Of the
vo~Nugmcu. through unGcrnurrition, and
that proper uourishment for the human
race would constitute Z long step for
Nerd IN eliminating the underworld. were
other assertions ia DR.. Rubner's analysis.
'Oue o. tre greatest, il not the greatest.
OF problems now confronting mankind,
he said. IS that OF providing the race
with proper nourishmcnt II is OF suca
Importance. in fact that every large city
should have department. IN SIS govern
ment invested With the p!enary powers OF
his branch OF the peoples welfare" lie
continued.
Then, too cooking is lost ART a. .ai
A. most women in this age are concerned.
They marry and take upoa themselves the
responsibilities Of marriage without haN-
ing mastered the first principles OF food
preparst ton. and without even having an
IDEA a. 20 which articles of food are de-
sirahle This condition should not exist
and Il is a nig factor IA the high cost
Of living The Kitchen IS Fascinating
place to me. II ! could live long enough
I should like TO spend ten years devoted
70 its study. Housekeeping is a noble
art and one OF the best methods FOR cor
recting the terrible deficiencies OF race
. rou-ishmert. To establish course OF
housekeeping in our public schools Wouie
10 fine Girls OF fourteen and fifteen
should be taught cooking.
". Flexner thus summarized the re-
suits q the anti-meningitis serum dis
toyery:
nave had Al opportunity e. eSanine
nearly thirteen hundred cases OF this dis
ease in which the serum was used. Inese
cases were representative, coming rom
asses. $40 recovered and 400 died, h%lns
he death rate at 80 per cent.
Discussing the Louisiana epidemic he
declared that serum was administered 10
rs patients, Of whom 123 recovered. In "A
tered the death rate was about 50 per
cent
Dr. Bertilon presented the results OF
task which he has completed OF tabu-
lsting occupations and professions with
respect 70 degrees OF frequency OF causes
q death in each. He made 7S sub-groups
Of professions and occupations and CLASH
fed them into three major groups. he
found that with farmers, sgriculturists,
horticulturists forcsters, all causes or
death are rare and that they are the
most BEAUTIFULLY occupied class OF work
ers
The least healthy persons are tnose IN
gaged as wine merchants. brewers and
handlers OF liquor. I'VE may say that all
causes OF death except accidents are OK
rsordiuarily frequent Tor this group he
said.
Discovery OF the cause OF trachoma, an
eye diEease which keeps thousands OF
Toyldbe immigrants out OF the country
each year. was announced By DR.. A. W.
= Williams OF the research laboratory or
the New York Health Department Ac-
cording TO Or. williams. trachoms il
aeSrtN DN q Ac4g b4HGlA DdNiiiAS' "H'~''
Characteristic Of the group that grows only
IN the presence OF the blood. Trachoma
bodies, Il has been found, are really
group Of these bacilli in the cells OF the
eyelids.
Many children, il ~ said, arc excluded
from the public schools Of New York ana
ether cities because they are supposed TO
have trachoma, when something not 50
serious, becsuse not 40 contagious, is the
matter with them
DR.. A. Jacobi' president OF the Aneri-
an Medical association. reported having
mad. recent study OF bresst feeding for
infants as compared with artificial feed
ing. In the former case the mortality
vas per cent, while in the latter IL wes
from 10 70 22 per cent, he said.
Congress not only has the authority
rnoer the Constitution. but is morally
obligated 10 zee to II that the highways
of the country, both land and waterways
are not made vehicles for the dissernina-
non Of disease and death, declared Judge
hudson c. Clements. OF the Interstate