The daily sentinel., 1913-01-31
NEW ideals SET
Up BY EXPERT IN
CRUSADINC TALK
Foe Of AdultGIaRtS Hits Hard
and Often al Rich and Pow
ertuI MurdGTHTS Of the
Little Children.
WAS HEARD BY SIX HUNDRED
m HARVEY ". WILEY, the
/ great dietic iconoclast," as he

was referred to by DIR. H.
who introduced him
to the audience ut the Auditorium
last night. set new ideal for his
hearers in a lecture TO the COO hold
ers OF lyceum tichets He placed
before them higher goal than they
had yet seen-a perfect public
health. When he declared that chill
dren in school should be first taught
health and morals, and then the
usual curriculum. he intimated some
thing of the importance OF his sub
ject. When he declared that people
with bad colds shOUld not be allowed
to ride in street ears and children
with decayed teeth should not be al
lowed to study in schools. he left
with his hearers some idea of how
radical he is in his war on disease.
Had he not had q message of ter
rible Importance, Dr. Wiley's lecture
would no, have been interesting, for
God did not mold him specially for
the lecture platform He has
quaint humor, convincing manner.
and fair personality. but he lacks
the magnetism that the orator must
have 60 sway his hearers, Bui Wiley
did have message and he Crammed
in blunt. epigra matic sentences
that admitted no ylatradiction lie
H.s noe ifiiiilli, ,o4s nGu gie.
and he was not eloquent. At least
he did not trim his sentences with
wordy decorations or tint his Ian
with cogrful phrases He
couched his thoughts in terms CT
plain severity and pitched them head
foremost at the audience, And the
audience listened, applauded some,
and pondered much. II don't mind
a man smoking" the doctor would
say, and after an infinitesiuSal pause,
If he will swallow the smoke. | do
object to- him sIiILing IL at me-" In
an ordinary conversational tone,
much the same as he would use to
discuss the time t.fle. DR.. Wiley de-
clared that he would like 20 be a
grand jury to indict the community
which allowed habies to die. He
would like to be- The prosecutor who
demanded conviction from the petit
jury, and he wanted ,C be the petit
jury to find The community guilty of
in the first degree. That WAS
shocking, of course. but he went on
to say that he would like to be the
Judge 20 prCnruuce the sentence of
death on the criminal community.
and then be th~ sheriff to hang it. /.
There is nOthiua conciliatory about
Wiley. There is nothing tender. 1
nothing sympatartic in his campaign. T.
He is a mcTglusj crusader whose /.
love for those Whom he would pro-
tect has turned INTO uncompromising .
hate for the enemies which menace .
them.
A dental and medical inspection .
for all school children was urged by .
DR.. Wiley, wha also declared that
the health regulations Of n model .
city would prohibit the possibility .
Of contagious disease. "A decayed .
tooth is as catching as the measles, /
md much more dangerous" he de- /
,lared, "and a child should not he al
owed to 20 to a public school in that
DR.. Wiley has entered into com
tetition with the breakfast food con
,erns. He is not favorable to predi-
5ested and preghGwed foods, but sug-
5ests the following: -Four ounces
Of wheat ground IN a coffee mill. Mix
not water until not and thick. Add
4 pinch OF salt and cover in fireless
cooker over night. This will make
Loul u EHbuSll lO4 Il W Iblt
'amily of four, for TWO meals. Sew.
eral local ladies are already plan.
ling to use the formula in the fu
.Cre.
DIR. Wiley, for all his uncompro,
missing severity, is a proud father.
At 6S he is the dad of an S-months.
I'D youngster which is his first born.
He says the lad is the possessor OF
'ix teeth and weighs 2l pounds He
ieemed perfectly willing to talk, for
IN entire evening on the baby. and
went back to his her
'erking at the trusts and the adul-
orators with his verbal mace after
tender mention of The boy.
The lecture was closed with
picture of the speakers ideal. Let
IS pay attention to our greatest ma
ioRal asset. the public health" he
aid, Let us live long and meet
leath way out yonder in the gloam-
ng, where he belongs. Let our con-
ititutions be like the famous one
iorse shay that was so perfect in
very part that when the end came
t all decayed at once. Then death
will be no longer thing to fear, but
right and proper end to our earth
V activities. Then our passing to
hat next world viii be merely eu-
hanasia."