Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-10-29
ORAL HYGIENE IS
HEALTH PRESEAVE3
tONGltEsS or FARM WOMEN
HEARS DENTIST TALK ON
CARE OF MOUTH.
CHILDREN TO Be TAUGHT
Education In This Line l. Being
Spread Throughout the Agricul-
tural Regions.

In an interesting lecture on "Orul
Hygiene" yesterday before the Inter
national Congress of Farm Women,
G, e, Allen, dean Of the Kansas CITY
Dental college and editor Of the West
ern Dental journal, said In part.
you are here in answer to the pro-
gresslye movement of the times; you
are here to give consideration to the
fundamental supporting business Of
all civilization; you are here for the
purpose Of increasing the carth'a
yield and bcttering it according TO sci.
entific rules evolved by intelligent
comparison Of ideas All things that
make for progress are founded necos-
sarily upon the production of the
earth and agriculture. and its con-
comitant stock raising is the most inn
portlnt industry of man. Without it
We would never have emerged from
sayagery; we would have been with
out order, without government, with
out conveniences or Injuries and
would have been montally stoGnant
without literature, without laws, with
out science, without philosophy and
devoid of religion.
by means Of agriculture as a foun-
dation, all orderly achievements Of
man have been possible. But until q
few years ago, agriculture, descend
ing as it has from primal times, was
taken as "a matter of course, accept
ed as the sunshine and the flowing
water a thing taken stupidly and
without appreciation, as natural
fact; a thing Incapable Of improve
ment and in which no Improvement
was desired. The world was not
crowded and the better parts Of the
earth yielded IN sufficient bounty
without protest But there came an
awakening, slow as foggy dawn,
and men began to think that perhaps
there might come a time when it
would be more than necessary to sim
ply scramble the earth for corn TO
feed its increasing millions. The
gloomy Nautilus, whether You endorse
his philosophy or not, was among the
first to draw the attention of men TO
this outlook. But men have grown
to see that systematic and orderly
thought would bring increased re-
turns from the soil with the same
or "A less amount Of labor and have
dwelt upon their ideas and have
worked upon their theories until ag-
riculture has become an orderly slS-
tematic, interesting ana proll'aole
science instead of necessary h"'
haphazard, laborious' unlnlereSIlIs
and Supplying drudgcry
"Nou, recognizing the truth "i these
statements and being here IN '"hN'h-
tion from all parts of the oarth IN
answer to the call for progress, ana
for the Advancement OF yourselves
and fellow men, are in the frame ana
mood to listen sympathelcoIlS To an
suggestions that have To do Wlth the
welfare Of humanity
But while you have given atl'h-
tion extensively to the improvement
Of methods of handling soil, While you
have studied the find the best cereals
for the best climatic conditions while
you have recognized the importance
Of the new varieties created by such
men as Hugo DE Nries OF Amsterdam
ana our own Burbank Of California,
and while you have created extreme
variations to answer to extreme re
quirements, you have given little con
sideration TO the welfare ol the IN
diyidual himself in his more personal
nature. We have specialized AMI
mails to degree, breeding success
fully for certain predetermined char
acteristics, making our cattle, our
sheep, horses, and all other domestic