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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-07-10
SUMMER DANGERS

Flies-Summer pests; distributors
of filth diseases; agents of untimely
death. Hunt out and clean up ma
nuire piles and other breeding places.
Screen your house and swat the in
truding flies.
Dirty Milk-Poison to babies; kills
hundreds every summer. AS much
milk is dirty, safety demands that
cool place, away from flies and dust.
the home, then keep it in clean,
Summer temperature favors rapid
development of germs in milk.
Dirty Foods-Dust-covered and fly
fouled foods are dangerous. Buy
fOodstuffs from groceries and markets
that protect their stocks from dust
and flies.
Fruits and vegetables which are to
be eaten uncooked should be thor
oughly washed Vegetables are usu-
ally grown in fortified soil, and
therefore are quite likely to harbor
serious contaminations. Both fruits
and vegetables are subject to unclean
handling and are commonly exposed
for sale without protection agains;
dust or fly contamination.
Dirty Ice Cream is big fact
in summer diseases" Clean ice
cream is a good food, but clean ice
cream is the exception rather than
the rule. You can't exercise too
much care in buying ice cream
find out where it comes from and
then learn the sanitary status of the
factory where made. Caution the
children against hokey-pokey ice
cream. .Iklst] q IN
street Soda Fountains are always
dangerous because they can't be kent
clean. With every drink you con
sumo street filth.
Ice Water taken in excessive uuan.
titles is an American weakness and
a bad one. Water can be cooled
without putting ice into it. Put the
water in a clean bottle and stand it
upon ice Pure water is not uncom
monty contaminated with impure ice.
Ice which is permitted to be sold
for cooling purposes only" should
never be brought into contact with
food or drinks.
Impure Water-A drinking supply
derived from shallow dug we'll
which is located near an clubhouse.
barn or open drain is always dan,
gerous' This is one of the health
of an outing in country dis.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-07-10

tricts as also is supply derived
age or other filth is deposited To
be safe, boil the water when away
from home.
Bathing in Polluted Water is
dangerous practice. The presence of
sewer outfall nearby is sufficient
to condemn any bathing beach.
Rivers near populous centers usual
ly are little more than open sewers.
Resort lakes are commonly made a
dumping ground for sewerage and
wastes The danger of bathing in
such waters is the likelihood of swal-
lowing some of this filth.
Food Wastes - Garbage requires
special attention during the summer
months. 1t must be kept in tightly
closed metal containers, sprayed daily
with a formaldehyd solution and re-
moved frequently. The Fly Line
brings your dining table in close
touch with your garbage can.
Animal Wastes-Manure is one of
our cltys greatest nuisances; it is
this waste that is chiefly responsible
for the unsightly and insanitary con-
dition of Chicago's alleys; it is the
breeding place of most of our flies
and, therefore, the source of much
OF our summer trouble. Stable
wastes should be kept in tightly
closed containers and removed every
three days.
Decomposing Matter of any de-
scrlption may be the breeding place
of flies and disease.
Keep Clean--That' the way tn
avoid summer diseases of
the Chicago School of Sanitary In
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-07-10
He Laughed Till He Died

Taylorsburg. Ohio-Abe Skinner, the
village pessimist, laughed himself t.
death from reading BIFF, the Nation
al Magazine of Fun which is maxim.
greater strides than any other maya
zine before the American public today.
1t is a magazine that will keep the
whole family in good humor. The
starr OF Biff contains artists, carica-
turists, and writers who rank anon
the best IN the country. 1t is highly
Illustrated and printed in colors. 1t
will keep the whole family cheerful
the year round. You can afford to
spend $1.OO a year to do this. Send
this clipping and FIFTY CENTS toda
to the Publishers of Biff, Dayton. Ohio
for one years subscription. The regu.
lar price is 81 90 and We are making
this SPECIAL OFFER to get acquaint.
eu. adv. Jy3-24
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-07-10
SEEING AMERICA FIRST
(Minna Irving, in LesIie's)

A tour to far-off foreign lands
Across the deep blue sea,
With moldy ruins on the side,
Does not appeal to me.
The haunted Rhine can roll away
By castled wood and hill,
For me the purple Palisades
And Hudson fill the bill.
The Sphinx and Pyramids are great
And very ancient too,
But Arizona's cliffs, bet,
Were old when they were new.
The poets rave of Italy,
To sunny summer wed,
But Florida, tho u S. A.,
Is several laps ahead.
Folks ramble up the Matterhorn,
And boast from time to time.
But Mt. McKinley's stormy peak
Is just as hard to climb.
The Pompeiian Coliseum
May make your pulses beat,
But have you ever gazed upon
A field of Kansas wheat?
From Maine to California,
From Nome to New Orleans,
America is full of grand,
Inspiring sights and scenes.
Some day perhaps I'll pack my grip,
In other lands to roam,
But not until first have seen
Gods country here at home.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-07-10
allied diarrheal diseases being

These are the filth diseases; they
are our predominating summer dis
eases, the chief factors in the need
less destruction of human life dur
ing the heated term in this quarter.
Believing that ''forewarned is
fOrearmed," We take occasion at this
time to call the attention of our
citizens to some of the more COM
mon dangers with which we are
likely to be confronted during the
next few months, hoping that some
may profit by these words of warn
ing and advice.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-07-10

From May to November the great
est menace to health and life Is
DIRT. Summer heat and dirt make
a deadly combination.
Consider the tens of thousands O
lives which are needlessly sacrificed
in this country every summer
through dirty food and dirty water
the typhoid deaths and the awil
slaughter of infant life from the
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-07-10

Ignorance about venereal disease
is responsible Tor large part OF the
misery which they infli t Upon ma.
kind" 1.-THE dread lest ledge
should increase vice is not Well
founded That is not the effect of
knowledge in any moral .ield
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-07-10
MENACE TO MORALS

Physicalinjuries to school children
through unsanitary surroundings are
worse menace to morals and edu-
cation than the saloons.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-07-10

No man as member of society is
morally free to live unhygienically or
to acquire disease through lack of
personal care.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-07-10
Democrats to Have New Paper

It was learned yesterday on the
best OF authority that within two
weeks a Democratic newspaper will be
established in Boise and regularly
thereafter, published once a week in
this city. Reports are to the effect
that Fred FlOed, former editor of the
Citizen, a weekly newspaper publish
ed here for years, will edit the new
publication. Mr. Floed is we'll known
locally as a writer During Cover
nor Hawley's administration he was
his private secretary. There is said
to be strong financial backing on the
part of local Democrats behind the
paper.-Capital News,
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-17
By MRS. STANLEY FRENCH e

an my poor husband were the keeper
for Mr. Stewart what was"
He felt bewildered. and was about tc
ask question when a familiar voice sci
his heart 70 beating fast.
"Nurse dear. Nursle dear" cried the
voice in the little living room beyond
where are your"
MY grille" cried the old woman, and
the next moment Maisie stood in the
doorway, radiant and smiling At sight
OF her lover her eyes grew big with
wonder, and rushing forward she took
his hands in hers.
Cleared Up.
"Dick, my darling" she cried You
here? What has happened? An acct
dent? Oh, nursie dear!" and she turned
10 kiss the old woman, what is It?
This Is Lord Wyeth. the gentleman !
am going to marry, Dick. do tell met
But 1t was quite a long time before
the whole state OF affairs could be
cleared up. and Lord wyeth hardly
knew whether to curse himself as an un-
mitigated prig, a blundering idiot, OF
congratulate himself as the luckiest man
in the whole world, as slowly the truth
reached him.
This Is my old nurse, Dick" ex-
planned Maisie. when my mother died
she brought me up; and when my
father committed suicide. she was all
the world TO me-"
Dear old nurse" she cried, "she has
been as good as mother TO me. The
only mother I have ever known, in fact
for my mother died when I was quite
tiny She has always called me her
girl you SEQ. Now" and she smiled
at him happily. but bending he kissed
her.
Now my mother VIII be yours, too
he said softly.
DO you think she Will like me. Dick2''
she asked.
Like you" he cried. LAS II anyone
could help loving you. darling"
His words proved true, for now Lady
Wyeth speaks proudly Of my daughter,
Dicks wife"
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-17
A PugiIistic rotector
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX,


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who disputed with me, saying that such
a man Is manly and to be admired, and
would protect me through nfe l hold
that such a man Is uncouth and low
and common. and I would Ike TO know
whether you would advise breaking the
engagement or not"
The best husband 7 ever knew was a
man who. on one occasion. got into a
serious fight in a crowd bacausa sor,,a
one showed him This is NOT told with
the intention Of Drovinp thar the p,lgl-
IIstic man the one who carries chin
on his shoulder is the one with the
mskings of trs hest husband IN him
tell II rather for the nurnose of as
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-17
To Put On Flesh
And Increase Weight
A Physician s Advice.

Most thin people eat from four to
six pounds Of good. solid fat-mak-
! ing food every day and still do not
increase In weight one ounce, while
on the other hand many Of the
plump. chunky folks eat very light
ly and keep gaining all the time. It's
all bosh 10 say that this is the ma
ture Of the individual. II isn't Ma
ture's way at all.
Thin folks stay thin because their
powers OF assimilation are defective.
! They Just absorb enough Of the food
they eat to maintain IRE and a SEM
blance OF health and strength STUFF
fling won't help them. A dozen meals
a day won't make them gain a single
stay there pound All the fat
producing elements OF their food Just
stay in the intestines until they pass
from the body as waste. What such
people need is something that will
prepare these fatty food elements so
that their blood can absorb them and
deposit them all about the body
something too, that will multiply
their red blood corpuscles and in
crease their blood's carrying power.
For such condition l always rec
ommend eating a Sargol tablet with
every meal. Sargol is not, as some
scientific com bination Of six Of the
most effective and powerful flesh
building elements known to chemis-
try, II is absolutely harmless. yet
wonderfully effective. and a single
tablet eaten with each meal OFTEN has
the, effect Of increasing the weight OF
thin man or woman from three to
I'VE pounds a week. Sargol is sold
by Jacobs Pharmacy and other good
druggists everywhere on a positive
arantee Of weight increase or mon
ey back.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-17
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% HEX ClF\L Short Story Complete

saucily-and he held out his hands.
You dear" she said. Are you going
to drive me on to the FrIv?"
IF I may" he cried eagerly, and
Simmons turned discreetly.
Don't ruffe my hair" she said
There won't be time to do it again be-
fore go on. I've got two songs at, the
Friv. Did it go well tonight. dear?"
Il should think So" he returned en-
Enthusiastically. Never better"
She threw him a quick upward
glance full Of smiles.
I'm so glad she said. 81 love that
song. It's so real feel exactly like
the little cocltney when I'm singing it"
Hurrying out, he helped her into the
car that waited, gave the order to the
chauffeur. and she leaned back with a
sigh Of content against his shoulder.
Darling" he said. Il wish you'd mar
ry me at once and give 1t up You
know, I've told my people and they are
quite all right about it, Even the ma
ter has given in as nicely as possible,
and directly they return to England they
want to meet you"
4 little flush crept over her face.
Il shall love your mother. I'm sure, "
she said. It's very nice of them, Dick
Not many old families such as yours
would have been willing for you to
marry a music hail singer and make no
fuss about it..
Lord Wyeth colored slightly under
cover Of the darkness. In reality his
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-17

large city where we are crowded and
pushed and showed untu all dignity and
Individuality are crowded and showed
out Of US.
"As a man thinketh. 50 he Is" and
this makes a pugiIist Of every man,
and the longing occasionally 10 be one.
Of every woman, for every self-respect-
ing man and woman. with a backbone
and a regard for his or her rights, as
well as for the rights II others, occa-
sicnsly .ougs TO take a punch at some
one whose manner IS insulting or who
= K WITH sharp elbow. or jabs with
az Hr Hrala
Sa.f-Iospcct has saved the skin of
many am 0fSarder and unfortunately,
a.9 skin Is saved 80 often by those who
refGr= Co be mixed up In q brawl that
he grows more and more offensive and
doe not know when he has passed tha
div#ing line between his rights and thu
rights Of others until some quick-tem-
perod Individual like Lillian Mays lover
shows him.
We are all so many children with our
text books before US. The conductor
needs to learn that a gracious manner
will do more than one that is offensive.
and that firmness Is not the twin Of
rudeness.
Limitations.
The quick-tempered lover has neglect
ed the lesson on self control The blow
is a poor argument. The man who
pushes his way through life with his
fists never gets very far with his brains.
And even Lillian May. a shy, dfgnl-
fed little maid with a commendable
shrinking from publicity. is among those
who. having left their school days be-
hind them. are taking in the painful
school Of experience a postgraduate
course.
She Is too quick to condemn too
harsh to a man whose saving grace is
his love for her; she is too uncharitable.
She has yet to learn that the way to
make a man better is to think he Is
better than he is. No man was ever
made honest by being called thief.
To tell this man he is Tow. uncouth
and common" will lose Lillian May a
lover, and make him what she describes
him.
/ hope she viii tell him that she
doesn't like his display Of temper. He
needs a reprimand, but he is not guilty
OF a crime.
If the messenger OF love has a saucy,
independent manner, and is quick to
take offense, and resent IT, It should be
remembered in his favor that the inn
petuous heart is often the warmest.
Quick to fight for himself, he would be
on 10 ha hn
There is dividing line between ruff
fianism and chivalry. and Time. which
so soon cools the blood, will teach him
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-17

family had been averse to the mar
riage when he first broacned the sub
ject. A good deal of strong talk had
been INDUCED in on both sides, and ii
was only when they saw that his mind
was absolutely made up on the matter
that the Wyeth family decided to make
the best Of it and to take the more dig
nitied course. His mother had perhaps
taken the longest to give in.
His Letter.
AS he remembered his mothers ques-
tions, he turned to his fiancee and asked
her if her own mother were alive.
There was a moments hesitation be
fore she spoke.
No she said softly; my mother
died when l was a little girl"
Lord Wyeth drove back to his cham
bers. trifle discounted.
There he found a letter from his
mother awaiting him Among other
matters she mentioned his last letter in
which he had spoken Of his engagement
TO Maisie.
II shall be very glad to meet your
fiancee next week. when / am in town"
she wrote. Perhaps you will let me
know II she is free to accept invitations
to dinner. l never quite know what 10
do with that sort of people. What
about her friends, too? Win it not be
wise to get to know her own people ?
[ suppose this will be almost necessary
II your marriage is really to take place.
She must have relations Of some sort.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-17
ACKNOWLEDGMENT War Machine

Of the enemy. thus suddenly brought
into plain view while their foes remained
concealed and invisible. The apparatus
can be made TO work without noise.
pie automatic opening OF the parachute
may be caused to set the light-produc.
ing machinery in action.
half dozen aeroplanes furnished
with such parachutes and lowering over
the field where an enemy is suspected
to be maneuvering on a dark night
could, by dropping one light after an
other, produce an Illumination of tho
landscape beneath brighter than that of
full moon, while they themselves
would be concealed in the contrasted
darkness above. A few bombs let fail
into the Illuminated field would produce
CONSERVATION and disorder even if no
direct damage was done.
A Wonderful Agent.
Similarly. a fortified position could bs
protected against a night assault by an
occasional Illuminating parachute, either
fired from a gun or dropped from a
scouting aeroplane. Fixed searchlights
on the fortification would be subject to
oomoardment, being always visible.
while 1t would be practically impossible
to hit falling and swaying parachute.
The advocates OF universal peace may
find their account in this invention, too
for It is another OF the things which
VIII render war less desirable by max
ing 1t more difficult and costly to con-
duct.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-17
THE LANE OF LIFE
Bv WILLIAM KIRK
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.

\ BABYHOOD Of walling,
~ OF every infant ailing;
OF safety pins
And blinking grins
And squawking unavailing.
A childhood full Of playing,
A time of barefoot Maying,
A mother there
To watch and care
And keep your feet from straying
A youth Of passion burning,
All sager counsel Spurning;
a journey feet
Along the street
That knows Of none returning.
ola age, with iIlu coping.
Old age. no Longer hoping
DL. fre-iHr breath
From artH.tu death
and IL fter that tla cropping
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-17
TbeEthics of the
Love Game
Bv DOROTHY DIX.

0HfANTIC people-what the old
fashioned novels called men and
IN women Of sentiment-cannot but
bs shocked and Mortified at the num-
t.- Of breach Of promise suits that oc-
,-7v the attention of the courts
The lady. whose lover proves faith
Iszs no longer dies Of a broken heart
srs. assesses the blight Of her young af-
,sc.fan at so much in good hard cash.
and proceeds to try to collect 1t. Nor
does she tie up her old love letters with
8 male blue ribbon and weep over them
IN secret She gathers up the warmest
n, them and they become Exhibit in
her suit for damages.
This IS bad enough, heaven knows,
hut II is not the worst. There are
70 be found men who are so abso-
g,tsly lacking to all sense of gal
lantry and chivalry, and even plain
decency, that they sue women for
breach OF promise, and we have had
more than one case OF late in which
a flche lady has been asked to pay in
money for her change of heart.
In all OF these cases the aggrieved
marty has not hesitated to repeat every
tender thing that was said, to reveal
the most sacred condolences, 10 make
nublic the messages that were intended
10 20 Just from heart to heart, and
that should have been as inviolate as
ANYTHING told in the confessional, and
10 hold up the party of the other part
the once beloved and adored he or
sbe-for the jeers and fleers of a ribald
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-17
CGD RAVO! Bravo! Encore! En-
u core!"

"B CO. cors% y Draw. -'"S'' 9 -''
The crowded house resounded
with the cries. and Lord Wyeth, seated
in his box near the stage, leaned for
ward little to catch a better glimpse
of the people. Tier upon tier. a sea Of
faces, a sea Of hands. and all this ap-
plause meant for one little woman whose
singing had pleased them. AS she
moved forward again from the wings
the house rocked itself in very madness,
cries redoubled in energy, the gallery
was upon its feet, and as Maisie Mac
donald moved nearer the footlights she
was greeted with cries Of Our Maisie,
God bless her!" till at a tiny gesture Of
her hand the house subslded to silence,
and with little nod toward the leader
Of the orchestra Maisie Macdonald, mu-
sic hall favorite, sang over again her
latest success.
1t was a simple little Cockney song,
setting forth the attractions of a laun-
dress down the Kent road way who had
lovers galore, but who refused them all,
much TO the bewilderment Of each one
who failed to know why =
Lizzie the laundry girl
WV her golden air in curl
should refuse all and sundry, The so
luton came in the last verse, when Liz
zie informed her latest lover that she
had an old mother, and that she was
lust her girl, her girl"
Her girl-her girl.
Wiv her golden air in curl;
Jes' the same old muvver,
Never wantin' anuvver,
For Am her girl"
Encore ore ore orei" rang out the
.ry, and dropping a demure little cour-
esy-winking her eye at the audience
she whisked away, and Lord Wyeth
ook down his coat anu hat. opened
he door of the box and turned to go,
oping that he might be allowed 10
i've Maisie on TO her next house. as
had often done before.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-17
he Meeting.

Her dresser met him at the door Of
nv E room with q smile.
Miss Macdonald is changing. sir" she
Id she asked me to tell you to wait
r. ticks and she would be ready"
lie smiled back and pressed coin in
ar hand.
Did she get ny roses. simmons"
= asked But before simmons could
p. ,wer the lgor opened suddenly, Wis
d. envelopeG u tusso.. .. ak
Iauced out-eyes al.gAt. C.r.s Uv0L.Hs
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-17
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Copydzht 1913. Int.rn.tioo,l NSv. s.rv4o.

n ONE are the Spring and Summer; yet behold
The radiant woods supreme in red and gold
- And russet colors; and the wind harp plays
A louder song than in the April days.
Our lives need not be colorless sober
Because OF Autumn. Emulate October
Who will not let the aging years grow dull,
But keeps it's love by being beautiful