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Now when finds both his hours of work and
those of leisure disturbed by his feeling of unrest he s
on the road that leads to breakdown. lie is over
working nervous system which is in the worst possible
condition to Withstand any strain
What Is the remedy? Automobiles have come to stay
but that does not that are to make ourselves
slaves to them We are bound TO them occasion
but we should all be the better for travelling quite
frequently in some other fashion when possible
One morning man found that his was in need
OF repair SO he had to go to the office by train instead
On the way he had most Interesting chat old
acquaintance whom he had not for months Pre-
Viousy they had been wont travel together morning
and evening AS they parted at the station, the other
remarked This has been treat. Let lis hope that
your car Will break down every day in future"
That same afternoon the man had arranged to 20 for
picnic with his wife! and family to country spot
some hfteen miles away. AS his not available
they had to go by rail- On their had to wait
1or half an hour at the wayside station for the
train 1t was lovely evening and the landscape lay
bathed in the mellow light rich sunset Peace lay
over all the land and the stroed about with mis-
wife and children feastng his eyes on the beauties OF
nature his mind was fmbued with sense of repose
1t had not known for months. Like his acquaintance
of the morning. he began think, that 1t would be
good thing II his car out ofsrepair every day
n great many physicians are agreed that IL auto.
mobiles only broke down frequently our nervous
systems would be frequently saved from undergoing the
experience. -
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dangers of the cloth bag have never beer
brought to the attention Of these women
If you will hold an ordinary -four sack I'D to
the light and see how little protection it af-
lords the contents either from Girt, which
Is only aestheticaly Objectionable, or from
actual dangers in the form Of the invisible
seeds OF disease, you will surely be cured of
this preference
Sometimes clay sizing will be found on
the inside OF the bag. but this coating easily
ruDs Off and, of course, mixes with the -four.
The Housewives League is urging every
hcusekeeper to support cordially this cam.
paign for clean flour. If you want clean,
wholesome -four you must make it personal
matter now, Demand OF your grocer your
favorite brand OF -four put up in sanitary
bags says recent bulletin from the League
DO not allow him to put you off by saying
that he does not carry flour packed in this
manner Make him get it for you Renem-
Der that it costs no more to put up flour in
paper bags than in tho old way, and in no
other way can you make certain that it has
been effectuay protected from the numerous
menaces to heath that it meets at every step
during its journey of hundreds of miles from
the mill to your grocers Shelves"
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surd subject were met with the statement
That the people Of this rough community
were very nsstent on an entertainer Civ
ing exactly what he had been advertised to
give. and that if Mr.. Bangs valued his life
and liberty he would better think of some.
thing to say about "salubrities." Acting on
this advice the humorist prepared the frame.
work of the lecture he has been using ever
since.
AS shining example of a celebrity who
is not salubrity Mr.. Bangs selects Sir Win
ston Spencer Churchill who, as England's
first lord OF the admiralty, is just now SO
much in the public eye. His lordship's cold.
repellent qualities were never displayed to
worse advantage than at the reception which
one hundred distinguished Americans under.
took to tender him one evening at the Wal.
dorf-Astoria in New York. Even the good
cheer radiated by Andrew Carnegie and
other salubrities who composed the recep
ton committee was unable to dispel the
dreary chill which permeated this affair as Il
result Of its titled guests lack OF salubrity> j
Rudyard Kiping is mentioned by Mr.
Bangs as conspicuous example Of the celeb
rifles who are salubrlties, but who rarely get
credit for being so. 1t is only those who
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1t relieves our feelings in much the
same way the safety valve relieves
the steam pressure in a boiler.
Ordinarily Il person swearS only
when under the influence of some
very strong emotion, usually anger.
Anger, II ut all intense, Is such Il
powerful emotion that IL must find
an outlet. We're none possible there
would be great danger of our rage
ending in the bursting Of blood
vessel or in the form OF insanity,
known as II brain storm.
To furnish an outlet for this emo
tion. which might cause serious
trouble IL kept pent UP too long.
scientists agree that there is nothing
better than weeping or the use of a
swear word. BY concentrating the
emotion OH what women speak of as
q good cry" or on few vigorous
cuss words, it's intensity Is quickly
dissiphted. Nerves that are strained
by anger or some other strong emo
ton are relieved by sudden burst
ing into tears or by an explosive ut.
terance just as crnmped muscles urc
by stretching
The particular swear word used to
relieve ones feelings is probably the
result of imitation. Once we have
heard such word used by some one
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know Mr.. Kipling only slightly who call him
brusque and cold. For those whom he has
taken into his friendship he is the most
companionable Of men-a typical salubrity.
Few outside Mr. Kipling's intimate circle
of friends know what crushing blow the
death of his little daughter few years ago
was to the author 1t was n sorrow from
which he has never recovered. and those who
know him best say that this explains why
none of his recent writings have equalled the
high standard Of his earlier work
a. Conan Doyle, the originator OF Sherlock
Holmes, is another celebrity whom close ac-
quantance shows to be a salubrity Of the
first rank.
To Mrs. Henry NJ. Stanley. wife of the fam
Gus explorer. Mr.. Bangs gives a place with
the saubrities for a wonderfully tactful re.
mark she made at reception given in her
honor during visit to America.
May l present Mrs Richard Henry Stod-
}dard. the wife OF our famous poet?" said Mr..
fBangs to Mrs. Stanley
" II shall be delighted to know the woman
who wrote'---. replied Mrs. Stanley quick.
ly. naming novel written by Mrs. Stoddard
before her own literary work was oyershad.
owed by that of her husband
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varying conditions is matter or wide
difference of opinion.
The use Of bichloride of mercury.
long considered the most powerful
germicide available is being discour.
aged because it is SO deadly when
taken internally, as it often is by
mistake. Another objection to IL Is
its inability to mix with soap, serum
ana albuminous matter.
Expert opinion differs widely as to
the bactericidal value of Tornado.
hyde says a recent writer 1.-THE
marked discrepancies in the results
obtained over n long period of years
ny experienced observers have tended
10 raise doubts as to its general ely
ticiency.
Chloride of limo belongs to that
group of disinfectants which act by
oxidation. The other principal rep.
resentatives of this group are per-
-. Copyright, 1911
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Speeding MOTOR CARS SAVE us TIME

one, if 1t were used necessarily with.
out any time for overhauling or re-
pairs. The constantly recurring i'll
terludes in the form of mealtime and
sleep are the breathing spaces which
are the salvation of our nervous
systems. So far from being waste
of time, these breaks are as essen
tial as food itself. 1t is they which
reviyify US, recreate us In fact.
Recreation is not merely a matter
of games or other forms of pleasure;
the essence of 1t is change"
1t is just here that automobiles
have done the damage, by eliminat-
ing many of the changes which for
merly took place ID daily life and
work. The man who once went to
his office by train or electric car,
or better still, on foot, If distance
permitted Of it, now steps into his
car and is whirled straight from his
own door to his place Of business.
The result is that he flies past the
interesting little details of life,
which previously changed the cur
rent Of his thoughts. His mind is
now occupied with thinking OF his
work, if he is not agitated by the
dread Of an accident. which is worse
still. Previously his brain was re-
fresbed by score of diverting in
cidents by the way, friendly discus
sions with his travelling compan.
ions and all the by-play which goes
on in the. stream Of life.
AS man said to his partner.
when chaffed by him for walking
to the office instead of using his
car, "It's all right. You got here
sooner than l did, but you missed a
magnificent dog-fght"
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in 1T Of rage we unconsciously
adopt 1t and soon are using 1t auto
matcally whenever we find ourselves
in 4 similar mental state.
The exact meaning Of the word we
use makes little difference with the
relief its use gives to our feelings.
This is proved by the fact that many
persons employ perfectly innocent
words and find them as useful in
stretching" their overtaxed nerves
as profane expressions.
The habit Of using swear words,
whether mild or otherwise. is due to
the operation OF the laws OF action
and reaction In the field OF the emo
lions. Long experience has shown
that certain words or phrases forcibly
uttered furnish the line of least re-
sistance when orr pent-up feelings
require a speedy outlet.
But, although the use of some ex-
pletive decently and in order may
often be justified, 1t Is something we
should all try to avoid. Thoroughly
well balanced men aud women never
let their nerves become wrought I'D
to pitch where swearing is neces-
sary. They appreciate that no mar.
ter how good scientific reasons
there may be for eXpictiyes their use
Is Il confession Of weakness.
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ly advertised disinfectants are, it is
charged, practically devoid of effect
on germs and wholly so when diluted
as recommended by their manufac-
turers.
TO remedy this situation in New
York State a.bill is to be introduced
at the next session OF the Legislature
to standardize disinfectants and place
their manufacture and sale under
strict official control. The proposed
law will require every disinfectant
made or sold in the State,to bear
label stating its power over germs
as compared with that of pure car
bolic acid. Heavy penalties will be
provided for adultcration. misbrand
ing and other violations of the law.
Physicians are agreed that tho
ideal disinfectnnt should be non
poisonous. But just which substance
is the surest death to germs under
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show the slightest sign of decay.
AS all parents should know, the
temporary or milk teeth are twenty
In number ten upper and ten
lower The fist of them, usually
one on the lower jaw, puts in an
appearance when the child is from
five to seven months old. BY the
end of the third year the last of
the temporary teeth should be in
place.
The first OF the permanent teeth
are not cut until the child is five
or six years old. These, as has
been explained. are the four molars
which are so often mistaken for
the last Of the milk teeth. All the
permanent teeth are in place by the
end of the fifteenth year with the
exception Of the four wisdom teeth,
which are out between the ages Of
seventeen and tWenty-three.
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manganate of potash and hydrogen
peroxide. In the absence of organic
matter all three are efficient disin.
fectants, but when organic matter is
present-a condition which always
obtains in actual practicable eff
cheney disappears.
Aerial disinfection or fumigation
by the production OF sulphur dioxide
either from burning sulphur or from
solution OF suiphuric acid, is still
used III many places, in spite OF the
fact that it has been repeatedly con.
demned by scientific cxperimenters
generally.
DR. George NJ. Sternberg charac.
terizsa the use OF sulphur dioXide as
farce. DR.. Alvah II. Doty says that
at best it can only be employed for
superficial disinfection and should
never be depended upon to pene-
trate."
by the Star Company. Great Britain
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PAPER Bags BEST for FLOUR

tn o You buy your -four In cloth bag or
in a sanitary paper bag? If it is
cloth. it is not sanitary unless it has a
paper lining. ~ /.
The Housewives League. which has been
investigating the matter. reports that thus far
it has been able TO find only one style of pack
age that is sanitary and serviceable, which
does not increase the cost to the consumer,
and this is the rope paper bag.
A cloth bag is not sanitary because it is
made OF n meshed fabric having spaces be-
tween its threads which permit -four to sft
out, and dirt. dust and germs to enter. Unless
it is protected on the inside with paper
dining there is nothing to prevent the en-.
trance OF septic particles.
The cloth bag also permits foul odors, gases
and moisture to contaminate the contents and
otherwise spoil the flour. Paper affords the
protection wanted for uncleansibie food prod.
ucts, and it is for this reason that the league
recommends the rope paper sacks in the hand
ling of flour and kindred products.
number OF dealers say that some women
like the cloth bag because it is useful for other
purposes after the -four has been consumed.
If this preference exists it is only because the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-29
How HEALTH
Is INJURED
by RIDING In
AUTOMOBILES

wTHEN automobiles took the place of horses and
w the world began to move a great deal more
w rapidly in consequence. everybody rejoiced TO
think that we were to have spare time in which
to give minds and bodies recreation After ten
years OF this method of getting about, of
pause to consider to whether any better of
than before in the matter of health and enjoyment
whether in fact we are not rather the worse.
We have certainly had time to spare, but many
of us inclined to think that somewhat like
the who fell the cliff when he climb
down it; he reached the bottom quickly but
not good for much when he got there In the same
way automobile users have discovered that though
their days work is Shortened they usually tired
to take proper advantage of the time they save
Automobiles have enabled many people to get through
more work in given time. But physicians charge
that in doing this they have robbed mankind of one
element which is prime necessity regards health.
That vital requirement is rest, both during work and
after it.
"Rest is not simply question Of inaction or obv-
ion" says Australian physician. "1n order
from breaking down. has interposed many
inevitable Interruptions in the lives in
the shape of hunger and the desire sleep Otherwise
we should all run ourselves to standsti in the
way that the life of an automobile would be short
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Why Many CELEBRITIES Cant Be Called "SALUBRITIES

A CELEBRITY, according to the diction.
~ airy. is a "person of renown or distinc-
q ton" salubrity, according to John
Kendrick Bangs, the we'll known humorist is
a person OF tact, sympathy and kindness
one lof the kind that makes friends on the
Strength OF what they are rather than be-
cause of what they have done. Not all celeb.
rites are saubrities, as Mr.. Bangs makes
clear with numerous examples; but every
salubrity is entitled to rank as celebrity
just because he has the happy faculty of
making, himself beloved by his fellowmen.
The dictionaries define saubrity as mean.
Ing the quality Of wholesomeness. Mr..
Bangs, however, has gone the dictionaries
one better by giving the word an entirely
new twist. Just what salubrity Is, why
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more than they would be if the
truth about them were more gen
orally known. Never mind" thinks
many mother when she discovers
signs of decay in these molars at
won't pay to have dentist look at
them. for they're only temporary
teeth and will soon be she'd" She
does not realize her sad mistake
until years later when Il dentist tells
her that the gaps in her child's
mouth where the siX-year molars
were will never be filled unless b.
artificial teeth.
The siX-year moars ought to re-
ceive the most careful attention from
the moment they begin to push their
way through the gums. On them de-
pend to a large extent the health
and Dermanence OF the other teeth.
dentist should be consulted IL they
fail to make their appearance in the
proper positions, or il they begin to
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many celebrities can't by any stretch of the
imagination be called salubrities, and why
many other celebrities are really salubrities
III spite of the impression they create to the
contrary is all explained by Mr. Bangs in an
amusing and very enlightening lecture which
he calls "Salubrites Have Met"
Mr.. Bangs insists that his discovery of the
word salubrity, which he makes such a useful
addition to our vocabulary, was the result OF
an accident. Years ago lie was giving lee
ture called Celebrities l Have Met" On
arriving in little Western town he was
astonished to find that the local managers OF
the lecture course had misread the title and
had advertised him to speak on "Salubrites
l Have Met
The lecturers protestations that it was
impossible for him to speak on such an abb
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Dr. Rappin. OF the Pasteur Institute, at
Nantes, has just discovered that. far
from being able to kill germs, salt may
itself furnish breeding place for them. In
n cubic centimeter OF the concentrated marsh
brine from which salt is deposited he found
no less than 10000 bacteria.
After the salt is placed in piles, it undergoes
numerous srindings in which hygiene is en-
hrely lost sight of. Thus Dr. Rappin found
that. far from being antiscptic, salt of this
kind. and no doubt that made in other ways.
needs to be put through antiseptic treat
ment.
This could be done by subjecting the salt
10 strong heat in closed vessel or by
washing it with hypochlorite of soda solu-
ton. Unfortunately. such operations are en-
ceedingy difficult to carry out on a large
scale
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SALT Does NOT Kill GERMS

TtHE fact that salt is so useful in keep.
ing meats and other foods from spoil
ing has led to a widespread belief that
1t Is fatal to all microbes. AS a matter of
strict scientific fact however this is serious
mistake
The bacilli which cause tuberculosis. ty-
phus fever and other diseases can be kept in
strong brine for several weeks without suf.
fering any damage. Not only does the salt
fail to kill them, but it even seems to make
them thrive all the better.
If salt were really fatal to microbes our
bodies ought to be practically immune to their
attacks, for every drop of human blood con.
tains considerable percentage OF salt But.
as is well known. this salt does not prevent
microbes of disease from obtaining foothold
in our bodies and multiplying there under
proper conditions.
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THE public is beginning to real
ize that one OF the most serious
humbugs of which it is the vic.
tim is the sale OF disinfectants which
are either entirely worthless or of
very doubtful value. This is mat
ter not only Of dollars and cents, but
of life and death. 1t is believed that
thousands of lives are sacrificed in
the United States every year because
the laws in most States permit the
sale of disinfectants which do not dis
infect.
1t is quite evident that state con
troll of disinfectants is as vital to the
public welfare as enforcement of tho
pure food laws. Yet the law as it
now stands in every State except
Maryland permits the market TO be
flooded with preparations which have
po efficiency whatever in killing dis
lease germs. MANY of the most wide.
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How HOT WATER Makes Deserts

1" HE great deserts OF the earth owe their
existence chiefly to the influence of
- the hot water in the Gulf Stream
Water is one of the bodies in which heat is
the most easily preserved. and consequently
the Gulf Stream. even in high ATTITUDES, still
keeps an enormous quantity OF heat The
masses Of air that rest on these hot waters
are kept at a temperature higher than tho
surrounding temperature and form q veritaD,e
aerial gulf stream above the marine current
But this aerial current is not like the ma.
rine one. arrested by the mass of the contI-
nents 1t continues it's route over Europe,
abandoning in the form of rain, the enormous
masses Of water it contains 1t is these
abundant precipitations which feed the enor-
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nous lakes Of Sweden, Finland and northern
Russia.
On account Of the rotation of the earth the
aerial current turns first to the east then in.
clines toward the south 1t thus constitutes
masses of dry cold air. which make the plains
Of Russia so bleak and wind-swept.
as it draws nearer the equator the current
of dry air is again warmed, but remains at
the same time dry and without vapor It's
direction is then northeast. and as it passes
over Turkestan, Arabia and Africa it produces
the great deserts found there
Thanks to the trade-winds the aerial CIR
rent at last returns to it's starting point the
Gulf Stream. after having, like everything
else, done much good and much harm in ITS
extended journey
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SIN your otherwise beautiful poem there is A verse
which reads:
EVERY moment dies a man,
Every moment is born
ut must be manifest that this true the popula.
ton OF the world would be at standstll In trnth
the rate OF birthls slightly in of death
II would suggest that In the issue OF your poen
You have it read:
ss'Every moment die sa man,
Every moment Lie is born
Strictly speaking, that is not correct The actual
figure is decimal long get it in the line
but believe 116 will be sufficiently for poetry
am etc.. ~
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-FOUR TEETH Which Are TOO OFTEN NEGI, ECTED

T-SOUR teeth which a child cannot afford 10 let be-
r. come so decayed that they have to be pulled are
what are known the sixthyear molars-,wo on
Inc upper and two on the lower jaw The reason why
these teeth should be carefully guarded is thar once
they are gone they be replaced cxccpt with
artificial teeth ~
The four sixth year molars appear when a child is
ABOUT SIX years old and before the temporary teeth have
oesui 10 disappear This fact often leads parents TO
take them for the OF the temporary teeth instead
OF for what they really the OF the permanent
teeth. 49, ~ ~
AS result these four molars are often neglected.
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POETS Have No Use for FOOT RULES

WELL-kNOWN engineer recently took maya.
~ zine writer to task because the latter in an
article on skyscrapers had used so many I'M
technical expressions.
The magazine writer replied to the criticism by
suggesting that the engineer would better absorb the
story which is told OF Lord Tennyson great English
poet anu Adam Babbage and which illustrates the folly
Oh attempting to measure literature with foot rule.
Tennyson once wrote poem called THE Vision of
Sin,' with lines which ran
Every moment dies man,
Every moment one Is born"
Babbage wrote to the poet