The Washington times., 1914-04-14

away would read il"
Consequent to this impetus comes to
you this much told matter, this oft
repeated story.
True enough, civilization does ge,
torrid sometimes ugon a powder-cart,' -
ara at the worst 1t brings better things
for the multitude. Unluckily, however
1t also brings such baneful afflictions
as tuberculosis. Indeed, tuberculosis
might be said fundamentally to be the
wild oats OF the march of culture nd
crowding. You must. in your daily
rush, rub elbows with Your fellows
OF the strenuous life; You dine in red
dining palaces or nickel-in-the-slot
lunch rooms and eat from the same
table. IL not the same dishes. as your
brothers; you use the same strap
handles in the street cars; you finger
the same money. and II you, by the
denominations Of fate. receive less food
less breathing space and fewer car
rides than others. you are all the more
susceptible to the direful bacill
Vltiated atmosphefes, a lowered
snount OF nutriment, dark and dingy
dv elling places, as well as unwhole-
some or ill-preseryed victuals, tend to
berculosis infection. Verify, then, since
a Pandora's box Of defects predisposes
the guilible tissues to ali invasion OF
this ailment, the same person will seek
10 solve the problem of infection ~
clapping on the lid of preventive meas
ures. fs the letter, verse or chapter,
efforts must be directed toward the
extension of impeditive procedures and
conservative processes.
In other words. the aggregation OF
zs%s
calls for the wide dissemination of
knowledge about methods Of preventing
the origin of tuberculosis, rather than
its cure. True enough, all the machin-
cry put into action to hinder the deyel-
opment OF consumption works full tilt
at Limitation of the afflictIon as well
as point blank at its spread to another.
The modus operandi OF the one involves
a benignant effect upon the other; tae
two are closely interviewer aid cannot
be separated.
Like a Mystery.
Comes consumption upon its victim,
like a thief in the night Silently, ike
an Asiatic mystery, 1t insinuates its
tentacles and fanss in the deepest re-
cesses of the lungs or bones. The dwell
er within the gates OF the farmhouse
or castle, or hovel or mansion, may be
struck down with the fine Italian poison
Of the relentless bacillus. 40 man may
eternally defy It. Whether you basked
at the feet Of Gamaliel or blubbered
across the knee Of the Admirable Crich-
ton. whether you are Mecaenas or a
mountebank. the approach of the deadly
bacteria OF tuberculosis, sneezed at you
in a needR spray from the throat of a
distressed sufferer, NAV strike you down
or lay you low with this striking mall
ady.
IL your body is a garden, so much
more needful must you perforce be to
prevent such weeds as the pale, waxy-
white bacillus from taking up its habi
tation there. Dickens said the human
corporation was "a dem'd, damp,
moist, unpleasant" place So much the
more liable is II to become the abiding
place OF disease germs. If all this is
true, II is foolish like Hector in the
field to die" better like a perfumed
Paris, turn and fly"
II. then, to step upon one anothers s
feet. and TO receive in your lungs the
dust from your neighbor's broom. is
treason. to make the most of II is to
build you a garden green away from
the madding crowd. Fare We forth to
good district with carefree birds a-twit-