Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-12-03
WAR IN MISSOURI.

We all rush to our newspapers as
soon as they are within reach nova
days to learn about the war in Europe.
We try to understand the position of
the various armies opposing one an
other and to pronounce the names of
the cities that are being bombarded
or destroyed and we wonder what will
be the final outcome of all this strug-
gle.
There was a time when there was a
same sort of war in Missouri, on q
smaller scale, between men in gray
and men in blue, that Is now going on
in Europe Thank God that day is
past and can never return! But there
are other wars being waged within
our boundaries that. will count for
much in the future OF our state, car.
ried on not by armed men seeking
one snother's lives, but by earnest
citizens battling for what they con.
slider their own best interests or the
good Of the commonwealth. Such are
the conflicts between vice and virtue,
between temperance and intemperancs
and between health and disease.
Foremost among the latter, and hav.
ing enlisted on its side host OF the
thoughtful people of our various com.
munities, is the fight against tubercu.
losis or consumption which has been
especially active during the past ten
or fifteen years and which has won
notable victories.
We used to think that II a person
had consumption they might be cured
II they could afford to go and live in
Colorado or New Mexico, but that
there was small chance for recovery
at home. Now we know that the ques-
ton of a cure depends not on the
climate in which one lives but, first
Of all, on recognizing the disease early,
and then on carrying out such methods
Of treatment as can be employed as
well in Missouri as elsewhere. Rest,
open air living and good food are the
trinity that work for the salvation Of
the body and that may put an end to
this dread disease.
To some degree and by q certain
number of people this fight can be
made successfully at home, but with
many this is not practicable. House.
room and domestic arrangements may
forbid. And how, under any circum.
stances, is It possible for the mother
OF a family, perhaps accustomed to do
ing her own work to secure the rest
which is 80 vital an element In the
cure of consumption? Manifestly 1t IL
impossible. No sleeping porch can
DO It. Only leaving home and betak.
Eng herself to some place where she
d free from responsibility and from
the necessity OF working can give her
the chance. Just exactly this Oppor
tunity for rest, for outdoor living and
for properly regulated diet a. well a
wise medical supervision, is Offered
% her In the State Sanator4um fos
Euborculosis At Mount Vernon and NO
where else. Furthermore, Tor those
unable 10 pay tlieir own way the state
and the county provide this care with
eat expense.
In establishing this state Sanator'
Ium It was rkt the purpose Of the leg
aslaturO to furnish a hospital Tor aa-
vanced cons kmptives whom there ID
very little HOPE OF curing. but 20 pro
vide q place 1where early cases might
% sent. witt good prospect Ut hav'
GRg their dsSease arrested and Of b.
ing returne& 10 their homes In o few
MontAs rt4tly improved n nat cured
and hayina learned how TO properly
cure for tEemselyes. This Elan has