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This subject may also be expeditiously
and lucidly spread upon the screen for
the edification of an audience of inter-
ested adults such as any citizens as
ISOLATION or civic welfare club would
call together.
Again, for the most erudite medico
and college professor, with their re-
spective classes Of scientific or profess
sional students. is the same theme of
fered with an astonishing minutiae that
encompasses all of the known data on
the life history of the plague flea and
the tracks of every known variety of
rat that serves it as a carrier
Hence the applicant for the use of
set of slides upon a chosen subject has
but to indicate the kind of audience
for which the lecture Is intended to be
lures that will best fit the occasion.
Under the head of Typhoid" there
are $50 views, and the spectators at
ice slides are exhibited are shown pic
lures of unclean living conditions. how
milk is infected, what the results of
infection are, how water is polluted,
the improper disposal of sewage, and
the role played in the spread of In
lection by the fly. Then. also, are
shown the many methods of prevention
that have worked wherever tried.
These include the proper care of milk.
the prevention of fly breeding.
Eighty pictures tell graphically of
conditions in Alaska. Peculiarly inter
esting are the queer houses with their
ever-present totem poles. their sleds
placed high above the reach OF the
dogs. who destroy the harness. the
skull-marked graveyards and the
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slides there are none more graphic
nor convincing than the hundred views
depicting the various phases and con-
ditions that attend the great white
plague, tuberculosis. This scourge of
America, which is considered prevent
able, is shown in all Of its appalling
magnitude. There are a number of
charts of estimated statistics that are
startling in the forcefulness with
which they are presented. The great
pity of it Is that it Is not possible I'M
der present laws covering vital statis-
tics to know the correct death rate
from this or any other disease.
Only about one-half the total popula-
ton of the United States Is included
in the registration area, many states,
like Texas and New Mexico, having no
laws of vital statistics. As long as
these conditions remain mortality esti-
mates cannot be made with accuracy.
They are at best guesswork. and. of
course. made upon the most conserva-
tive lines.
One Of these slides estimates the
deaths from tuberculosis in the last
four years to have reached $4,000, and
in contrast shows the entire mortality
record of the civil war for both sides,
killed in action and dying from wounds,
in ~ course of it's four years to have
totaled 205,o70 men.
Another slide gives the death rate
of last year from this disease as ap-
proximately 100000. which is greater
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package. 1t was taken from the steam
er Rotterdam. bound for New York"
1t bore Dutch postage stamps, had
evidently been posted in Holland. The
address was to some one in Shanghai
Broadway. Shanghai, which is thor
oughfare not far distant from the Ger
man consulate general. Inside there
was still another address. this one dis
tinctly German. The writer was per-
mitted to cut the strings and see for
himself. The coverings came of and
out fell a great number Of orange-col-
ored booklets, printed in English and
entitled, British Rule in India-Con-
demned by the British Themselves" 1t
bore the imprint. London, 1915" which
is impossible, for it was obviously
printed in Germany. and it contained
what must be pretty complete resume
of everything unkind any Englishman
has ever said about his country's rule
in India. There was one comment of
Lord Corvallis. dated 1898, when, it
appears. the inhabitants Of Bengal were
advancing hastily to a general state of
poverty. But still more interesting. in
the pages of this booklet was tucked
away a leaf1et. 1t was entitled. Brit
ish Rule in India and its author was
named as William Jennings Bryan. still
called Secretary of State of the United
States of America" 1t is considered
obvious that all this was sent to Shang
hal for the purpose of ultimate dis
tribution in India itself
A number of others OF these publications
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bore imprints Of locality Of publication
which, according to the authorities here,
are false. There was a copy Of fash
ion magazine. called Chic Parisienne,
which was apparently published in Paris.
The officials said that this was not true
at all, that the magazine. which had all
the appearance Of an ordinary fashion
publication, was really printed in Ger
many, and also that it was not simply a
magazine showing the latest fashions, but
really a code invoice. conveying 1nforna-
ton from manufacturer to buyer, as
to the nature of a shipment of goods that
was to follow by another steamer This
they knew from other information they
had obtained. The petticoated figure Of
a female form, with skirts shortened in
the latest styles. indicating that the Ger
man fashion-plate artists know something.
at least. of what is going on in the out
side world, with a cryptic number be-
meath. did not, rs it seemed. indicate
merely the number of a pattern or style.
but signified instead the character Of a
shipment Of goods that would come along
later. There have been many curious out
comings Of the war; this may reasonably
be considered one Of the most peculiar.
Il
The effort to distribute German goods
through the mails is extensive. That is
proved by the fact that in all the letter
mall aboard a recent ship only per
cent of the total tonnage was legitimate
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nm as a Teacher of Health and Sanitation

by $4,000 than the whole lis years
death history OF yellow fever in the
United States, beginning back in 1893
In addition to these figures. more
fully to impress upon any spectators
who may see this particular group of
pictures, there is still another chart.
which lists all of the loss through tu-
berculosis at the stupendous figure Of
$2.272,4ss,sss for the year 1918.
Ex-President Roosevelt estimated
that in the United States. where this
scourge is the greatest. there are
twenty-five deaths per hour, 54S every
day and 100000 every year.
The slides. however. do not confine
themselves and their impressive les
sons to the horrors of these various
diseases, but also carry fully as much
of the optimistic side, showing the
means of prevention. care of patients.
alienation of suffering. the cure. with
many groups of patients who have
been cured Of many of these terrible
Affections.
In connection with tuberculosis the
great camp or colony at Fort Stanton.
N. NJ, Is also shown. This is where the
government sends its soldiers and
sailors who are thus afflicted. In the
past year 1928 patients were treated
theFe' anu ioI tneH use anu uehene
large herds Of mich and beef cattle
are maintained, as well as extensive
gardens. The camp covers an area OF
forty square miles
The right and wrong way to muzzle
dogs tells its own message of warning
against hydrophobia.
Plague prevention Is SO extensive
that 1t even includes views OF sections
of dwellings and portions of wharves
and holds Of ships that have been made
ratproof. The trail of the rat is ex-
planned. all of his habits and charac-
teristics, and the methods and extent
of rat determination in various plague
infested cities are displayed as an ex-
ample as we'll as warning.
Proper and improper ways of screen
ing in the mosquito areas, breeding
places for these pests and various
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The Flowers of the Sea.

n IKE the land. the sea has its flow
IL ers. but the most brilliant of the
marine flowers bloom not upon plants
but upon animals. The living corals of
tropical seas present a display of floral
beauty that in richness and vividness
of color and variety and grace of form
rivals the splendor of a garden of
flowers The resemblance to blossoms
is so complete that some persons find it
difficult to believe that the brilliant
display contains no element of plant
life. but Is wholly animal in its organi-
zation.
Among the sea animals that bloom as
If they were plants are included, be-
sides corals, the sea anemone and the
sea cucumber. 1t has been remarked
that the birds and butterflies of the
upper world are replaced by fishes of
curious forms and flashing colors which
dart about among the animal fowers.
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Edible Flowers.

IN some regions of eastern Europe it
u is the custom to mix violets, roses
and lines with sweetmeats in order
to impart a floral tincture to the taste
of fruit. In Turkey sweets are made
of carnations. lilies and lavender.
Floral sandwiches are made in Greece
and Turkey with nasturtiums. most
edible flower that grows in most warm
and temperate climates in profusion.
Sandwiches are also made of pepper
mint finely ground and spread over
thin1y sliced radishes between even
more thinly sliced and buttered bread.
II IS I.u fnnd aIthaunh sonShst
acrid. In the kitchens of China and
Japan flowers are almost as much in
use as are vegetables in the prepare
ton Of rare dishes.
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Oak and Mushroom.

MT Al. GEN. ARTHUR MURRAY said
4V1 at a dinner in San Francisco:
Some people reproach England beS
cause the German army has proved to
be better one than hers. But the
German army had been preparing for
this war for forty years. and the EHg.
lish army had only about forty minutes
to prepare for it.
THE English navy Is all right. II is
superior. far superior. to the German
navy. There. you see, the long and
thorough preparation was on England'a
side.
Long and thorough preparation. short
and shallow observation-disclosures is AL
a question of that"
Gen. Murray shrugged.
when Cod" he said, wants to make
a magnificent oak. he takes a hundred
years, but he only takes an hour or sd
to make a mushroom"
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Politics..

NgENRY FORD has very rarely voted,
III and at dinner in his native Dears
born he once said:
Il have taken. perhaps, less Interest
in politics than l should have done. But
politics has always seemed to me q
confused and quarrelsome business,
When I think of politics I think Of the
political meeting anecdote:
"A candidate at a political meeting
was heckled by fat man. This heckY
ling after awhile got on the nerves Of
another member Of the audience, and nd
roared at the fat man:
Shut up, you ass"
AT this third member of the auA
dience shouted:
"'Oh. you shut up. too! The pair Of
you are asses.
THE candidate on the platform tooA
a sip of water. Then he said:
There seems to be a lot of asses on
hand here tonight; but. gents, for tho
love of Mike, let's hear one at q time.s
Well. you 60 on. them yelled . chap
In the gallery"
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der discussion. it's causes. effects. NOR
tally, economic loss, its elimination
and its prevention.
They bring down, by their clearness
and continuity. to the plane of every
day understanding many facts that
heretofore both the classes, as well as
the masses, have viewed only in the
distance and through the mystifying
whose best efforts to arouse personal
responsibility frequently fall far short
of the desired results.
The views taken of cases and condi-
tions are the painstaking work of ex-
perts of the public health service, gath
cred from all of the many lines of ac-
tivity through which this bureau seeks
to safeguard the public health. Each
the purpose of illustrating a certain
point. In short, each picture is a dis
tinct link in the chain of evidence COL
lected to be used against the elements
that conspire against the good health
of the population.
In many instances these views so
carefully chosen by specialists in each
subject to tell their particular story
pie who see them their first adequate
conception of health problems and the
highly important part each person
must play in aiding in their solution.
are classified. For some. there are more
than hundred views: others in which
investigation for pictures has but re-
Gently begun are few. since it requires
months of work to select and photo
graph just the consecutive bits of In
formation that can be pictured for the
eyes of the public. But it is the plan
of the bureau to enlarge the number
and perfect the slides until each sub
ject may be presented before any type
of audience that may desire to see it
and convey to them the information
they are seeking.
Some of the subjects are now pre-
pared with a scope that is designed to
At the understanding of any audience.
as is true, for example, of the group
Illustrating the bubonic plague.
With the touch of the button may
plague, made to fit the child from the
kindergarten. for it begins with a
photo of tiny tot laboriously picking
a flea from her pet dog, whose patient
submission reflects his love for her.
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methods of draining swamps and dffv5
ing them out are clearly demonstrated
by pictures.
ming with every possible angle from
which the health of cows can BE- de-
termined and bringing the observer
through all methods of milking. bot
thing. shipping. delivering, and then
showing the handling Of 1t In the homo
and the feeding of the children. no one
is left in ignorance OF the vast i'm
portance of learning and following he
sanitary instruction offered free to all
who desire 1t.
Very interesting are the pictured
magnified water organisms. the most
striking of which are those that grow
in polluted water. 1t is hard to realize
that the odd beauty is indicative Of evil.
1t is astonishing to note the degree
of demand for these slides. A days
mail on the desk at the public health
service frequently contains a dozen
requests from remote parts OF tho
country for certain groups of slides.
When they are sent to the applicant
they are accompanied with such litera-
ture as may seem suitable to the sub
ject.
But now the public health service
has under contemplation the prepare
ton of certain prepared lectures for
each subject, which any speaker may
obtain and reel off to the accompani-
ment of the pictures.
To show the widespread interest and
appreciation Of this recent innovation
in government instruction. a ministe 4
recently wrote for a group, as COM
plete as 1t could be made, on leprosy
His reason for wanting this par-
ticular subject lay in the facts that
leprosy was mentioned 80 much in the
Bible and brought to the attention OF
the public so repeatedly that he
thought it time his Bible class and also
his congregation learned something OF
the nature of the disease. He felt that
he could convey this information bet
ter by the use of the slides than in an
unillustrated talk.
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man manufacturer in Leipzig, for in
stance, desires to ship goods to South
either ships direct or sends his stuff
to an agent in Holland. If he takes
the former course he merely mails his
packages in Leipzig addressed to his
customer in South America. He takes
them to the local post office, where the
postmaster sends them to, say, Co
logne. Here the post office makes them
up in bags, bound in entirety for GER
tain destinations. and then they are
turned over to the Dutch mail authori-
ties. with bags bearing a card stating
that contents consist of newspaper"
or samples
The Dutch postal people dump them
into transatlantic ships; it is no bust
ness of theirs what is contained within,
so long as the postage is paid. and UNI
less they are held up by the British au-
thorities, as they now are, the goods
go merrily to their destination. 1t was
only recently that the British began to
search and stop this trade in the first
class post.
There is no telling what quantities Of
goods have already gone through.
Judging by what has been seized in
this short period the total amount must
be enormous. but no more of it, at least
no ships that come within British juris-
diction, will go through and the chances
are that the fraction of Germany's for
eign trade which still remains will be
entirely wiped out.
X X
At the headquarters of the postal
censor's Office there is room of con-
siderable size, bounded on three sides
by shelving, from floor to ceiling. And
on these shelves there is a collection of
German goods, representing only
fraction of what has been seized from
the first-class post. The articles COW
ering the shelves were simply sam
pies" Of goods which the Germans have
endeavored to ship through as sam
pies" The total quantity seized runs
to thousands of pounds. But in this
room alone there is enough merchan-
disc to start a fair-sized department
store. There are chemicals of various
kinds, violin strings by the hundred,
watches. chains, cigarette cases. cigar
lighters, bracelets, metal and bone but
tons, prints, socks, silk and otherwise,
patterns for dresses, illuminated postal
cards, Christmas cards-an inconceiv-
able conglomeration Of goods, some
things of real value, others cheap trash
for the cheapest of markets. There
are goods made up for sale in certain
places-jewelry cases made for a shop
in Havana, or for some great jewel
seller in San Francisco or Mexico City.
The articles Of commerce which have
been seized are mostly destined for
Latin America. There is scarcely
capital that is not Observation-Disclosures
Bogota, Rio. they are all there. AS for
the propaganda literature. it goes
everywhere. always in the language of
the country for which it Ia Intended
Much is sent direct to Washington.
The rubber shipments from Brazil
comprise the most interesting of the
incoming exhibits. The bits of rubber,
each weighing about pound, are sep
arately addressed to a firm in Ham
burg. But this did not appear openly,
for all were packed away in Brazilian
mail bags. simply marked '.nrst-class
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many instances of patients who have
been cured are also given.
Pellagra. with its statistical data, its
distribution and all of the horrors 1t
entails. runs through sixty slides.
Housing and living conditions Of the
rapidly diminishing .tribes of Ameri-
can Indians are shown in half a hun
dred films. and the same number fs
devoted to the diseases Of children.
These are more scientific than popular,
and were designed for the use of
physicians.
Slides on 1eprosy. milk. mouth hy-
giene, parasites and organisms of all
descriptions. including those found in
all kinds OF water. rural schools. small
pox. trachoma. tropical diseases, mis-
cellaneous subjects and the complete
work Of the public health service were
prepared and exhibited to the number
of several hundred at the recent ex-
position They are all classified and
ready for use by the public.
OF all of the exhibits in the lists of
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AN IDEAL FLY HATCHERY.

sealkins on their drying racks. Along
with all of this wonderful display of
typical local coloring, peculiarly
Alaskan, is portrayed the pathetic liv-
ing conditions and the great problems
which the public health service is con-
stantly working 20 solve to lessen dis
ease and suffering in that land.
Similar stories are told by the Views
on malaria. yellow fever plague.
Rocky Mountain spotted fever, all of
which are of especial interest to the
certain sections where these scourges
prevail In the case of the hookworm
no less than ninety views describe the
geographic distribution Of the dis
ease, its economic Importance, the life
history of the parasite, it's invasion of
the human system and the resulting
effects Living conditions and also
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inward voyages, thus bringing the mails
within British jurisdiction and making
search possible. for under Hague conven-
tons. which are still sometimes observed.
letter mail is immune from interference
by a belligerent But when the mail
comes into British port Of its own &C
cord, SO to speak, the British government
can do as II pleases with it. And 80 the
British government is doing, although
Holland is making some protest. to its
own obvious advantage and to the dis
comfiture Of Britain's enemies.
The German schemes for carrying on q
foreign trade through the mails and fog
keeping herself supplied with at least
part OF her needs are most ingenious and
clever. German thoroughness is again
shown in striking fashion and even the
British authorities admire the complete
ness Of what Germany is trying to do,
and probably for that reason take all the
more pleasure in breaking up well-laid
plans.
been seized a considerable portion Of 1t is
literature having to do with German
propaganda Books. pamphlets. news
papers. albums of photographs by the
hundred have been intercepted. The books
are in Spanish for Mexico. Central and
South America, Portuguese for Brazil,
English and. strange to say. German for
the United States. There are books, too,
in Arabic for the Moslem world. The re-
productions Of photographs. which are
really splendid. carry captions in English.
French. Portuguese. Spa ish and German
The topics are innumerable. but the
theme Is naturally always the same,
the righteousness of all that Is Ger
man. There are pamphlets and books.
great, finely bound volumes on the Irish
question written by Irish americans or
folk who pretend to be. the dominant
note of which is, of course. anti-Brit-
ish. Then there are books on the
misrule OF the British in India.
yesterday the writer was invited by
the authorities to visit the office of the
postal censorship. there to see the cap
lures that had been made. One of the
ofhcials picked up a great bundle of pa
pers which had not been opened
Let's see." he said, what's in this
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there are many bags of raw wool ships
ments from the United States-just .
pound or two of wool in each package,
all paying flrst-clasS postage, and all
marked samples" These will never
reach Germany. There has been some
copper found also.
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postage" Without a certain vigilance
on the part of the authorities they
would have gone through to Holland
and thence as a matter of routine to
Germany.
From evidence at hand it also appears
that Germany is short of wool. for
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Are Warned Against Certain
u Lantern Slides
FsThe Governments Scheme