The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-18
INCUBATION NOW
STYLISH WAY Of
TREAT|NGD|SEASE
BY MARGARET MASON.
(writtea for the United Press.)

Mathilda has the whooping cough
And John the chicken pox;
This is the season OF the year
That's very fine for Docs.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1s.-No matter If
you are in favor OF the Gary school
system or the common ordinary kind.
there are three things you may be
sure your Riddles are taking at school
this year along with the three "Rs,"
and they're whooping cough, chicken
pox, and measles.
It is only when they have graduated
and taken a masters degree in all
three that you can draw a sigh OF re-
lief and go ahead and invite Cousin
Elizabeth and her children to spend
Merry Xmas in your midst without
the horrible possibility of little Eu-
nice whooping 1t up at the last min
ute or Ralph Thomas breaking out
with q measly rash and breaking up
the party.
When was a child long ago in
Kansas, I had measles and chicken
pox quite free to break out when and
where 1 chose with no interference
from the health department, no quar-
antine. no fumigation, or vaccination
to cause vexation-
Different In New York.
When my heir apparent had measles
about five years ago In New York
city, we were guaranteed for two
weeks with a bold black-typed placard
on the door that did much to onset
the welcome on the mat. He was kept
in a dark room, and when it was all
over we were fumigated so thor
oughIy that even our pet cockroaches
succumbed-
No.. a. hat ,pparapt's smaII sis
ter showed signs and spots of
measly nature last year. she was as
unquarantined. unfumigated and I'M
darkened as in the days OF my youth.
So you see fashion in coping with
contagious diseases change like the
cut OF a coat.
The Swedish masseuse who Is doing
her desperate best to rub away my
divers chins told me when she was
wee girl with measles In Sweden they
took her down to the village smithy
and turned the bellows on her tiny
body which was covered only with
spots at the time. presume that
was their idea of knocking the spots
eff of her. but ! am glad we haven't
gone in for any imported styles OF
measles curing over here.
incubation Now.
The very newest and smartest 1917
model for treating whoOping cough
is the inocuIation method. A shot
Of the serum may not keep the victim
absolutely from whooping II up but
II will shorten and tighten the dura-
ton OF the whoops.
OF course NEGOTIATIONS for typhoid,
anti-toxin for dIphtheria and vaccine
ton for smallpox have been stylish
and much worn for sundry seasons
but innoculation for whooping cough
and for ordinary colds are absolutely
this seasons models. There are three
variations on the ordinary cold in
oculation model that apply respect
lively to Lold In the head and nose,
cold In the chest or cold in the throat.
A dose of all three will undoubtedly
make you cold proof for the rest OF
the season II you don't mind a little
puncture now and then and here and
there.
Anti-Hay Fever Serum.
They even have a system OF inocu-
latinE against hay fever nowadays
that Is not TO be sneezed at. It is
true that you have TO be Experimental
on a month or two before your annual
attack SO that the particular pollen
that causes your brand OF hay fever
can be located and the anti-serum iso-
lated. but It Is certainly worth it in
the long run when you take the fact
by the nose. But to return to our
whooping.
By the time the modern child has
been vaccinated on the leg for small
pox, on the arm for typhoid. and on
the going away portion for whoOpIng
cough, he Is apt TO feel as perforated
as a Swiss cheese or a porous plaster.
The incubation fashion Is truly
holesome to say the least.