The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-19
HUMAN VITALITY
BECOMING LOWER
DIR. Kress Declares Tobacco
Must Go the Way
Of Drink
LECTURER SPEAKS
AT CAMP MEETING
Adventists Visiting Homes in Town and
Surrounding Country, Using Auto
mobiles from Camp Grounds - Sta
tistics of Publications

tistics of Publications.
Yesterdays steady downpour of rain
did not prevent the meetings from be
ing held at the Seventh Day Adventist
camp. The meeting tent being water
proof made it possible to carry out the
program of the day.
One of the leading speakers was L.
w. Graham, manager of the circulating
department of the Review and Herald
Publishing association of Washington,
d. c. Mr.. Graham brought out the
interesting fact that one in every five
of Seventh Day Adventists was SUI
scriber to the Review and Herald,
which is the church organ of the de-
nomination. He believed that no 9th
er denomination had made such rec
ord with its leading organ. He also
stated that the Northern New England
conference was well ahead on its quota
of subscribers.
Another leading speaker was V. 0.
Punches of South Lancaster, Mass,
secretary of the home missionary de-
partment. At present he is working in
the interest of the harvest ingather-
ing work and for this purpose spe-
cial copy of the Waterman magazine
has been provided Over million
copies of the magazine are to be used
this fall. 1t will be given away, while
| funds will be solicited for the mission
| airy work. Last year similar cam
paign brought in 100000 to the de-
nomination. This year the goal is set
for $1,000
| A book store has been opened on the
grounds under the management of II.
| B. Tucker of Concord, n. H. Almost a
complete set of UNCONVENTIONAL liter
| allure is seen at the store. Altogether
! Mr. Tucker has planned to sell $4,000
worth of books to the campers. Be-
| tween 1000 and 5000 books are now
on hand as well as a large assortment
| of Bibles.
! The dining room has proved to be a
very popular corner of the camp
grounds, and about a thousand meals
agesserved there every day.. The people
| hne up IN single file, take a tray, plate,
| knife and fork and spoons. then walk
along to counter that is well supplied
with hot foods of various kinds Con-
tinuing the walk they come to coun-
ter of cold food and deserts at the end
all of which is checked up by young
lady seated upon a bench high enough
to see the trays before they reach her
A little ticket is then thrown on the
tray and the diner passes on to the
table. A corps of workers keep the
counters well supplied, while competent
cooks in the background make con.
slant supply of well cooked foods
Through this cafateria system several
hundred people can be served in much
less than an hour.
The lecture last night was by DR.. d
II. Kress of Washington, D. C. The
doctor. who is world wide lecturer
said in part: CAT the present rate OF
degeneracy this earth would in time
depopulate itself without war or vi
olence. There has been a rapid increas,
in the mortality from degenerative dis
eases the past half century. Few now
reach the age of 100 years. Old age
is now reaching down into middle lif,
and even below it. The vital organs
the heart, the liver and kidneys-wea
out prematurely.
The mortality from pneumonia ha
almost reached that of tuberculosis
and even tuberculosis is again on TIL
increase. Not less than 900 di.
of these two diseases annually. Deaths
from cancer are rapidly increasing In
sanity and idiocy are increasing. AL
ready there are as many confined with
in asylums as we have young men ant
women in our colleges and universities
We find it difficult to build institution
fast enough to accommodate the grea
army of brain degeRerates that ar
without.
Some startling revelations have beer
made by the examining boards sine
the United States entered war. Ii
these examinations it was found that 6
per cent of the volunteers for the arm,
end navy had to be rejected because 0
physical unftness. 1t is. claimed tina
60 per cent of the men between 81 an,
40 years would be found unfit for tn
army if a reasonable standard shoul
/. be maintained. 1t is said that 5000
900 young men between 81 and 3
, could not reach the standard becaus
Of physical unftness. This certainl
is poor showing.
A degenerative tree can produce onl
4, degenerate fruit and in time will ceas
/ to bear 1t is not surprising that W
j., have an infant mortality of 100000 ar
l nually and declining birth rate.
France during the, six mouths preeeed
ing the war there were 24,S00 nor
deaths than births, This means Franc
was being depopulated at the rate q
:. nearly $4,000 annually without wa
In the year 1916 the total number {
deaths in France among civilian pop
lation was 100000. The births nun
bered only $4,000. This shows n,
loss for the year of 78S,000. France
committing suicide.
Never has there been greater
I mand for hospitals, doctors, and nurs
than now. Chronic and organic di
eases are yearly becoming more cor
mon. The vitality of the human RAJ
has reached a very low point. Shou
another epidemic disease make its a
pearance the mortality probably wou
exceed that of last year.
We have been careful in our effor