The sun., 1919-10-26
WARMING BRANDS 4ANDSEIA<ING AS DEAD

back Of ones head while at church
or the theatre, comes under the head
ing of direct contact.
| Those who with adherence have
seen drivers of bakery wagons deliver
bread at grocery stores. paving and
clutching the loaves with their vile
hands, washed perhaps twice a day
recognize one of "the paths Of infec-
ton" opened and maintained in prime
order by that ever busy old reprobate,
Direct Contact.
Some day a nauseated and shudder-
ing cynic will write an article entitled:
Really, is civilized man and /the
dainty wife of his bosom naturally
cfeanly?" Vanity and the manicur-
lists have wrought a little improve
ment in one woefully neglected direc-
ton, and the latter, no matter what
may be said of a few Of them, are de-
serving of more praise than they will
ever receive.
Direct contact cannot be done away
with altogether. but 1t can be reduced
The man at your side, Mr.. Reader or
Mrs. Reader, may be a germ carrier
parading under the banner of health
There are plenty of such human We
hicles of illness and death. Pollution
may be in his breath and an unseen
coffin on his shoulder. Order him to
stand back, IL not in words, then in
manner or looks.
The prepared person, 1t goes with
out saying, like a nation that is SO
wise and so blessed, is ready for the
onsaughts of his enemies, whether
they be germs or animals belonging
to the same species as himself.
Where Man Battles.
Hfs citadel, when germs attack, Is
his stomach. In that arsenal and for
tification he keeps his arms and am
centre his host goes forth to battle
and to die or conquer.
Diet, then, is secondary to no other
measure Of defence against influenza
In it Is strength and all necessary reg
ulatory processes, SO one of the very
able experts in Washington asserts
Taking medicine for the stomach is
overdone in the United States" he
said to the writer.
This man, DR.. Joseph w. Schere-
schewsky, began twenty years ago a
scientific study Of diseases for the ma
tional Government. Moreover" he
added, I'VE Americans eat entirely toe
much concentrated food. Meat, for
example. What we need is more
roughage-cabbage, beets, carrots
turnips and spinach-and more stewed
fruits. Such a diet, with the physical
exercise of walking and fresh air day
} and night, will make the doctoring Of
the stomach unnecessary in most
cases"
The paths of disease" as the sani-
tarians say, are many and by this time
so distinctly marked that they should
be known to everybody. Ordinary
germs have two main highways-the
human nose and mouth. But the
methods they employ. or that are EN-
ployed, of entering the nose and mouth
are almost limitless in number
Germs get into water and milk, into
food. onto towels and napkins, ontt
knives and forks, into cups and tum
blers Likewise into the air. Thes,
elementary facts are we'll understood
but when such a disease as infiuenze
Of the virulent type declares war or
the human race 1t almost seems as il
man pulls down his defences, gets ou
Of his trenches, marches into the oper
and challenges the germs to come OF
: with their artillery and battalions.
And when the battle begins, man
, apparently. has but a single idea He
watches his food or he watches his
drink, or, as With influenza, he covers
: his nose with a strip of gauze, whereas
: he should do all three. Germs, like the