The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-12

Cape Hatteras.
Miss Stewart was desperately
stricken. but youth and courage
finally pulled her through to slow
returning health.
The case of Miss Stewart
should command attention of every
girl who expecvs to summer at
the ocean beaches. to say nothing
Of men in general.
The wise girl will display her
bathing costume solely on the
sands. for II she wades or plunges
into the water. New York's oil
soaked garbage. which floats
down the middle Atlantic coast.
will not only ruin her costume.
but will require her to wash off
the oily filth with gasoline. Not
only that. but the soles Of the
feet are 30 porous that the dis
ease germs of many types can
get entry through them into the,
system.
DISEASE GERMS PREY.
"Men Of science have already
taken just the deposits from the
feet of ocean bathers. analysed
them. and found vast array Of
disease germs, endangering the
health not only Of bathers but Of
summer colonies along the coast
and of the big populations Of New
York, Philadelphia. Boston. Balti-
more. and all riparian municipal
tiles. At the hearing before q
large committee Of Congress on
. preventive bill. the arraignment
Of New FORKS oil-soaked garbage
was one Of the most terrible ever
presented
DR.. James William Marshall.
vice president Of the Ocean Grove
Camp Meeting Association, said:
''Ths shore peoples everywhere
have held meetings to protest to
this body against further dump
ing At sea Of garbage. Tho in
terests IN the matter are country
wide. A bushel of tho stuff taken
from our shore and sent to New
York was sufficient to convince
the garbage authorities Of its
deadly menace to shore peoples, of
which the largest representation Is
from New York itself. This
garbage Il believed to be the main
cause Of infantils paralysis. to
say nothing of many other dis
eases. infections and epidemics you
have BEEN told Of here.
GARBAGE A PERIL.
People come to the shore for
recreation and Immigration.
When their bathing in tho sea IL
impossible. the recuperative force
Of the American people Is de-
stroyed to . large degree. Not
only that. but our sea food and
game bird supplies along the shore
are destroyed, being made unfit
for human consumption by the
deadly germs Of the garbage can.
Our former 100000 barrels Of
mackerel for sailing alone were re-
duced to a paltry $4,000 barrels
last season." Lewis T. Stevens. Of
Cape May. N. j.. stated.
I'VE in our seaside resort have
been bothered for several seasons
with the deposits floating upon
our beach strand and coming In
contract with thousands of bath
ers and causing them to have their
bathing clothes ruined by the con-
tact. At times It has driven
many from our beach, which has
thereby lost many. visitors while
the hotels have suffered a loss of
trade"
A "NATIONAL CALAMITY"
The reports of forty beach and
riparian municipal mayors are in
the. same strain. alleging loss of
bathers' clothes. Of home people
and visitors. While oil waste from
oil burning vessels 10 attacked
equally with garbage, another
and more serious indictment is
formed. 1t is shown that when
garbage is cast overheard at sea
Y soon becomes encased in oil
waste, so that the dormant disease
germs in the garbage have their
temperature raised TO immediate
and continuous breeding.
The combination is hence spolt-
on OF as a national calamity"
imperiling the health OF vast
coast populations and all the visi-
tors who go to the coast in sum-
mer. The biologist Of the New