The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-06-15
MAR NEVER ENDS
Mankind Dare Not for a Moment
"let Up" on Germs.
Jaairation Advances, but The Ingenious
Mlefobe Invariably Bobs Up
in Another Way.

If you studied arithmetic from one
Il those old-fashioned textbooks, you
sill remember the famous hunter who
pursued the rabbit and gained during
successive equal periods of time one
lalf the distance that separated hin
.rom the rabbit. IL you later de
'eloued a taste for allegGry, ii prob
ibly occurred TO you that this unend-
NJ pursuit was appropriately sym
polio of humanity, III pursuit of its
deals. The goal is reached.
ven though constant progress is
recorded.
There Ia, for instance, mans
struggle 10 subdue his environment to
ais own ends. The beasts Of the field
are no longer & general Inen .ce,
savage tribes are largely s'.JdYed;
men are endeavoring To- 20 prevent
armed clashes between civilized ma
iunS. But the enemies of rIankiId
lre u~nwearying IN theiT attacks upon
Kim. If the birds. for example, should
.or some reason Il for a season To
perform their mission of destroying
insects. il is STATED Ny some scientists.
nan would give over the planer to the
:hodsand-and-one tjrleties OF insects
hat war against him.
There are some individuals in this
world who take this struggle seriously
some who rake Ii more seriously
sad some who take II most seriously.
you have met, perhaps, some OF the
bird class. These use Chsir napkins
% wipe the silver at a social dinner
able, spread newspapers over the
Jarlor car seats and hold their hand
tide in the subway. They are those
who fear that some germ VIII get 'eIn
vet.
The germ peril and It's avoidance lis
one of tire triumphs Of modern
thought. 1t has developed into a
science. called sanitation. Through its
sndings many old friends have mel
1~isfavor. Yet. as Ne studr its dicta,
many old and close friends seef1
doomed to destruction and the pursuit
health and happiness, pestered al
by the wolf pack of germs. be-
comes longer and longer md more
and more perilous.
The public drinking ctlp, thc public
the public brush ana comb. dear
IT, our grandparents. are aaomed by
the sanitation expert. The Individual
fowl, fresh from a cabinet,
70 answer his demand. Dut
the mdiyiduaI towel had been ir use
only a short time VIXEN Il was dis
that the ironing that was sup
posed TO sterilize the towel did not
kill the germs that carry boils.
Paper towels were soon thereafter
introduced, and the public was orce
more convinced that the as, word in
had been said. But again
some inquisitive scientists made ar
Investigation and found that the knobs
anC handles which one had to touch
to obyain a paper towel were Crcupied
by millions % germs.
To cope with this situation a cab.
met holder was invented which made
Il Unnecessary for the user to touch
any Sost of a knob or handle in order
to get his towel. Now, mi n says
there Is probably a germ IN the wood
from which the cabinet is made.
There's no rest for the weary. So
far AS any ore knows, thai hunter Is
still pursuing that rabbit and still
gaming on him. He has all IF hui
manity's i~rrepressible optimism. and
far as any inc knows IL will prob
ably tske the ipsentoas microbes only
a year or two 30 hit upon some
method OF rendering any sanitary de-
vice archaic.