Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-26
SMOKING CAR GOSSIP.

| Hrfe - some advice % drum
| meFs. The rest af the world may
disregard u II they Wish,
! am stimulated 20 write il be-
cause OF a letter from retired
drummer, who quit about 10 years
ago because he developed diabetes,
since a diahstie must watch his
h!ll OF fare very closely, and since
a drummer mnst eat what he can
get. obviously travelling u no work
for diabetie.
But food is not the only factor
In a travelling mans life, which ~
on eatehsas .cateh-ean basis
There's bugs and beds. not 10
mention a few others such as
smallpox and milk,
But this story is about water.
Did any Drummer's Probaliye as
ISOLATION or any wholesaler asso-
citation or any large Wholesale con-
Germ ever consider the adyisahility
OF getting out a drummers hand
book, or a series OF regional drum
mern' handbooksg III such "A book
Is now put out or any one onntem-
plates putting one out, want 20
suggest that u contain a few pages
entitled, How 10 BE a Live DRUM
mer', or maybe, "ilow 20 Avoid
Going Home In the Baggage Car"
on ono page OF that book there
might be a statement as TO the
safety OF the water supplies In the
different towns arranged By tho
states. Such "a list would he easy To
get by writing the state health de-
partments.
For instance. In August. 1891. the
Illinois department. published a
statement as TO the public supplies
In that state.
This statement tells us that OF
4bs municipal water supplies 77.5
per cent were good. 1916 per cent
were doubtful, and 10 per cent bad.
The 36 municipalities selling
their people bad water were Avon.
Fulton county: Carlisle, Clinton
county: Carni. White county:
Charleston, Coles county; Chester.
Randolph county. Christopher,
Franklin county: Coroden. Shelby
county; Nallas City. Hancock coun-
~; Fairfield. Wayne county: Free
burg, ST. Clair county. GRANVILLE.
land county; Hillsboro. Montgom-
cry county: Johnson City, William
son county: kinkaid.N Christian
county. Litchheld, Montgomery
county: London Mills, Fulton coun-
~; Louisville. Clay county; Mattoon
Municipal supply, Coles county:
Mount Sterling, Brown county; |
New Athens, st. Clair county: New |
ton, Jasper county: North Chicago, |
Lake county; olney. Riehland coun-
ty: Paris. Edgar county; Mount |
Olive, Macoupin county; Pinckney- |
vile. Perry county; st. Elmo, Fay |
ette county; Toledo, Cumberland |
county; Nandalia, Fayette county; |
Waterloo, Monroe county; Stanton. |
Macoupin county; West Frankfort. |
Franklin county: Whitehall. Greene |
county. and liegler, in Frankfurt.
Published reports, such as the one |
quoted, are seldom up TO the min
ute, at least, at the time they come |
to be used. Therefore, it is wise in /
writing to a state health depart
ment for such a report to ask them
to note any changes in the charac-
ter of the water supplies made sub
sequent to the date of the inspec-
lions on which the report is based.
1t might also be well to ask both
the state and the United States pub
lie health service for a report on
the typhoid rates of the various
places.
II drummer must stop at some
hotels where there is a private wa
ter supply, he will lessen the hazard
IL he will drink no water except
that which has been heated. The
statements of proprietors as to the