Evening star., 1923-02-12

world settlements which challenge
the statesmanship Of all nations-
settlements which, nevertheless. must
be made before there is even reason
able hope of financial world cooper
alton"
There is a temptation to reiterate
tho warning OF the health ON
Ger of the District of Columbia
as to how to preserve health these
days Of epidemics Of the iu and
pneumonia. The trouble Is that the
people who most need the warning
and the medical counsel are the ones
who least heed it. DR.. Fowler says
that the way to avoid pneumonia
and even colds Is to sleep with bed
room windows wide open. Open
doors doors too, II safe from asursnor. BURGERS,
! as microbes Plenty of raw night
air" 10 what kills microbes, by
strengthening human resistance. Dry,
warm feet. Abundance Of sleep,
plenty Of plain food and abundance
The doctor says Washingtonians do
walk to wosk Keep Mt" That
sums up the whole problem. During
naauanSnia January iSo Wasaingtenians died Of
violated these simple rules Of health.
Keeping fit" enables the system to
countersct attacks of disease germs.
| which easily overcome a person run
ed ffty-nine victims here last week
stoke the furnaces, but open the
windows at night.
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1t may be all right to SAY it with
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but the hospital at Berkeley. Calf
has added another woe to the sor-
rows Of the romantic by ordering
that no patient shall be talked to In
that way. Flowers carry germs. and
germs mean disease and death. First
the germ n-discoverers told US we
must not kiss, then they forbade
shaking or holding hands. now we
OF course, everybody knew that
some flowers carried hay fever
germs, but who ever suspected sweet
violets in February to be loaded
with deadly microbes? To some ro-
mantle youths. the joy of life goes
the Berkely hospital refused to be
, sick another day and left the hos
pital Immediately.
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| What a great thing it would be if
Congress were to adopt for its mem
bers the same rule that is announced
by the Salvation Army. The rule re-
] quires each of the Salvation Army Of
| fieers to produce one new constructive
| idea month. for the good of the
cause. There are members of Congress
| who have not advanced one new CON
structive idea for many months. They
may speak often upon measures intro
duced by others. They can criticize
and find fault, but it is another thing
to find new way to do old things
or new thing that should be done in
a new way. 1t takes an active mind.
unafraid of precedent, to present
new constructive idea.
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This shortage of constructive ideas
is not confined to Congress-; every
business house would profit If It could
establish a similar rule for its en-
ployes. Perhaps the management is
too SNUG to admit that the ofice boy
or janitor could possibly ever have a
new constructive idea. But many a
great business organization offers
monthly prizes to it's employees who
| present. during the month. the best
constructive suggestions. The great
| cash register company of Dayton paid
$40 as prize to the man who sug-
gested that in wrapping a certain
parcel once around with the string
! was all that was necessary. An extra
| length of string was saved. and that
amounted in the course of one year
to many times the $40 prize. Mr.. Edi-
son says that all that a young man
needs to succeed in life is brains
Just a little brains"
y Copyright, 1927