Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-02-03
THE COUNTRY HOME
BY MRS. w. H. FELTON,

himself he will repeal the law. It
n lodges. good.by!
These things are all in the opeh
There can be no lodging this timej
1t is yes or no, and unless the law
is repealed as directed by the over'
whelming majority, voted in 1920
also in 1922-the plain people OF
Georgia will understand that politi'
cal promises are like seasoned pie
crust" made to be broken.
When the legislature meets In
June we will "hea1' the music" and
it will be the time to investigate
into the sotcalled "tax investigators.
who could pull into their own
pockets, various sums-one SUM
known to be as high as thirty thou
sand dollars from one estate.
Bring it out and let the light
shine on it! The county that prop
erty lies. in has not been newly Great.
ed. 1t did not jump up out of the
sea, or fall down from the sky! That
land has been in Georgia ever since
General Oglethorpe landed at Sa-
vannah. Where were the receivers
and assessors.
The question to be asked, now. is
why the tax receiver and the tax
CsSSSSSOIS dlO IlOL COll6CL GIlG TAKES
on that property and why one man
Tor tow men, neither elected by the
people, can sleuth into a dark place
and come out with thirty thousand
dollars Tor fifteen thousand to two
mem and cram it down in their own
jeans and the state of Georgia over.
whelmed with debt, and the tax
payers unable to raise money enough
tn 17o,9af tho n11i rat mn
out of debt?
kissing Banned by the Smart
Doctors Isl
According to the opinion of a
m ember of the National Health
Council, disease prevention cuts out
kissing-among dangerous habits.
Among other things, this medical
savant said: while much has been
accomplished in reducing typhoid
fever and other infections, a great
deal can be done with other diseases
like heart disease, Bright's disease.
diabetes, ETC., etc: but we must have
thoroughgoing practice of personal
hygiene by every one of us.
Personal hygiene is of two main
kinds. First, there is the kind which
clliIIo OF INC pISNGuLIOIl I'll CIl6 SI1IGdu
of disease, building a barrier be-
tween the we'll and the sick. Such
diseases as influenza, pneumonia
and tuberculosis, are spread largely
by dangerous coughing, sneezing
and splitting and other undesirable
habits.
''1t must be remembered that even
kissing is an extra hazardous occu-
patton.
THE health commissioner of Chi
cago was justified by the National
Health Council, who advised Chica-
go citizens to swat any man who
coughed in his face.
Thousands of people are exam
ined every year for life insurance.
School children are getting more
and more attention from school ply
sicians. There is great improve
ment, but much more is needed. III
the United States annually more
than 100000 die annually from heart
disease. Eighty thousand die year
from cancer.
Disease can not be controlled
and health promoted without the
cooperation of everybody. We over
haul all valuable machinery regu-
larly. We inspect our automobiles
frequently, and we overlook the hu-
man frame, the most delicate Of all
machinery, because we are indiffer-
ent to our plain duty to our own
selves"
The big doctor has stated some
plain facts, and as to the kissing
part, it is easy to see that kisses
from diseased people are as likely
to do damage as the. sneezing, cough.
ing and splitting of sick people with
influenza, tuberculosis or malignant
cancer.
1t is certainly worth thinking
about