The Washington times., 1924-04-23
Spring Brings Wild Flowers
in One Hand and Pneumonia
in the Other
Accept the Wild Flowers Gratefully But Put Up Your
Defense Against the Pneumonia


Spring the way Soon the grass win be getting green
"a the parks and presently the wild flowers will bloom in the
fields and woods Then viii days. staid men of
business will begin take off their winter annes and leave
tner overcoats at home Young will make very little
changes their apparel Tor various reasons Of them
ne TACT that they wearing little already permitted
Dy the stat les In such cases made and provided.
The Spring is beautiful It brings the awakening
OF world that has been asleep bear through the lone
cold The sap that last Winter flowed out Of and
plants or roze in their roots will begin mount pumped up
by force that science is still unable to explain
Children will get out marbles and kites in response some
impulse that arranes the for such things and
them to break out simultaneously parts Of the temperate
zone.
And the newspapers viii begin to print many stories
He was feeling perfectly well till Thursday night when he
complained OF pain in the chest He is survived by wife
Pneumonia which makes very short work Of very strong
men, is disease which thrves in the Spring You hear Of
man. apparently in the pink COndon-saw and talked with
him about his plans and where he going spend his
mer vacation.
Tomorrow you will be notified that his funeral is to be
held next day You will be shocked Of course ponder
It very unlikely you will do anything whatever to curb
the activities Of the invisible pneumonia germs that always
collecting In your mouth and nasal passages and bronchial
But have any plans for the future which necessitae
your presence on this earth to carry them out is well to
remember these things
Pneumonia while it attacks apparently healthy people does
not attack people who actually in perfect health
Is disease which takes advantage Of the weakness Of its
victim which, in other words fights foul.
Usually selects who drinks considerably more than
upon himself as a confirmed drnker: w. N0
The drinkers system expends most Of its energy combating
the effects Of alcohol When the germs make attack there
Is not force enough left to combat them
Then too alcohol has bad effect on the heart and
mans heart occasionally misses like badly adjusted gasO
pneumonia has practically no chance Of recovery
Among who do not drink at all, who are total alb
sainers thousands whose vice Of overeang is almost
not quite, as bad as that Of overwhelming.
Ou0h east Of
the and not engaged in manual labor
perhaps twice much they ought to.
The efforts Of the digestive apparatus to get all this food
dgsted and out of the way Ovetax the whole
system Undigested food results in autonto
cation slow poisoning that nterferes with the work of
all the vital organs. -
Result: Lack power resist disease and the oppor
tunity for the pneumonia germ to do its work
Pneumonia is abundant and more deadly in the Spring
because most people have been sleeping all Winter with tightly
shut windows which keep out the cold but which let In far
worse enemies.
Lack Of oxygen runs down the whole body The blood gets
dirty and unhealthy the pores cogged and refuse drain
the body Of pOscns The heart Overwoed and weary and
It Is the engine that sends the blood its rounds its
failure to work well makes trouble in every part Of the
system
feeling" and fine chance for the little streptocOcc that
multiply many times faster than flies and wreck the
machinery upon which life depends.
The man who keeps himself in perfect health who eats no
than he ought to eat keeps his system free from alcohol
and plenty Of exercise afford the most
menacing Of pneumonia germs
even nealLu ne ID 30 IaL MS neaCI
has than its due share Of work in pumping blood about
body has fair chance Of beating the disease lays
him low
But the man who very fat down. badly nour-
hed whose blood has been nsufcieny supplied with
oxygen only has splendid chance Of getting pneumonia
but still chance Of dying Of it he has got it,
Be glad that Spring here and that Winter going But
Keep your mind the little germs that eye cannot
Do thin clothing in too much Of hurry suffer
from shocks that congestion Begin NOW to get in
perfect condition. your days may long the land that
the Creator has given you.
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