The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-07
WHY ARE SHOPPERS IN WASH BASINS?

once guest in q hotel got stuck three cents for q two cent newspaper. He immediately emit
 ted a loud yodel in the main lobby-he had s3
 worth of pleasure yodelling to the manager and
 assembled loungers.
 once q commuter was robbed of a penny by a
 slot machine in q railway car. He spent at least
 forty cents on the attempt to recover the penny,
 and finally succeeded.
 ask any honest citizen, don't you hate to be
 played for q sucker? And when you so
 played do you take it lying down do you avail
 yourself of your inalienable right to make a
 squawk about it? Of course the chance of re-
 imbursement is slim if some corporation has
 gypped you, but anyhow you can always get Sometimes I think the trouble with this country
 is we have too many people who write to the pa
 pers anonymously about their grievances, and
 too few who cry Stop Thief when they held up.
 cut out the extra charge for newspapers-indeed the guest in good hotel nowadays receives a | piiments of his host But there arc plenty of
 other little grafts still worked the unprotest- ing guest, through the concession racket. Maybe In another fifty years or so we shall see the pass ing of the insoent beggars who relieve all timid patrons of their hats at every door archway, owners.
 There is one form of petty cheating which is
 stlll carried on by hotels. restaurants and other places of transient public patronage and this abuse is right in my Iine for 1t amounts to an oifensc against hygiene or sanitation. I refer t0
 the use of shoppers in lavatores Worse still. those sinister spring faucets which deliver water
 only while you keep q desperate grasp them, IL
 with one disabled hand or arm to wash his face
 if he wants to. even to pretend washing his
 hands; 1t seems to me that if our public helath
 officials were really concerned about public
 health they would put an end to these abuses
 Is water so precious that the few people who
 strictcd in it's use? That's the only possible ex
 cusc for the stopper in q lavatory. Does anybody
 whose homo Is equipped with modern plumbing
 use the stopper when washing face hands |?
 No. Wherever there is enough water to make
 such plumbing worth while it is the universal practice to wash in running water.
 It is particularly in the hotels or eating places of low quality and cheaper CD rates that the health authorities should insist on running water. If the wash basins are equipped with stoppers and especially if they are equipped with faucets that turn off automatically, 1t Is a mere prctense to say the place affords running water
 If one could give fair description of the facil- tiles for cleanliness provided by many such places in some of our great cities, the alleged public health authorities would be hard put to 1t to show cause why they should continue to draw salaries Tor protecting public health QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS How to Win the Battle With Tbc. Where get tho book you recommend =
 cd, which think was the story of n patient who cured himself of T. B. at home? Our daughter is
 threatened with lung trouble. (Mrs NJ. G. McA.) Answer--Perhaps the first lesson you must
 learn IS that nobody can cure himself of tubercu-
 osis. The personal care and attendance and ad-
 vice of good doctor is indispensable through
 out the battle, if you hope to win. I formerly re-
 commended pamphlet entitled How Won the
 Battle With Tuberculosis in My own Home" by
 MT Stockcr This was originally contribution in the Journal of the Outdoor Lfe-which, by the way, is a monthly magazine that will help any tuberculosis patient in his fight After pub cation in the magazine MT Stockcr's story was reprinted in pamphlets and distributed by Tuber- cuIoss societies everywhere, and by the Nation al Tuberculosis association. New York. In his story MT Socker makes 1t clear that he had good medical care and advice from the opening of the battle to the victory, and forever after. Fore
 doomed is the wiseacre who keeps away from doctors and drugs. Send stamped envelope bearing your address and ask for monograph on tuberculosis Incidentally let's be correct-the means tubercle). T. E. is the abbreviation for tubercle bacilIi. Tubercuar means pertaining to ltuberce--various diseases are tubercular. Tuber- culous means pertaining to tuberculosis. If tho patient has tuberculosis his condition may be called tuberculous; if he has leprosy syphilis or actinomycosis or something. his condition if tubercular but not tubcrculous Then, too. why duck and dodge-why say weak lungs or lung trouble" if you mean tubcrculosis? There is nc good reason to assume or to imagine that any actually affected with tuberculosis other disease
 When n Teller Needs n Friend We go to the doctors oficc for treatment once
 q week. My son 5Ia years old gets his treatment first and takes it rather better than his mother docs After that I dare not even make face. We thank you for sending us to Dr -. This
 diathcrmy treatment for the tOnsls is easier than going to the dentist. My son has no reaction wIIatvcr and I suffer no more discomfort than one does after ordinary visit to ones dentist (Mrs R. H.)
 Answer-Thank you for your impression Most
 specialists who diathermy for the extirpation Of tonsils find children under 10 or 12 rather too difficult patients. A few physicians have the skill. knack and patience to employ this method successfully even with very young children Some adults complain about the trouble or time
 taken for the complete extirpation of the tonsils
 Such adults make good subjects for the snare or guilotine. ifss K