The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-23
THE MASTER PLUMBER SETS US RIGHT


 | The standardization committee of the master plumbers association of these standardlzed states l is the lates authority to go hayWlre aDout my took up his paper one evening, got his pipe going well, and settled back to absorb the oay scau- dals, but he had not been dozng lons @ Delore s ns l those casual vet maddening assertions or mine' to wit, that sewer gas is not injurious to heaNn. We'll, sir the chairman could scarcely wait to get down the office next morning. and when ms | secretary came in a couple hours later: pattins her brightly mercurochromed ana oewitcnin@sy @ pursed lips with her marvelously mancured nn- gers to stife the boredom that comes with the beginning of another long day in the drsary or. | srake a letter Miss Ho-Hum: Attn. Editor. Dear Sir: M There has been brought to my attention. :. Having gotten under weigh the chairman re- re. verted to the year 1880 when. he reminded the , | editor, sewer gas from the street mains was stiu backing up now and again through the traps or whatever they called 'em in those ancienL oays' and so getting into houses and other buildings. | Just what it did to the occupants or the mouse 0as5 commission does not desn to | us. but from the context one gathers IL must | have been terrible.
 tieth century. the master plumbers maae sreaS thS discovery, nothing less than how to equaiize tne air pressure on the inlet ana outlet s,aes @ a uI , l the roof from the outlet side This we gatneF. brought an end to the dreadful execution that had been done by sewer gas.
 | There is no doubt in the standardization com mittee chairman's mind, he ayers. with vast air of assurance and authority, that the venting or drains or sewers has done great deal to protect the health of the American public ana m the in- terest of the s5,Ooo people in the plumbing M m. dustry in his own state he virtually demands that | we publish this correction.
 If this plumbers society only had good live committee on sanitary installations maybe I'd get a break with 'em, especially the sub-committee having jurisdiction over the agitation 10 discard basins or sinks. But you see that's just my luck. There never is committee that cares nOot % about any of my constructive suggestions. tne | committees are concerned only about my de- structive criticism. -
 I repeat that sewer gas, though it might be unpleasant in odor. has not now and never had | a thing to do with health, except of course, Tn cases where workmen have gone into sewers or manholes and been overcome by the gas accu'a'-
 No actual health authority scientific author ty seriously entertain the notion tnat sswer ;s in any way injurious 10 health except as all ah noyance.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS l Testimonials and Warts | As an old reader have excused your sarcastic remarks and replies to foolish questions, put was disgustcd at the ''yeah" you gave Mrs Q. II. witchcraft but do know that such things have happened. My own father. when child. had ies ieea ,SsntcaI. the warts disappeared gradu- ally from the day his aunt pronounced the words. (H. M.>E.)
 Answer-oh yeah? That's how many fine testimonials get published. too. Post hoe ergo propter hoo. Human nature suppose. Funny, to-, that faith in the incantation or charm or strange remedy is not at all impaired by the Iact that thousands of individuals have warts and lose 'em without any apparent reason.
 | Practical Joker
 Yesterday a practical joker offered to remove the snow from girls coat and instead lifted the coat collar and caused the snow to 70 down her neck. [ said that might have serious results. as I remember at time you told about George lWashington's death being caused by snow on his neck. Was right? Did you every say something I<.F fIsR IuA
 ,gisecrack which you took seriously. One of lWashingtons biographers tells how his secretary Inoticed bit of damp snow on his coat collar when he returned from a ride about his planta- ttion the day before he became III. assure you the application of snow to the young ladys spine did not harm Alas. we'll never known just what caused Washington's death. The people who have charge of the remains refuse to permit us to con- duet postmortem examination.
 Canlcr Sores
 It might interest you thnt when e canI<cF sore lcomcs in my m0uth the trouble persists until visit my dentist. He f1nds sTanil cavity nls n' and then my canlers 60 away. This ms nap' pened many times in recent years. (kzrs 70. C.)
 Answer--It sounds rsasonable enough. I boz iieve canksr sores arc due primarily to injury by londariIy bacterial infection from a septic focus lin tbe teeth. tonsiis. sinuges. When cankers de- lvelGp, case all toothbruehnG touch each sorc Ionce daily with iodn end Rlyoerin half and hall on toothplek. Uso e do2en times day and eepes Iosily bofore and after food mouth wash Of IIuhewarla solution Of berc aoia, teaspoonfnl in IWateE pint.