The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-19
WHY ARE CUSPIDORS IN BOWLING
 ALLEYS?

| A bowler of some note writes:
 Most big bowlers seem to have continuous trouble with their throats. Every bowling season I catch a terrible grippe" but of course l. cannot swear it is due to the many rule the alleys equipped with large air fans l to blow the dust out. and besides porters With large brooms continuously whrling 1t up. l Then, too bowlers and spectators by the nun l dreds coughing and spitting almost every | where except in the cuspidors once in a while | you actually look for and aim at a cuspidor, but he generally misses. The cus- | pidors are so slow and narrow, as targets. This inspires to ask why cuspidors are provided in bowling alleys They must dis
 tract attenton from the game in some in- stances.
 I give it up. 1t is difficult as finding an an
 swer for another question which I'll ask myself | Why do so many otherwise good pipes come
 equipped with those annoying little tin strainers | or do-funnes? It is most exasperating when
 your pipe gets clogged up and you discover you've got to dig the metal gadget out and dis ! pose of it before you can enjoy peace and com
 fort once more.
 1 Perhaps the managers of bowling alleys feel
 that patrons will not feel at home without the
 cuspidors. Then again, perhaps cuspidors are ] indispensable in bowling alleys because cuspidors | have always been a part of the interior decora-
 ton of such places In these days of alleged san l itary equipment cuspidors in bowling aays
 should come under the local sanitary regulations
 and only such equipment as dentists should l be tolerated in any public place.
 l More or less splitting is unavoidable in the of-
 flee of the dentist or in the office of the nose and 1 can We concede that splitting is unavoidable in d l railway car, be it chair diner or sleeper | but try and dodge the cuspdors as you stagger | through the aisle!
 | A youngster having his initial experience with
 smoking needs a cuspidor, to put it mildly. | creature who eats tobacco feels occasional | craving for a place to dispose of the juice. But
 does q lady or gentleman need a cuspidor at | any time? If not then why do these receptaclcs | occupy all the strategic positions in our luxuri-
 Ous crack trains?
 | The smoker who finds it necessary to spit should not be tolerated anywhere. He should be confined in stable. He is obviously either af | fected with some disease, which may be l 1,1n h | fering from overdose of tobacco. When any one takes too much tobacco nature attempts to eject the excess. So the splitting smoker with his | array of cuspdors has no place among polite people.
 Our public health ordinances are more or less | a dead letter everywhere. Health officers are | creatures of politics and American politicians | and their friends are above the law. Not that believe splitting in public places is | matter of any particular concern to public
 health. But our public health ordinances prohibit | this practice and such ordinances should be en- forced rescinded.
 To my mind splitting on the floor on the
 not tenth as dangerous to public health as IS | open-face aneezine coughing against which
 there is neither sanitary ordinance nor very | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Even in England
 About two years ago my brother in England
 was suffering badly from varicosc vcins and
 sent him your articles on the chemical Oblitcra-
 tiOn treatment. He has had this treatment with
 the most satisfactory rcsuls. I don't why so
 many people keep suffering with their legs
 when they could have relief so easily. CO. V. G.) l Answer-For two reasons. First, because a
 large share of varicose vain sufferers seldom con-
 suit a physician about their trouble. Second, be-
 cause not a few physicians are still serenely un-
 aware of the chemical obiteration treatment or even imagine it is dangerous" mo good" | However, the better physicians everywhere now
 treat these patients successfully by this method.
 which does not detain the patient more than half
 an hour from his her occupation Many wom-
 en have the treatment merely for cosmetic eff
 feet. and since lady must show leg more or
 less these days she is justified in showing the | | chemical obliteration of the varcose dilated | healing or the obstinate Varicose ulcer. | Wow, Wow, Wow
 @ III cold ar and damp night air and exposure
 made any difference, our kids wOuld have been
 pushing up daisies long ago. They are ? and ,
 years oId and they have slept out on an un-
 how cold 1t gets in this latitude est PauD and
 they've never been sick. The only thing we dread
 IS tnc prospect Of contact with pamDcrcd, sick V
 children when our kids have to enter school IH | l.. B) ~ '' Answer-Le's see, that will be three wears | nence; mere Is lot of good health intelligence | as well as other kinds, in your community son I
 know s, because I've planted it there Maybe by the | tune the Kids enter school we'll have the teach l CTS, school nurses, medical inspectors and health
 ausnoritles aaLn won over the recognition of CRI. | School IS the hardest place to set up the GIden | Rule, but we're making progress in spots and eventually 1t is going to be absolutely impossible | Tor any kld-or teacher-to come to school with
 anything that remotely resembles a slight cold '' About sleeping out in freezing weather I do not particularly recommend it, but if the kids are
 Any Good Doctor Gives InsuIin
 l., am determined to put on some weight and | nave made up mind to try the insuIin treatmcn,
 you % Will recommend some doctor. (Miss H. E.J | ..Answcr-Any good doctor can give insuIin NJ
 good doctor will say 1t is not advisable merely fG
 help you gain weight. '' '" No Room Lcn.
 | gratitude for the suffering I've avoided | by Knowing the simple truth about the spread of
 disease through mouth spray, conversational
 spray as well as that of uncovered cough or
 sncczc. How hard to get folks to understand this! | AS you say, they know so much ''whch ain't so'' about resistance, the weather, drafts, etc, that
 there Is no room left in their heads for the truth | Mrs O.
 thorties teach 'em the danger of cough or
 sneeZe spray, but not many venture to say | anything about conversational spray. for, as the | big radio censor informed me when tactessly
 tried to tell people about it, the thought of con- versational spray is unpleasant and many | women and children listen in that we must omit all unpleasant thoughts and tell 'em only the ! Pollyanna kind.