The Nome daily nugget., 1936-01-31

ing: "lippe! We'll tan my hide! Look what found hibernatin' in here-Cmon out an git some sunshine! Yippee!" And over the cartoon was the caption. "The First Time You Open the Window Real Wide on Warm Spring Day"
 It was good health advice that grin ming cowboy gave.
 When spring comes, it's good for us to do like the bears-quit hibernating and get out into the sunshine And if you have family bus, it's time to send out for the latest road map. and away for weekend vacation trip.
 The highways have always played an important part in the health and habits of man. There has ever been an effort to make them safe from a health standpoint. In ancient times lepers and other unclcan persons were excluded from the highways. for it was early recognized that pestilencc walked from community to community with the footsteps of man.
 The world in which we live Is now a much bigger one. We can easily travel three hundred miles in any di rection within a day. We are as fla. milar and conversant with geo graphical area several hundred miles square as our grandparents were with thirty mile area.
 The development of automotive power has changed our life in man, ways. The social and family environ ment has been altered We compare ourselves with more people, We are broader minded in that we can sec more and, therefore. judge values from better perspective. There Is less diff ference in social customs, dress and living standards in adjacent communi ties. The residents of Hose Creek and Turkey Run no longer regard each other with suspicion. In other words. we have become a more homogeneous population. This Is very important from health standpoint. The com munity that has had habit of an un. balanced diet, with consequent general illness of the population can now see the error of its ways and apply the remedy. No community wants repu- tation for disease.
 Another important health influence due to hard roads and automobiles is the greater amount of time people now spend in the fresh air and sunshine In the country we used to go to town in the buggy or wagon when 1t was necessary. City dwellers did very little travelling. Now with the automo bile we joyously seek the open road Ii Is only during rainy or stormy weather that we stay indoors From a health viewpoint, this is as if should be. The ride after supper that so many people take nowadays provides period of relaxation. and it allows for restful digestion and family visit ing. It is much better than staying home to wash the dishes.
 One question that naturally arises s Are contagious diseases spread more by automobile travel than they were before the use of such rapid and easy transportation increased hu man contact? The answer is that the health level of the population is much better than il ever was before. There is plenty of fresh air to be had on q trip and lots of sunshine and little dust. This keeps the healthy person well and aids the sickly person ta regain health, and the sckly person has no contact with the healthy trav, elers in other autolnotive vehicles The stimulating effect of the air forced
 gainst the body during automobile travels Is a good tonic. Germs are carried from the sick to the well per, son by shoe leather, not by the air or wind.
 It is intimate contact, such as cough ing. sneezing and touching with the hands, that transfers contagious mate rials. Happy and contented people are healthy folk. You see more laughs and smiles among automobile travellers than you do among the passengers in the staterooms of the de luxe transconti- mental trains.
 The one thing that the person trav cling into "unknOwn parts" shoulh look out for is contamination of foo? or water Typhoid fever and dysen teries are about the only diseases you | need guard against.
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