Evening star., 1943-12-28
This and That
By Charles E. Trace,UeH.

Templeton Jones says no one gives
him credit for anything, but it makes
no difference, as long as the good things
he has advocated come to pass.
AS president Of the Anti-Sneezing So
ciety, he has worked for the past 20
years to inculcate general feeling
against unrestricted sneezing and
coughing
He has fought for less heat in public
vehicles. and far less crowding
1t took flu epidemic to bring these
things to pass, and nobody recalls that
Jones and his society had anything to
do with it, but Jones repeats that it
makes no difference
Mr.. Jones sat back in his big easy
chair and looked at the interviewer.
Yes he said, II remember when
any one who was afraid of a sneeze was
looked upon as complete idiot.
Wasn't sneezing natural? And could
anything natural be wrong?
Il was the butt of laughter for all my
friends, especially the big, robust ones
who seldom caught cold. and were able
to throw>it off easily when they did
They always laughed at me. and
pretended to sneeze at me. That was
their way of being funny.
Now it is generally held that sneezing
is not laughing matter.
Everybody, not just few. is coming
to see that the cold virus and the flu
germs, and many another inimical germ,
Is broadcast far and wide by sneeze
Even the most obtuse mind is believ-
ing, now, that a sneeze in a crowded
vehicle is literally sabotage.
The least worrying person is able to
realize, at last. that millions of drop
let's out of some cold sufferers mouth
are carrying on the enemy's work of
destruction as surely as If they came
from German or japanese machine
guns"
Templeton Jones toyed with his gold
pencil.
Il wish to congratulate all the author
tiles, especially the medical men, who
have made this good step forward.
Cool and cold air help keep down the
spread of germ life.
"A lower temperature keeps people
from sweating. This, alone. saves them
from getting chilled when they get out
in the street.
X
THE next step, I believe, will be
lower temperature in all Offices and
stores
Il often find myself deferred from
buying something I need by the thought
of facing the heat. 1 realize that the
clerks, in their thin clothes, like the
heat
The time will come, I feel sure, when
lower temperatures will be faced by
clerks and helpers of all kinds by wear
| ing thicker clothing at work.
Then many more customers will come
in, during the winter, because they will
not suffer from the heat in their outer
wrappings.
1T was the same way on public vehi-
cles. The driver often sat without a coat.
and with his window open, while the
passengers sat in their overcoats and
mufflers
Ventilation is important, but it is not
half as necessary, in the opinion of our
society, as lower temperature.
THE latest finding of science is that
the Withheld sneeze helps most the
owner, since it does not spread the
germs farther in his own nose and
throat
1T is not possible always to stife a
sneeze. but times out of 10 it may be
done, by pressing the upper lip firmly
with the right forefinger.
If the sneeze or cough cannot be
repressed, it may be caught in a hand
| kerchief.
1T is for this reason that I advocate
the carrying of the handkerchief in the
hand, so that it may be ready in an
| emergency
Yes. I know it looks funny, as you
say. All new usages look funny. 1
realize that I am laughed at because I
carry my handkerchief in my hand. But
the time will come when it, too, will be
universal winter practice"