The Chemawa American, March 01, 1913, Page 7, Image 7

THE
CHEM AW A
AM ERICAN
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SWEET SANITATION
L IT T L E
T H IN G S
THAT
WE
SH O ULD
REM EM BER
I F E is blit a short jou rn ey at th e most, b eg in n in g and en d in g in
the m ysterious u nknow n. E ach of us m ust travel alone. Many
w alk but a few steps and stum ble back into the infinite w hence they came,
others accom plish half th e way, w hile only a small percentage finish the
full natural span of a norm al life. W ith o u t our consent we are launched
upon this sea of life, and m ust walk th e span w hether we like it or not.
H ow ever, we are not m ere autom atic m achines th a t, once being set in
m otion, m ust go on in th e same m anner indefinitely. Som ething is left
to our own decision; for we have the power of th o u g h t and observation
w hich we m ay increase by stu d y .
W ith the proper know ledge, we may preserve our health, th u s living as
it were, as long as we choose. O ur great stu d y today is proper sa n ita ­
tion. Now the very word sanitary m eans health; sanitation is the p rac­
tical application of know ledge to the preservation of health.
It is a well established fact th a t w ithout germ s there could not be d i­
sease. T ru e, they can do us little harm if we are in perfect health; but
who of us, even the strongest, can tru th fu lly say he is perfectly healthy?
W e all have germ s, w hich do not harm us unless the condition arises
which is favorable to their grow th. T hose which in one person rem ain
slum bering, in an other become an active disease. T h esc ien tists and doc­
tors, who have the welfare of the race at h eart, are now striv in g to teach
people how to prevent disease.
T he question for us is to k e .p from acq u irin g stran g e germ s. These,
added to our own, are fatal. It is a sim ple m atter to keep the little
im ps out of th e body, but a very different m atter to prevent th eir de­
structive work once they get in.
T h ro u g h educating the public, the recent passing of laws to abolish
the common d rin k in g cup and filthy roller towel has been m ade possible.
T he m outh and hand are the two great germ carriers. In this day we
can avoid all contagion, since the m anufacture of the sanitary individual
d rin k in g cup and tow el, w hich m ay be destroyed after each usage.
It is know ledge and care, in these little but im p o rtan t m atters, which
m ake all the difference between health and disease.—T h e Courier.
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"E a rlie , why d o n ’t you let your little b rother have your sled part of
th e tim e?”
" I do, ma. I take it going dow n hill, and he has it going b a c k .” —
New Y ork M orning T eleg rap h .