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How to Prevent GERMS of Disease from HARMING You
□ZZ/g By WILLIAM LEE HOWARD, M. D.
MLj/U *T"* maln channels through which disease germs
| reach the human body are the nose and mouth.
JI '*■ That is, through the mouth or nose the germs ot
". JsE consumption, diphtheria, typhoid, tonsilltis. pneumonia
and spinal meningitis find their way into the human
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Mi Nature has so arranged the working of the chem
istry of the blood and tissues that in the absolutely
I /L.' healthy man or woman, when these disease germs
y enter the healthy channels they are at once destroyed
and then devoured bj- cells made for this express pur-
P° se
/w t But course we. living In our present state of
/j/A/ [ rushing civilization, are not absolutely healthy In its
•when n man ni- full meaning to these cells We do not give them a
cut* "nit"'''ho." chance to do their full amount of work, so that when
protectse iinir,. g nor(le o f pneumonia germs locate in the lungs fatal
duremrnt for thr result is likely. Yet with a proper understanding of
Z"V" nC |n<i’i*rectiy tbn matter there need be but little fear of getting
ei«r«»c aerrnM.'- pneumonia.
Xy I In nine cases out of ten the power to do harm
)/ A could have been taken from these pneumonia germs
// / afl before they reached the lungs. And what is true of
' ‘ S these germs Is also true of most of the disease germs
3 —that we have the power in us to make them harmless.
sss? ■ If we did not possess this power, human life would
long ago have ceased on this earth. The real reason
SEX ■ so many die from pneumonia and other germ diseases,
fIBQ ■ ig want of knowledge of certain facts; and some who
H Possess the facts lack care and common sense.
■ Two causes are at the bottom of so many deaths
I H d U e to germ diseases. First is improper breathing;
second, because the filtering channel for all air that
CT" //zgg d| mus t go to the lungs, is NOT kept in a healthy or
SP (S normal condition
' ir ITW The channel for air to our lungs lies through the
••Watrr tn the nnP e—and only the nose, if this Is in a state of health
iiUnu “ r diviiia it will contain cells or substances to destroy poisonous
f »"u germs In other words, the nose filters the air and
start a -tiKht in- a ;iows only the harmless to pass down to the lungs,
tanintlnn."
FLIES AND THE GERMS THEY CARRY
The greatest peril of summer time is not from heat, but from
flies ami the germs they carry.
These disease-scattering pests are regarded by the medical
profession as .. ' „
best ene my. /W ■i 7 j Wv
There is no W/
necessity in al- \IE I \\W
lowing flies in T, J / r AVi/
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when you can, 'Mg/ ll
by spending aw// I|
small amount m/J IV/iX //l
of money, keep I I /fl ■ I
them out. The | * |
safest plan is ! ■: aS\. ft vV / /WAS
to screen your If i i i
doors ami win : x'
dows. Flies can i
be eliminated.
WE SELL SCREENS FROM SI.OO to SIO.OO
All Kinds and Sizes of Fly Traps
King Hardware Co.
53 Peachtree st. 87 Whitehall
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Another Way To Fight The Germs
UNTIL the u'n.it discovery
was made that mosquitoes
were the cause of yellow fever
being spread, little scientific at
tention was paid to the pesky
insects which cause so much an
noyahce in the summer lime. As
ter it was shown that the bite
of an infected mosquito would
cause yellow fever, more atten
tion was given the insect Scien
fists studied them ami they be
gan to trace all sorts of ills to
tlie bug which made New Jer
sey famous Doctors made ex
periments tending to show that
malaria was carried in this way
and people began to fight mos
qmtoes just as the Hy has been
fought.
■ But the mosquito is hard to
only thing to do is to keep aT\ ay
from mosquitoes. And the best
way to keep away from mosqui
toes and in this way keep away
from the deadly germs the mos
quito is carrying about, is to put
up mosquito nets on beds. If
you are camping out this sum
mor. as thousands of Atlantans
are doing, it would be well to
have your tent surrounded with
mosquito netting and to have
doors in front of the tent cov
ered with it.
When the -I. M. High l om
pany. of Atlanta, decided to ca
ter to the wants of campers
this summer, the management
thought of mosquitoes along
with other things which go
with life in the open. Os course,
mosquito netting is not necessa
ry with the Kenyon take-down
houses for which the High t om
panj has the exclusive agency
I HL ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY. JI'NE 22. 1912.
But any irritation of its lining membrane, any growths
such as adenoids, the deadly inflammation due to IN
HALING cigarette smoke—or any smoke and dirt—
prevents the activity of the devouring cells and down
to the lungs go the germs.
Mouth breathing is a good way to take all kinds
of dirt and germs into the lungs and system. Decayed
and unclean teeth will do the same for you. It is
astonishing how the disease germs are always lying
around to find entrance into your body if you leave
an entrance for them. Mouth breathing should be
stopped; -the teeth kept in perfect condition. Many
nervous troubles and eye affections are due to decayed
teeth.
Do not wash the nose with anything but tepid
water. Never put drops or syringe any liquor up
through the nose. Teeth should be cleansed by a
soft brush gently used. Rough brushing by stiff
bristles takes away the little cells on the surface of
’the gums which are there to destroy injurious mi
crobes.
Every organ In the body possesses armor for its
safety. It is our Ignorance and carelessness which
allow this armor to become rusty and useless
I have warned you not to syringe the nose with
anything. There is a very small tube running from
each inner ear to the' Inside of the nose. If you
force water or any irritating substance into the nose
it may inflame these tubes aryl ot course the inner
ear. And this may cause mastoiditis, which may end
fatally.
Such inflammation, slight as it may be, opens away
for disease germs You may be in an atmosphere of
deadly germs, but if nose, mouth and ear are in a
healthy state there is little danger to you But, on
x- the other hand, if the ear is inflamed, in rush the
, germs and you are caught. The germs of spinal
meningitis very frequently get into the body through
, inflamed ear passages
More frequently, however, germs enter the sys
tem through inflamed ear passages due to accumulation
and which were told about last
Saturday in The Georgian's
.Magazine Section The Ken
yon take-down houses are bug
proof, as well as weather-proof.
But there are many who are
camping out in tents and there
are thousands more who will
not camp out but who will have
to tight mosquitoes just the
same. It is these people who
need mosquito netting. For the
mosquito has away of hutting
into city houses and apartments
as well as into tents of those
camping out.
So. now then, the-I. M High
t'ompanv has mosquito nets for
all.
For instance, there are Per
fection Nets on steel frames and
which fasten to the bed. They
are well made and
I'hey cost only S3.UO. Which
Copyright. 1913. by Amertcwls-Examlner. Great Brltala Right* Reserves.
YOU MIGHT TRY-
How to Press Heavy Cloth. ’
J DRESSING heavy cloth should be done on a board without any soft cloth J
\ ' beneath The pressing should be done on the right side of the goods ?
I principally, having, of course, a cloth laid between to prevent marks of (
the iron 5
( Curtains for the Bedroom. i
!A DAINTY and acceptable gift Is a nair of bedroom curtains of fine white \
/* lawn or dimity, with a scattered conventional design in shadow em- j
broidery. These are easily and quickly made and the wearing quality is (
good. }
Button Logic. I
\ T JNBVTTON all clothing before sending it to the laundry and you will )
' find fewer buttons will be lost or broken. \
An Ideal Carpet Beater. 5
) A PIECE of garden hose makes an ideal carpet beater. While stout <
j C* to dislodge, the dust, its flexibility prevents the wear and tear given |
\ by the ordinady stick or rattan beater. (
Repairing Torn Rubbers. <
iWHEN a rubber becomes torn, do not throw it away, for it can be
mended and kept In use Take a piece of black dress braid, with i
he end doubled under, fasten at the upper part of the slit, bring the ’
edges of the slit close together and fasten to the braid. Then, com- i
mencing at the bottom, the edges are sewed across with a flat overhand
I stitch and the. upper edge finished with a buttonhole stitch, which takes in
the end of the braid. '
Convenient Cuff Regulator. <
i X ENTLEMEN often find it hard to keep their cuffs from showing '
Lj either too much or too little below the sleeves To overcome this ,
trouble sew firmly a loop of white hat elastic to the inner side of the i
coat sleeve, just where the highest button is sewed on. Let this loop ho '
1 just the length that is necessary to allow the desired amount of cuff to
show when the loop is passed over the cuff button nearest to it, that is to
say, the button that holds the edge of the cuff which is up the sleeve
When the coat is slipped off the cuffs come with it. thus saving the
fingering necessary to adjust them each day.
Easy Way to Kill Weeds.
I'T'O get rid of weeds on a gravel walk, sprinkle the gravel with coarselv ‘
1 ground rock salt and rake it under the gravel. This will dissolve
gradually from the rains and no weeds or grass will grow' where salt has
touched. Do not employ this method where a sloping walk is bordered
by grass, for the salt water will run into and kill th’e grass.
is a very inexpensive way to
have comfort and keep the
germs away.
Then. too. the High store
has the Ceiling Nets—those
which hang from hooks in the
ceiling and these have steel
frames. These, too. are well
made and—
They cost only A still
more inexpensive way to tight
mosquitoes and germs.
For those who want to
cover the side walls of tents
with netting or who prefer to
make their own mosquito nets,
the High store has cross bar
netting at 65 cents per bolt and
plain netting at SI.OO per bolt.
Ami all of these are found at
THE J M. HIGH COMPANY.
ATLANTA
P. S Th.'v like, to answr
mail orders
of wax material. In our present state of rush and
hurry everything on the ground and in the heavens is
kept stirred up. Even in the country, trolleys and
automobiles throw the duet Into our faces and Into
our houses.
There la a waxy material constantly In the outer
passage of the ear. It is there for the purpose of catch
ing the dust and preventing it from entering the Inner
ear. When ears and thia protecting wax were made,
man and his machines did not kick up so much dust
and he could let his ears alone. But not now. This
wax picks up too much dirt and dust. It becomes
hardened and acts as a foreign substance in the ears.
This produces an inflammation of the passages and then
we have that common trouble, “catarrh of the ear.’’
It is not, strictly speaking, a catarrh, but if let alone
really of great danger to you. The inflammation makes
ready soil for pus germs. These may invade the inner
ear and bring about such destruction that permanent
deafness results. More, they may penetrate deeper
and cause abscesses.
In man, who originally was supposed to be more
exposed to rigorous outdoor dangers than woman,
nature placed hairs at the entrance to the ears to pro
tect them from outside enemies. So that, when a
man allows a barber to cut out these protective hairs,
he is offering inducement for the entrance of dirt and
indirectly disease germs. For wherever dirt remains
there follow germs.
Allow the accumulation of dust or dirt to harden
the natural wax in the ears and then you have warn
ings of danger. There is first an irritation, itching,
ringing in the ears, that queer sound of your voice
as though it came from a distance. Soon a slight watery
discharge, tenderness and pain.
At this point much injury can be done by injecting
into the ear any dYug or solution. The trouble is
simply due to the hardened and dirty wax. Get a
small medicine dropper and after filling it with warm
water squirt it gently into the ear. A few drops of
PURE witchhazel will help the water dissolve the
L
! The REAL VALUE of a FAN
I IT is comparatively seldom 'that a fan is
used by any person sitting alone, no mat
ter how hot the day, except in Japan; the
fan seems to be especially applicable to
crowded assemblies, ballrooms, theatres, re
ceptions and occasionally churches The Jap
anese use a fan almost as much in Winter
J a in Summer, and the customary belief that
| a fan is for the purpose of cooling the heated
{ face is only partly true. There is no doubt
) that a sensation of coolness follows fanning,
} but there is also no doubt that the amount of
; wind created by a lady's fan. striking upon so
r small an exposed space as the face, cannot
greatly reduce the body temperature. The
true reason must lie otherwhere.
Air which has once been breathed is unfit
for use a second time, and as is well known,
/ in a sealed room containing enough air for
\ one hour a person would speedily die breath
ing the same air over and over again. This
is because the oxygen has been taken out of
, the air and carbonic acid gas has taken its
i place The well-known common experiment
I for this requires no other apparatus than a
I straw and a glass of water. If all the outgo-
wax But of this thing be certain —that the witch- ——
hazel is made of pure alcohol. A great amount of in- '’77'N
jury has been done by the use of witch hazel being / ] /
made of wood alcohol —this is almost deadly poison. // f xf
Never use cold or hot water. The heated heart of an <
onion—the old woman’s remedy—is dangerous, for the < / L /
heat causes inflammation and inflammation means pus y /mt
—pus poison germs. / I \t»
Don’t become overanxious or hurried. Keep your ?
head away from, draughts and wash out the ears every {wy/'SSr ■
hour or so. In a day or two the ear passages will be l/J\
clear and in a healthful state. Keep them so.
No matter how careful you are In your habits of /OAj
cleanliness, this slight ear trouble will occur. Water j U .
in the ears from swimming or diving, sometimes from -g
the bath, will start a slight inflammation in the ears,
This is especially so if you sit in a draught which
blows into your ears. Sitting by an open car window is ln * Hol a<, d’ui ~n* o
almost certain to do it, for here we have the steady rett^lmoa* 1 "'”*
stream o,f air and dust.
All these precautions are necessary, not so much
to avoid the catarrhal affection of the ears, as to. keep N
you free from disease germs. Remember that it is a I
simple matter to keep germs out of the body, but a Vlj
very different matter to prevent their destructive work
once they get in. All scientists and doctors are striv
ing to show the people how to PREVENT diseases 1
The day of studying how to CURE them is waning.
Inflamed tonsils are generally due to mouth breath ,
ing. decayed teeth and constipation. Lately there have
been epidemics of tonsillitis in various sections of the tj~
country. Many deaths followed. Now, tonsillitis—in
flammation of the tonsils —itself is a simple matter, but -
once the tonsils are inflamed they offer one of the most
fertile pastures for the breeding of disease germs.
which, of course, leave these rich breeding grounds *
for the body and brain. Upon the slightest soreness ,
of the throat gargle with a solution of borax. Then “Month brenthing
la • grootf way
place in your mouth to dissolve a tablet made of to take all
formaldehyde. Your druggist will know the kind I aerm/Vt? the
mean. Innire and ey»-
♦em.”
SILLY Ways of Using Things
IN choosing rrfhteria) do you consider
whether it is suitable for the use to
I which you intend putting it? A light
) tinted Axminster rug placed in the hall
f where the feet of the incoming members of
) the family and guests, Imperfectly rubbed
J against the door mat, are bound to soil the
( delicate saades of the rug on a rainy day, is
> hardly in place.
( Then, again, for the sake of novelty, you
j may think to vary you luncheon dollies of
t linen with doilies of satin edged with silk
j lace. A trifling drop of -aspberry jam or
) honey o' such a doily would spell disaster,
I since you would hardly care to ilse a gaso
) line-cleaned doily -,n the dining table
< Some yea s ago chamois vests were in
» vogue. They ar the purpose of
I warmth perfectly, but were found to admit
so little air to the skin as to be unhygienic.
Bolting cloth, used as a foundation for col
ored art embroidery, is almost too fragile a
base. The embroidery silk, delicate enough,
is ap to outlast the gossamer-like, dainty
material on which it is worked.
i Some very famous artists have erred in
this respect. Boulle, one of the greatest of
' French furniture makers, and really an artist
, of the first water as far as purity of design
i and construction went, incrusted his furni
ture with ivory, mother of pearl, bits of pre
,■ cious metal and enamel. His most famous
1 work, his chef d'oeuvre, was the “Cabinet du
1 Dauphin, ’ wnich was completely ruined
I through the dampness of the room in which
it stood. Only a few of these miraculously
lovely pieces of furniture have survived de
struction, and even these are doomed, for
steam heat, which dries the glue, cracks the
enamel, flaws the ivory, is an even more for
midable enemy of these charming commodes
and wardrobes and tables thtfn the damp
, rooms of the Dauphin which ruined Boulle's
masterpiece
' There are numerous examples 1» history
1 of misapplied material which are interesting
1 as well as instructive.
The famous porcelain manufactory at
Meissen, Saxony, was one of the chief of
fenders Not content to suppl'- the world
wita chinaware, one of the artists conceived
the idea in the last centurv of making a life
size equestrian statue of the then reigning
king The statue was made in parts, and
these were successfully executed, but it was
found to be impossible to join the parts to
gether so they would hold. The same concern
at one time began manufacturing coffins of
porcelain, but for some unexplained reason
the manufacturer did not succeed in intro-,
ducing them.
One of the oddest rooms in that oddest
of all castles, “The Swan Castle" in Herren
kiemsee, built by the mad King of Bavaria,
is completely equipped in porcelain The
panels of the wall, the doors, the candelabra,
the floor, the very tables, chairs, consoles
and footstools are made of wonderfully exe
cuted and tinted china. »
Aside from the question of monetary value,
silver would seem to be too heavy a ma
terial to be utilized in furniture making, just
as china is too fragile. Nevertheless, in the
Castle Rosenborg in Copenhagen several
• rooms are furr'shed with massive silver fur
niture, which at one time was in common use
by the noble family that inhabitci the
castle
Such singular cases are c;i record of ma
terial so prepo«terously misapplied that it
is difficult to believe the articles thus fash
ioned s-'t ever put to practical use. August
the Strong. King of Saxony, had a peruke
made entirely of spun glass, but it is not on
record v hether he ever wore it or not, and a
singing society of modern Thuringia owns a
fl-g made of the same dainty material
Distinguished personages have sometimes
deliberately misapplied materia! in order to
bestow a gift of great value, which, at the
same time, conveys ip. compliment to the re
cipient. Thus the Czar of Russia in 1907 pre
sented France with a map of France valued
at five million francs. The different divisions
of France are composed of jade, lapis-lazuli
and other semi-precious stones, and the large
cities are indicated by gems. Thus Paris is
designated by an enormous ruby, Lille by a
diamond, Havre by an emerald. Rouen by
a sapphire.
Some artists, in whom a love of the mi
croscopic is inborn, use tiny surfaces to per
petuate their designs, instead of using nor
mal sized surfaces. In a museum in Germany
there Is a cherry with one hundred and eighty
four heads carved upon its surface The pains
taking artist who produced it achieved a curi
osity, not a work of art.
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“The cuMomery
brllef that n fan
i« for the pur
pose of roollux
the heated fare
If* only partly
true.”
ing breath be breathed through the straw the
water will become milky-colored tn the space
of a short time, due to the presence of chalk
(carbonati of lime from the carbonic acid
gas of the expelled breath. The more oxygen
and the less carbonic acid gas there ia In the
the easier it s to breathe, or the less labor
is rr- ulred for breathing, therefore any de
vice which drives away the air that has been
used and brings into position for use the air
that has net been breathed reduces physical
exertion.
It is evident at once that this Is the pur
pose of a fan—that it drives away the air that
has just bee breathed and brings a new sup
ply. It causes coolness, therefore, by re
ducing the breathing labor and thereby lessen
ing toll requ.red, and adds to comfort
bringing a purer air than otherwise would
have been secured. In a crow-ded room,
t v 1 were ery cold a fan we'd «dd
greatly to comfort, and it is not only as a
charming adjunct to coquettish conversation,
but as a scientific instrument of great and
healthful value that the general use of a fan
is to be encouraged.