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Show LUNGS AS DUSTERS. New York Globe. Indeed. It sesms thnt the only systematic sys-tematic and effective measure of dust removal In most places of public meeting meet-ing Is passage of the air through the human breathing apparatus. No mat- tor how dusty and gorm laden the inspired in-spired air may bo, It comes out of the Iung3 almost entirely freed from these Impurities. Dry dusting of any variety, whether with feather duster, cloth, or broom, or whether In dining-room, dining-room, theater, or the streets. Is an abomination, says Dr. Prudden. If thin hygienic absurdity of stirring tho dust Into the air instead of washing It away through the sewers could bo abolished and some effective check be placed on the also universally popular spitting, we should be able to record a decrease Instead of an Increase In Infectious diseases dis-eases of the respiratory tract. Dr. Prudden believes that It Is Just as much a part of the Health department's duty to see that the people have clean air to breathe as that they have pure water to drink and wholesome food to eat. |