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alwin ais 04 0 4 HOTBEDS HOT BEDS OF consumption TJ penal institutions in many states proved to be j breeding places of tuberculosis j li IL it ih the duty of the hoate to protect its I tien v n theio condemned to pass a t rm ara ot of years tn III jail catl the don dan hi r to the in inmates mats of prisons aiom I 1 1 ulmo narN di dibak bae has only lately I 1 11 tin n A short time sinco nee a mon man who lie had scrod a s ant in tho th ohio dc dellai laid d that to send him back meant death by tuberculosis was made the head ph physician ician announced that the buil building dini wa was i a hotbo holad d of tion A prominent al stated that a ton ten years sentence en tence ft was as equivalent to condemning a man to death by pulmonary tuberculosis dr S A knopf the greatest amert amerl can authority on tuberculosis was in kited to visit the penitentiary with out hesitation he be pronounced it the most unai ilary penal institution he I iad had ad ever seen the output of 0 many Is enough to convince of the above statements the ballow corn coin plex lons ions meal weakened ened bodies badics sunken cheats of the ex convicts all are the stamp amp of murderous murde ious prison hygiene all the rules for comb the great white plague are reversed for sun light they are given darkness for fresh air a damp musty atmosphere for out of door life a weary indoor grind it a large part spent within the narrow confines of a single cell Is it not enough to take tahe from a fel low bling his liberty and appropriate the labor of his hands hand without fore forc ing him to live under such conditions dare the state continue to cond condemn dmn ony of its citizens to BUCI a death shall tho the sentence in a public prison cease at its legal expiration or shall the poor victim continue to suffer from its dire effects effect until he be fills a consumptive ives s in this ray of antl anti tuberculosis agitation it would som that public institutions wh hora sums schools prisons or assembly asi embly halls hall should be the first to be under proper sanitary condit conditions ioni it is itie useless legs hopeless to educate the masses in re raid gold to the cure and pro of tuberculosis and then maint maln liln ain tit at public expense hotbeds tor for the de elopement elop ment 0 consumptives ives to be fin ally turned loose in the community boy bo into a basement loom which bich was waa art fitt of up as a com complete carpenters thop and gave him the following ad fee wh h ch he be considered would be of 0 moi value to him than anything he be had ev I 1 I 1 on I 1 now I 1 am i t doctor and ebli shop lb Is my iny medicine I 1 believe that man mut mu t have bane a hobby that I 1 as from his orla as it it lh possible to be it la Is not rood good for a man to work norl all the timo time at one filing bins so this la is my hobby this Is ia my change I 1 1110 alko to putter away at thase aln se things every day I 1 try to come down here for an hour or OP so it rests me because it gives my mind a complete change for whether you believe it or not he added with I 1 la Is inimitable chuckle to make a poem and to make EL a chair are two very differ ert now nom if sou think can learn something from mo me learn that and remember it when aou ou are a man dont kepp keep always at your business whatever it may be it makes no difference how much you like it the more you like it the more dangerous it is when ou oil grow up you wilt will understand dundei stand what I 1 mean by an out lot I 1 every man must have an out let a hobby bobby that is in his life and it must be a so BO different from his regu lar or work that it will tako take ills ilia work into an entirely different direction we doctors call it a safety valve and it la Is I 1 would much rather con eluded the poet you bould forget all that I 1 have ener eer written than that you should forget what hot I 1 tell tel lyou you about having a gaeti valve |