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Show H: -v, THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC f The rapid spread over the greater part fl- of the country of the serious influenza H epidemic has misterious features. It is m' the kind of thing that usually is looked K for in winter. The nearly simultaneous mlf appearance in many army and navy m, camps has started speculation as to the V possibility of the introduction of germs Hf ' by oor enemies, a suggestion that the Hrr secret service is no doubt considering. B''v ' There are times whenrentrance to the Hf army camps should be more strictly Hf guarded, and the closest scrutiny should B' be given to the movements of all persons V giving suspicion of disloyalty and malice. H'v . Out doqr air and sunlight help avert H':' this or any other disease. In tightly H' closed workshops, stores and railroad Hf strains, it is no wonder that people become- H' so enfeebled by bad air and. that the t germs become so contagious. Itisacom- p mon sight o see hundreds of persons at- H f tending a meeting in a room where you j ;can see no sign of any ventilation except Jf the opening of a door when some one H" - ttoes out. H 1 If anyone feeling the oppressiveness Kf , of the atmosphere, attempts to open a Bf;' - window, the black looks he gets from his Mpt 'neighbors lead him. to desist. Hf$ ) Employers in localities where grip pre- BriH jvails find the. disease is a big handicap to Pu:' their production. If. this thing goes '4 imuch farther, it will hold ( up the war H)r: 'work. People who have cliargeof work- H(ffL , vshops will do well to see that they are MpV v ' -we" supplied, with fresh air. Workpeople Hp v should wear warm clothes so they can H, istand a few drafts. The girls with the Hkf f mosquito netting waists should substi- KviV itute "something more appropriate to fall W; 'iweather. A little effort to keep ourselves Hf ' in good physical condition will save many Hn; ; Serious and some fatal illnesses, and help K ." 'keep the industrial machinery of the K,i- ycountry running. |