Show JOSS STICKS DRIVE BAD GERMS AWAY NEW YORK Aug 26 No No huge grinning head of paper mache will be erected In Chinatown to frighten away from Chinese children the devils of In Infantile Infantile In- In paralysis as has been done In Boston hut the residents of ot China China- town are thronging the joss house to burn punk sticks before their idol Despite the contention of scientists and bacteriological experts that the dread disease is produced by germs the residents of Chinatown still favor the devil theory To the inquisitive inspectors of the health department who seek seel to convince them of error the Orientals point to the fact that none of the Chinese children has been affected by the epidemic and that the smoke of punk sticks Is thick in the joss house Have not several of the children of It Italians lians living in the Chinatown district been stricken with the disease they ask How then can It be said that devils are not at the bottom of the trouble and have been vanquished by the OSS I |