Show HEALTH racketeers medical quackery which for several years gradually lost arousa because of the growing tendency of newspapers to re advertising seems to have found a new and potent ally in the radio much advertising which no self respecting newspaper would print is freely broadcast over the air evidently with some success in attracting suckers because it is being continued in diminished lun volume those who prey upon the public by fraudulently cashing in on the universal desire for health are characterized by dr E P lyon dean of the medical school of the university of I 1 minnesota as health racketeers he says of this type of faker his health patter is science his eye is on your check book in these days especially ally he prostitutes the radio I 1 to his uses quacks and quackery bakers fakers and fakery of all kinds appeal to a bewildered public between jazz and the nasal tenor with blatant advertisements ti that no reputable journal will print 0 health what crimes are committed in thy name even some of what appears to be legitimate advertising is very deceptive the doctor says further brushing the teeth is a nice habit but no one has proved that it saves teeth and all the advertising about tooth pastes is rottenest rott enest tommyrot we often wonder if bill hay reel off his chronic radio spiel about film with tongue m cheek the hitchhiker hitch hiker too is a staunch advocate of free wheeling some political prophets are taking mr recent silence seriously youngsters also might be urged to plow under every third row of their wild oats wonder if henry ford managed to corral a wall street bull for his famous museum about the only ones who have been benefited by the wicker sham reports are the para grap hers the nye committee may finally get around to an investigation of the hayes tilden campaign all should learn to anve a car says an advertisement especially a lot of binks who are driving now russia will now pay workers according to their ability some of us should be thankful were not russians washington anniversary will be celebrated next year by people who voted away the liberty he gave us A score of plans have been proposed for raising the price off cotton farmers would be satisfied with one that would work directions for keeping grape concentrate from fermenting are so explicit that nearly everybody can understand and disregard them dr craster of new jersey renews the old propaganda about the dangers of kissing there are dangers of course one of which in certain cases is that of getting caught at it |