Show BAVE THE OP OF UTAH FROM GRIP OP Q TUBER this years seal beal accord mccord jig to james jaines 11 II wallis executive secretary of the utah public health is la Is one of the most beau symbolical taht has ever been la signed tor for the message of good hoer heer and good he health although the design of the seal Is gauged every evely year said bald mr wallis recently this years seal to my mind in particularly significant ot of the work vork a the field ot of health to which funds ire are devoted the design li is a mother carrying a child silhouetted against the blue sky and the snow covered christmas tree bearing the double cross of the tuber crusaders 11 since the major part ot of our finances aro are directed toward educating children and mothers in tho the prevention of 0 tuberculosis and so 10 savins ing the tb lives of the count rys little folks the seal seems particularly appropriate ippi apri it to Is now known that most cases of tuberculosis are contracted in childhood because children are more susceptible to the inroads tit of the diet asa tasa end and because they are more careless about what goeb boea into their mouths months often the diamse develops rapidly and th the a child Is crippled needlessly for with a little care in general good health meas measures lures or by catching the disease in its earliest earl leet test stages th the 0 child might be t saved avd fore for happy and useful it if the disease doom not develop in childhood it on often lies dormant domant until the th wy body Is if weakened ened sd by overwork illness or dissipation in later life and then takes on an acute form which also might inight be eumina eliminated ted were it pos poa to catch the early and nd treat it promptly it Is the work of the christmas seal sat to provide fund tor for making surveys throughout the state that will bring dormant or tuva active casu to light nad and the people in prompt and proper treatment that will alia viste further farther misery and d restore the me health of 0 thousands tot of sufferers the no money ameir for or ahli work Is entirely dependent upon the sale of christmas seals that Is in why vy the work Is 13 so important at two this season ot of good will to men |