| Show DEATH IN TRAILING SKIRT danger that lurks in present day obedience to fashions whim the following short story from the woman s journal Is very timely in the warning given against trailing shirts only a little dust almost Imper cep tible dust caught on the rug on the floor of the handsome hall it was a turkish rug lying on the perfectly waxed hardwood floor in a I 1 all where neatness seemed to reign along with all the appointments of wealth but there was that almost imper dust how did it come there if you had ears that could hear ts voices it would tell you it woud say that it had clutched a fold on the beautiful lad s gown ard come in from the street it was a beautiful gown as well as a beautiful lady a tailor made gown land its fashionable bias flounce tralley stylishly on the ground everything was stylish about the lady from her fair face with rather deep circles below the eyes to her slender and handsome walking shoes she walked trailing her gown properly dust or no dust indeed she ignored the dust of the street but will the dust ignore let us listen if she will not tor this almost di r moves and acts with tearful force and it we listen possibly we may understand its language ficon after coming in on the tui lady 8 wn other steps followed and other gowns helped to move the dust along farther into the house but it had a fancy for the beautiful lady her frailness attracted it and it fol lowed her to the bed chamber her I 1 feet had never trod the loathsome precincts whence it came but it came to her on her gown soon there came to the chamber a little child a sweet rosy cherub in its romping it stored the dust about then the dust began to be sepa rated being formed of many particles and these talked among themselves AS they talked they danced back and forth waltzing swirling capering with every motion of the child and its mamma the beautiful lady A scientist could have understood them it he had caught some of them under his microscope he would have called them germs with what alarm he would have recognized the diphtheritic and with what dismay would he have seen the germ approaching the frail lady back and forth dancing capering wa izing the germs kept time while baby in its mother s arms said as thousands of other little ones were saying now I 1 lay me down to sleep I 1 pray the lord my soul to keep it I 1 should die before I 1 wake I 1 pray the lord my soul to take this baby was saying it for the last time when night came again thousands of little voices sent up the baby pray ers but this one was gasping out its little life on mammas bosom destroyed by a germ A ellow card at the front door warned all comers against diphtheria the lady vainly sought health for a year or more then found rest beyond the sorrow and the part lug broken hearted it was said found death in the dust of the treet said the microscope A vie tim of the long skirt fashion and consumption in all american cities and most of the larger towns promiscuous expectoration to Is prohibited there are or finances din ances and rules against spitting in conveyances on the floors of assembly halls and on the sidewalks of necessity however this cannot be prevented in the gutters and on the pavements by educating the tuberculosis pa tient himself in regard to his duty to his fellow citizen atch more can be done A careful consumptive Is a good citizen a careless consumptive is an enemy to society arid the state even with the civil and self imposed precautions the dust of the highway and crossings Is teeming with various disease germs it Is practically am possible to eliminate these beds of filth in the cleanest streets such col onles of germs are present the use of long dragging skirts on the average highway Is the height of folly it Is worse it Is absolutely dangerous the sweeping cloth picks up dust and dampened particles car crying tubercular germs they are thus transplanted into the very house hold in this simply yet sadly ettea alve way the children so carefully guarded are exposed to the dreaded plague the entire family satisfied with their fancied security are banned when tuberculosis claims one of their loved ones it may not strike the family circles the household servants may be at many of the deaths of domes tics have their explanation the mis tress after a shopping tour leaves her mud border pil skirt for the maid to clean in the cloud ot dust arising from the brush the fatal bacillus lurks the girl already weakened from too long hours indoors sue cambs A few weeks later she 19 forced to stop work and waste away in hopeless dependence on her over burdened family or at public expense another g rl Is easly obtained and the careless mistress never suspects any connection between her fashion and the doomed domestics sad fate expectoration on the streets can the streets cannot never be stopped be kept clean but this can be done every woman should wear sensible skirts entirely clearing me ground this will entirely eliminate this great avenue of tuberculosis invasion A vegetarian dinner soup vegetable entree roat imperial vegetables scalloped potatoes chopped cabbage macaroni with tomato sauce stewed vegetable oysters breads graham bread cream crisps dessert steamed fig with lemon sauce the american heart we have heard much about the american s bomach and the american nerves but we are just awakening to a discovery that there Is being rapidly developed a form of heart disease which it not peculiar to america may at least be said to be more prevalent in this country than in any other part of the world the heart weakness re suiting from the use ot tobacco and alcohol and from a sedentary life on the one band and extremely violent exertion on the other hand Is no long er a rare condition but has come to be one of the most cammon affections with which the physician has to deal A large proportion of the men reject ed in the examinations are re fused on account of heart weakness A large proportion of the public men who die suddenly die aa a result of the failure of the heart the same may be said also of many of the cases in which the cause of death Is reported to be pneumonia typhoid te ver and other affections in which special strain Is brought to bear upon the heart and in which the failure of the organ to mee the emergency Is one ot the most common causes of death the cigar the cigarette and the pipe are probably the most common cause ot this growing frequency of cardiac at but the neglect of physical exercise overeating the use of condl ments and excesses of all sorts are also to a large degree responsible tor the rapid increase Inci ease of this grave mal ady SOME WHOLESOME RECIPES vegetable soup simmer together slowly for three or tour hours in he quarts of water a quart of split peas a slice of carrot a slice of white tur nip one cup of canned tomatoes and two stalks of celery cut into small bits when done rub through a col ander add milk to make of proper con sis tency reheat season with salt and cream and serve roast imperial mix together one halt cup of lentil pulp prepared by rubbing well cooked lentils through a colander one half cup of pease pulp one half cup of english walnuts and season to tate with sage and salt line an oiled baking dish one halt inch deep with the mixture pack la loosely a dressing made from the tol lowing ingredients four slices of zwieback steamed until softened one bait cup of hot cream sage and salt to taste and one well beaten egg mix I 1 together lightly with a fork over closely with peas lentil and nut mix ture spread over the top thick cheam bake in a moderate oven until firm enough to cut into slices serve with cranberry sauce or fruit jelly scalloped potatoes pare the pota toes and slice thin put them in lay ers in an earthen pudding dish dreda ing each layer lightly with flour add salt and pour over all enough good rich milk to cover well cover and bake rather slowly till tender demov ing the cover jut long enough before the potatoes are done to brown nice ly if preferred a little less milk may be used and a cup of thin cream add ed when the potatoes are nearly done macaroni with tomato sauce break macaroni into inch lengths enough to make one cup and drop into boiling water let it boll until perfectly tender in the meantime prepare the bauce by rubbing a pint of stewed or canned tomatoes through a colander to remove all seeds and fragments heat to boiling thicken with a little flour a tablespoon tui to the pint will be about the requisite proportion add a halt cup of very thin sweet cream and one teaspoonful of salt dish the macaroni in andl vidual dishes and serve with a small quantity of the sauce poured over each dish |
