Show FIGHTING GIITL G T THE E WHITE lUTE PLAGUE In the current number of nf the Metropolitan l Magazine is an I of somber yet yot et compelling compelling- Interest In Inciting In in- inciting citing readers to help in the checkIng chockIng chock check Ing of ot tuberculosis of tho Of tho lun lungs s. s The Tho astonishing statement is made and made and supported b by fi figures that utes that two bundred hundred hundred hun bun dred thousand people annually dlo Clo In Inthe Inthe inthe the United States from consumption that t the tile disease is communicable communicable- und and preventable pre and curable cumbIe And AlIt Andall Andall all tho the nation is asked to help That Is a pretty worthy work 1011 Two hundred thousand persons were killed b by tho tue recent earthquake In Italy Italy Italy- and the tIle heart of tho the world Is a 9 thrilled one l Money rushes to the tile Mediterranean for or the helping of ot those who Ivilo survive for tor tho the healing healing- of or tho the sick an and wounded wound wound- ed and for food and clothing clothing- And yet vet In our own land that many people people peo peo- p ie go to their d dath nth every ery year ear from c consumption And Ana because tho tile foe oe c comes omes silently and without the tho pomp a and nd circumstances of or an earthquake tho ho t nation holds It peace There Thero is 15 an International Tuberculosis Tuberculosis b losis ale society with headquarters In fn New York Scientific men In o er every I I nation n are aro banded together tog to make maken I a an n end of ot consumption and they the can cando cando cano do d o It It will take a good deal of or money But it will not take as much muchas a as s humanity was blessedly moved mo to I gio Io when the earthquake destroyed Messina u J. J Probably I t 1 r l Y 3 Ver ono one of or us wIth us-wIth with us the certaInty that even en a n. little gift girt will be expressed In longer life Ute less suffering and approach approach approach ap ap- ap- ap to the tho vanishing vanishing- for consumption |