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Show MASKS ARE EFFICACIOUS WHEN PROPERLY WORN Unless Citizens Are More Careful, More Stringent Regulations May lie Necessary. There is talk of a much stricter or-ider or-ider from the local health board if citizens do not live up to the piesont ! very moderate and reasonabl" rsquire-i rsquire-i ments concerning the use of the gauze masks in all public building). In I many towns people are prohibited from appearing upon the streets at 'all without musks under penalty of a I heavy fine. Many people poo poo the lust of the masks, which they regard I as a mere fad, but according to the I best medical opinion we have they are the only means yet discovered of cuni- III' i I I I III' .III.-. VII Ml " ''' l' 'l OL '' 'i- batting and eradicating influenza, and have been found very effectual where carefully used. Of course they will not prevent the spread of the disease if worn in the pocket or under thC chin as a bib. like many an- doing.' Another thing, in order to be efflca-1 cious masks must be kept clean andl sterile. This can only be done by washing and boiling them frequently, or drying them thoroughly in a hot' oven. There are masks being wont in Cedar (around the necks) which would certainly give anyone influenza, hy-i drophobia or nearly anything else if elevated to a position over the mouth and nose. What is needed is the Hp-lication Hp-lication of a little common sense to the use of the masks and we dare say, they will prove very effectual in ar-resting ar-resting the spread of influenza here. J w a u |