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Show 1 HEALTH MAGAZINE" ; CGMBATCD1SEASE Safogiinrdlng tho public licnlth of the Ktiitc nml pointing tho way to n i bulti-r. Iii'tilthlcr community, n new publlrntlou, thu Utah Public Ilwillli Journal, Imui'iI by tho Utah Public i lloulth AMPiirliitlou anil wilted by ,. James 11. Wiillis, oxocutlvo sucrutnry, Iiuh inatlo lt ipiiwimiRO. A copy of the first Imnup, jimt off tho press, was received yesterday In IIiIh offleo unit spcakH well for the now nolo sounded 1 In community welfare. Any opportunity offered by the stale to Improve or Increase the good health of Its Inhabitants, is to bo Avidly Avid-ly seized upon by the llttlo health Journal mid Its doctrine sounded to ' all corners of the state. Ah an example of Its policy to encourage en-courage anil ndvort'so tho various health phases of tho state, Is an flits iiiliml.ii.- article by Miss l.ennlo II. Ar- 0 ilmr, mate supervisor of nurses, de-r. de-r. voted to the activities .of tho public health and school nurses of the stale . There Is no community In tho state but what Is visited at some time during I? the year by a registered nurse, whose duty Is not only to aid In teaching the care of the sick, but to locate cases of disease and report them to the proper authorities, always keeping u vigilant vig-ilant look-out for the first dread symptoms symp-toms of tuberculosis, and to tench a proper health living, which Is u sure preventative for all disease. Although there arc a number of nurses at present In tho field, It is hoped to Increaso tho service, by the first of tho year. At present there are not sufficient nurses to approximately approxi-mately care for the health of tho state, hut with the employment of more, which Is hoped to he effected through the salo of Christmas seals, the health of Iho state will bo materially raised next year. This Is thoroughly explained ex-plained In an enthusiastic article by Mr. Wallls. How Utah cares for her people, whe through Illness, poverty, and Ignorance u unable to care for themselves Is graphically told by Miss Kate Will-; Will-; ams, executive secretary of the Asso- 1'iulctl Charities. According to Miss lllianis. fifty per cent of tho poverty In the stiite Is caused through Illness of the breadwinner or some member of the family. Practically all of this 111-; 111-; iiwh Is preventable through a proper health living, and many enses of 111 hoss may be arrested and cured through tho same simple health rules-It rules-It Is to spread tho gospel of this sane, health life, that the Utah Public Health .lournal has taken up the arms and ammunition of clean communities and a health curriculum in the schools. This later Is embodied In tho Modem ; Health Crusade, a fascinating move-; move-; meat, possessing all the appeals of drama, play, adventure, and contest ; which are so dear to the heart of ft childhood. It Is fostered by tho Ma 1 tloual Tuberculosis Association and $ has already been ad ipted by many ol tin st.ito '.n I'h'i' I'u'.'.Ic suhnA y i.iiim. It Is a part of tho (urrlcului In IMnli for the Hlxth grade, but It ! Imptil, aeeordlng to Mr. Wall'';. Hint I will eventually he nilopted In nl rndi', ns 1ms been done elsowliTO. InlnHluctlnn of tho Health C'nisml inovemoiit In tho public Hchnols I-r'en I-r'en a prominent place In The .lour mil. Tb's Is avowedly onu of tho inos ii'tiiirtaut alum of the Utah l'lihU-Il.iilth l'lihU-Il.iilth Association, and represents v ii.iiliiiial cnmpalKU that strikes at th er xeat of illseaso. tho fiirmntloii o ililly habits In the llfo of the (blld. I. tin- habits formed are those of u nnl nml. proper, hoaltli-idvitiK routluorih' ililld builds up a constitution that h nhlc to resist disease. It Is IhrouKI foruiallon of wronjc habits that the fnimilalion Is laid for the Brent jierceti-fie jierceti-fie of 111 health and sufferiiiK of aftoi nirs. The Crusade Is explaliic In lh .lournal In an Insplr'iiK nrtlcie by l)i K. (I. (lowans, state supervNor ii licnlth In tho schools, who cnlls on the school teachers to co operate In RottltiK tin- work under wny. A few of the piiK's are devoted tc the national flKht ir alnst tho "irrnnt white phiKite," for ibe Utah IMihllc Health Association U an nffilluted auv lllary of the National Tuberculosis A-soclatlou. A-soclatlou. Utah Is 1 ot Immune to the scourge, ns tho compilations of the war examining IioumI hroucht oir! since more than !I00 of her sons wen refused by the army on account of tuberculosis. tu-berculosis. Itcnllzlw this, a law part of the year's health nmpnlfcn Is to be waKcd tiKnliist tuber ulosls. This set tloa of the uuiKazIue Is Illiiiiilini t Intj hundleil by Mr. Wall s. Mention Is made "f the Clirlstmn Seal Sale, whereby funds are raNeil tho Utah Public Heal h Association for the flnaneltiK of hea th projeet In the towns and counties f the stale. Tin vast and far-reachlnr ctiw of sin lee that rides abroad on the little one-cent seal, which has come to mean such tin Important part of all Christmas mall Is explained, and appeals made for tin sale this year, which opens Decern her 1st. The innKnzlno contilns twenly pkc arraned In an nttraetlru mahe-up, tin der the lnslKuIn of the doublo-barrc cross, emblem ot the National Tubei culosls Association. The front pap shows a hnndoomoly engraved pn trait of B. O. Howard, of Salt I.aki president of tho ussnclutlon. A per runnel of the officer nml directors l ulsn Included. The .lournal Is to be Issued monthly nnd sent to nil schools, medical men hospitals, nurses, church leaders, wel fare organizations, civic authorities city and county health officials, etc. The subscription price Is $1.00 pel yeur, which entitles tbo subscriber ti a year's membership In tho Utah l'uh He Health Association. The .lournn should be found In every home. Tin health play, "Mr. I. N. Different h Double-Crossed," Is alone worth t year's subscription. Then thero Is i satisfaction of knowing you hnvi helped u Kod cause. Address Utali Public Health AssocI a Hon, Itooms I'.OOUOS Stato Capitol Salt IjiIco City, Utah. ' ..ft i i i |