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Show PREVENT SPREAD OEJFUIEIIZA In the Salt Lake papers for Tuesday, Tues-day, October 8,, appeared as one of the, chief methods of avoiding the "influenza" the following direction: "Wet feet' demand prompt attention. atten-tion. Wet clothes are dangerous and must be removed as soon as possible.- -. ' -Wednesday morning t thfr tlme of the opening Jof school, there was . a pronounced drtzzeL- At v one of the public schools the Children some minutes mi-nutes before the opening bell' were being lined up outside4 in . ; the 1 wet their wraps in most instances lung-ing lung-ing inside for they wore neither coats or hats, standing therein the wet in the clothes that fney were to sit -Jn all the morning, simply that . .they might, .according to the usual uanner march Into the school. Order is a very good thing, marching and all that goes with it Is a fine thing, beginning a school day by getting the children into a Quiet and orderly mood Is a great help towards- the performance of the day's duties, but at a time like the present when schools and other public gathering places are being closed all over the country to avoid so far, as possible the spread of this dread disease, discretion should be used. "An ounce of prevention is worth a nound of cure." savs an old urov- erb. Would not it be far better to use the preventative by obeying the suggestions, even though it causes some hardships and a slight relaxation relaxa-tion of discipline, than to risk the disease dis-ease and then try to cure by closing-our closing-our schools? A CITIZEN. |