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Show HAS NO FEAR OF fiERMS. Chicago Health Officer Discourses on Baby-Kissing Question. "And let lit in kiss," said Health Officer Of-ficer Frledrlch, discussing the hygienic hy-gienic sldo of the baliy-klsshig iiih-s-tlon. "Tho transfer of gt-rins Is n possibility, of couise, but so Is uiy death If 1 take a tide on the street car. "And, au.vuay, who wants to assail that tradition ot politics? Why should tlio bablfs or' future generations genera-tions miss the adulat: hi given to those of the past, and why should not mothers of to-day get the same pinlse which will cause them to smile and swear by tho candidate forever?" Down east there Is a cry, a sort of reform wave, moving against the can-dldAlo can-dldAlo who kisses babies. They say he Is mowing down lives to got to his oltlce. "Ilosh," says, Krledrleh. "In the flrht place, most ot tho baby-kissing candidates I havo seen pluctT their lovo taps not on tho baby's lips, but on tho forehead or iheoks. And there Is not the sllghtivt danger of transferring disease In such cases. And even should tin- kiss bo on tho lips, tho danger Is not great. ' "And iu considering tho question, you must consider tho entire name of kissing. What young man would lot the fear of disease stop him? Kissing Kiss-ing will exist as long as does tho world." Chicago Inter Ocean. |