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Show H PUBLIC SENTIMENT HH ' AND SANITATION V The sense of smell was not given HH us merely to enjoy roses mid violets. HHJ I It performs humbler, but even more , vital services. Were it not for Mint V 1 laculty, many sources of Infection Y j would pour out their poison undls- HHj covered. Hut many people and many Hkf . communities seem bereft of this ben- HHj ollccnt sense. HH'1' In rural -and suburban districts out- HH side of sowcis, many property own- V ctr nro putting In private drainage HH ' systems ami plumbings. They feci HH that they hao made n great advance HH i In manner of living. Thnt may cr HH may not bo truo, A great deal of HH such work Is done by Incompotcnt B''t men. It may turn out Inter that the H plpo running out to tho cesspool has Mlusulllclciit full, or n dozen other , fmlts show themselves when tho plpo HH fill with grease. Then iho ownor i may wlrh ho had stuck to tho noru Hj' prlmltlvo habits of his nolehlion-. H A lady visited tho other d.iv n well HB known town of saino size and pros- H, parity, with some Idea of taking up Hft't Iter restdenco there. Sho noticed n HH distinctly unpleasant odor In tho vll- Hffi4 lage. An old resident remarked that HJ ' It was merely the drains and cess- H pools, which would got to smelling HH "n some days. Tho lady wont else.- H where. Some peoplo would call bor HH eld maldlsh. Yet tlioro arc ruuny HH people who feel that way nowadays. HH Such considerations affect real es HH tato values. HH A town may have good schools nnd HH good streets, and bo lamentably slow HJ in sanitation. Public sentiment moves HH' ' tardily In tlilu matter. Itural dls- Hj trlcttj nro particularly negligent. BE Wells are dug closo to sources of po- HH lutlon. Vegetables nro stored Into Hk i cellars and allowed to docay. Flies HH I nr0 pormltt2l. to multiply unclieckod HHr Ico Is cut from contaminated ponds B,1 nnd shipped all over tho country. H H"-1 HHl EEEE4- t iJ.EEEEEEEEEEEEEw HH. 'HHVHPhVMiL- HMLBMHHPHPHPHpkliiiiiiiiM Cows aro milked in dark and dusty barns, 1 Hoards of health usually knov what I pood sanitation Is, but thoy llnd tho I public slow to reallro the ntcd of strict regulation. Hut It Is much chenper to closo up sources of contagion con-tagion than to pay for dlsonfco epidemics. |