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Show CITY PEOPLE LIVE LONGEST J Contrary to Very General Belief, the Country Is Not the More Healthful Health-ful Place to Live, J II lini nlwnjs been thought that tho I country was n moro healthful nhue , llinn the city, but the following article offered by Prof. B. F. Coon of the Coln-rm!o Coln-rm!o Agricultural college seems to le-fUe le-fUe It : ' If we but realize how much of the hnckwnrdncsi nnd stupidity of many n ' Mill Is due to health condition- If we fully realized what It mean lien 4S per cent of mrnl children linvo defective defec-tive teeth. 23 per een diifectlvf tonsils, ton-sils, iKI per cent ui1"IiiIh. 21 per cent defective eyes, nf 1 b"iigient tiuin-her"" tiuin-her"" have onlnr u-d gliidi. spinal curvature, cur-vature, tunc nd ear defects or heart dlM-nn', in- should lie 11 little more en-thimlii en-thimlii u- uhoiit the cnmpiilKii the Bed Crn-"- is waging to Improve the beallb r'i' -iir'tnllnn conditions In the ill- I e" mid In the open counlr.v. ''Iheie me nppiiixlinntely 12,IMKI.U(hi r'-lldien In rural conimunltlci In the I Lulled Stnte. Had they had the op j portunlt.v to ihnni', they would have In en horn 'in the cities, for their cluinruM of llvlnq to be men nnd worn en would bale been greater. Hien New York, the lurgi"t city In the wnrld with Its great cniitcesied districts, has n lower death rate than rural New York. 1 "Tlie people of the country might liOi'lthler mid Mumper, nml thereiiue 11101 e iiipnble ofldolmj their pnrt ol ilie world's work but the are not. "Will yon Join the rtusnile for better bet-ter conditions In the inuntr) ?" |