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Show i i big Campaign against ! ; ' , FEAR IS ADVOCATED . . t , ' ... , . . . 1 . ! , i Dee Moines, In., Oct. 2S--A course in common sense and the basic ideas i; of Christian' Science and r.n editor-iul editor-iul policy for newspapers directed - . against -fear, was urged at a meet- ing here recently of a committee ot , , , business , and- professional men : which have virtually been in charge : j. j of the city during the so-called m- i j ; fluonza epidemic. Dr. W. C. Witte. ! r : city sanitarian. Is chairman of the! ; i committee, The membership in- j eludes,:. James R. Hanua, former ! j ; mayor; C Thornburg, superintend-!! superintend-!! ! ent of schools; C. L. Herrir.g of the' j . Greater Dos Moines committee; Mar-. Mar-. ; shall MUltr. president of the Trades . and Labor assembly, Ralph Faxon. '. i Secretary of the chamber of con-, con-, ! gress; Charles Save rude, drugKist; i i and Drs. R. L. Tarker and Thomas ,' F. Duiiifrg. . The city has been under rigid U : quarantine for a minimum period ot ' two weeks.' all schools colleges churches, theatres and amusement places having been closed to prevent further spread of the alloged epidemic. epi-demic. The fact that soldiers and officers at Camp Dodge who are -Christian Scientists have not been affected by the epidemic, was called to the committee's com-mittee's attention at the meeting by Mr. Mi!lcr. . . . "There is a question,"; said Dr. Wltte, "that by a right attitude ot mind these people have kept them-, selves from illness. I have no doubt that many . persons, have contracted the dissace through fear. : "People can . deceive , , themselves Into thinking they have, any disease on the calendar, and doubtless many of them, have thought themselvee into their giaves." A recommendation that newspapers news-papers prepare editorials; citing the immunity which Christen Scien-titists Scien-titists enjoy from influenia, and urging urg-ing tha use of common sense arc1 calm attitude of mind in conquering conquer-ing fear of infection was made by W. H Byers, corporation, counsel Cor the city. The recommendation was indorsed by the committee ! as a wtioie, ana newspapers were asked ask-ed to quote the committee to thr.; effect. : " ! "Entirely too much ' publicity ha-baen ha-baen given to supposed symptoms of the so-called Spanish Influenza." was Mr. Byres .further ': oomment. "and I would recommend . that if anything be printed In regard to the disease it be confined to Simple preventive pre-ventive measures something constructive, con-structive, rather than dislructive." "Fear Is the first thing to be overcome, over-come, the first step 'in conquering this epidemic," said Dr. Witte. "I. am-not a Christian Scientist but I believe that their "principles will materially aid in ' protecting the health of this community. They ; did not originate with the Scientists I but are to be found by anyone who i Bill take the trouble to read his Bl-f Bl-f We. 'Tn my work in infected romnuin-, romnuin-, Ities. I ha'-e always found Scientists Scien-tists the first to respond to the first to respond to the slightest, suggestion suggest-ion of unsanitary conditions. and the first to comply with fundamen-jtnIjKatth fundamen-jtnIjKatth measures." |