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Show YOUR HEALTH ev OR R Hi OISHOP. I ft THE SMOKE Eft CD Over every large city and numerous small ones In which considerable man-facturing man-facturing Is carried on, there hangs a constant pal of smoke When there Is smoke there must be soot, and this Is constantly being breathed Into the lungs of the people who live in these communities. Many large cities have taken steps to abate the smoke nuisance. New York has abated Smoke Evil more than 50 per cent by proper instruction In hand stoking. Cincinnati has ac-COmplIshed ac-COmplIshed 47 per cent abatement since 1914. by efficient legislation. Cle veland is making the smoke nuisance nuis-ance one of the objectives of its pres- j ent clean-up campaign. j It !s an established fact that dis-es dis-es cf the upper respiratory tract, that is, diseases of the nose, throat, ami lungs are greatly increased by tho irritation of coal dust in tho air Pneumonia Pneu-monia is increased In frequency and severity by pollution of the air with coal dust. A smoke pall, also, shuts out tho strong rays Of the sun, nature's great bac erla killer. When th air is dirty, it is difficult to keep your streets, yards, clothes and your own bodies clean, which menna it is difficult to keep them healthy, too. The baleful physical effect of smoky, smo-ky, dark, and dirty air on human health has been often emphasized. it Is up to every individual in a smoky city to fight for abatement or the nuisance. Education in proper methods of coal burning anel effective' legislation will go a long way toward chci king the smoke SViL |