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Show fHOWTOUVEf f LONGER I i. J I Br JOHN CLARENCE FUNK j A. M. Sc. D. t - i - - i if J Dmctai el Pubfc Health Uocettoa. Z i St.U at PuuHylvwta. , X "Nothing but Cold." AFATHEIt of a family of six, the youngest of whom was threa-. years old, came home from work with a well developed cold Being an affectionate af-fectionate individual he kissed his wife and all the children,' making particular par-ticular fuss over the wee'one. That was on Friday. Ten days later the baby was dead. The rest of the faml-ly, faml-ly, excepting one, bod colds. : That one bad pneumonia. " It lakee experiences like this to -make one realize that "nothing but cold" may Indeed be very much something. "I didn't think that anything any-thing so common as a cold could possibly- do any damage," lamented the father fa-ther In the nlHive case. And In so saying, he voiced the opinion of count less thousauds who have little else than contempt for this ever present and universal affliction. Nevertheless, colds deserve more than contempt And not getting It, they frequently hit hack. Indeed It . has been conservatively estimated that millions of hours and millions of dollars In wuges are annually lost he- cause of the public's lack of respect for a cold. And what Is worse, the pneumonia fatalities traeenble to un- attended colds are almost staggering In number. Considered from all view-, points, the common cold Is in reality e very formidable udversury. Unlike the many other maladies that lend themselves to official control, colds need to have little fear from that source. Not that health depart, meats are disinterested. On the con- . , trary. they are extremely concerned. Only they are helpless. Which meana that the Individual Is the only person who can effectively do anything about , .. this most lmirlnnl disease problem, Happily the i.bservnoce of a few slra- j ., . pie rules will materially diminish the cold's present power. It must Se understood thnt this upe of Infection Is contagious. Therefore, anyone who Is thus afflicted and falls to cough and sneeze into his handkerchief handker-chief Is decidedly and most selfishly -negligent. Then again. It - Is merely fundamental common sense to reduce Intimate personal contacts to a mini- 4 mum, when In this condition. With eating utensils kepi to one's self and not used to help feed the baby, and with reasonable personal aloofness practiced In the home, millions mil-lions of secondary Infections that manifest themselves In families could be eliminated Take this for a cold fact. And art upon It the next time J you are suffering wltb "nothing but , JnL a cold." , .JT""' The Sun Can Hurt IN Sl'ITK of repented wurnltigs mnny 1 thousands of foolish people still - conclude that one can suddenly ex-, pose I he tender skin lo a summer's day dose of torrid sun and remain happy. Well, It simply cannot be done. One must admit that It la great sport to Jump out of a city office or home into I lie briny deep. But It must a be os rendll. conceded that to Insult . nature by exposing one's delicate epl- , -dermis to the sun's rays until painfully pain-fully blistered, la carrying one's enthusiasm en-thusiasm beyond a reasonable length. With the presenl ami fad so extremely ex-tremely and Justly popular. It Is probably prob-ably excusuble for many unthinking persons to Imagine thut one has but to. stand half naked in the sun's patb ' and derive untold benetlt But the sun does no) work thut way. While It I quite true that In tuberculosis tuber-culosis and rickets and some skin diseases dis-eases the direct rays of the sun bave -definite healing value, that fact does not Justify any normal person In arguing ar-guing that he will be Immeasurably benefited by putting the sun violently and burnlngly to work on bis short fourteen-day sojourn. 8ucb sn attitude atti-tude Is extremely silly. . A a matter of common sense the sun, even at Its best should occupy but a small part of the vacation program. pro-gram. New acquaintances, change of scene, outdoor air. reasonable eating and sufficlen' rest, are the main fae- " tors to be considered If a maximum ' ' of benefit Is to be derived from the snnual visit to mountain, lake or sea. Be a sun faddist. If you will. But don't be a burnt one. Remember, the aun can fiurt. ' (A. Ifll. Writers Newapeper Dolea.) .. aw |