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PREVENTABLE DIS-- -- EASES TAKE T%Elll " TOLL INDIRECTLY PREVENTABLE _ DISEASES The point is that the cost 'would In' forthwith reduced if the dirseet meth-- bd of" collecting was used. _ _ During the last three years typhoid fever, smallpox and diphtheria took from lllinois a toll of 4,501 lives, or. people sufficient to populate a city the size of Princeton, Des Plaines or Anna. These three diseases are all positively preventable and are tolerat-- €d because they work by the subtle, dwdirect method. In other words, a Jot of people do not know, or at least «o not realize what the dissases are #p to, until it is too late. _ When an automobile tire picks up \nail in the road and a puncture re-- Its, the driver wonders why some bf the hundreds of machimes that went ahead of him did not get the mall, Catching contagious diseases is the same way. It is only when all WE the neceseary conditions of con-- @et are just right that the mischi¢t 8 dGone. i( the tire is puncture proof lke nail doeen't do matcrial damage, 4 it the body is immane to dis-- iteo no sickness results from ¢x Typhoid, Smallpox and Diph-- 'theria Have Taken Heavy _ Toll in Last Few Years. _ Preventable diseases take their IIs by the ipdirect method. If pre table dixuu used the direct thod, such as a clob or a gun, to 11 their victims, the resulting alarm ourd make the old world Afremble. nt ahead t --Catchi same w the nece ¢t are jus "done. i ) nail dog ad it the no #i \--__ V¥ _--_~ aw sSeAawrtaniice * BEGIN HERE TODAX Clare Jewett,. in love with the (orctet Taath it M faheil _ "Overcoat Hall," a refuge for t* e lish by GI Uioke wodees edsmiatee "Fuou's father, calls and orders 10 ocase 'aceing Clare. who frequentliy a---- ayt she A% eft i # P ramiet hunas her hack to F a':"n ret to her husband. Heb anm '..J break in and threaten .&?M manski meets the mad NOW GO ON wWITH THE STORY *That's it," he said. "Don't let this guy buffalo you. Come on, let's drive him out." Bz:lc'.ean close to Glichrist. "I you IT'd get you," he sneered, 'The mob presséd closer. Umanski placed bis bulk in front of them. They were fast clos ing in on him. ce es o wl & helr ilehrinl voice. It was Goodkind who had forced his weay through to face them. "No vwiolkence. You're dealing with a Junatic. I've got a doctor coming down here, Leave it to me and I'lH have this place closed tonight." Langhter first and then a serlous muffled protest came from the mob. *"That's what he's been tellin' 'em. Ain't it, Grubby. Jimmie, didn't ho' tell you he was the son of Godt" As-- senting nods came from here and there in the pressing throng and whispered or mumbled threats. . *That's what he told 'em all," Joe Mufl# "That's how he gets 'em." Joe fhirned menacingly toward Gi+ christ. "Didn't you tell 'em you was a son of God?" he demanded. Gilchrist straightened. "I am," he.said sitffiply. the air and Curses shouted ~loud. Gilchrist stood his ground and raised hbis right hand. _ "So are we all"" bhe shouted.. "In down+*~is something of ~Him. We may try to hide it--or kill it, but in spite of ourselves we are divine." Tony Maiduca stepped out of the 'l o'o " d (q j ts l y' a & K¥A--* BY CHANNMING | \' CHW h uun'm",- % Lw.s:v"m * press and faced "If you're a son of God--save your-- self. IHf you're what 'you say--give us a sign." Thege was a pause--a silence. Then Hemnig, with a gesture, turned loose the fury. "Aw, hell, come on!" he shouted. Chaos came at 'his call -- With the false courage that cow-- ards can muster through numerical superiority the horde advanced. Chairs toppled, tables crasbhed, the jangle of breaking glass could be heard. Mew and women grappled in a struggle that knew no order. ' "KiDt"*~"Murder!" "Police!"* Words of violence were those that rose to the surface of this seething mass. But above it all occasionally there came the voice of a child: _ "--but deliver us from Thine is--*" ""THE on m very readily be im typhoid fever, amall ber side, was still praying. Men felt inert here and there. women slunk off. wanted lo g There on the foor Aay the hulk of| Open it now." a man, It was rist» A thin He did so, : mdl"w#"l"m plcture, 'its *® There was a gullty silence. in the bliata: #*--and the power and g10r7, 10%*| chromo. ~ from.that little hill near Golgothe, : 'She drew herself to her feet and with a mute stare started slowly for the apparently lifeless figure in the center' * A plercing scream halted her. "Mary Margaret®' cried Miss Lev-- inson. *"Where are your erutches?" The girl looked down in bewilder-- MARY MARGARET, CRUTCIHPES AT HER SIDE, WAS STILL PRAY-- ment at her feet. -- ~"I don't know," she said absently, pox and diphtheria. The real quts tion before the public and before in-- dividuals in this matter . is whether they prefer to take a chance on these diseases--and have their children take the chance--or beimmunized and afterwards have no pneed for fear of the disceases. of the cross. Typboid fever prevalence in thg' state for the first six months of.this year was 112 cases greatir than for the same period of 1923. For April, May andg June ef this year theére were 25 more cases reported than for the corresponding quarter of 1924. These dierences seeim slight for a state the sizge of Illinois, says the state health commissioner, but they indjcate a tendency that may become dangerous because of the fact that a sifigle case may become the starting point of a serious epidemic. knees." Dazed; bewildered, they dropped to their knees. Heads bowed. Here and there trembling hands made the sign "God's in this room. Down on your Mary Margaret opened her LA come and with it the hush of a halted world, its busy creatures pausing in their pelimell, some with reverent reason and others merely because a day bad been marked red in the calendar. The glow of dying embers fell upon Gilchrist as he sat in reverie before an open freplace in his room "up-- stairs," his eyes dreamily far away as he puffed contentedly on a pipe. It was a simple, unpretentious room. Its furnishings were cheery and it was banked with friendly books. The actual cost of medical and nursing care incident to treating a care of typhoid fever is not less than $100. Figured on this basis alons, the excess of 112 cases during the first half of this year over the first half 'of 1923 cost the people of I!li-- nois the tidy sum of $11,200. That $100. Figured on this basis alone, the excess of 112 cases during the first half of this year over the first half 'of 1923 cost the people of I!li-- nois the tidy sum of $11,200. That amount of money would pay for the annual salarics of three or four tfull . time medical feld officers whose ser-- vices would go a long way toward . banishing from the state such pre-- ventable diseases as typhoid fever. Late in June a 10--year--old boy died of diphtheria in Hillsdale and about the same time a 11--year--old girl dicd of the same discase in Libertyville. aewnpapfl' dispatches -- declare that w Libertyville girl had no medical care whatever during the fArst five days of illness, while the Hillsdale boy was under the care of & cultist, and that nceither of the unfortunate children _ received dlphtlberia.' antl-- toxin. Sad of this ki will continue to recur, Wald Dr. lsaac, D. Rawlings, statée health director, until [un people réalize definitely that anti-- toxin, which is distributed ~free by the state, is the--only reliable means of treating diphtheria and that reg uldr M. D. pbhysicians are the only A faint tapping at the door hardly stirred him, and before he could turn Mary Margaret had entered furtive-- ly. She saw him in the dim light and bastily bid a package behind her C!lAP.'Eh KXIt Another Christmas Eve Down on your knees--you Cmy . wme PRerNeteth Nee C you scaured me. I thought you went "No,** be said, "I camme up here to n'doluh'hlhw.orm gifts on the tree. Where's Grubby? He promised td help./ "Grubby's all swelled up with his new taxicab," she seld, a lHttle con-- temptuously, ~"Christmas eve's the big night in --bis business, but he says don't worry--he'll be here in time for the sandwiches. Am,/L interruptin®' your reading?" "Oh, no." he answered, noting ber obvious efforts to hide her package. "What bhave you there?" ® "Where?" Her evasion was child-- "Undr your apron." "I was gonna surprise you," she sald. "It's your Cbristmas present. It ufi much--an' I didn't want it on tree--before everybody. 1 wanted to give it to you myself. He did so, smiling. He held up a picture, 'its simple signifitance lost in the blatant colors of & cheap "Mary Margaret" "The naméo's on the h.c'? she said.. *See--'Mama's Treasute.'" "Its just what I wanted," be said. "Is it, bonest?" she rejoiced in de-- light. "Let's put it in place of that one over the mantelpiece. That's an awful pretty pitcher, but mine's got colors in it." She assented readily and with an air of 'pride he stood the picture on top of the bookcase. said, taking her hand. "You thank me," she reproached. *"Youw that's give me--" She looked down at her sides where crutches had once stood. They were gone now. "Oh, Mr. Gilchrist!" she started, and her eyes fAlled with tears. *"Try laughing," he said. And she did, "And if I'm baving my Christ mas now, you must have yours, too. Suppose you rummage on the aofa." . SBhe churried over and made her way through a score of packages. There was a book for Miss Levinson, and gifts for a dozen others. "This one isn't marked," she said, holding it aloft. "Is it mine?" "Why not in place of the Venus who fell on her nose?" he suggesled. "Now, now," he .warned, "we mustn't cry on Christmas." "What are you going to do i#f you're happy?" ; **No," he replied, "those are gloves for Mack,. I wanted to show I ap preciated hbis . bringing back that Finally she found it--a large box marked with her name. She opened it breatblessly and held up a child's *"Oh, Mr. Gilchrist," she protested feebly. '"Oh, you oughtna't." She tried them on and ran to a mirror, *'They're beautiful," she went on rapturously. .*"They're the beautiful-- est furs 1 ever see. I've wanted a set like this always. I never was so happy before in my life." ~ beaver. beld up an admonitory finger and they turned to laughter, _ _ "I don't know how to thank you," she said. -- "Don't try," he returned. * She scurried off to show her pres-- ent to her mother. As she opened the door Mr. Goodkind reached the stairway landing and entered. Mary Margaret turned toward> Gilchrist alarmed, and stood by--ready to pro-- tect him. "Well--Mr. Goodkind," welcomed "I've only a moment, Jerry's wait-- ing for me in the car." ® '"How is Jerry?" Gilchrist in-- quired solicitously. _ TUoodkind was sadly eyeing Mary "I wish you could perform a miracle on him," he said, Cisconso-- lately. *' M "I can't thank you enough," be Play copyrighted, 1922, in . the United sugrb-.nd Enahnd. Novel-- ized. version by special germlnlon of the author, and of Brentano's, publishers of the play. (Continued in Our Next Issue) "May 1 ~come in?" the visitor "Of course." Daniel drew up a Play _co professional persons adequately equip-- ped to treat all kinds of disease. Now is a good tinve to immunize children against diphtheria by admin-- istering three injections of toxin--anti-- toxin, which is distributéd free by the state department of health. The diphtheria prevalence in the state is low --just now, but it is sure to in-- crease very sharply in September and remain much higher than at present throughbout the fall months, accord-- ing to the state health authorities. HMydrophobia .continues to #pread among dogs and cattle in the state, according to recent reports. News-- paper dispatches indicate that two cows in the vicinity of Du Quoin and two in the vicinity of Eldorado re-- cently developed rabies as a result of dog bites and that a large num-- ber of cattle near Harrisburg have been bitten.© Again the director of public health warns the public to beware of dogs. He recommends muzzling.of all dogs as an-- ef.ective méans of controlling the spread of rables. Didn't Make a Hit 1 was just a youngster, but had been hearing my parents tease my older brother about getting married, so I felt I knew all about it. 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