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High Grade Wash
Goods Dept. Specials
for Monday
French Batiste, 40 inches wide, with
bordered effects, good patterns and
colors, at. yard 25?
French Batiste, Lawns and Flaxon,
plain and borders, good assortment
of colors and patterns, yard 15j
French and Scotch Ginghams, Egyp
tian Tissues, good patterns, at, per
yard 23?
Scotch Ginghams, 32 inches wide, all
colors, at, per ya.rd 15
Flaxon, printed, good assortment, al
ways sold at 16c, at, yard . .10
Silk striped Voiles, Marquesettes,
plain and colored, at, yard . .J50
SUk Mixed Goods, all colors and
good patterns, regular &0c quality,,
at;, per yard 3.
Tlain Silk Mixed Goods, all colors,
at, per yard 23
Poplins. 27 Inches wide, in all col
ors, at, per yard 25
High Grade White
Goods Dept
Luna Lawn, 32 Inches wide, at per
yard - 390 25 and 10
Persian Lawns, 32 Indies wide, a
good quality, at, yard -lOt?
Mercerized Batiste, good soft finish,
always sold 50c a yard, at'. .330
Flaxon, fancy stripes and checks, at
per yard . -30 250 nd 190
Shear barred Waistlng, a good seller
at 4 5c,-at, a yard -300
St. Gall Swisses and Embroidered
Mulls, 32 inches wide, in dots and
figures, at yard 750 650 500
and 350
Dimities, in checks and stripes, 32
inches wide, 39c quality, for 290.
Btrlped Madras, one yard wide, al
ways sold at 50c, Monday, at, per
yard .. 350
Indian Head and Linen Finished
goods, at, yard 100 150 12 H0
Dress Linens, in all colors, . 39c
quality, at, per yard 250
Hardware Dept.
Monday's hardware sale is
a record breaker for bargains;
evory. article selected means a
eaving of from 25 to 50 per
lucent. 1
18 inch adjustable Screen for 180
34 Inch adjustable Screen for 250
Green Bcrsen Door, any sUe . . H90
Oiled Screen Door,1 any size $1.19
Child's Floral Set, hoe, spade and
rake, for .-60
Lawn Rake, H tooth, at ....190
Mrs. Pott's Irons, for 700
Sensible Aebestoa Irons ....81.25
6 foot Bkirt Board for 690
100 feet triple galvanized Clothes
tor 290
Grass Catcher, for 49
10 gallon Garbage Can, worth f 1 . 6 0,
'or ."....' 080
8PKCIAL Broom, worth 35c 100
Try MYDEN'S First
June Sales Here Mean Not Only Savings But Satisfaction
Three Rousing Embroidery Bargains
Monday
Beautiful 18-inch Swiss Embroidered Flouncings, Corset
Cover Embroideries, Galloons, Bands and Inserting?
Full case of fine new goods, values to 50c; Monday, per
yard, at : 25c
Handsome Embroidered Skirt Flouncings 45-inch
wide, in floral, shadow and openwork designs, regular
$2.00 a yard values, in Monday's sale, per yard, at 78c
Loom Knd Strip, at yard 50 70 100 150 and 100
Thousands of yards of embroideries in 5 and 6 yard strips, mill
remnants of loom ends, from 3 to 18 Inches wide"; on sale Mon
day, at about half the actual retail worth. See them.
$2.00 ALL-OVKK LACKS Net Top, Irish Crochet and'enitlan All
Overs, at, per yard 980
A splendid assortment of rich new patterns In either hite or cream,
greatest All-Over Lace Snap of the season.
75c and $1.00 Ml Silk Foulards and
Messalines 38c
Several hundred yards of beautiful Foulards and Mes
salines, in dots and small figures, good line of colors,
navy, brown, reseda, grey, tan, myrtle, black and
white, etc.; strictly all silk; on sale Monday, yard, 38c
20 and 30-in. all Silk ronjree
75c and $1.00 yard values best
summer silk for coats and
Dresses 550 &"d 750
$l.-25 Black Silk Mes
salines, - 36-inch
wide, per yard, at. .
$1.25 Black Tcau del
Soie, 30-inch wide,
per yard, at.
27 -in. Imported Wash Silks $1
yd. quality, in light colors,
beautiful for summer waists, on
sale, at yard 590
For $1.25 Black Dress
Taffetas, 3 6-inch
wide.
For $1.25 Black Satin
de Chine, 36-inch
wide.
Everything for the Home Furnisher
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Draperies and Curtains of all kinds. Most complete
assortment, best values in Omaha.
Matchless Lace Curtains A
magnificent line of . beautiful
. designs, yard $4.05 t0 $20
Brussels Net Curtains In all-
over lace designs, with beauti-
f ul borders, at from S3.08
to";.....;....,; $30.00
Zlon City Cable Net Curtains
54-inch wide, in ecru or .white,
at from per pair
at ........$3.25 to $7.00
Couch Covers All colors, full
else, priced at $1.25 to $6
Nottingham Lace Curtains
Pretty patterns In white or
ecru, at ..... . 750 to $2.98
Rope Portieres All colors and
styles, ;ricd at O80 to $10
Scrim Curtains For double
doors, all colors, on sale Mon
day, at $1.75
Madras for Curtains 4 8-inch
wide, In white or cream, shown
Monday, per yard
at .... . 390 to 750
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Screens and Shirt Waist Boxes Assortment and values that you'll
not find "duplicated at S2.25 to $15.00
Scores of Special Bargain Offerings In Both Furniture aud
Rugs, all the Week. Remember it costs you nothing to look and we
know that comparison of qualities and prices will bo in our favor.
Let us save you money on Housefurnishings.
Bed Spreads, Sheets and Pilhw
Cases, in High Grade Linen Dept.
Full size Hemmed and Fringed Bed
Spreads, with cit corners, worth
$2.50, each $1.50
Large size heavy weight, knotted and
fringed Bed Spreads, worth $3.00,
at. each $2.25
Large size Imported Marseilles heni-
.med Bed Spreads, assorted patterns,
worth $4.00, at $2.50
Extra large imported Marseilles Bed
Spreads, scalloped with cut corners,
worth $7.00, each $4.50
Special imported Marseilles Bed
Spreads, grand assortment of de
signs, worth $10.00, each ..$5.00
Heavy weight 64 inch Table Padding,
worth 39c yard, at, yard 250
June Sale of Dress Goods
$1.00 to $2.50 Yard Value in Three Ixt, at 4!o, 80c and $1.40
All odd pieces from our Immense stock of wool dress goods, must
move quickly and we offer you for Monday, plain and fancy weaves
in great assortment, in semi-rough homespuns, grey and thin
stripe suitings, serges, tropical suitings, etc.; a general clean-up
at 3 prfces. per yard, at 490, 890 "d $1.49
Perfect Fit, Workmanship and Satisfaction, Has Spelled Success For
Vs in Our Ready-to-Wear, Made to Measure Skirt Business It's
been good from the start, it has grown in volume each week, each
day, for every skirt we make, makes us a friend and every friend
sends other friends; will make you a skirt to measure Monday, from
any of those handsome summer weight, plain and novelty English
Mohairs, materials furnished, at $4.95 and $0.95
Every Skirt strictly man tailored, fit and workmanship guaran
teed or your money refunded. See the samples.
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Some Wonderful Bargains Woi-
in Our June Clearance of
Tailored Suits
day
If you've waited, now's the time to buy, with a certainty
of a price saving of at least Half. If you've already bought,
another suit is always desirable and you'll find these bargains
irresistible.
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Tailored Suits That sold at
$30.00, $40.00 and even
$45.00, at ........$15.00
Tailored Suits That sold at
$25.00 and $30.00; on sale
at $12.50
200 Women's and Misses' Tailored Suits That sold at $15.00,
$18.00 and $20.00, all go in one lot, choice, at $7.50
Never before have we been in a position to offer you
such values in Summer Dresses right at the beginning of the
season. Several fortunate purchases has placed us in position
to offer two matchless special bargains, Monday.
Beautiful Summer Dresses In white and colored lawns and
lingeries, trimmed with laces and embroideries, 25 different
styles to select from, made to sell up to $15.00; choice, Mon
day, at $6.95
125 Beautiful Silk Dresses All samples, very newest styles,
colorings and weaves; dresses in the lot worth up to $35.00;
choicest bargains ever, at r $14.90
A Swell New Line of Pongee and Rajah Tailored Suits In
natural color, best values in Omaha
at $35, $30, $25 and $20.00'
Linen and Rep Wash Skirts In all newest summer styles
shown, at $1.95, $2.95 and' $3.95
Princess Slips Colors and white, worth to $4.00, at $1.95
Jap Silk Waists Worth to $4.00, pretty styles, at. . . .$1.95
Children's Wash Dresses-AYhite and colors, all sizes, values
to $2.00, at :: r?, r.
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FLOUR HAS TAKEN ANOTHER JUMP UP
We want every housekeeper in Omaha
to try a sack of our Diamond H Family
Flour. It Is guaranteed to give the hest
satisfaction or your money refunded in
full.
Special Sale Monday, par 48 U. sack,
at $1.13
20 lbs. best Granulated Sugar.... $1.00
10 bars Beat 'Em All or Diamond ,'C"
Soap 85o
10 lbs. best Rolled Breakfast Oatmeal
for fiOo
10 lbs. best White or Yellow Cornmeal
for 1B
7 lbs. Bulk Laundry Starch 85o
The best Soda Cracker, per lb. . ...6o
The best crisp Ginger Snaps, per lb. So
The best crisp Pretzels), per . lb oo
Bromangelon, Jellycon or Jell-O, pg. 7Ho
Q rape-Nut s, pkg lOo
Corn Flakes, pkg Vi
Oil or Mustard Sardines, per can... 4o
15c Rkg. Golden Hod Macaroni .... 10c
1 lb. pkg. Corn Starch o
IS ounce can Condensed Milk .... 7Ho
BVTTES. CHEESE and BOOS
The beat No. 1 Creamery Butter, lb. SSe
The Beat No. 1 Dairy Butter, lb... 180
Good Cream Cheese, lb IBHo
Fancy Full Cream Cheese, lb. .... 15o
TOWS TAZiK KATSEITS TBISS '
Fresh home grown Peas, all yovl want.
Quart ., So
Fresh home grown Spinach, all you
want, peck Oo
Fresh home grown Radishes. 8 bchs. So
Fresh home grown Asparagus, I bchs. Bo
Fresh home grown Onions. 6 bchs. So
Fresh home grown Turnips, 3 bchs. So
Fresh home grown Beets, 3 bchs. . . So
Fresh home grown Lettuce, 6 bchs. So
Fresh home grown Parsley, 2 bchs. So
Fresh Wax or Green Beans, lb.... TWo
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Special Inducements in Our
High Grade Linen
Department Monday
Extra Large Cream or Whito
Oriental Turkish Towels,
dtmblc twisted thread, worth
50o, each -29i?
Frlngpd and hetnmod, larg size
cream and whito Turkish Towels,
worth 3 9c, each 23
Larfte size Hemstitched Satin Dam
ask Towels, assorted patterns,
worth 29c, each lf)
Heavy weight cream Turkish Bath
Towels, good Blze, worth easily 19c,
at. each 12
Hemstitched Huck Towels, large size
plain white or colored borders,
worth 17 Vic. each 10?
Grand assortment Linen Barnsley
Glass and Huck Towellngs, usually
sells for 15c, at, yard 10
Domestics, Wide Sheetings,
Muslins, Sheets, Pillow Slips,
Wash Goods, Towels, Towel
ing, Beddings, Etc., at Much
Below the Present Market Prices
Roachdale, the well known brand of
wide Sheeting, 9-4 bleached, at,
per yard 189i?
9-4 Lockwood, genuine article,
bleached, at, per yard ....20?
Hunter's choice, 10c value, at . .5
Clover, 11c value, bleached ..5H
Berkley, No. 60, Cambric ....100
Lawnsdale Cambric, at, yard 10
7V4C Unbleached Muslin, at yard 5
SHKKTS AN1 T1LLOW SLITS
80c Sheets, 81x90, at 69
76c Sheets, 81x90. at 58
69c Sheets, 72x90, at 550
69c Sheets. 72x90, at 480
60c Sheets. 72x90, at
All 26c Pillow Slips, at 2O0
All 20c Pillow Slips, at ....1GH0
All 18c Pillow Slips, at ......150
All 15c Pillow Slips, at ....12H0
All 1 2 c Pillow Slips, at . ... 9 H 0
We will sell a 25c Bath Towel 10
We will sell a 20c Bath Towel 150
We will sell a 15c Bath Towol 100
We will sell a 12 Vic Bath Towel
for 8K0
We will sell a 10c Bath Towel 70
We will sell a 7 Vic Bath Towel 5
WASH GOODS
All New, Neat Patterns.
Batiste. .' 100 7tto and 50
Organdies, at 7Vi0 and 50
'Foulards, 15c values, at 1O0
25c White Princess ..1O0
26c Plain White Goods, at ...7Va0
26c Frances White, at 7H0
Apron Checks, 7Vio value, at ..50
6 per cent off on all design cloth of
regular price.
$1.60 Cotton Blankets, at .9S0
$1.60 Comforters, at ........ .J)80
60 dozen $2.50 Bed Spreads, $1.48
50 dozen $2.25 Bedspreads $1.29
60 dozen $1.90 Bedspreads $1.19
50 dozen $1.50 Bedspreads, at 980
20,000 yards of Mill Ends from the
mills at about one-half price.
Try (MYDEN'S First
Plan Now for Planting Perennials in Fall
T to a delightful thing for the
home to have a procexslon of
beauty from early spring till
the hard frosts of autumn.
On account of the winter
drouth which prevails In Kan
sas and Nebraska and other portions of
the west, it "will not do to plant trees and
shrubs in the fall unless we except, the.
lilac, which Is one of our hardiest orna
mentals. The practice whkh succeeds so
well In the moister climate of the east has
been discarded with us.
With perennials, however, it is different.
Their tops always die down in the fall,'
while the roots survive. Here at the Ex
periment station at York, we have never
found a raspberry which did not kill to the
ground while the roota would be uninjured.
If possible, we always plant perennials in
the fall and seldom lose a plant.
IVonles.
If you note the structure of the roots you
I will find the buds which are to produce
the next year's foliage and flowers are
perfectly formed the last of August. In
September we commence to plant. If the
tops are green, mow them off and then
dig and divide the roots. Borne of these
may be very brittle and snap like pipe
terns when handled. Let them dry a half
a day and wilt a little, which will toughen
then so you can cut them up In' safety.
. Then you can put them in water or plant
, in moist aarth and you restore them to
plumpness again. Often among valuable
sorts there is great loss In cutting up
when freshly dug. You need a bud with a
.root to make a success. Wilt them and
I you can divide with perfect safety. Deal
ers will often dry them a little to prevent
the roots front breaking while being
packed and then use moist material
te restore them on the way. You plant the
root while the bud la young, and tough,
and immediately It "will throw out tiny
rootlets'" which, by September, Will be as
. long as your finger. It . is preparing for
the early spring push.
Now watch. In October the bud has
grown and Is getting more tender. In No
vember it has become more so and must
be handled with care. In the spring they
begin to grow at a very low temperature,
and the bud is easily damaged. Dealers,
In saving roots for spring sales must keep
them, partly dry. In cold storage so as to
retard their growth. Thus kept back we
ran plant as late as the first of June and
they will live and perhaps you will have a
few blossoms. But the best time Is Sep
tember and October. You seldom lose a
peony, on account of their extreme hard
iness. In planting put them In slanting.
If you put them In straight the earth may
settle away and the bud punches Its way
out to fee damaged by the winter. Put
them In at an angle of 41 degrees and they
will settle with the earth. Have the
ground In good condition and put the buds
two or three Inches below the surface.
You should not lose a plant In a hundred.
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' These charming flowers of ethereal
heauty are more and more coming into
favor. We keep over 100 kinds at this sta
tion and it Is a delight to see the marvelous
colors and wonderful tracery of most
delicate tints Interwoven with matchless
skill. Next to the peony they are ex
tremely hardy. They multiply with great
rapidity. We have divided thirty from one
plant. In two years. Oet a few of choice
kinds and you will soon have splendid
masses of them. We have kept the plants
In moss in boxes six months at a time and
then planted them out when well started
without losing any. They do best when
planted In August or September. We have
planted them successfully after blooming
in July. Soma times they are planted
very late Just before freezing.""' Again,
arly spring is a good time. At the north,
they should be planted In good season ,
and then they should be mulched. Put the
roots about two or three Inches below the
surface. Of course, the ground should he
well pulverised and moist.
Oriental Popples.
These are perennials, bearing flowers
from the same root for twenty years. A
large bed in full bloom is one of the most
striking things In floriculture. It Is a
blaze of splendor a miniature sea of fire.
The great flowers are from six to nine
Inches in diameter and Inside Is some of
nature's finest handiwork all done up in
Jet. They bloom In June and then go Into
a dormant -condition in July and August
and you think they are dying when they
are only going td sleep. They should be
planted in August or September when you
iu proDBDiy save every one. The root Is
imjieu uae a parsnip. It Increases with
age and then subdivides. If you wait till
spring the outer skin slips from the root
and you do well if you save 25 per cent.
Plant In August and the plant immediately
begins to grow and furnishes quite a tuft
of foliage which covers the root for winter.
Drlphlnlaras.
These prove to be very attractive. In
the main they carry all the shades of blue,
besides the pure white and the yellow.
The latter, however, Is not perfectly
hardy. These should be planted in October
and November, or very early In the spring.
At their best you see great branching
planta. sometimes six feet tall, miniature
trees, overwhelmed with superb blooms.
ainy new Kinds are being produced. Bur
banks and Boston mixed seem to be
among the beet
Phlox.
Are also very hardy. A gentleman pro
cured some In the fall and not being ready
to plant them Just then, he threw a board
over them and forgot alt about them until
spring, wnen he took up the board and
found them In good condition. He planted
them with no loss. October and November
are good months for planting them. We
oo not often mulch, and seldom lose.
itnnn norm it la well to cover
irem. Here the ground seldom heaves.
Some times we hoe dirt, over them in the
lau ana remove It In the spring. The
nursery man often ha orders for them to
the spring when they are a foot high. It
U cruel to disturb them in that condition.
In the spring they begin to grow before
the frost is fairly out of the ground. Great
improvement has, of late years, been made
with them.
This station has produced several of
great merit and we think much finer than
any of the Imported ones. They are In
bloom from June till November. The
Phlox Manual takes you into wonderland
and shows how you can produce new
varieties as well as the European experts.
Acqalleala or Colombia.
Are very hardy. The Rocky Mountain
coerulea Is among the finest. These
flowers are on hand for Decoration day,
and bouquets of red, white and blue make
fine tributes , for soldiers' graves.
. Hardy Chrysanthemums, Pyrethrums
(Painted Daisies), Pinks, Bocconiaa (Plume
Poppy), Campanulas of the perennial sort.
Hollyhocks and many others may be
planted in the fall. Shasta Daisies, Stokes
Asters, DlgltaHa and Galllardlas are classed
as hardy perennials, but they are not. If
planted In the fall they must be well cov
ered. It is well for these to wait until
early spring and let the florist take the
risk of wintering.
Plant In abundance. They are cheap a
little money goes a good ways. Don't de
pend on two or thrt-e lonesome little
flowers to brighten up a whole yard. One
lady ordered three Phloxes for a farm of
100 acres. She said she hadn't room for
more.
Whea you step out into God's great out-
of-doors match the vastness by planting.
in abundance. C. S. HARRISON.
York, Neb.
KITCHEN SOLVES THE PROBLEM
How a Vo( Hoounlf Planned It
and Was Able to Dispense
with Servants.
The subject of this article Is the kitchen
of a small suburban home which was
planned, not by an architect, but by a
young housewife, who, having had some
training in domestic economy In connec
tion with her college course, spent one year
after her marriage in a city apartment, and
two years in an average suburban house,
mhloh experience gave her some idea of
what a kitchen should not be. Now, with
this kitchen and with the woodwork of the
entire house made as smooth aa sandpaper
and wax can make it, with no fancy
mouldings and dust catchers, she rejoices
In the sbsence of a hired girl from her
household.
The fundamental idea of this kitchen did
not come from the old-time kitchen, but
rather from a laboratory. The shelves are
not covered with pink paper with flu tod
edges, buVare made of glass with nickel
fixtures; the dish cloth racks are nickel
the floor la covered with light blue Inlaid
linoleum. There are as many windows as
the wall spaces would permit, even the
doors having Florentine glass panels. The
nickel eleclrlo light fixtures are placed
where every housekeeper knows light is
needed on the wall directly over the sink,
and on the celling between the table and
the stove. There Is no labor and dlrt-mak-Ing
coal range in the room, nor any un
sightly water boiler and heater. The latter
are in the basement, the boiler being con
nected with the heating plant In winter.
All cooking is done with a gas range and
flreless cooker. There Is a completely
equipped laundry in the basement. The
kitchen chimney is used only for ventila
tion; the hood and large register help carry
away all cooking odors before they are al
lowed to diffuse through the room.
All these Improvements contribute to the
attractiveness of the kitchen, but the point
In which it differs from most architect
planned kitchens Is in arrangement. Note
carefully the position of every piece of
furniture.' The refrigerator and general
stores are In the cold pantry. Neither
the ice man, grocery man, nor butcher en
ters the kitchen, but they make all their
deliveries through a half door at the left
of the refrigerator.
One of the greatest conveniences is the
slide opening between the kitchen and the
dining room. Just between the upper and
lower cupboards. In the dining room is a
built-in china cabinet with leaded glass
doors, corresponding to the cupboards In
the kitchen. Through the slide opening
come all the dishes from the dining room
that receive the food; back again throualf
It they go, to be served; through it again
to the kitchen to be washed, arriving near
the sink; then when they are washed and
wiped, without moving at all, the house
keeper places them through It, ready to be
replaced In the dining room cabinet. This
opening might properly be called the step
saver. Both the architect and contractor
were disposed to consider this a fussy,
.woman-like contraption, but up to date
there have not been recorded any but en
thusiastic signs of approval from women
who have seen it.
The sink is set six Inches higher than
they are ordinarily placed, for the preven
tion of bending backaches, but It came near
requiring police supervision to get the plum
ber to place It so high. He had "never
dene it before." and to the average work
man, that is an unanswerable argument.
If this kitchen proves anything. It proves
that by thoughtful arrangement and plan
ning, a kitchen can be made as neat In ap
pearance and as attractive as any room In
the house; that the preparation of food can
be put on a basis where It. will be en-
Joyed as much as performing experiments
in a college laboratory; and last, but not
least, it should prove to any woman that
she to losing a rare opportunity if she
leaves the planning of any detail of the
kitchen In her new home to an architect to
whom such details are not of vital Im
portance. Country Life In America.
Why New Creeds Are Popnlar. V
Bishop Mallalleu. apropos of the queer
creeds that spring up from time to time,
said the other day of a coronation visitor;
"Well, I hope when he comes back he
won't bring any -more new religions with
"Oh, no fear of that bishop. The cus
tom house is too strict," a physician re
marked. "Ah, but" the bishop said, "these new
religions, you must remember, never have
auy duties attached to the in."
Partnership of Dirt and Disease
BY LAWRENCE VEILLER.
Secretary and Director National Housing
Association.
IRT and disease have gone hand
Dl in hand too long. As modern
I surgery owes its rapid strides
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iu wio uaiu.uiu.ui v. uiu .(uiu
the operating room, so modern
medicine Is to come Into Its
own through the banishment of dirt from
our communal life. The slum, the mother
of disease, to doomed. Prom ocean to
oeean there to a newly awakened per
ception of our inherent right to decent
conditions of living.
We have paid dear for our stums and
have given hostages to fortune, leaving a
heavy debt for posterity. No one has
attempted to estimate the cost to the na
tion of our bad housing conditions, be
cause It is Impossible. Who can say how
many of the Industrially inefficient are so
because of lowered physical vitality caused
by disadvantageous living conditions? De
spite our vaunted civilization, our material
prosperity, our diffusion of education ,our
greatly Increased culture, we are still In
some respects "barbarous America"
In most of our cities we are still In that
rudimentary state of sanitary knowledge
where we know no better than to sur
round ourselves with the vilest elements
of human waste which we allow to re
main near the homes of the poor, turning
living places into disease factories. We
still suffer to remain even In crowded
quarters of our cities, thousands of vile
privies, vaults, sinks, cesspools and out
door closets. "Baltimore has 70,000 earth
closets and Is only now Installing a sys
tem of public sewers. St Louis can still
show 11.000 privy vaults. lhJIadelphia,
Chicago, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Pitts
burg, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Nashville,
Birmingham, all have to admit the pres
ence of these ancient evils. Hardly a city
In America is free from, this blight.
Just because these evils have been re
moved from our immediate sight we have
foolishly fancied ourselves secure. But the
"mighty miasmatic breath blown from the
slums" penetrates to all parts of the town.
The effect upon health is direct and inti
mate. To the debilitating Influence of the
noisome odors In the hot summer weather
may be traced much of the Illness of the
poor. Myriads of files feed on the con
tents of the vaults and then proceed to
Infect the food supply In the neighboring
store.
Few cities have dealt effectively with
this situation, but we are passing beyond
the stage where the representative men
deprecate the discussion of .these condi
tions on the ground that it la "bad for
business." For seeing men realise that a
low death rate and a well-earned reputa
tion aa a "city of homes" Is a good asset
for a community.
Democracy Itself seerns to be an obstacle
to sanitary piogresa It Is In those cities
where there are miles and miles of small
houses owned by working men In which
there to the greatest difficulty In meeting
health needs. A low tax rate becomes In
them a fetich, and every public expendi
ture is scrutinized most closely so that
public officials are loath to take any ac
tion that imposes upon the electorate ad
ditional expense.
The false cry for "economy" which is so
popular, and which Is usually a cry for
false economy, threatens to set back most
seriously sanitary and social progress. It
Is due largely to these conditions, that we
have In no city dealt effectively with our
alley problem. The alley Is both a blessing
and a curse. As a means pf letting light
and air Into the Interior of city blocks It
Is a gain, but generally it to an evil. As
a minor street hidden away the alley be
comes the dumping ground for the cast-off
material of humanity. The privies' are gen
erally close to It and surface drainage
covers the alley with slime. Often it to
the sole outlook upon life that the poor
get from the windows of their homes.
The alley munt be treated aa a street.
It must be paved, cleaned, lighted and
policed and not left to the dare of the
abutting property owners. The city must
assumo official responsibility for it
Tuberculosis Is thought to be about to
vanish, but sober vision indicates that It
will be years before we see It disappear.
Although we have been taught that tuber
culosis Is a "house disease," which thrives
in dark, unventllated rooms, and that the
germs cannot live in strong sunlight; yet
In how few cities Is the speculative builder
restrained from adding new dark rooms.
In growing western cities, where space is
plentiful and land cheap, new tenement
houses are built with halt the rooms dark.
In no city have we progressed so far as
to prohibit dwellings and publlo buildings
rooms without direct outside light and air.
It seems premature, therefore, to talk of
establishing "garden cities" and "zone
systems." These Ideals must wait until
we can bring ourselves to attend to the
elementary principles of sanitation and
community living. It is aa if the doctor
attending a patient desperately ill with
typhoid were to concern himself before
the crisis had passed with the patient's
diet during the convalescent stage.
Underlying all of these evils is our failure
to develop sanitary Inspection as a vital
adjunct of municipal administration. In
most cities it Is still unexplored territory.
With two exceptions, New York and Chi
cago, no city In America has as yet evolved
a system of lnsiwction worthy of the nume.
In practically all our health departments
we placidly await as we did years ago,
citlsens' complaints, assuming that by at
tending to these we shall have done all
that to needed. With the mass of our work
ing population made up more and more of
the peasantry of Europe, Ignorant of our
language and customs and living In foreign
colonies'' we can no longer look to any
such methods for discovering and remedy
ing sanitary evils whatever may have been
the case when we were a homogeneous
nation of American citlsens.
Many of the poor In our large cities do
not know that there to a board of health.
Even if they know where to find its offices
and can afford the time to travel to them
to complain, for the great mass are too
illiterate to send written complaints, ther
know from bitter experience that if the
source of the complaint is discovered evlc-"
tion by the landlord to sure to follow. So
the worst conditions remain undisclosed.
Coupled with inspection to discover sanitary;
evils there should go a system of "Instruc
tive sanitary Inspection" by trained women.
Though It sounds paternalistic, the In
habitants of our large foreign "colonies'
must be taught how to live. They often
fail to realise that the methods of wast
disposal which were satisfactory to them
in sparcely settled country districts of
rural Europe may not be safely followed in.
otjr urban communities.
Why should American cities be so far be
hind the enlightened standards of sanitary
science T Partly because we have drifted
along choosing the line of leaBt resistance.
The more fundamental cause, however, la
that we have hitherto not been civilised
enough or Intelligent enough to be willing
to spend money for the preservation of
health. In hundreds of cities, still, the
health commissioner receives no compensa
tion. In every city the health department
to terribly undermanned. The health of
ficials have done their part aa best they
could, but we have been so stupid and care.
less that although we grant annually large
sums for the support of police and fire de
partments to protect property we have
grudged mere pittances to our health of
ficers for the protection of human life.
Eat What You Will;
Food Makes Hot Fat
It Is a mistaken theory that food makeo
fat. It is not the food you eat but the
way It is digested that makes fat. Your
system produces digestive Juices that turn
good food Into poor flesh and fat. Stop
those Juices from being made by your
body and you stop making fat The famoug
Marmola prescription which has created
so much comment in our cities has been
prepared In tablet form for the conven
ience of those who do not desire to take
the liquid prescription. These little tab
lets when they reaoh the stomach stop t
Juices from working the wrong way.
They renew those fluids and at once your
food gives your body Just what it wants
and only what it needs. Tnls Is the secret
of Marmola tablets. They will reduce the
Jat that Is now on your person at tne rate
of from tf to 15 ounces a day and they
will not cause you the leakt Inconvenience
or worry. You may eat early or late, you
may alt still or run about. It wl.l not make
any difference. Junt put a tablet In your
purse or your pocket when you go out to
a dinner. After each meal take one of
the Marmola tablets and rest assured that
the meal will not harm you' or make you
grow more stout. There wlll.be no large
wrinkles after your fat has fled. Your
skin will be smooth and regular. These
little tablets are sold at every drug store
or If your modesty will not permit you tj
get them at your druggist's yoll nay
order a packane fr(n the makers The
Marmola Company, U2 Farmer Hldg., De
troit. Mich. The price per large case ol
the Marmola tablets Is li cents. Adv.
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