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i d Bo SLEEP OUTDOORS John Up M I C f O V WSXSHOT d PAGE L To Date By CHARLES N LURIE i RE you well and do you wish to remain well Sleep outdoors b Are you ill and do you wish J to regain health Again sleep outdoors In every gradation of health or illness the admonition is given and It is being heeded through out the land A If one were inclined to be irreverent or to jesb with areally serious subject one might say that sleeping outdoors- Is the latest fad of the physicians physiologists and health culturists But the subject is one of too serious interest and widespread importance to permit of light treatment In a sense sleeping outdoors may be termed a phase of the back to nature movement that has attracted so much notice in recent years Its advocacy is a part of the propaganda for the substitution of saner simpler more primitive methods of living for pres ent day artificial modes But it Is more than that It is a distinct and ¬ ¬ very valuable therapeutic agency in the treatment of various diseases not ably tuberculosis In many cases gratifying results have followed the substitution of outdoor for indoor sleeping In conjunction with other methods of treatment An Authority on the Subject Writing on Outdoor Sleeping Dr Thomas Spees Carrington assistant secretary of the National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tu- berculosis says Outdoor sleeping Is not a fad nor Is it to be considered only as a means for curing disease Thousands of healthy families have their sleeping porches One large house In a middle western city whose Inmates are strong and healthy has sleeping porches at tached to nearly all of Its bedrooms This new custom has come to stay for once a person becomes accustomed- to the open air he cannot be persuaded- to sip again in a stuffy bedroom The or woman who has risen from man ¬ ¬ ¬ BUILT ON A TENEMENT f iJt8i l r JJ 4 r j NolSE ed morning alter morning for years with that tired feeling will not go back to habits of life which cause this condition when so simple a remedy as- a night in the open air prevents Any person can sleep out of doors as tho expense of arranging a shelter is small Any permanent veranda large enough to hold a bed can be screened or boarded enough for pro- tection almost without cost If there are a few old boards around the house build a protection for the head of your bed on your front porch and make the experiment of sleeping out one night using an ordinary single bed and the same bedding that is usually upon It After a night or two you will feel so fresh and bright In the morning that you will begin to plan for a outdoor sleeping arrangement and wonder how you were ever able to sleep In the house Easy In Summer but In Winter- It Is of course easy In summer to carry into execution the plan of sleep It permanent ¬ PLEA FOR THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN I prairie chicken one of the interesting beautiful valuable of all our Ameri game birds Is on the verge of extermination It Is follow ing the wild pigeon into oblivion as rapidly as that bird went in the seven ties The prairie chicken Is practically extinct now in several western states Where formerly it was abundant Il- linois Iowa and Wisconsin for In- stance There are not more than 10 per cent of the number of these birds in the west that there were twenty THE I ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ years ago when they were common The prairie chicken Is one of the most Industrious bug eaters in this country Throughout the spring sum mer and autumn it feeds on grasshop pers potato bugs crickets beetles and other insects that prey on the farm ers crops From statistics compiled by the government we learn that the farmers of this country are losing more than a billion dollars a year by reason of the ravages of Insects and these bugs are here are doing this appalling amount of damage because a ¬ ¬ ¬ ° the birds which nature put here to eat the bugs have been killed off Yet this bird this Industrious bug eater has been hunted so persistently that it has been almost wiped off the map Hunting seasons have been shortened from time to time the num ber of birds allowed to each shooter per day has been reduced but popu lation has grown multiplied and mass ed in the states where prairie chickens are native So called Improvements have been made in firearms and am munition The murderous pump gun ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ A PRAIRIE CHICKEN QUADRILLE Such scenes as are depicted here were common onthe prairies twenty years ago and may occasionally be witnessed yet In places where enough prairie chickens are left to form a These dances are conducted In the spring of the year the mating season and while certain of the birds are engaged In these strange movements others of the males are uttering their wonderful booming calls which may be heard on a still morning a mile away set only e r ing outdoors When the air within four walls however well provided with windows Is stilling and any breeze that blows brings only the suggestion of a Saharan simoom not much argu ment Is required to convince a person that he should take up his bed and walk Nothing worse than a with its remote threat of a wetting is to be feared The only requisite is privacy and that can be obtained easily everywhere save in the congested tenement districts Advising us on how toTJeep cool in summer Dr Graeme Hammond the well known New York health author- ity says Sleep outdoors if you can and the still more murderous auto matic shotgun have been evolved There are a hundred men who go after t outdoor ¬ ¬ ¬ prairie chickens today where there was only one twentyfive or thirty years ago In any of the western states If all the states which still have chickens left would set aside a few in each county on which no shooting should be allowed at any time and then enforce such laws the prairie chicken could be saved The people would soon learn to respect such laws for they would realize that the birds would increase rapidly on these protected areas and the surplus would overflow on the sur rounding country and afford good shooting for those who want to kill On the other hand the birds would soon learn where they were safe from persecution and large numbers of them at least would do their nesting and feeding and breeding on the grounds where there would be no shooting Such refuges would not only be valu able for the preservation of the prairie chicken but in some of the states for quail as welL On such preserved ter ritory certain species of ducks would nest and within five years these ref uges would become pleasure resorts for the people for it vJtouId be a experience women and children to drive or walk through these protected sections and study the bird life that would become abundant there Many of the most prominent orni thologists and game protectors in the country have considered this plan for saving the prairie chicken and indorse it heartily Here are quotations from a few Hon John F Lacey exmember of congress and author of the Lacey bird law and many otoer measures for the preservation of wild animals and birds says Your scheme for the creation of refuges for prairie chickens and other game birds is eminently prac- tical and I earnestly hope you may be successful in inducing the of the prairie states to adopt Dr W T Hornaday director of the New York Zoological park says Be yond all question the prairie chicken- Is doomed to early and total extermi nation unless drastic measures are adopted Incite behalf Its would be nothing short na tional disgrace William Dutcher president of the National Association of Audubon So cieties says 1 have read your article entitled Save the Prairie and heartily approve Your article should be In the hands of every farmer where prairie chickens and quails arc still to be found Dr T S Palmer of the department- of agriculture Washington says I heartily approve your suggestion re garding refuges for prairie chickens and I hope the necessary legislation may be secured In the near future- G O SHIELDS President of the League of American townships for men it extermina- tion C it de- lightful legisla- tures ore Sportsmen f ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ < TENTfNACiTY BACKYARD 1 d y by an means It IS the best thing you can do and there is not bit of dan ger In It But in winter the cold season when the wintry winds do blow as the song has it sleeping outdoors Is a different proposition It takes nerve to con sider sleeping outside when the mer- cury displays a tendency to drop through the bottom of the thermome- ter The Icy north wind is harder to face than the summer breeze no mat ter how hot tho latter be Per it is a reversion to ancestral In- stincts that makes us fear cold more than heat although It Is cer tain that extreme heat combined with humidity kills more persons In this than extreme cold But it Is in winter no less than in summer that the benefits of outdoor sleeping are to be enjoyed Escape from the vitlatedi generally superheat- ed atmosphere of indoors is of vital importance to the sufferer from dis ease and for the yell person also since it is in this atmosphere that so many illnesses are bred and propa gated It Is only a few years since the house physician of Fordham hospital I a 1 countT I I may never- theless ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ Jones Uncle Sam Is going to launder hi dirty money Wong fob China with the weeks wash pletty quick Uncle Is not going to away with the weeks No indeed When it all nicely washed and ironed and ready to be delivered he is going to send it out again to be cir culated And you and I reader will not be able to tell it from new money Pretty stingy of the old gentleman- to take the old soiled money and wash it and reissue at all Epi grammatically it costs money to make money Every one of the fine specimens of steel engraving circu lating as money in this country means an outlay of 13 cents for the govern ment When a soiled note reaches the treasury In Washington or one of the subtreasuries a new one must be is sued to take its place But laundering- a note in one of the governments new machines no matter how badly soiled the bill Is costs only onetenth of a cent When you remember that 200 000000 new bills to take the place of soiled bills were Issued last year and that 80 per cent or 1COOOOOOO of them were washable it will be seen that the saving to be effected in one year by the new washing machines is considerable Uncle Sam will find that it will pay him to play the laundryman Forutfee prevent the government is going into the note laundering busi ness only in the treasury department- in Washington A battery of six of the washing machines has been in stalled in the big building near the White House Later the machines will be placed In the nine subtreas New York Boston Chicago Philadelphia New Orleans Baltimore Cincinnati St Louis and San Fran cisco Soiled money sent or brought- to any of these places will be reissued- as good as new or better That better rouses thought Can anything be better than a brand new crjdp United States note fresh from the press If money experts are to be believed the Is yes The bet ter thing is a newly laundered note which acquires in the laundering proc ess a softness and pliability that is more agreeable to the touch if such a thing is possible than a new note Also the edges may be less sharp and less liable to scratch and cut the fingers of banfc tellers who have to count the bills Laundering a soiled bill In one of the new money washing machines is much like putting a piece of soil ed clothing through one of the Clothes washing machines It should be understood of course that the government uses for its money only linen stock paper of very high quality It is calculated to withstand- an extraordinary amount of wear and tear When a note returns laden with soil and germs to the treasury or DuckMe BUT Sam sh uriesIn very speaking seer fa- miliar ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ > ¬ ¬ in New York city startled the medical world by placing his pneumonia pa tients in outdoor beds In cold weather His experiment proved successful Sleeping outdoors during the four sea sons of the year is now advocated by the modern physiologist Adequate cov- ering Is necessary of course Youngsters Like the Idea As the entire trend of modern is toward rather than cure Hi is well to emphasize the im- portance laid upon outdoor sleeping as a means of keeping one well rather than as a medical prescription for the restoration of impaired health It is considered an encouraging sign by the medical profession that the youngsters of the race look upon outdoor sleeping- as a good thing In a pamphlet issued by Dr Car society namod above the following directions are given for sleeping outdoors Tenement house dwellers and per sons living in apartment houses In large cities should make every effort possible to give the open air treatment- to a member of the family who con medi- cine prevention ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ > = substreasury it Is still able to go with out damage through the various cleansing processes The machine puts it through a severe course of hot soap suds for five minutes then live minutes more of plain cold water then starch Ing with special sizing then steriliz ing with a newly Invented antisep tic then wringing and finally ironing and pressing- At present only the greenbacks which form the bulk of our paper cur rency are to be subjected to the cleansing processes The reason for this is found in the fact that the soap suds used to launder the bills is neces- sarily made so strong that It bleaches the yellow backs of the gold certifi cates as well as the signatures of the bank presidents and cashiers The ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ tracts tuberculosis First consider the possibility of moving into the suburbs or nearby small towns If this cannot be done try to obtain from the landlord the use of the roof and build a small shack there If this is beyond the means of the family use one room with a window opening on a street or large court for the patient and then place the head of the bed beside the window and cover it with a window tent The cost of a window tent Is aboutx10 and if it cannot ba obtained take two large heavy cotton sheets sew them together along the edge tack one end of the double sheet to the top of the window casing and drop the lower end over the outer side of the bed fastening the bottom of the sheet to the bed rail with tape There will be enough cloth hanging- on each side of the window to form the sides of the tent A window tent can be made at home for about 3 by using twelve or fifteen yards of heavy denim or light canvas By these meth ods the patient gets fresh air window and the room is kept warm in cold weather as a place for dressing and toilet purposes The fiat roofs of tenements and apartment houses in large cities should if possible be used as breathing places fby the tenants Shacks or cabins can be built upon them at small cost and make an and easily provided shelter If the family lives In a small town or the country It will usually be found that a porch is the most convenient way of providing open air quarters What is of the most importance is to find a sheltered spot protected from the wind for the wind is much harder to bear than even intense cold When- a house has permanent verandas and the family cannot afford the expense- of providing a special porch for the patient the veranda on any floor may be used and privacy and protection obtained by putting up canvas cur- tains or bamboo screens from tiio eco- nomical ¬ ¬ = WE SHALL WASH MONEY TO SAVE MONEY I understood generally to apply only figuratively to the money critics of the condition of our currency were not slow to use it in reference to the physical condition of the notes That the frayed soiled bills have been a reproach to Americans there can be no question Frequent comparison has been made of our money with the clean looking white banknotes of the Bank of England and with other for- eign Issues It was of little avail to point out that the British notes were representative of a value of at least 5 and that the functions of lower circulation were performed in Great Britain by gold not as with us by bills of lower denomination It was argued with reason that the soiled American bills served as transmitters 25 ¬ UNCLE SAMS NEW MONEY WASHER greenbacks are printed in a metallic ink that withstands the suds Later in all likelihood the gold certificates and banknotes will bo printed with inks that will go safely through the washing machines Several years ago the term tainted money came into use as a designation for wealth that had been gained in devious ways and then applied to phllanthroplcal purposes by its pos sessor In an effort to obtain absolution for his sins of commission and omis sion While th word tainted war 00 e ¬ ¬ and disseminators of diseases and deaths of bank employees were traced to their handling of soiled money The story of the old Massachusetts lady who washes and irons each bill she receives before sending It forth has obtained wide circulation and ore dence But there is a suspicion that it was originated by persons who to call forcibly the of the Washington the condition of so much of our currencyWILLIAM HENDERSON to wish- ed attention dis- graceful ¬
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sleep outdoors In every gradation ofhealth or illness the admonition isgiven and It is being heeded throughout the land A
If one were inclined to be irreverentor to jesb with areally serious subjectone might say that sleeping outdoors-Is the latest fad of the physiciansphysiologists and health culturistsBut the subject is one of too seriousinterest and widespread importance topermit of light treatment
In a sense sleeping outdoors may betermed a phase of the back to naturemovement that has attracted so muchnotice in recent years Its advocacyis a part of the propaganda for thesubstitution of saner simpler moreprimitive methods of living for present day artificial modes But it Ismore than that It is a distinct and
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very valuable therapeutic agency inthe treatment of various diseases notably tuberculosis In many casesgratifying results have followed thesubstitution of outdoor for indoorsleeping In conjunction with othermethods of treatmentAn Authority on the Subject
Writing on Outdoor Sleeping DrThomas Spees Carrington assistantsecretary of the National AssociationFor the Study and Prevention of Tu-berculosis says
Outdoor sleeping Is not a fad norIs it to be considered only as a meansfor curing disease Thousands ofhealthy families have their sleepingporches One large house In a middlewestern city whose Inmates are strongand healthy has sleeping porches attached to nearly all of Its bedrooms
This new custom has come to stayfor once a person becomes accustomed-to the open air he cannot be persuaded-to sip again in a stuffy bedroomThe or woman who has risen fromman
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a night in the open air preventsAny person can sleep out of doors
as tho expense of arranging a shelteris small Any permanent verandalarge enough to hold a bed can bescreened or boarded enough for pro-tection almost without cost If thereare a few old boards around the housebuild a protection for the head of yourbed on your front porch and make theexperiment of sleeping out one nightusing an ordinary single bed and thesame bedding that is usually upon ItAfter a night or two you will feel sofresh and bright In the morning thatyou will begin to plan for aoutdoor sleeping arrangement andwonder how you were ever able tosleep In the houseEasy In Summer but In Winter-
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valuable of all our Amerigame birds Is on the
verge of extermination It Is following the wild pigeon into oblivion asrapidly as that bird went in the seventies The prairie chicken Is practicallyextinct now in several western statesWhere formerly it was abundant Il-
linois Iowa and Wisconsin for In-stance There are not more than 10per cent of the number of these birdsin the west that there were twenty
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years ago when they were commonThe prairie chicken Is one of the
most Industrious bug eaters in thiscountry Throughout the spring summer and autumn it feeds on grasshoppers potato bugs crickets beetles andother insects that prey on the farmers crops From statistics compiledby the government we learn that thefarmers of this country are losingmore than a billion dollars a year byreason of the ravages of Insects andthese bugs are here are doing thisappalling amount of damage because
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Yet this bird this Industrious bugeater has been hunted so persistentlythat it has been almost wiped off themap Hunting seasons have beenshortened from time to time the number of birds allowed to each shooterper day has been reduced but population has grown multiplied and massed in the states where prairie chickensare native So called Improvementshave been made in firearms and ammunition The murderous pump gun
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Such scenes as are depicted here were common onthe prairies twenty years ago and may occasionally be witnessed yet Inplaces where enough prairie chickens are left to form a These dances are conducted In the spring of theyear the mating season and while certain of the birds are engaged In these strange movements others of the males areuttering their wonderful booming calls which may be heard on a still morning a mile away
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with its remotethreat of a wetting is to be fearedThe only requisite is privacy and thatcan be obtained easily everywhere savein the congested tenement districtsAdvising us on how toTJeep cool insummer Dr Graeme Hammond thewell known New York health author-ity says Sleep outdoors if you can
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prairie chickens today where therewas only one twentyfive or thirtyyears ago In any of the westernstates
If all the states which still havechickens left would set aside a
few in each county onwhich no shooting should be allowedat any time and then enforce suchlaws the prairie chicken could besaved The people would soon learnto respect such laws for they wouldrealize that the birds would increaserapidly on these protected areas andthe surplus would overflow on the surrounding country and afford goodshooting for those who want to kill
On the other hand the birds wouldsoon learn where they were safe frompersecution and large numbers of themat least would do their nesting andfeeding and breeding on the groundswhere there would be no shooting
Such refuges would not only be valuable for the preservation of the prairiechicken but in some of the states forquail as welL On such preserved territory certain species of ducks wouldnest and within five years these refuges would become pleasure resortsfor the people for it vJtouId be a
experience womenand children to drive or walk throughthese protected sections and study thebird life that would become abundantthere
Many of the most prominent ornithologists and game protectors in thecountry have considered this plan forsaving the prairie chicken and indorseit heartily Here are quotations froma few
Hon John F Lacey exmember ofcongress and author of the Lacey birdlaw and many otoer measures for thepreservation of wild animals and birdssays Your scheme for the creationof refuges for prairie chickens andother game birds is eminently prac-tical and I earnestly hope you maybe successful in inducing the
of the prairie states to adoptDr W T Hornaday director of the
New York Zoological park says Beyond all question the prairie chicken-Is doomed to early and total extermination unless drastic measures areadopted Incite behalf Its
would be nothing short national disgrace
William Dutcher president of theNational Association of Audubon Societies says 1 have read your articleentitled Save the Prairieand heartily approve Your articleshould be In the hands of every farmerwhere prairie chickens and quails arcstill to be found
Dr T S Palmer of the department-of agriculture Washington says Iheartily approve your suggestion regarding refuges for prairie chickensand I hope the necessary legislationmay be secured In the near future-
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But in winter the cold season whenthe wintry winds do blow as the songhas it sleeping outdoors Is a differentproposition It takes nerve to consider sleeping outside when the mer-cury displays a tendency to dropthrough the bottom of the thermome-ter The Icy north wind is harder toface than the summer breeze no matter how hot tho latter be Per
it is a reversion to ancestral In-stincts that makes us fear cold morethan heat although It Is certain that extreme heat combined withhumidity kills more persons In this
than extreme cold Butit Is in winter no less than in
summer that the benefits of outdoorsleeping are to be enjoyed Escapefrom the vitlatedi generally superheat-ed atmosphere of indoors is of vitalimportance to the sufferer from disease and for the yell person alsosince it is in this atmosphere that somany illnesses are bred and propagated It Is only a few years since thehouse physician of Fordham hospital
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Uncle Is not going toaway with the weeks
No indeed When itall nicely washed and
ironed and ready to be delivered he isgoing to send it out again to be circulated And you and I reader willnot be able to tell it from new money
Pretty stingy of the old gentleman-to take the old soiled money and washit and reissue at all Epigrammatically it costs moneyto make money Every one of the finespecimens of steel engraving circulating as money in this country meansan outlay of 13 cents for the government When a soiled note reaches thetreasury In Washington or one of thesubtreasuries a new one must be issued to take its place But laundering-a note in one of the governments newmachines no matter how badly soiledthe bill Is costs only onetenth of acent When you remember that 200000000 new bills to take the place ofsoiled bills were Issued last year andthat 80 per cent or 1COOOOOOO of themwere washable it will be seen that thesaving to be effected in one year by thenew washing machines is considerableUncle Sam will find that it will payhim to play the laundryman
Forutfee prevent the government isgoing into the note laundering business only in the treasury department-in Washington A battery of six ofthe washing machines has been installed in the big building near theWhite House Later the machineswill be placed In the nine subtreas
New York Boston ChicagoPhiladelphia New Orleans BaltimoreCincinnati St Louis and San Francisco Soiled money sent or brought-to any of these places will be reissued-as good as new or better
That better rouses thought Cananything be better than a brand newcrjdp United States note fresh fromthe press If money experts are to bebelieved the Is yes The better thing is a newly laundered notewhich acquires in the laundering process a softness and pliability that ismore agreeable to the touch if such athing is possible than a new noteAlso the edges may be less sharp andless liable to scratch and cut thefingers of banfc tellers who have tocount the bills
Laundering a soiled bill In one ofthe new money washing machines is
much like putting a piece of soiled clothing through one of the
Clothes washing machines Itshould be understood of course thatthe government uses for its moneyonly linen stock paper of very highquality It is calculated to withstand-an extraordinary amount of wear andtear When a note returns ladenwith soil and germs to the treasury or
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As the entire trend of modernis toward rather than
cure Hi is well to emphasize the im-portance laid upon outdoor sleeping asa means of keeping one well ratherthan as a medical prescription for therestoration of impaired health It isconsidered an encouraging sign by themedical profession that the youngstersof the race look upon outdoor sleeping-as a good thing
In a pamphlet issued by Dr Carsociety namod above the
following directions are given forsleeping outdoors
Tenement house dwellers and persons living in apartment houses Inlarge cities should make every effortpossible to give the open air treatment-to a member of the family who con
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At present only the greenbackswhich form the bulk of our paper currency are to be subjected to thecleansing processes The reason forthis is found in the fact that the soapsuds used to launder the bills is neces-sarily made so strong that It bleachesthe yellow backs of the gold certificates as well as the signatures of thebank presidents and cashiers The
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tracts tuberculosis First considerthe possibility of moving into thesuburbs or nearby small towns Ifthis cannot be done try to obtain fromthe landlord the use of the roof andbuild a small shack there If this isbeyond the means of the family useone room with a window opening on astreet or large court for the patientand then place the head of the bedbeside the window and cover it with awindow tent The cost of a windowtent Is aboutx10 and if it cannot baobtained take two large heavy cottonsheets sew them together along theedge tack one end of the double sheetto the top of the window casing anddrop the lower end over the outer sideof the bed fastening the bottom ofthe sheet to the bed rail with tapeThere will be enough cloth hanging-on each side of the window to formthe sides of the tent A window tentcan be made at home for about 3 byusing twelve or fifteen yards of heavydenim or light canvas By these methods the patient gets fresh airwindow and the room is kept warm incold weather as a place for dressingand toilet purposes The fiat roofs oftenements and apartment houses inlarge cities should if possible be usedas breathing places fby the tenantsShacks or cabins can be built uponthem at small cost and make an
and easily provided shelterIf the family lives In a small town
or the country It will usually be foundthat a porch is the most convenientway of providing open air quartersWhat is of the most importance is tofind a sheltered spot protected fromthe wind for the wind is much harderto bear than even intense cold When-a house has permanent verandas andthe family cannot afford the expense-of providing a special porch for thepatient the veranda on any floor maybe used and privacy and protectionobtained by putting up canvas cur-tains or bamboo screens
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understood generally to apply onlyfiguratively to the money critics ofthe condition of our currency were notslow to use it in reference to thephysical condition of the notes Thatthe frayed soiled bills have been areproach to Americans there can beno question Frequent comparison hasbeen made of our money with theclean looking white banknotes of theBank of England and with other for-eign Issues It was of little avail topoint out that the British notes wererepresentative of a value of at least
5 and that the functions oflower circulation were performed inGreat Britain by gold not as with usby bills of lower denomination It wasargued with reason that the soiledAmerican bills served as transmitters
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greenbacks are printed in a metallicink that withstands the suds Laterin all likelihood the gold certificatesand banknotes will bo printed withinks that will go safely through thewashing machines
Several years ago the term taintedmoney came into use as a designationfor wealth that had been gained indevious ways and then applied tophllanthroplcal purposes by its possessor In an effort to obtain absolutionfor his sins of commission and omission While th word tainted war
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and disseminators of diseases anddeaths of bank employees were tracedto their handling of soiled money
The story of the old Massachusettslady who washes and irons each billshe receives before sending It forthhas obtained wide circulation and oredence But there is a suspicion thatit was originated by persons who
to call forcibly the of theWashington the
condition of so much of ourcurrencyWILLIAM HENDERSON
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wish-ed attention
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