The day book. [volume], March 21, 1917, NOON EDITION, Image 26

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' THE PUBLIC FORUM.
MORE FROM GOUR: Since .it is.
desirable to some of. the readers, and
apparently agreeable to you, that I
should follow up "my last communi
cation on disease prevention, let us
start the ball a-rolling with the fol
lowing: First of all, do not let anyone sup
pose that I wish to attack anyone in
particular. It is one of the most diffi
cult problems of the day to present
a new truth so as not to offend old
errors. Persons are very apt to re
gard arguments directed against,
their opinions as attacks upon their
persons. And, the pity of it is, there
are many who mistake their owji in
grained prejudices for established
principles.
When I wrote as I did in my last
communication it was not to con
demn the health commissioner per
sonally, but the regime which he is
duty bound to carry out However,
I am not in accord with the idea ex
pressed by Dr. Schwartz, except In
sofar as medical inspection, if it is to
be carried on at all, should be done
thoroughlyby experts, not tyros, and
followed up by the same experts. But,
as for removing every diseased tonsil,
which, I inferred from his communi
cation, was what he stood for, to my
mind, there is too much of this done
unnecessarily. The tonsils have a
distinct use and should not be sac
rificed on a wholesale scale, .as has
been done for a few years. For fur
ther information on this subject go
to the Crerar library and read Dr.
Richard Faulkner's book, "The Ton
sils and the Voice."
Now, as for the subject opened ud,
namely, disease prevention, in my
last-communication I touched briefly
upon what I termed hygienic influ
ences, and I enumerated them. If
agreeable to The Forum Editor, they
will be taken up one by one, in the
course of a few weeks, but not in the
order in which they were enumerat
ed. For the first discussion, perhaps
the most fitting of these influences to
jtake up is the questipn of correct eat
!ing. I will discuss- this tomorrow in
these columns. Andrew A. Gour.
REFORM NOT NEEDED. Solo
mon is dead, but we still have in our
midst, one noble, broad-minded soul,
namely Dr. E. S. Conley. After being , Jfe.
turned loose with a diploma by one
of our notorious snob incubators,
commonly known as universities, he
gets a room, first floor front, as'
cheap as possible, a second-hand rug,
some medicine books and a dainty
bowl of gold fish.
Now, that be has made everybody
sick telling them how much his folks
spent on his education, he starts to
pick on the saloonkeepers, who
never knew he existed. They, have
no time to exchange views with the
$2 per genius.
The doc's advice is not original.
I've read it somewhere before. I think
it was Ayers' Almanac, 1886. Be
original, doc. Don't give us that
cave-man stuff. Don't convert every
home into a cabaret. Suppose the
kids find the jug. I have worked in
saloons for 20 years. It may be by
accident, but I have always found
the men I have worked with are av
erage men they have the same
sense of doing right as other people.
I know how the prohibitionists
work their graft in Portland, Me., and
it is no credit to Maine. I would sug
gest in your case that you let your
brain mature. Save all your bright
thoughts and then startle the world
with your brilliancy T. S.
TO MODEST GIRL. I, too, be
lieve that modesty is the proper thing
for man as well as woman, and am
not in favor of showing appreciation
for pleasant company through a kiss;
but it seems to me that many a mod-'
est girl loses the friendship of a mod
est fellow by not showing him in any
way that she enjoyed his company.
Why is it that one never knows what
to speak about when with a girl?,