May, 1917 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



397 



All this I can df>, and still leave much untold, 



For I cheat the most cunning and scare the most 



bold. 

 As to why I'm at large — are you sure you can't 



guess ? 

 Ask my lords at Westminster, the Commons, the 



Press ; 

 But for their friendly aid I should soon come to 



grief, 

 For to scotch the offender is death to the thief. 

 Ask the parson and doctor — they know all my ways; 

 I have lived by their sanction and grown by their 



praise ; 

 And so I am flourishing, scornful, and free; 

 You must catch my fine friends if you want to catch 



me. AiiCOHoij. 



ALCOHOL " ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL 

 ALLIES OF THE PNEUMONIA GERM." 



If the following is true, which we clip 

 from the Plain Dealer, what is there wrong 

 about state-wide and nation-wide prohihi- 



tionf 



PNEUMONIA SCARES NEW YORK ; VIRL'LENT WAVE 

 CAUSES 2377 DEATHS IN NINE WEEKS. 



Wliat is described by the Department of Health 

 as a peculiarly virulent form of pneumonia has 

 caused 2377 deaths in this city during tlie last 

 nine weeks, or 534 more than during the corres- 

 ponding period a year ago. The department says 

 there is little indication that the infection is abat- 

 ing, and repeats its warning against alcohol as one 

 of the most powerful allies of the pneumonia germ. 



THE YOUTH^S INSTRUCTOR TEMPERANCE AN- 

 NUAL. 



The issue for 1917 is a gem, as it has 

 been for years past. The picture on the 

 cover is a triumph of art, and every one of 

 its 20 pages, more or less illustrated, ought 

 to stir our nation. Here is one from the 

 first page: 



A missionary in Africa ordered a ca.se of Bibles 

 for his work of evangelization. When he went to 

 the freight office to get the Bibles, he was in- 

 formed, that in order to get the box, sixteen thousand 

 cases of liquor had first to be removed. 



Price of the annual, 10 ets. ; in lots of 

 25, 5 ets. Address Taeoma Park Station, 

 Washing'ton, D. C. 



" WE ARE MARCHING ON." 



The Woman's Journal sends us an ad- 

 vance proof, dated March 17, as follows : 



SUFFRAGE NEWS. 



A bill giving Vermont women tax-payers the right 

 to vote in municipal elections passed the House by 

 a vote of 104 to 100. 



"clean, SWEET, AND PURE" (?) CIGARETTES. . 



Mr. Boot: — I take the liberty of writing you a 

 few lines concerning one of our worst evils, the 

 cigarette. I am enclosing three advertiseinents 

 clipped from our county papers which the American 

 Tobacco Company are using to " educate " the pub- 

 lic, and particulary the young, concerning the 

 " goodness " of their brand of " coffin-nails." 



Our fair state has been covered like a blanket with 

 these advertisements. It certainly is the height of 

 absurdity to compare such nice things as soap, 



flowers, and honey with such nasty things, not to 

 mention a level, or picture a hatchet such as might 

 have Leen the one figuring in the " cherry-tree " 

 episode of the immortal George Washington. It is 

 suggestive. 



I recently called down an editor of one of these 

 papers which has never yet been guilty of printing 

 wlii.sky advertisements; but now each issue carries 

 such poisonous material. I compared the cigarette 

 advertisement to the whisky advertisements, and 

 asked him if he thought there was much difference 

 in the advertisements or in the evil resulting from 

 such advertising; also about the probability of his 

 boy being influenced, and, later, becoming a cigar- 

 ette fiend. It had effect. B. I. B. 



Stanford, Ky. 



With the above letter come three double- 

 column clipping, from home papers. At 

 the head of one of them we read : " Clean, 

 sweet, and pure " applied to their brand of 

 cigarette; and to illustrate it they picture a 

 nice cake of soap, a good .picture of a 

 section of honey, and a lily. On another 

 sheet they show a carpenter's level, and the 

 hatchet and cherry-tree to emphasize the 

 fact that the cigarette is " on the level " and 

 " can't tell a lie." All this is guaranteed by 

 the famous American Tobacco Co. 



WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU ARE " CATCHING " 

 A COLD. 



The following from the Ohio Farmer ex- 

 presses my views exactly : 



The season of changeable weather is here, when 

 we are alternately too warm or too cold, when, as, 

 one contributor puts it, " the ' going ' is likely to be 

 staying at home," when the sun and the wind, the 

 snow and the rain are likely each tO' be in the lead 

 all in the same day. Are we prepared to withstand 

 their onslaughts? or are we going to have to give 

 way and submit to colds, coughs, pneumonia, 

 pleurisy, etc. ? It all depends on how well we are 

 caring for our machinery. Sufficient rest, fresh 

 air, proper amount and proper selection of food, 

 proper exercise, the right clothing protection, and 

 regular and sufficient elimination of body waste, are 

 the best antidotes. It is astonishing what a lot of 

 abuse the human machine can stand up under, and 

 how quickly it will respond to fair treatment when 

 it has been abused. When we find that a cold is 

 creeping upon us, often a very simple, easy bit of 

 treatment can head it off. For example, instead of 

 dosing with medicine that the stomach would likely 

 be much better off without, try getting rid of the 

 contents of the digestive tract as fast as possible. 

 Flush the system with plenty of water, preferably 

 hot (not scalding, however), go to bed early, with 

 windows wide open and with your head and body 

 warmly protected. Before you drop off to sleep 

 spend a few minutes breathing deeply of the fresh 

 air. In the morning lie and breathe similarly for 

 several minutes, with mouth closed if possible, and 

 the chances are that you will be ready for a good 

 breakfast. 



SOME VERY KIND WORDS FROM A LONG-TIME 

 FRIEND, 

 Friend Root: — Enclosed find $2.00 which please 

 turn over to renewal of my subscription to Glean- 

 ings. To tell the truth, it is solely on your account 

 that I take Gleanings now. You do not know, my 

 friend, what an influence you have had on my life 



