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shirt is to be replaced by a khaki one. We shall soon hear 

 of the Yankee soldiers being dyed khaki in order to baffle 

 both the mosquito and the enemy. The policy of dyeing 

 oneself khaki is not likely to recommend itself to many of 

 us. Which is the lesser evil, to run the risk of fever or to 

 go through life with a khaki face, is a question which each 

 may answer for himself. Personally, I plump for the fever 

 and for the scientific, but difficult, policy of doing away 

 with the middleman who busies himself in carrying fever 

 from person to person. Political economists assure us that 

 the middleman is an injurious anachronism. Let us, then, 

 abolish him wherever we can. 



