Proceedings of Eighth Annual Meeting 105 



Mr. Charles Lee Meyers : Mr. President, this is a little bit 

 different from the idea as put forth. There is no assessment of the 

 New Jersey society on the commissions in that sense. They are 

 told what part of this necessary expense contigent upon our work 

 and meeting here and exchanging views, which is a legitimate and 

 proper thing, told what part the expense of this thing is divided into 

 for each commission, which is clear and plain. 



Now while I am perfectly and heartily in favor of a campaign 

 of publicity — in fact, I have had two instances lately. Three weeks 

 ago in a Sunday newspaper was published an article whereby a 

 minister whose charge is on some beach — I am sorry I did not bring 

 it with me ; I intend to, but in the hurry of getting away I left it 

 in the house. He had been annoyed by the bathers having what 

 he considered suits which exposed too much of nature, and he 

 threatened that if they did it this summer that he would breed 

 mosquitoes all along his beach. 



Now there, it seems to me, is a perfect place for an educational 

 campaign, for if the good minister knew or thought of doing which 

 of course I believe to be simply an idle threat; to emphasize his 

 position — the untold damage that he might do by carrying out that 

 threat, the myriads of health destroying mosquitoes that might come 

 from such an attempt to put modesty into bathing suits — he has 

 not been properly educated. 



Now I read a short time ago a most beautifully written thing, 

 the most exquisite English, and this gentleman stated with the utmost 

 positiveness that mosquitoes bred in the deep foliage and in the 

 shrubbery and in the tall grass and in the tall timbers ; and he also 

 stated that when the last mosquito exterminator was carried to his 

 grave that there would be a mosquito to sing the requiem over 

 his grave ; and when Gabriel blew his trumpet and the last mosquito 

 exterminator arose, still there would be a mosquito to welcome him 

 into the new life. 



Now there is another case where a man of great genius, with 

 beautiful literature, at least, was not properly educated. So that 

 whilt I am in favor of this thing I would like to know before any 

 action is actually taken what the opinion of the county counsel would 

 be on that, because in my judgment it is a little different from the 

 assessment. I use that word inadvisedly ; I mean an apportionment 

 of the expense to the commissions. This, it seems to me, is a 

 little different thing. 



Dr. Brinkerhoff : Just one word. I don't know that there 



