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bility of voters, who participate in 
them and by penal provisions secur- 
ing conformity to such rules of eligi- 
bility and the honest casting and 
counting of ballots.’’ 
Harvard Medical School Lectures. 
The corporation of Harvard Uni- 
versity is and has rendered an 
incalcuable service to the public in 
opening its halls and affording an 
ignorant public opportunities to 
hear what the preachers of a gospel 
of a healthy body have to say. Dr. 
White, a leading dermatologist, has 
recently rendered great service in 
his clear, warning message on The 
Possibility of Skin Infection in Pub- 
lie Places. Every man, woman and 
child should be equipped with a 
working knowledge of the complex 
rules of hygiene. Among them, 
‘don’t play kissing games; don’t 
fondle untidy and perhaps diseased 
children; don’t go to the barber or 
hairdresser without carrying your 
own brush and comb; don’t drink 
from a public water tank, even 
though there may be individual 
drinking cups provided; don’t use 
public: ¢igar cutters; don’t use rol- 
ler towels; don’t use soap provided 
for common use; don’t wash the 
face in a public bowl, but use the 
water running from the faucet; 
don’t put money in your mouth ; 
don’t lean one’s head either against 
the back of chairs or against the 
wall or wear hats belonging to 
others, as germs may thus be ob- 
tained,’’ 
A barber who is not careful may 
spread skin infection, as, for in- 
stance, by the use of soap and 
brushes that have not been properly 
cleansed since last used. It is practi- 
cally impossible to sterilize _hair- 
brushes by any means other than a 
thorough washing with soap and 
water at least once a week and ex- 
posing them to the sun, out-doors, 
for several hours, two or three times 
a week. All barbers and hairdressers 
should be obliged by law, to take a 
course in dermatology, and then ob- 
tain a license before practicing such 
occupations do ‘‘the best they know 
how,’’ they ought to be instructed 
as to the dangers incident to 
their work. The alum-stick, for 
stopping the blood after a razor 
for stopping the blood after a razor 
cut should never be used on differ- 
ent customers. Dirty and perhaps 
infected hands handle ice for water 
coolers, and a man was seen in a 
railway car to take the cover off the 
tank and drink from it, which might 
have infected every drop of water 
in the tank. The public cigar cutter 
infects many. Persons who use the 
public sanitary arrangements risk 
their lives. Too much cannot be said 
on such an important question of 
life and happiness. The public ap- 
preciates this disinterested service 
which the University is rendering. 
One Day in Five for Firemen. 
The community has no right to 
keep its servants in voluntary ser- 
vice by wages, however large. A 
man is entitled to the privileges of 
his home, his community and the at- 
tractiveness of the manifold rela- 
tions of life. The communities of 
Massachusetts are not giving the 
men who protect their property a 
square deal. Shut in from _ their 
homes twenty-one hours of day is 
not fair, either to the men or the 
community. The homes of these 
loyal men need them. The mothers 
in those homes and_ the children 
have some rights which the com- 
munity should respect. It is mor- 
ally wrong for any community to 
keep a man from his home in such 
a way. That home needs some of 
the father’s time and the com- 
munity robs those children of an 
inalienable right. Any man who has 
a heart in him rebels against this 
form of social injustice. While we 
are railing against the large cor- 
porations it would be well for the 
average citizen to turn around and 
use his eyes and his thinking cap. 
For the toleration of these condi- 
tions the citizens are to blame. The 
law ought to have long ago been 
past permitting the brave and loyal 
permanent men of our departments 
to have some opportunities for home 
life and recreation. It seems pos- 
sible now to remedy this glaring 
evil and the Breeze hails with pleas- 
ure the opportunity to register its 
approval of the proposed plan_ to 
grant the firemen one day in five. 
This is only an innovation in the 
smaller cities and towns. Boston, 
Brookline, Brockton and Lawrence 
have already adopted the system. 
It should be compulsory in many 
other towns. The referendum will 
permit each city or town to accept 
or reject the proposed scheme. There 
can certainly be no harm done in 
presenting the plan to the common- 
wealth with the provisions for local 
option. 
The National Soil Fertilization 
League are inaugurating a_ well 
planned campaign for the education 
of farmers in the refertilization of 
soil. The plans are maturing. It is 
certain that the government should 
provide some way to instruct eager 
learners the scientific way to refer- 
tilize soil. 
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The movement on foot to formu- 
late several planks in the interests 
of New England industries to be in- 
corporated in the Party Platform in 
June, should receive the encourage- 
ment of every citizen. 
Technology is worthy of the great 
gift it has received. It is virtually 
a gift to the people. The corporate 
counsel are but trustees of a great 
trust. They will use that trust well. 
WHISPERINGS. 
That 1912 must not pass down in- 
to history without determined effort 
on the part of the public-spirited 
citizens of Manchester, to at least 
eet under way a YMCA, or some 
similar institution would increase 
interest in the town beyond all eal- 
culation. With the example and 
achievements of towns of even lesser 
population than our own, the people 
of Manchester should get together 
without delay. It is time for our 
townsmen of progress and _ patriot- 
ism to take this subject up in dead 
earnest and develop systematically 
the glorious YMCA idea. 
There is a big difference between 
a butterfly and a fly im the butter. 
Some folks forge ahead and some 
forge themselves into the penitenti- 
ary. 
A farmer does not need a medical 
diploma in order to be able to cure 
pork. 
When the wolf is at the door we 
are not likely to have any other 
callers. 
Whether a miss is as good as a 
mile depends upon the miss. 
A political rooster is of little ae- 
count in the poultry business. 
It is much easier to write a note 
than it is to sing one. 
