Life — November 14, 1912 — page 29: what you’re looking at

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priests, live mainly on the effects of this same Fear. A couple of months ago there ap- peared in Los Angeles a few cases of an obscure disease that has for years been more or less prevalent over the country. The medical fraternity admit that they do not know what the disease is, or whether it is contagious, so to hide their ignorance they have given it the crack- jaw name of “ poliomyclitis,” or infan- It is almost identical and is about as infectious as toothache. It is due, like most diseases, to inner and outer filth— inner filth, caused by a clogging of the system, due to wrong diet, and outer filth due to poor sanitation. At the instance of the autocratic local health officer, backed by the State Board of Health, a strict quarantine was insti- tuted, to pay the expenses of which sev- eral thousand dollars were obtained from the City Council. Children were forbidden to visit public places of amuse- ment, parks or schools. A strict watch was placed on houses where cases of the disease were reported, with a guard on duty day and night, who disinfected money before turning it over to those who brought provisions. Parents were almost afraid to meet each other on the street. It reminded one somewhat of De Foe’s description of London during the great plague of 1666. Of the cases reported, a few were really what is called infantile paralysis. Others were simple cases of colic, or in- digestion, or worms. The fact that most of the cases recovered rapidly showed clearly that in such cases it was not paralysis. While a guard was watching a front door of one “infected” house AREOLA NTT HE inability of modern clock designers to im- prove upon the creations of the old masters explains the grow- ing demand for accurate repro- ductions of famous specimens now reposing in the museums of Europe. We recently procured abroad many beautiful examples of these, in various combinations of marble, bronze, ivory and porcelain. Conspicuous among them are replicas of clocks from the Wallace and the Rothschild collec- tions. Inour Clock Department a special- ty is made of mahogany hall and mantel clocks; also of antique French and English mantel clocks and Eng- lish and Dutch hall clocks, the genu- of the creative genius of Henry HIS charming Sun Dial in bronze is an example Crenier. A most interesting exhibit of the masterpieces of the foremost Ameri- can and European sculptors may be seen in our Bronze Department. American sculpture is represented by MacMonnies, Partridge, McNeil, Hartley, Humphriss, Solon Borglum, Miss Eber! . Potter-Vonnoh, y, Isidor _Konti and Russell. ‘n sculpture is represented by Gerome, Meissonnier, Carpaux, Rodin, Moreau and others. We were the first to introduce the works of a number of the above sculptors. You are cordially invited to visit ineness of which we guarantee. this exhibit. UU ERIITS INNO SETS TEC the infantile “paralytic” escaped through the back door, and the mother had to chase him half a block down the alley. If they were excited in Los Angeles, they were surely “bughouse” in the surrounding regions. At Long Beach, a popular seaside resort, a law was passed forbidding more than five children to congregate in any public place. Please note this new kink in “ medical science.” Five children together may be safe dur- ing an epidemic, but six children are in danger of their lives. At another out- side town, all arrivals from Los Angeles were forced to strip and take a disinfect- ing bath, while the new State of Arizona gave those who were visiting Los An- el = rin fe geles ten days to return home or be shut out. inally, the people began to find that A t bil Ti this nonsense was seriously affecting utomopbue lires business. Outsiders began to regatd The longer you use Kelly-Springfield Tires this famous health resort as a pest the more you marvel at the mileage they peate, The Council was forsed: by ‘pubs give. You call it luck. We call it quality. | pa Sh mon: fo iappoint:® committee! of investigation. Then, all of a sudden KELLY-SPRINGFIELD TIRE COMPANY, 20 Vesey Street, New York : the awful epidemic began to die out and Branch offices in New York. Chieago, Philadelphia, Boston, St, Louls, Detrott, Cincinnatl, San Francisco, : f Los Angeles, Buffalo, Baltimore, Washington, Seattle, Cleveland, Atlanta and Akron, O, was soon forgotten. peau 9} THEODORE: B STARR. INC. Established 1862 DIAMONDS AND PEARLS OF JEWELRY WATCHES SILV CLOCKS BRONZES. STATIONERY 5TH AVENUE AND 47TH STREET LMS —oy = — MR ‘Apbel & Murwell Nubber & Tire Company. Dallas, Texas. " ox Broox, N. D. Bering Tire & Rubber Co., Houston. Texas. ‘Todd Rubber Co., New Hayen, Coan, ‘The Hearn Tire & Rubber Ce lumbus, O. s Ance! CaLirornta, Bow Rubber Co.. Deaver, Colo. comicbooks.com