The New Spirit . it,parings and paper on them. Paper will be more easily kept off the floor if the wastebasket is kept near the teachers desk to collect waste for the garbage can. The school garbage can wields a still greater influence than this. The greatestinfluence it has is on the homes of the school children. When a little cirl learns to ap-preciate the use of a garbage can at school, in a very short time she will look with hor-ror upon the old custom of throwing dish-water from the kitchen window, and will pro-vide a bucket into which she puts the refuse and sees that it is properly disp
The New Spirit . it,parings and paper on them. Paper will be more easily kept off the floor if the wastebasket is kept near the teachers desk to collect waste for the garbage can. The school garbage can wields a still greater influence than this. The greatestinfluence it has is on the homes of the school children. When a little cirl learns to ap-preciate the use of a garbage can at school, in a very short time she will look with hor-ror upon the old custom of throwing dish-water from the kitchen window, and will pro-vide a bucket into which she puts the refuse and sees that it is properly disposed house is no longer allowed to go for days with paper or other useless things on thefloor; a trash basket receives it as it accumulates. The yard is kept clean from paperand debris of any sort. The use of a barbage can leads to a habit of cleanliness, and a pride in thingsbeautiful, which will create sanitary and beautiful homes, and consequently a happy,healthy, and proseerous people. W. W. GOLDEN. 16. LULA GRICE Lincoln County Glnuntjj ifoBpttals fnr (HubmularJIattrntB ii £~| p^>H E prevalence of tuberculosis in Mississippi isalarming. Statistics show that in the year1913 there were twelve thousand cases in Mis-sissippi, three thousand of which resulted in death. The financial loss from tuberculosis is prob-ably greater than that from any other disease. Un-happily, the greater part of this expenditure is wast-ed. The practice of traveling or changing localityfor climatic advantages results, in the majority ofcases, in little or no really permanent improvementof the patient. From a social standpoint tuberculosis is agreat menace. Disease of any kind is detrimentalto the social state. Especially is this true of tubercu-losis, because it is a lingering and wasting disease, which, aside from its fatal nature, isalways accompanied by much distress, unhappiness, and suffering. Therefore, if by anymeans this disease could be eradicated or held in check, nothing should
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