The Harvester World: Volume 2, number 14, November 1911

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must have the interest and co-operation of every employe. The well-worn saying that "an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure," can be well applied here. In the Works, there is no surer method of transferring this disease from one to another than by expectoration. Here is a chance for missionary work. Plenty of fresh air, clean floors, etc., are all factors to be used in the fight against tuberculosis. Every man in charge of a department can help. If every one in the organization will appoint himself a special officer in the fight for cleanliness and good health, no more effective organization for human con¬ servation can be given us.
HEALTH ALPHABET
The following alphabet on a ])Ost card was distril)- uted at the Child Welfare Exhibit. The lines are by Miss Jane Flanagan, now IHC special nurse fur tuberculosis patients:
A  is for Adenoids, which no child should own.
B  for right Breathing, to give the lungs tone.
C  is for Cough which we should not neglect.
D is for Dentist, who finds tooth defect.
E  is for Evils of foul air and dirt.
F  is for Fresh Air—too much cannot hurt.
G is for Garden, where boys and girls play.
H is for Hardiness, gained in that way.
I    is Infection in foul drinking cups.
J    is for Joy in the bubbling taps.
K  is for Knowledge of rules of good health.
L  is for Lungs, whose soundness is wealth.
M is for Milk, it must be quite pure.
N  is for Nurses, your health to insure.
O is for Oxygen, not found in a crowd.
P   is for Pencils—in mouths not allowed.   ¦ •
Q  is for Quiet, which sick people need.
R  is for Rest—a part of our creed.
S   is for Sunshine to drive germs away. '^'i
T .is for Toothbrush, used three times a day.       •
U  is for Useful health rules in the school.
V is the Value of learning these rules. W is Worry, which always does harm.
X is 'Xcess in no form. ,: '
Y is for Youth, the time to grow strong.
7.  is for zest.    Help the good work along. I
THE SINGING SCHOOL
The Harvester Choral Society resumed its rehearsals the first of October and has this fall a membership of more than sixty. With Mrs. Titus again as director for the second season, and several new voices—employe:-,
or members of their families — there is "some singing" on the 14th floor of the Harvester building every Thurs¬ day evening, at 5:30. The work undertaken for the Christmas concert includes oratorio numbers from the Creation and the Messiah, as well as a group of part songs and a cantata.
Applications for membership may be made to the director or to Miss Goss, secretary.
If you are going to be in Chicago for the holidays, better book earl}' for concert tickets.
Crowd surrounding stand at Wisconsin State Fair, where Harvester Band, Milwaukee, was playing ,  .^..
WELFARE IN THE SOUTHEAST HEMISPHERE
The Sydney office force send us an account of a steamer trip to South Head lightliouse, with a g3'i3sy tea and moonlight concert following, and also of a Saturday afternoon trip to Sydney Harbor.
NEW TO THE " BEAT "
'
The   New  Girl—"An'   may   me   intinded   visit   me
every Sunday afternoon, ma'am?"
.VlistresB — "Who is your intended, Delia? "
The New Girl — "I don't know yet,  ma'am.    I'm a
stranger in town." ^
THEY  ALWAYS COME BACK