196 THE HEALTH BULLETIN.THE OLD ROLLER TOWEL.How dear to our hearts are the things<strong>of</strong> our childhood,When fond recollections presentthem to view;<strong>The</strong> old district schoolhouse, the pailand the dipper,<strong>The</strong> same cud <strong>of</strong> gum which in turnwe would chew.No fear <strong>of</strong> a microbe forever beset us,No st<strong>at</strong>e board <strong>of</strong> health interferedthen <strong>at</strong> all;We b<strong>at</strong>hed dirty faces in one commonIxasin,And turned to the towel th<strong>at</strong> hungon the wall.<strong>The</strong> old roller towel, the stiff rollertowel.<strong>The</strong> germ-laden towel th<strong>at</strong> hung onthe wall.Of crash was this towel, in gen'rousproportion.And never was changed more thanonce in a week;We turned it around and used it allover.And for a dry spot it was idle toseek,With use and abuse it grew grayishin color,Acquiring an odor exceedingly rank;By S<strong>at</strong>urday night it presented a surfaceAs hard and unyielding as any inchplank.<strong>The</strong> old roller towel, the stiff rollertowel,From which the fastidious foolishlyshrank.•But now it is gone, vanished out <strong>of</strong> existence.By vir.tue <strong>of</strong> power which the Board<strong>of</strong>*<strong>Health</strong> holds;No more can we bury our streamingwet facesWithin its bacterial, dangerous folds,No longer we meet with the discoloredbanner.Which hung from a roller nailed upon the wall;On clean huckabuck, initial embroidered.We wipe away tears which intrusivelyfallFor old roller towels, the stiff rollertowels,<strong>The</strong> germ laden towels th<strong>at</strong> hung onthe wall.— George White, in the RnndophHerald.THE WOMAN WITH THE HOE.Last spring the press <strong>of</strong> the St<strong>at</strong>ecarried the following news item,which is here changed only enoughtoconceal the name and locality"Mrs. B. I. Avey, who lived about onemile north <strong>of</strong> Axeton, was found deadnear her home yesterday afternoon <strong>at</strong>about 4 o'clock. She had been plantingcorn and had fallen into a ditch inthe field. She leaves a large family,all <strong>of</strong> whom are grown and living inthis community. She was about seventy-fiveyears old and a consistentmember <strong>of</strong> the Blank church <strong>of</strong> thisplace. She was buried <strong>at</strong> Sunrise cemeterytoday."<strong>The</strong>y have told how she diedthis woman with the hoe. But noone has thought it worth while toexplain why she died as she didwhy an old woman who has passedher three-score years and ten, andwho had <strong>of</strong>ten trod the perilous p<strong>at</strong>h<strong>of</strong> motherhood, should be digging inthe field for bread, as women didthousands <strong>of</strong> years ago. We havedoubled the yield <strong>of</strong> corn, but awithered old woman must still answerthe call <strong>of</strong> seedtime and go outinto the field with the hoe. Tenthousand automobiles go back andforth in this St<strong>at</strong>e, lifting the burdensfrom the beasts <strong>of</strong> the field,but no way was found to lift theburden <strong>of</strong> the hoe from her bentfigure as it tottered over the brokenground to a tragic de<strong>at</strong>h.<strong>The</strong> burden <strong>of</strong> labor, like all otherburdens, follows the line <strong>of</strong> weakestresistance, and it is resting heavierand heavier on the shoulders leastable to bear it because least able toresist it. Yet men marvel th<strong>at</strong> wo-mad-men in England are moved toness and women the world over areprotesting against the old order <strong>of</strong>life—aa:ainst the woman with thehoc. In this highly Christianizedcommonwealth many can tell <strong>of</strong> thechild widows <strong>of</strong> India and the footboundwomen <strong>of</strong> China, but they
i <strong>of</strong>FoodATubercularIfAIAAI!I8th Month. AUGUST, 1914. 31 Days.MMoon^1Q^QImportant Days, D<strong>at</strong>es and <strong>Health</strong>gramsRisesSetsRisesorSets1 Sa Council <strong>of</strong> Safety <strong>at</strong> Halifax <strong>of</strong>ficially proclaimedthe Declar<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> Independence, 1776.2Su No mosquitoes—no malaria. [born, 1729.3 Mo Richard Caswell, first governor after independence,4Tu little ditch is sometimes better than pounds <strong>of</strong>Iquinine.Jterity.5 We Money invested in health pays dividends to pos-'6Th little tin can may breed a host <strong>of</strong> mosquitoes.7Fr Good w<strong>at</strong>er is more to be prized than rubies, andclean hands are better than much fine gold.8 Sa Fight the mosquito bj'- destroying its breeding place.9 Su A good housekeeper's house is free from flies.10 Mo It is better to be healthy than pretty.llTu Flies on the table are worse than bugs in the bed.12,We Stale milk is poison to the baby.13 Th Indian chief, Manteo, baptized <strong>at</strong> Roanoke Island,1587. First baptismal service by English-speakingpeople in the New World.14 Fr Save your teeth and you save your digestion.15 Sa fly in the kitchen is as dangerous as a r<strong>at</strong>tlesnake.I16 Su A barrel • full <strong>of</strong> rain w<strong>at</strong>er—a house full <strong>of</strong> mosquitoes.17 Mo You can't buy good health <strong>at</strong> the drug store.18 Tu Virginia Dare born on Roanoke Island, 1587. Firstchild born <strong>of</strong> English-speaking parents in America.19,We A little dirty milk can ruin a lot <strong>of</strong> clean milk.20 Th Civic uncleanliness kills civic pride.21 Fr Stick close to the simple life.22 Sa Thomas Fanning Wood, first Secretary St<strong>at</strong>e Board<strong>Health</strong>, died, 1892.5 6 7 5 75 7 7 4 105 8 7 3 2 25 9 7 2 3 105 10 7 1 rises5 11 7 1 7 425 11, 7 0; 8 35 12 6 581 8 225 175 186 566 556 546 536 528 479 59 269 5210 246 51 11 26 50, 11 4719 6 49 morn19! 6 48 4120 6 465 2123 Su left between the teeth fermentsj and causesdecay.[soul.24|Mo <strong>Health</strong> is a normal functioning <strong>of</strong> body, mind and25Tu First Provincial Congress <strong>of</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>Carolina</strong> met <strong>at</strong>26|We P<strong>at</strong>ronize the clean grocer. [New Bern, 1774.27 Th B<strong>at</strong>tle <strong>of</strong> Long Island, 1776.28,Fr <strong>The</strong> first wealth is health.29 Sa filling in time1saves a tooth—and a digestion.30Suj31 MoIdairy cows are a menace to the public.!common hair brushes, why not common toothbrushes?