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Up and Down the Coast.

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Up and Down the Coast. UV" Tin: CIUTIC." wi- such a large proportion of roiisun.ptivs in ta's county I think the IVnArokcViiire Ouru±hy Council might devote a portion of tho c-. or;ty funds to 1^9 deserv- in- ci j ts t ban that of erecting the West Wales Sjnalu!'urn fur the prevention of j tsiboreukaw. I have in my ruir.d the tlip- j-hod w .,y the o.'S'iy metal was dumped on the main road this year, a d which entailed much useless expenditure .hat the stones, after lying on the fnt'Uee for sums time-, have now to be nked off. Then the purchase, at great cost, of the yacht Mari;*t.a b^r cruising purposes and protecting the fi-hing indu try. As the Ala- ilana lay kiaurely in Fishguard by for Fome days recently it struck me what a capital 11 »;Itirj_T sanatorium she would make with a lew n:iu >r additions and alterations. If these v. e lit;cd uuL an i the yacht made to serve the (Joubie-b-nrcih d purpose, I should then agree with Vr GritKch not to contribute toTv^rds the West Wales Sanatorium from the Cuun' j funds in case, as the Doctor remarked on Friday hv-t t-t lr.0 T, OR Act committee, other institutions might put forward claims of a simitar nuture. But the IV.nbrokeshire County Council might do wo-so than, contribute towards, not only a H inatorimu, but for providing the means to e-.nploy lecturers—j ist L3 they are doisjg in res: ec. to horticulture and cooking -:0 teach the people by means of public lcctures ho-v to prevent consumption. To my mind, the deith of young children, in their teens from consumption^jn homes situ tie iu the Leari of the country, is an ugly blot on the administrative and educational bodies of the county of Fembroke.and on those of any other ag'i uliural county. Teach the rural community the evils of drinking impure water, of excluding fresh air from their dwel- lings, particutas !y their sleeping apat tments; of heaping up lilth around their houses, star. ing pLs pig-wash in the vicinity of their homes let the authorities insist on the ol sevvauon cf these few and essential practices sod the need for a Sanatorium will b-.i ron est.' .1id to you, who dweii in this breezy, healthy place swept, by the germ-destroying air from I bê ocean, save yourselves and your children from premature glave. Perhaps, Oil reading t'ueie lines, you may put aside the witii the thought that the writer is a c;a: k on the subj-ct of health and tha.t he is only writing something.' Let me remind YOIl uf the recent deaths of four or five cf your youths from consumption, and that several are at this moment stiiikeu with the same terrible d You iu»y reply that ¡ cc!n:urnpiCoIJ is it; the /ami ly/ Then I will toil you, without fear of contradiction, that the fear oi ailuvvi g the windows of your dwellings to icmain open while your are in them, and your general dtead ot ftesh air, were the chief among the first contributory causes of consumption in your parents. Take the cas.es of infants who die from convulsions..Does it ever strike you that babies require plenty oi fresh air iu Older to assimilate, or digest, their food—often of tbe w;uog kind? goige their stomachs with augm-swcetmed milk and water until they rjeot some of it on to their bibs, the last thing at night then, during the heat ot summer and Cold of winter, you wrap them in fb.Hwls, put thctu to bed, having first secured window and aperature lest fresh air should enter the room presently both parents will share the SHlle bed as the child, so that iu course of an hour the oxygen— another name for pure air—is all used up, and during the remaining eight or more hour 8 you spend in your bedrooms you are breath- ing foul air—carbonic-aeid-gas — which,instead of producing refreshing sleep, induces a heavy stupor. in due course your cherub sickens, is irritable, no'hitsg agrees with its stomach, conviJ:ions, ii Lilt au infectious disease, supervenes and laby dies in spite of roedicil skill. You wonder why it should die, yet you never think for a moment that, as a matter of fact, your wrong treatment of the little being has slam it. Give your babies, whenever possible, that sus'enance which nature has intended they ghoul 1 Lave—the breast—aud in doing so let mothers eschew alcoholic beverages, taking only gcod, sustaining food on the other hand, if a:titic;a! keding has to be resorted t.), F.ee that chemically manufactured sugars are carefully avoi e and s^eetaneis of any kind used spuuigly it at all above all be coitiiu that tee-ding h, ties are cleansed per- fectly. Vo away" ilh wraps and binders, ulotha them i:.stead with loose, warm robes, lot fresh air and sunshine into your apart- ments when possible aU the year round ob- serve all the foregoing rules and you destroy death-dealing consumption germs your chil- dren wiil be bright, healthful and happy, and tbe joy cf your lives. 1 know yon are inclined to retort that your mothers brought you up in the way that infants are reaped novv-a-days. Pity, 'tis true, only too That i= why Sanator- are required to save you from untimely graven I have gone to greater length than 1 iateaJed with this, but it is in order to try and co nvince you that consumption and many other diseases a,e impossible to those reared UhLbr hyg:eaic conditions, viz purj air always, pure food, cleanliness and exercise. The town is itssummg the apect of holiday- making. line weather and visitors aie transforming sleepy dullness into life and vivacity. Lively limes are now experienced at eventide urd, There's hot times in the old town at This Yankee-doodle ditty applies, ig Lt now, to the little scenes of last week. Iu spite of the cheap and nasty notoriety some of our young fellows gain by setting the town on lite, in the way I wit- nessed it last week, there is nothing to re- commend it nor to add to the credit of the pariiclraior3 nor the town. What pleasure or profit intelligent men—as some of them are—find in brawling lawlessness passes the comprehension of sober-minded people. On Friday evening the Square was in a state of turbulence when a German-band formed up and commenced a well-known air Immedi- ately many of the clief figures in the orgie gathered lound the musicians in lather an unceremonious fashion, one buriy figure, evi- dently the ringleader, making some attempt to poke fuss at the baLd which, happily for the ot the place, took no notice but continued on the tenour of way. the crowd looked on, the music exercising that spell of charm sail to soften rocks or bend the kuott.d oak. J ( I mistake not, the tune, Q-iotu of tho Earth,' rendered uncommonly w. 11 by the Germans, soothed the savage brea U it spite ut mmK being up to the Piimsol mark' with barmy beer. Were the musicians to remain during the waim weather the task of the pclica oflicers would no doubt be lessened. It ia not often that itinerary possess a cornet-player with the bkiJl of the one in question, for there was an absence of harshness, the notes being subdued and mellow. Talking of bands, I am surprised the local amateurs do not revive the local band. Surely, if Newport and Maenclochog are able to maintain such organizations Fish- guard ought. This theme also bungs up the subject of the correspondence going oa in the Echo on 1 Sunday Concerts.' I notice Mr O. D. •Jones asks that writers on the question should discard their nom de plume. Though I think that the opinions expressed would be more weighty if properly signed I fail to see the force of the demand considering the nature of the subject—admittedly, a ticklish one. Whv not tackle the point raised by the Parish Council instead of beating about the bush ? It is interesting to note in a Cardiff daily paper that United Wales is the motto of the inhabitants of the Principality in all de. partments of life. The latest proof is afforded by the amalgamation of the North Wales Black Cattle Society with that of South XValt, s The amalgamated society will, it is hoped, do good work in the way of improving the breed of cattle throughout Wales, and particularly in maintaining the excellence of the indigenous breed. In the 4 religious and educational departments,' however, there is undeniable discord.

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