Article December 14, 1918 Issue

Signs of the Times

with contributions from Randolph H. McKim

[From The Christian Science Monitor, Boston, U.S.A.]

A course in common sense and the basic ideas of Christian Science, and an editorial policy for newspapers directed against fear, was urged at a meeting here [Des Moines, Iowa] recently of a committee of business and professional men who have virtually been in charge of the city during the so-called Spanish influenza epidemic. Dr. W. C. Witte, city sanitarian, is chairman of the committee. The membership includes James R. Hanna, former mayor; Z. C. Thornburg, superintendent of schools; C. L. Herring, of the Greater Des Moines committee; Marshall Miller, president of the Trades and Labor Assembly; Ralph Faxon, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce; Charles Saverude, druggist; and Drs. Granville Ryan, R. L. Parker, and Thomas F. Duhigg.

The city has been under rigid quarantine for a minimum period of two weeks, all schools, colleges, churches, theaters, and amusement places having been closed to prevent further spread of the alleged epidemic. The fact that soldiers and officers at Camp Dodge who are Christian Scientists have not been affected by the epidemic, was called to the committee's attention at the meeting by Mr. Miller.

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