"Often the stir of the city keeps men
alive," said he, "while at times the lone
someness of the country causes farmers to
go insane or to lose their grasp on life,
it is true that the great number of per
sonal contact* which are thrust upon the
city dwellets tend to cut down the span of
life. For instance, the average active busi
ness man may actually see or talk to more
persons face to face in a week than his
grandfather ever saw In a year. A man
may come into an office with a slight cold
and impart that cold to a friend who is sit
ting at a desk. In two weeks the friend
may be dead from a pneumonic cofd because
of some germ Imparted to him by the visitor,
who may have entirely escaped the infec
t'nn himself.
"Undoubtedly the more hazardous occu
lations undertaken by city people lead to
a higher death rate and the numerous
street accidents which terminate fatally must
be considered.
"There Is a large pcrcentaRe of immi
Krants always to be found in the large city
who are not so long lived as the native
ntock of the country, as they are infected
by many diseases before landing on these
shores, which are due to lack of personal
rare and Improper methods of living.
