Word: discolors
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...elementary stages he is to learn in kindergarten into the intricacies of intermediate and advanced prohibition. At six he will be taught to avoid alcohol and tobacco. Having grown proficient at this, he is ready for a more detailed study. He is soon to be taught that cigarettes discolor the fingers and that whiskey makes noses read, which subject suggests laboratory work for that year. In due course he reaches the advanced courses to be given in the study of alcohol in relation to the city, the state, and the nation...
Butchers, bakers and candlestick makers, waiters, tailors and candy-store clerks must beware their teeth. So said German scientist K. F. Hoffman last week. Indoor work tends to wear down bodily resistance. Poor ventilation helps teeth decay; dusts discolor teeth; sugar and flour ferment to form enamel-destroying acids...
...make up a large part of the direction of public opinion, can exercise a curative influence by preaching the doctrine of tolerance, by exemplifying the fact that it is not necessary for a nation like the United States, which is fighting for the vindication of a great ideal, to discolor its purpose by hatreds or by the entertainment of any unworthy emotion. --Secretary Baker...