HEALTH HINTS.
SPITTING IN CHURCH,
The reckless spitter is too much with us. But he does not, as a rule, pollute the church with his secretion. On the Continent, however, the church appears to be regarded as a suitable place for the sshooting of rubbish from the air passages. The priests (says the "British Medical Journal") spit about the altar steps and the people spit everywhere, till one might be tempted to think the procedure was regarded as a symcolical ejection of the evil spirit. We are pleased to note as a sign of grace that the Archbishop of Siena has directed that in all the churches _of his diocese a notice to the following effect shall be put up: "Out of respect for the house .of God, and in order to prevent the propagation of contagious diseases, do not spit on the floor."
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 196, 18 August 1900, Page 2 (Supplement)
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