POINTS O IZEEPING WELL CR. FREDERICK R. GREEN Editor of “HEALTH” INTE WANN OG ON ONE OE 193 1825, Western Newspaper Unlon.) PUTTING SUNSHINE IN FOOD TJ 1GIYT is fe. Darkness is death. “ ‘The ancient philosophers knew this. Men for centuries have Known that =unlight wes necessary for health und life. Gardeners and florists have lon: known that plants, to be healthy and strong, must have sunlight, and that plants grown In cellars or caves are pale, weuk and unhealthy. We have long known these facts. We are only just beginning to know why. Scientific men have learned more about light In the last Hifty years than had been learned In all the long centuries preceding. We know today thot all Jight Is the same, that all forms of light come originally from the sun, which is the source of all light and of all life as well, and that when God sald “Let there be light” He also sald “Let there be life.” For a number of years [t has bee, known that sunlight was especially valualile in the treatment of two dis hoth of them largely ¢ infancy: tuberculosis, which eC 1 GON contracted v hen It matter and the life, no apparent, occurs In in early may become vivkets, which always first year or two of life. reason for the puzzling fact that poor children in the slums who play out- doors In ragged clothes are often freer from these two diseases than pam- pered children of wealthy families, reared in hothounses and always over- dressed and wrapped up. Poverty has {ets more sunlight on his skin does the son of the millionaire. Then it was found that certain kind: of clectric lamps, the carbon and the mercury-vapor lamps, gave off ultre-violet rays that had the same effect ns the gunlight. About ago I'rofessor Steenbock of the Uni versity of Wisconsin and Dr. Alfred Hess of New York found that linseed or coltonseed oil, exposed to the sun- light or to the mercury light, at sorbed there ultra-violet rays and were just as valuable and much better tasting than the cod liver oll that has for ‘ years been used In the treatment cf tuberculosis and rickets. Then they found that flour, dried milk, vege tables and other foods, exposed to the light, absorhey these rays, and If fed to the child would prevent rickets This is due to the fact that either the animal or the vegetable the ultra-violet rays and holds In*or giving them off the Ti rse rass. taken into the body, ilete the body cells, just as sunlight does, and so make the hody stronger cell them, to disease WELL-FED CHILDREN or last 25 years disease is far too common and still deserves its name as “the great white plague.” Be side reducing it to almost one-half of fts former amount, we also know a thiz dreaded better where and how to attack It. Our grandfathers and grandmothers thougzin tary for it from birth, and that it was use less for xuch unfortunates to try escape their doom. We know that, far contract it tact with matter nat in parents: that age the disease from living infected what no may contracted In childhood. We also know that there is no drug or serum that will protect any one, and that children who are improperly fed or poorly nourished are more likely to become infected than those who are well fed and who have a high degree of bodily resistance, 80 that one of the must hopeful methods of reducing this dread dis ease (8 to see to It that children, so far as possible, are well fed, especial ly during the period of active growth. In a recent article in Outdoor Life, Dr. Henry A. Chadwick of the Massa- chusetts department of public health, discusses the relation of malnutrition and tuberculosis in children. A well nourished child, he says, stands erect, Is alert and bas a slightly moist skin of good color. Its bones and muscles are well developed, and its welght Is up to the average of a normal child ‘of the same age. An undernourished child 1s dull, nervous and fidgety. He has a rounded back and stooping shoul- ders, pale. dry skin, flabby muscles through which the bones show plainly. He is below the other children In weight and height. He Is nervous tires easily, sweals constantly, has a poor appetite, and has frequent colds, Sach children, are more susceptible to tubercuio=is than are normal children, They ned simple, nourishing food and plenty of it, outdoor air and sunshine and pienty of sleep, if they are to over. come thelr natural tendency to con sumption. Many Varieties of Plums Asla is supposed to be the origina ime of the plum tree, which later came Into Italy by way of Syria and Greece. There are now several hun dred varieties of this luscious stone fruit, many of which are historie, A ———n, on Wo Ftv ia ATi IPT Ele eaan a bons a By JOMN DICKINSON SHERMAN BER A ERICAN Education Week | be observed this year | 32 It nusnices of Bureau . ' ys Over her is under the loin the United States lueation of Department, Na- | Society | wrican Legion, | rogram for the seven | as heen made public of Fduca- | amd has been for | offi- | fol- | Burean lef educational “4 ine program CONSTITUTION MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16. “The Constitution is the bulwark | of democracy and opportunity.” | . Unity, justice, tranquillity, de- fense, welfare and liberty. . Qur Constitution guarantees these rights, i . CQur Conctitution is the expres- | sion of the will of the people. | . One Constitution, cne Union, one Flag, one History. SLOGANS-—"Dallots, Not Bullets.” “Know the Constitution.” | “Visit Your Schools To- day” PATRIOTISM DAY TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17. “Tne Flag of the United States of America is the symbol of the ideals and institutions of our Republic” 1. Our Flag insures the sanctity of life and the security of property. 2. Quicken the sense of public duty. ’ 3. Voting is the primary duty of the patriot, 4. Our national honor must be preserved from unjust attack. SLOGANS-—*“America First” "Vote at All Elections™ “Visit Your Schools To. DAY SCHOOL AND TEACHER DAY WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, It is not too much to say that the need of civilization is the need of teachers—~Calvin Coolidge. 1. The teacher is a nation builder. 2. The cchool is the foundation of democracy, 8. Provide for the needs of your schools. Overruled Royal Mamina As lady in-walting to the duchess of Albany and afterward wife of the Brit. ish militnry urtache in Berlin, Mrs, Frank Russell had the entry to court circles both at home and abroad, and in “Fregmments of Auld Lang Syne” she gives some fascinating glimpses into the lives of men and women of moment in the Nineteenth century. “My uncle told me a story of how hie had to receive tL) duchess of Kent Wy =a lr James Earns be Lwirck 4. Trained teachers require ade. ! quate compensation, { 5. The teaching of patriotiem i3 the duty of all public servants, | SLOGANS-—-“The Better the Teachor | the Better the School” “Visit Your Schools To | day” CONSERVATION AND THRIFT DAY THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19. The forests of America, however | slighted by man, must have been ! a great delight to God.—John Muir, . Conserve sources, 2. Prevent forest fires, 3. Industry and thrift speil pros perity. 4, Saving insures happiness, our national re. “Work and Save.” “Visit Your Schools To. day.” KNOW YOUR SCHOOL DAY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20. “Progressive civilization depends upon progressive education.” 1. Schools must progress with the | times, 2. Preparation for modern.day life | demands a broader course of | study. | 3. The school must be kept abreast | of science and invention, | 4. A little invested In education | saves much expended on crime, | poverty and disease, | for | Communities.” “Make Your Schools Liv. able” “Visit Your Schoots To. | day” COMMUNITY AND HEALTH DAY SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21. “Physical education means health | and strength” The school Is a community cen. | fer, Equality of opportunity for every American boy and girl. Public library service for every community. Proper food and rest for chil dren, 5. A health officer for every com. munity. Adequate parks for city, state and nation. 1. 6. and the young Queen Victoria when | they pald their visit of condolence to | Queen Adelalde after King Willlam's | death” she says. “The duchess of | Kent sald to him, ‘I think the weather | i= clearing up. We will have the car | ringe opened for returning,’ but a clear young volee sald: ‘Mr. Ashley, you will please ake your orders from me and not from mamma in future’ The earringe remained closed.” The first electric lamp was, mar keted ubout 1880, CENTRE HALL. PA. Quip ALONG LIFE’S TRAIL By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK Dean of Men, University of Illinofs. Ra RI HRP HDHD RAINE NO REY NNR (5), 1928, Western Newspaper Unlon. ) POINT OF VIEW HE team of horses which I drove when I was a boy was a duality of optimism and pessimism, of cheer- fulness and gloom. They were the suIne lived under the same envi bad the sume comfortable quarters, and accomplished about the sume work, but they reacted to it in completely different ways. Moses was a chronle crape hanger. He never got up in the morning, and he was almost always snoozing when | went into the barn. His chief enjoyment was resting with a sad melancholy expression of body. If he had had human expres sion he would have been sure that the crops were about to fall, and that he was on his way to the poorhouse, Dick was very different. He was always up and prancing about his stall, age, ronment, work he was always alert, eager, radl- he al He enthusiasm, bits, It him on. hman in a been telephone on his hind or on the to rie fres would answer legs. WHR never If Dick fraternity first or to been a he to have the the urdas Uraay been the or to clean up the yard on Sat mornings. He would have J Horney A rain Ioge reli Snes SLOGANS—*A Square Deal for the | Country Boy and Girl." | “A Sound Mind in a Sound Body." “Visit Your Nczighber To. day.” FOR GOD AND DAY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22. “Religion, morality, and education | are necestary for good govern. ment.” 1. Education in the home. 2. Education in the school. 3. Education in the church, SLOGANS—“A Godly Nation Cannot Fail” “Visit day.” COUNTRY Your Cnurch To | United States | The Bu- | reat of Education, among other things, | “adsises state, county and local school to the and provement of schools.” He is chair t 1 of the Federal Council of Citizen ship Training. Miss Mary MceSkimmon Is the newly | elected president of the National Education Association, which Is prom- | inent In the movement for the crea. | John J. Tigert Commissioner of Education, cers as administration Education headed by a secretary in | the cabinet James A. Drain is national comman- der of the American Legion, which was incorporated by act of congress in 1010. Its purpose, among other things, “to foster and perpetuate a 100 per cent Americanism; to safeguard | and trunsmit to posterity principles of justice, freedom and democracy.” ftem No. § of the program for “Heulth and Community Day.” “Ade. important movements of the day. The Federal Government, working in co with the National Confer on Outdoor Recreation of 130 organizations, is promoting outdoor amid natural scenic beau ty as the best antidote for the many {lls of our fast and furious American In connection with both this and i= promoting nature and instruction In natural sci in schools of all kinds. It Is carrying the school to nature, national parks, there is a natural his tory museum, a natural history school and a corps of nature guides for the benefit of visitors this summer, —— Ugly Man's Handicap A handsome man meets with ape proval wherever he goes and takes his neceptability for granted. Large and impressive, way Is made for him, at tendants single hit ont, he is first of any company to be served with tea or with checks for his luggage, and he is escorted to his room in the hotel while less attractive persons are left to walt their turn. The fact then is that the ugly man or the insignificant one has pot to use his wits to get what is his due-—~Toronto Globe, fully willing to do thing As the horses older thelr atti. toward itse.f their dragged himself about His seers grew Ife began to show Moses man. appearance, like an old his ir were out of press, us it He were, fare unshaven LIF AE 20 ERECT recently into bankr If at teeth by ten gloom gone had guessed his age look in would have years, He was and Inactivity; been traded for a E at his you or. > have mon- Dick, on the amazingly. other hand He looked kept ior 4 angle. He was youth and sctivity He the bright at its best life, he looked side of things, enjoyed Long retired from active service Dick was if a woman's as young as she looks, 8 map and a horse are as young as ter of viewpoint. 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They were ilving In a comfortable cottage, and were trying to take care of them- selves as best they might “We don’t rent roams.” the old iady sald to the Inquiring boy “Who takes cure of you? he asked “We look after ourselves” she un- swered, “Why not let me do It?" he went on. ‘I'l cook your meals, and wash the dishes, and take care of the house, if you'll give me my rooth and board. You have a vacant room; why not? lake it easy, and let me do the work.” “Can you cook?" she asked. “Not much, but 1 can learn anything. It sounded good to the old lady, whose back Was pretty tired from the regular fall house cleaning, and whose hands were chapped from washing dishes three times a Cay, and she took him up. He did learn, and he stuck, and the mestion of living was for him settled for four years. He learned concentra- tion, found that In time he had sone leisure, and he got a job keeping the accounts of an organization, which gave him money enough for his simple gocinl pleasures, I saw him driving around not long ago in a little coupe, “How come? | asked, “Well, I'd saved a little money, and ! Just thought I'd buy it." It runs fine!” fle came to me a few days ugo and gave me a check for fifteen dollars “You helped me get started when | came here” he explained, "when | was desperately hard up. Next fall when some one comes along who is discour aged and needs a lttle start, | wish you'd give him this” He's going home next June with one hundred dellurs In the bank and a motor car, and the amazing part about this story Is that It Is true You can make and keep your complex. fon as lovely as 8 young rirl’s by giving a little attention to your blood. 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