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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SYSTEMS
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giving details of our
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pumps and water eye.
tems for every need
The Goulds Manufacturing Co.
Seneca Falls, N. Y.
If a benefactor has plenty of money,
he is satisfied with a vote of thanks.
‘Sure Relief
FOR INDIGESTION
of our present gederution Is Its
Wayne college
He had
high school
came
ago last
gradunted
up to
September.
Just from
mer trying
or something of
cess, but
BELL-ANS
money to buy his books and
his fees and leave him a few
to
dollars
He stumbled upon an old couple as
looking for a lodging place. 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
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