The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1885-07-23

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TEACHING THE CHILDREN.
yeisntlAe Instractioa n the Nursery
Early Comprshension Of Physical Laws |
Relating to Health and Development.
Temperance is Gods law for the
body"
Accepting this broad definition, we
can not overestimate the value Of
Temperance teaching in the schools"
But this part Of the child's education |
should not be committed entirely to the
public school. The best, though per-
haps not the most immediate, result Of
the Scientific Instruction bill will be the
education Of mothers. The agitation
and discussion necessary to place this
law upon the statute books Of fourteen
States must prove educative; and in
those States where the movement has
failed the labor is not lost. The seed
sown shall soon spring up.
Whatever the child learns grows into
his mind, becoming part of il, and
forming the grain of his character. The
learning Of latter years is adventitious-
1t lies upon the surface. It is the dif-
ference between veneer and real
wood" The same current Of blood
that stamps IN impression upon the
youthful memory carries building ma
terial to the growing brain, and these
early impressions enter into the solid
masonry upon which manhood is built,
while the knowledge acquired in matu-
rity is but paint or whitewash.
If our premises be true, we should
teach first that which is most impor-
tant in the realm of the child's COM
prehension. Can anything be more
Important than knowledge Of the
habits upon which depend health and
vigorous physical lifeP Fortunately
the young mind can understand the
physical law at q very early age Teach
the child the true value Of the body
that is not him, but his-the house
built of God. which he is to occupy
during his earthly life. He will see
while very young that fine house is
desirable; and. too, that people are
judged somewhat by the houses ir
which they live. and by the way they
keep their houses Don't let him
think you send him to ted early to get
rid OF his no Sc; but tell him Of the
tiny cell.wOrkmen who are building his
house; how they do most Of their work
when he is asleep, and the very best in
the first part OF the night He can
understand that we need less sleep be-
cause our houses are finished, and they
have only to keep up repairs for us.
while for him they are really building
up flesh and bone. His imagination
will mako these wonderful little labor
ers moro real to him than the miscro-
scope makes them to us. Tell him how
they have to get building material
from the blood, Just as the mason has
to use brick and mortar for wall.
Each set Of cells, or workmen, select
thu material for their special use. The
bone builders use lime and the brain
builders phosphorus and many other
sui stances, but all must get supplies
from the blood. All use q great deal Of
water. Alcohol takes the water supply
- great thirsty beast might drink the
water from the mason's tank, leaving
none to mix the mortal. with; then the
work stops. Then it saps the water
from tissue already formed, leaving II
tender and brittle, just rs wall begins
| to crumble after fire has burned the
water out Of the cement Doctors call
that fatty degeneration" A great deal
Of oxygen Is uece ssary. too. There
isn't much oxygen in tobacco smoke
Before this your little philosopher will
ask. whats blood made OFF, Whcr
he hears 1t is made from what we eat,
he will have interest as well Is pleas
ure in his food, and you will have pow.
or over his appetite. He will begin Il
exercise self-control, that divinest forct
in human nature. Explain that thu
tooth builder must have lime phosphate
for the enamel of . tooth, IS surely al
. mason must have plaster-of-paris Il
hard-fnish wall. The chief source o
lime phosphate is the grains, but only I
very little is found in the white part o
any grain.
He win soon learn to like trowl
bread, corn bread and the grits, espe
c;ally il his mother cultivates her tast,
Is well Is his. Tell him the meat make
90 much waste the builders have b
stop work to clear away the rubbish
Milk does not hinder them so. Ever
pups and little wolves and lion whelps
who eat nesh entirely when grown, ca
only milk when they are small and thei
mothers take care of them. Or yo'
may save him from forming that un
naturally carniverous appetite whicl
leads to thc..craving for stimulants, an
Of itself causes some kinds Of fatal dir
ease. Four Of our teeth are ''fiesh-teaI
ing" From this We may get . hint
the proper proportion Of meat in ou
dietary.
Tell him coffee ard tea hurry an
worry the nerve builders so that the
can not possibly do their work vel
while beer and whisky maze them {
dizzy that everything they do Is crooket
Thus every fact and Law is idealized. {
rather naterialized and physiology
the imaginative child-aud mother. u