Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-17
A HEALTH TALK IN THE
NURSERY.

NONOENY.
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Health and temperance, which in it's
broadcast sense lis the law Of health,
needs to betaught from the cradle.
| When my little four year oldboy dis
covered the veins in my hands, I was
obliged to lay down my pen and give a
plausible answer before his childish
curiosity would be satisfied. On 5esssg
told they were little rivers CARRYING
blood, an exploration OF his own chubby
hands followed, with the delightful dis
covery that he, too, had those "little
rivers" OF course volley of questions
were fired at me in quick succession.
The first of which was "What is blood
made of2" What we eat. - "What
do the little rivers carry whatI eat to
my hands for ?" s"To make them grow"
"Does every thing we eat make our
hands grow?" In that way he soon
learned taht some kinds of food fur
nished better building material for his
bodily house than othef kinds, and af-
forwards when inclined to eat some
thing that was not suited to his child's
stomach, l had no difficulty in inducing
him to deny himself, when reminded of
the work Of the "little rivers" He does
not want tea and coffee; because in
our talks he has learned that they hur-
ry the nerve builders; but is a staunch
friend of milk and brown bread and TAX
es great interest in his food, and by this
means is learning to have power over
his appetite and exercise self-control.
Ondiscovering a picture of man drink
ing beer, his first question was "does
beer make my house grow?" On being
told that the alcohol of the beer drank
up the water in the "little" rivers and
injured them, he voluntarily pledged
himself against intoxicants, because he
is inspired with an ambition to possess
q fine bodily tenement. His delight is
unbounded, if, when taking bath he
discovers in some part of his body a
vein heretofore unknown to him. /
consider that here is foundation for a
desire to make his body a splendid
creature, with every nerve steady, and
every muscle trained to do his bidding.
His imagination makes the wonderful
little builders very real, and he will not
Intentionally retard their Progress. He
is willing to retire early because his
house is being built more rapidly while
sleeping and the very best work Is done
the first half Of the night. We have
even gone step higher in our little
tall and learned to reverence the crea-
tor OF such wonderful building, and
that it is sin to abuse a house so cost
ly and beautiful, because it is Gods
workmanship. And all this came about
without examining" his mind. The
questions naturally came, at intervals,
even after 1 had forgotten our previous
talk. and it was better to give the lit
tie philosopher d reasonable satisfying
answer He is child Of only ordinary
intellect, so believe every fact and
law of physical life can be taught the
child very early, and physiology be-
come fairy tale to the INACTIVE child,
and they are all such. EveryW. G. .U.
woman, for this reason if no other,
should at once, enlist in the depart
ment Of Hygiene. You owe it not on
ly to yourselves and community, but
most surely 70 your children, whose
first years are spent entirely with you,
and at time too when lasting impress
siens are made; the early impressions
enter into the solid masonry upon
which manhood is built. Someone has
likenea the knowledge acquired in ma
turity to paint and whitewash. !;
-, NETT1E G. HALL, NJ. D,
Territorial Superintendent Hygiene,
Dakots w. c. 7. y.
IT viii be of intrest to our " C. 7. u.
readers to know that the Superlntend-
ant Of fairs for Beadle county with
the help of the, Huron Local Union
provided w. G. T. U. Headquarters
i upon the grounds during the Terrisori-
al Fair. Here the weary rested and the
thirsty RECALLED, themselves with ice
water. There was however feature
generally noticeable, the absences of
the white ribbon, that debarred us
from knowing whether the occupants
were or would. be Of our. own. We
were informed that the flooring for
this spacious tent was loaned and the
space they occupied donated to The
w. G. t. U. by. the Fair Association
while the officers held gratuitcus
passes to the grounds.
The blood Of She slain Haddock Is
bearing fruit il Howard. Some five
prosecutions against saloon keepers,
fires ranging frem $75 an d cost to $500
aIa .costs in EACH case,. have, bee,d1 made
lately. Let the law be Enforced