The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-19
WOMAN AND HOME.
TEACHING CHILDREN THE LAWS OF
HEALTH AT HOME.
How n Piucky Woman Wins LveiI
hood--Coh Weather Hints for the Nur@
ssry-The Real Woman Problem"
Household servants-usefui Suggestions

How P1ucky woman WINS 1''"
bood--Coh Weather Hints for the MUIR
ssry-The Real Woman Problem"
Household servants-Usefui Susgestions
We arc creatures OF imitation. Example
counrs for moro than preccpt The parent
knows the law, and the child knows 10 too.
When the parent keeps it, then the children
will keep it also. II does little good Tor
child % learn az school that the food should
DO properly masticated, when three times
every day at home be sses hungry group
crowd about the table ike pigs around
trough, aud bolt their food as nearly whole
as il can be- made 70 60 down. The child
whose mother gives it bite Of something 70
eat every time 1t cries for It, will not he IN
condition 70 profit from an understanding OF
the law that food should not be taken be-
tween meals, until it is too late for the hnowi-
edge 10 be Of much service.
The law OF pure air and proper ventilation
may be taught never 50 plainly IN the text
books, but to the boy who is brought up 20
ST and TO sleep in a close, unventiated room,
foul with the breath of living beings, and TO
shun fresh air as he would a plague, the
knowledge viii be Of little avail While his
fathers cellar is filed with decaying meat,
vegetables, aud all manner Of filth, aud the
cesspOoi smells 10 heaven from beneath the
kitchen window, all tho teachings OF the
schools will not prevent his having typhoid
fever. or diphtheria, OF some form Of nth
disease, when the summer sun calls into ac-
tivity the germs of disease which are latent
there.
1t is the practice Of the principles Of by
gieue in our homes, and this alone, which
will lessen the rate of disease and death %
DAY and develop stronger race tomorrow.
The child who has learned the laws OF health
from bis father and mother, by seeing them
continually and persistently applied, will
come 10 follow them In his own case, rs
naturally rs he will conduct himself properly
ia good society, if good society has been his
birthright, and gentlemauly conduct has be-
come habiuaL
Iknew n man who feared filth as he feared
the devil A bad odor was his bette noir. 10
put him ou his mettle 40 once and be could
not rest until he had hunted IL down and
rooted 10 out His water supply must be
pure beyond al question. Hiscellar must be
cieaneA and kept clean. Nocesspool or vault
Vas allowed 10 generate putrefacti9n on bis
premises. When he bought a house his first
care was 10 look after the ventilation and
drainage, water supply and disposal Of waste
Ii these were defective, they must be recon-
structei 40 once, at whatever cost, and made
~ nearly perfect as possible, aud So on
through the list The result was, his chill
dren grew up 10 be like him i'm this respect
They did not need 10 be warned against the
dangers OF Gith. They knew them already.
/ know mothers, too, who teach their chill
dren how 20 preserve good health and de-
vcl0p strong bodies, who instruct their
daughters in the mysteries Of their own bo-
ing and the dangers that may beset them,
thus preparing them against the day OF temp
tation and fitting them 20 live pure and
wholesome lives-J. ~ French. ". d., in
Good Housekeeping.