Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-03-17

\ iitI;" >'rn' u ThnI seems Appropriate
{" III season.
Five years old: and to he sent tu
school. What has tn" poor little inu"-
cent done that he should be turned ont
of the nursery ut such Il tender age:
Has hU already learned all there is tn
he learned nj that best academy. :;
mothers knee! or. | hesitate To make
'hc suggestion. has he become trouble
some there:
When in my walks see little tots of
four or tiV" start out for school in the
morning. carefully hooded and mtIrn-
ed and then again watch them aS they
come home with coats unhut1unCd. nit
tens miSlaid or dangling from their
pockets. rublI"rS cHrclcSSly forgotten. |
wonder how many sore throatS. how
MANY ear aches there will be next day.
and feel like running after each and
.'vrry one of them in Il fruitlcSS attempt
to secure all the lost buttons and miss
ing rubhrrS or mittenS and of Sayin.
10 their mothers. DO keep your babies
at hnm" until they are old enough IT,
hav" learned something about the care
of their own little bodicS'
or course in II private school needed
personal attention is chccrfully given.
but in Il large public school ii is prac-
licallN impossible. Then. too. the dam
ger of Infection from that large class OF
diseases. popularity known as chltlrcnS
diseases. is much greater among the
younger children. and the more the.
ar" brought together the greater the
risk in mis- direction. | should lili" la
call til" attention of all thoughtful
mothers to the report of tho instructor
of hygiene in one of the Boston $clloulS
where h" frankly acknowledges THAI
tn" highest sanitary conditions are far
from being reached. Even to vcntilatr
Il SchGol room properly. one of the most
necessary conditions for health. is Il
matter not often satisfactorily Hrrang-
"d. The building up of Il good physique
must be begun in the earliest period of
life. 4 we l-known writer on the train
ing OF children says:
"Whucvcr has straight. well formed
children may resi- satisfied that their
physical training has been what it
ought to be. Straight erect. liSSomr
forms cannot be found without good
health, nay. without the best health
When boys and girls begin To droop
and 'lup HrGund.' to us" the expressive.
homrly phrase. il is high time to look
after their physical wrll-bcng. Food.
dress and ventilation. at home and Ht
school. should und d"rgo tn" most cIiti-
cal inSpcrtion."
Bun perhaps some busy mother may
say with II Gh. All. well. this sounds
very r"aSunal It.. | should like to keep
my children III home. but what am |
to do with sewing on my hands. th"
house To look after and innlmrrablr
duties beside. all claiming Immediate
attention.. TO such | would say: "R"
sur" first of all which are the most i'm
pnrtant duties None of us can do all
we would like t" do: then let lis choose.
Pun fewer IrillS on Your childrpnS : pet
1icoHlS. fewer tuckS on their pretty
aprons and dresses. and give them
more of Yourself. more of your heart
and mind. more of your personal care.
Said II wise little woman to me nor
long agp: "Fur the first six years of
my child'S life | tried 10 teach him al
most nothing except what and how to
eat, and t" tell the truth. And | con
slider the time we'll spent.
Most of lis are apt to undcrvalur tn"
imp prlHncr of Il constant WatchfulnrSS
in alt matters pertaining to tn" plySi-
cal Wcll-bring of our children. because
the results are NOT always Immediately
apparent. but many of the diseases of
maturity can he traced to Il want of
ear" in infancy and childhood. 1t is as
impossible tn secure the highest intel
lcctlEl and moral development without
Il sound. healthy brain and body as to
rear Il beautiful and substantial dwell
ing upon insecure foundations. and il is
To the mother and the home that these
earliest years. with all their poSSihili-
ties for good and evil belong.