The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-01-24
llEnL7H IS AMONG THE VIRTUES
IL Ia Now Admitted That 1t is moran
Obligation to Keep Well.

HEALTH is AMONG TIE WIN S@o
IL Ia Now Admitted That 1t Is a MorAA
Obligation to Keep Well.
n recent raper on The Right
Education of Girls Miss May Ho9gen-
botham, the head of the domestic sci
ence department of the Drexel INSTITUTE
pertinently says that among the con
yictions that the earnest spirit of the
10Th century is blowing deep into the
minds of men are the dignity and pre-
ciousness of human life and the moral
obligation that rests upon each and
all to preserve that life in health and
yigor for as long a period as may be
possible"
q O1,fsZ "a, MASKING the fact that the
: So Pa when pestilence and
!, ~. q 20. ger be looked upon
- q, "a Providence" and
3 u %, ga, 20 MUSICIANS, boards
RS, "a 70 Solo eSlres labor in vain
az, "oe 100 q Conditions, while
ren NO yop - f,, e 2 sSelSeepers are ig-
ical Discovery were 70 Mciples,' the pa
dread and fatal disease You
our word for 1t. They have,d understand the
instance, been so pronoY
md most experience The theory OF santa
ese sss ths5od air and good water
under what conditions they become
contaminated, and what means of pre-
sention are in the power of the house
keeper. The serious and imminent dam
gers to life and health that may arise
from defects in water supply and drain
age OF the house can often be averted
bv intelligent oversight and a knowl-
edge of what defects to loollfor.
When women know what is meant
by good plumbing, good woodwork,
good sanitary conditions generally,
builders will not dare to rely las many
do now upon frescoed walls, tawdry
mantel cabinets, SNOWY stationary ward
robes and beveled glass doors to sell or
rent houses that have thin walls, wretch
ed floors, mean woodwork, meaner
plumbing, and unsanitary conditions
generally.
Upon proper diet more than upon
any other one thing depend the health
and condition of every human being.
Life itself is matter of nutrition, and
mans earthly destiny turns on the
consideration of his diet. 1t involves
bis strength, both of body and of mind,
and ri largely determines his disposi-
ton. We all recall the case of Carlyle.
who made things hard for himself and
those around him because he was the
''rniserabe owner of a diaboiical ar
rangement called stomach" If Car
lyle had possessed the knowledge OF
foods that is possible to the schoolgirl
or boy Of to-day he would have been
letter man, and his wife and mother
happier women.
No argument is strong enough to con-
vey the full significance of the mothers
responsibility to her household in the
matter of foods. In those periods of
infancy and early childhood which are
beyond the control of the individual,
il rests with the mother to supply the
food that will best build up the tissues
of the body, keep the blood pure, and
supply the heat and vital energy to
keep the bodily machine in motion.
There may be hereditary faint, a ten
dency to biliousness, headache, poverty
of blood, nervous hysteria. She can
combat all with proper diet at the
right time. With the knowledge at
tainable to-day it will be a disgrace
for the woman of the future to eXclain,
as thousands do now: "Oh, yes; it is
unfortunate my mother, grandmoth-
err have had it. 1t runs in the family"
Albany Argus.