Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-10-28

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cold. She was q nursemaid-and she was warmly
dressed in fannels. You may be sure she had on
long, warm stockings.
The other was little child, not more than Eve
years old. She was dressed all in white and evil
IDENTIFY the clothing was thin. Her face was blue,
she was almost stiff with cold, as the fat warm
nurse dragged her along.
And can you actually believe that the poor little
creature had her legs bare to the kneesl
Her hands were not bare-fashiOn says that rich
children must wear glOves-sO the hands we're glow
ed.
But The legs we're exposed to the cold wind, and
the blood as 1t passed through the big veins and
arteries chilled and sent back cold to the heart
The child's mother or father is one the foolish, ig
norant class ruined by little false knowledge.
In the poor child's home there is theory that it
is good for the constitution to be hardened and the
theory is practiced on the child
The vitality Of the child-Or Of any other animal
lis much lower than that Of an adult. child
catches cold and contracts diseases Of all sorts
readily than grown person. child is especially
in need Of heat. It must all Of it's heat since
must grow each day, in addition to making up for
the usual wear and tear Of life.
But foolish fathers and mothers have an idea that
the young child is rugged and can stand more than
older people.
Other foolish.-hali idiotiC-fathers and mothers
have g theory that children can be hardened and
made proof against colds By exposure
The fact is that children can be killed of by ex-
pOsure; they cannot be hardened. It ought not to
be necessary to prsve this by experiments, but It
has been proven by experiments. Records have
been kept Of children brought up sensibly and
warmly, the mortality among the hardened"
children Is enormous.
Our one source OF strength is heat. Cold in en-
animal means death. Strength can be built up, the
brain fed and good tissue supplied only by strong,
warm blood.
And idiOtic parents send their children out with
bare legs, exposing their feeble systems and meageF
blood supply to the cold OF winter and to the strong
est Winds
How the mother and father Of that poor little girl
would screech and protest il they we're sent ont
barelegged Ia cold Winterl Do they think little
girl or boy has greater endurance than mani
Look at the different breeds OF horses
The stunted pony Of the plains, or the Welsh
pony, has been hardened. What is he, How does
he compare with the big race horse that has been
reared carefully end spendidly developed through
saving and promoting his vital strength
The withered little CayUse Of the plains is hard.
he might stand more cold than another, since the
struggle for existence has developed that special
faculty In him.
But he could not win race nor pull load against
the well.fed horse that has been kept warm.
II You want sickly, consumptive, nalidevelOp-
ed cayuselike child send him or her out with bare
legs to heat the atmosphere.
But II you want child with power to win some
Of iies races later on, treat that child ct least
carefully as you would thoroughbred colt.
II yOu think you can harden your child, you are
foolish.
II yeur doctor encourages the idea, he is ignorant
or a toady to yOur notions
In either case, better get another doctor.
The difference between life and death is warmth.
Keep your children warn.