The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-09-27

knowledge that her Investigations
are thorough, her standards often
laudable, and her solution of educa-
tional, business and economic ques-
tons correct. For instance when
the United States Treasury Depart
ment accepts the standard of ap-
proved securities which Massachus-
setts and New York set for their
savings banks, she pays no small
tribute to the discriminating judg-
ment of those two states.
Boston has Just revised her pub
lie school course and introduced such
changes as to make the world look
up and take notice.
Unlike us, she has taken off instead
of adding a year to the course, and
English has been made the great
central feature of the curriculum.
But the feature to which we desire
to direct particular attention is the
stress laid upon hygiene, and great
weight is given to a proper know
ledge of the health OF the home and
the community.
In the early grades pupils are
taught correctness in food, exercise,
posture, sleep and habits, while
later he is taught how to make the
body healthful, strong and graceful;
it is only a step further to teach
him public hygiene and his duty to the
community in helping to maintain
the same.
Fully conscious that there are
many cases where the best food is
not available and where ones occu
patton of necessity begets an untidy
condition of the person while so en-
gagged, we are satisfied that ignor
ance and moral laxity are far more
weighty in most cases where the
standard of living is low: as a rule
poor food is the sequel of poor cook
ing, not poor raw materlal;and an I'M
couth appearance bespeaks a low
standard of self respect rather than
an enforced condition. Because one
cannot always keep himself clean
and tidy is no reason why he should
always be soiled and neglected; ano
we never see such a person have the re
spect of either himself or any one else
or do much towards making life
worth living. The world does not
advocate the youth who on Satur
day night bedecks himself in Sun
day garb to admire himself for the
morrow, but it cordially commends
him who at regular intervals makes
himself worth looking at-ever
though he may be his only admirer
1t does not commend the standard
of the criminal Pointer who came
| into our court room last Thursday
and took his seat in the crimlna
dock dressed in patent leather shoes
Prince Albert coat, kid gloves ane
high silk hat, but it does grade NJ
the man whose self respect is reflect
ed in his presentable attire.
1t has become fixed principle thai
the civilization of people is meas
ured by the amount of soap they
use, and nothing raises faster oul
respect for the man who at the clos
of a toilsome summer day in hv'
minutes time leaves three hours o
his WEAKNESS in the bath tub anC
spends the next two hours as
gentleman with his family or asso
ciates. 1t is not sufficient for Amerl
can civilization to set the STANDARD
for the world in hours of labor, thu
amount and excellence of the worl
done, and the compensation to bere
ceived therefor; she must also set thu
standard of the man, in his duty t.
himself, his family and the communl
ty in which his influence lies.
ALCOHOL FOR LIGHT AND POWER
Prior to the year 1907 the United
States was the only manufacturing
country which made no distinction