St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1913-09-27


slough, with bacterial life undergo
ing decomposition, for as we know
the mouth IS full of germ-life, can
not expect the digestion to be mode
one The question OF exercise after
meals is an individual study which
| one can find out bet by persona.
study and observation, but above all
avoid deep mental emotion after the
full dinner-pail. Try and regulate
your meals so tina. the stomach VIII
be "clock-iike mechanism" If
| you will be faithful to It ana not
cause injury by excuses in diet and
| lack of care in your daily life, it will
be certain to perform its perfect fuac-
ton. It IS your duty as teacher to
| instruct your charges in the care and
proper method of eating. l would
fob;d. if l could, If l were teacher
Or q principal of school, violent ex-
erc.se among boys and girls, especial
ly after indulgence in a good lunch
during recess hours. Surely, it is
easy to understand that child skip
ping @ rope or some other form OF
playful frolic, is harmful by bringing
the blood to the superficial surface
| Of the body on the stimulation by
exerci. e, when the stomach demands
and needs the blood to aid in diges-
ton of the lunch morsel. This is a
subject Upon which one could say
much, but your method of life in eat
| ing should be practical and plain.
Indulgence Of any kind will make
you who are the sinner pay a heavy
! toll late in life. A word of caution
and good advice to the child will as
sist you materially in class-work, for
child with good digestion will be
stronger to perform good brain work
and be allowed to perform normal
functions Of the body.
Sleep is one of the forms OF nu-
triton to the body in the action of
Kidding the system of toxic products.
The best hygiene for good sleep Is
| to avoid all approximation of the
centres of the brain. Your brain must
be in an anemic condition or have a
lack of blood for good sleep, and this
is best acquired by doing nothing
when 1t is near the sleeping hour,
which will cause an extra supply to
the brain. An anemfc brain, or one
in the state OF sleep or repose must
not be brain at work, for even
the smallest noise or odor can dis
turb the sensory centres and cause
the brain repose to cease. When a
room is too warm, or a lack OF fresh
air flowing in, the lungs cause dis
turbance by the lack of oxygen by lr-
ritating the brain centers. A n.y.
gienic bedroom must be large, II
possible, not heated, and upper win
dows open. An avoidance of heavy
eating and undigestable food will do
much to avoid bad state of brain
rest, for such is an ideal method to
disturb the true hygiene of sleep.
How many hours sleep should an
adult require? Sleep is Natures
sweet restorer. 1t would be absurd
and folly to say you must sleep 10
or IL hours to accomplish what Ma
ture intended to do In sleep. Ply
Biological sleep does not require the
length to establish brain repose and
rid the body of noxious products. for
such depends oI1the individual. The
deeper and heavier the sleep, tht
shorter will be the time required to
do these things. The principal fact
is to feel rested. II you sleep IL
hours and arise with. feeling OF
WEAKNESS, languor and mental de-
preston, you have not had enough
time for brain repose and have not
rid the body of toxic products
Therefore, from the foregoing physio-
logical discussion, the physiological
function of sleep Is to get rid OF
toxic products, rest to the body and
the restoration Of lost energy. We
have only to look at the face of one
who has lost sleep to see the sunken
eyes; the long and drawn expression
and see it change after night OF
restful repose. It would indeed be
wise to say often to your pupils how
important they need sleep. Loss OF
sleep to 4 child, whether by chance or
other causes, means q loss Of study.
by m absence Of Concentration OF
thought In the class room. Let me
impress upon you that no wiser say
ing was evcr uttered. and which
should be perpetuated in the hygiene
of sleep, than when the great Wes-
ley said:
EARLY to bed and early to rise,
Makes man healthy and wise.
1t would not be amiss to say that
since We know the physiology OF sleep
tells us our body is Kidding itself OF
toxic products. at this time, fresh
air and plenty OF It In . bedroom IS
an important and vital issue In the
of health.
It Is needless to say bathing and
clean clothing Is important from the
dignified and refined point
Of taste. Nothing. il to be more alb
hored than being endowed with that
machine-like system. the
human body, to be neglected by Nth
and conn ION dirt. It is q sublime
feeling to know:
That beauty is surface keep.
"Pove rty no shame,
But, filth 4 disgrace. II
You have a natural right to send
he filtlly child back to its wash-tub
md say to the parent that soap 1s
heap and water. cheaper, and doc
oFs shy dirt brings disease, and so
n avpii:at1Cn Of the aboce presceip- |
len s splenCid and beneficial.
TIL e cal. of the teeth Is 'nIs
ant. The ruin Of the tse:h may be
'rou ght about by external causes
which are usually Of bacterial origin
nd can be avoided by frequent |
leaning with good brush. Bad nu-
rttion of the gums is caused by q |
ack of blood-supply and may be as
listed by gentle rubbing with some
IL. Tartar will cause pyorrhea,
'hicfl will cause the gums to re-
racts and eventually a loss Of teeth.
. God mouth wash or tooth dentri-
e with a good sti1f clean brush will
a n many a dental bill. as well as