Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-09-30
PUBLIC MEETING
Wausau Steps into Line in the National
Mouth Hygiene Movement.

A large public meeting is being
planned for Tuesday, Oct. 14th, to be
held in the Grand Opera House at
p. "a. This is in line with the Mouth
Hygiene movement which had its
inception about fifteen years ago at
Strassburg, Germany, and has since
been spreading with irresistible force
wherever its virtues have been recog-
| nized.
| DR.. lessen of Strassburg, saw i'm the
child the future citizen of the state.
He recognized in the child and the
invalid the only legitimate non-pro-
ducers and, as such, entitled to help
from the producers. The thought is
really not new, since it is the basic
principle underlying the estab-
fishing of public hospitals, sanitoria
| and asylums. But he also gave ex-
preston to the thought that proven
ton is preferable to correction, and
that child actually has the right to
be relieved Of every handicap, and
| the right to that which will make of
him a good citizen and an efficient
| producer as he reaches maturity.
The child's development is in part
directed by the public school system,
which is designed to make of him a
useful member of the state, and
where defects in the child exist of
whatever nature they may be, an
effort is being made to overcome
them.
Child welfare demands the most
careful consideration and the problem
is actually being solved, in a meas
ure at least. Exhibits are being sent
out by the state for popular educa-
tion on the subject; conventions are
celebrating upon matters of hygiene
and sanitation; medical inspection is.
admittedly no longer an experiment;
the anti-tuberculosis propaganda is
gaining ground daily. According to
the current issue of one of the lead
ing magazines, New York has recog-
nized the utter folly of trying to edu-
cate 10000 children who are chronic
ally hungry-New York is removing
the handicap and providing food at
cost to the poor children. The same
is being done by 81 other large cities
! in the country.
Since actual examination has dis
closed the awful prevalence of I'M
hygiene oral conditions THE percent
age being 90-90 among school children,
which conditions tend toward more
serious disorders, most of the large
cities have recognized their RESPONSE
bility and have begun to remove the
handicap, for it is waste of money
to try to educate an unhealthy child.
DIR. j. p. Buckley of Chicago an
eminent authority in the dental pre-
fession, will be in the city on Oct.
14th, in attendance at the semi-annu-
| al meeting of the Central Wiscon-
sin Dental Society, and he will talk
to the school children in the after
noon, and give an address in the even
ing, his subject being: THE health
problem is community problem, and
the relation of the teeth to health"
The program in addition to this
contains the names of Miss Lott, the
intirmary nurse, DR.. Joseph Smith
and Mr.. S. B. Tobey, superintendent
of schools, who will make a few re-
marks upon allied subjects. There
will also be several musical numbers
and an educational motion picture
film entitled "ToOthache"
The meeting is purely educational
and the earnest invitation is cordially
extended to the city officials, the
churches, fraternal organizations, the
fathers and mothers of our children,
in fact, a., who have at heart the in
terest of our future citizens. No adj
mission is to be charged, as the aim is
to get this message before the people,
and it is hoped that DR.. Buckley will
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