Evening star., 1913-07-27

take cold from being too warmly dressed
than the opposite.
y All babies, sick or well. need cob
stant fresh air. summer and winter night
and day. Let the baby live out of doors
as much possible. but be, sure his
eyes are properly shaded. Much injury
may be done IL this precaution is ever
looked
10. The baby should have two maps a
day. and should sleep from al night
until OF in the morning. He should
sleep In crib by himself. in quiet;
shaded, well ventilated room. and should
be put to sleep without rocking. During
the heat Of the day in summer det the
baby lie quietly on the bed as much as
possible. A cheesecioth mattress. stuffed
with excelsior. covered with quilted
and may be renewed at will.
Ten Hints That VIII Add Ten Years
to Your Life.
BY J. W. schereschewsky, NJ. D., sur
EeOn. United States public heath
service, Treasury Department, spe-
cialist I'm hygienic research. United
States hygienic laboratory, and some
time director general Of the fifteenth
international exhibit ON hygiene and
demography.
/. Don't overeat Too much food
clogs the intestines; generates poisons
which the body finds difficult. IL not
impossible, to throw on. and in gem
eral has the same effect on the vital
ity as banking a furnace would have
on the fire.
2. Don't drink booze: drink pure
water instead. Alcohol lowers the
mental efficiency, poisons the nerves.
impairs the body resistance to infec-
tious diseases and tends to degenerate
the arteries. This indictment of aleo-
hoi is amply substantiated by scientific
researches.
8. sleep with your windows open.
gas. which is poisonous. This gas
must be allowed to escape from the
bedroom or it will be breathed in again.
and thus the body will be poisoned
sad sy the lungs n.s
the oxygen which is found only in
fresh air.
4. Battle every day. regulating the
temperature of the water by the effect
which the bath has upon you. Bathing
keeps the skin healthy, reduces the
number of germs on the body surface,
acts as a tonic to the nerves which
keep the blood in circulation through
out the skin. The skin circulation Is
the chief agent for regulating body
temperature.
s. Always wash your hands before
eating. The hands pick up millions
Of germs between meals. and these
will surely get on to the food unless
they are washed off before you sit
down to the table.
6. Keep your mouth in good condi
ton. Poor teeth not only prevent you
from chewing your food properly, but
also promote q foul germ-laden con-
dition of the mouth which will infect
all food and thus tell seriously upon
the general health.
T. Take walk every day. Rust
attacks unused machinery and sends it
to the scrapheap years before it's time.
s. Don't worry over things you
can't help and see that you don't have
to worry over things you could have
helped. Worry brings on neurasthenia,
indigestion and poor nutrition.
8. Leave patent medicines alone. Go
to a reliable doctor instead. No man
can prescribe a uniform treatment for
any given disease any more than a
tailor can cut a suit of clothes that
will At everybody.
10. Start following these rules young.
Any human beings good health begins
with his parents. If they bring him
into the world healthy. teach him per-
sonal hygiene. give him good plain
food and sanitary surroundings and
keep him away from bad habits till
manhood he is likely to have good
health all his life.