Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1913-06-05
ly method of purifying is by dis
tilling and boiling.

more distressing to sanitation
, than to see men, women anC
, children of all ages, sorts anG
conditions, clean and unclean
sick and we'll, one after another
in rapid succession applying
their mouths to he one public
drinking cup. A person ought
to know that it is best for him
to carry his own drinking cup
or go thirsty rather than drink
out of such a cup, and run SO
much risk of getting disease.
Exercise next claims our con-
sideration, and to neglect to
take exercise is one of the great
est foes to health. A brisk walk
or run meets most demands.
The exercise should involve
considerable movement of the
trunk as we'll as the limbs.
Many games are good exercise.
One should always try to take
the proper kind of exercise at
the proper time.
After all the exercises rest is
needed, and must be taken, for
our muscles become very tired.
Sleep is the very best means of
getting rest, though other rests
can be taken. During sleep the
brain cells regain their usual
strength. Sleep does the most
good when it is regular, that is,
when one retires about the
same hour each night. Differ
ent ages require different
amounts of sleep. A child four
years of age requires about
twelve hours; seven years, elev-
en- hours; ten to twelve years,
ten hours; twelve to fourteen
years, nine hours. 1t is safe to
say that seven or eight hours of
sleep is enough for adults. The
sleeping room should be well
ventilated, a door or window
should always be left open. 1t
is a good idea to have growing
flowers or basin of water in
the sleeping room, but never
have cut flowers in the sleeping
room, for they are decaying.
We can say that early to bed
Tin a we'll ventilated room and
early to rise, makes a man
healthy, wealthy and wise.
Cleanliness is the next i'm
portant subject to be discussed
in personal hygiene. If a body
is not kept clean how can it ex-
pect to have perfect health? A
person should bathe often. A
bath is often stimulating and
refreshing, and their value in
the treatment of many diseases
is coming to be widely recog-
niZed, and even in health they
may be useful as aids to the
best working powers.
There are different kinds of
baths: The Indifferent bath,
the hot bath, the cold bath. The
Indifferent bath, which is neith-
er hot nor cold, may be said to
answer most all purposes of
cleanliness. The hot and cold
bath answer other purposes. A
cold bath should be taken when
the skin is warm, Immediately
on rising in the morning. The
hot bath is often good for the
nerves, but the water should
not be too hot, for it takes away
the oil from the body.
Care must be given to the
clothing we wear. Clothing
should preserve the proper heat
of the body by protecting it both
from heat and cold. In the Sc
lection of clothing it is always
advisable, not only as a matter
of personal comfort, but also as
a matter of practical hygiene,
to avoid heavy fabrics. Of
course, all know that the cloth
ing we wear should be clean.
Our teeth need attention. We
are careful to keep our nails
clean, because our companions
would notice the dirt. Unclean
teeth are also open to such in
spection, and nothing mars
ones appearance more than un-
yellow teeth.
A tooth brush and a good
dental cream are all the ma
chinery needed to keep the
teeth clean. The preservation
of the teeth is not only neces-
sary for ones appearance, but
is also vital to the possession of
the best bealth. The care of
teeth is largely a habit, and this