The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-15

adenoids, which civilized man is
better of without. And a civilized
man possesses a God-given intelli-
gence to tell him how to get rid of
them, he wisely does so when it's
necessary"
What have the adenoids to do
with Betty's deafness?" asked Mr..
Clyde.
Everything. They divert the air
currents, thicken the tubes connect
ing throat and ear, and interfere
with the hearing. Don't let that
little deficiency in keenness of ear
bother you, though. Most likely it
will pass with the removal of the
adenoids. Even if it shouldn't it
is too slight to be a handicap. But
| want the child TO be repaired be-
fore any of the familiar and more
serious adenOid difficulties are fix
ed on her for life"
Are there others?" asked Mrs.
Clyde apprehensively.
"Oh, every imaginable kind. How
could it be otherwise? Here's the
very first principle of life, the
breath, being diverted from its
proper course, in the mOuth-breath-
er; isn't a general arrangement of
functions the inevitable result? The
hearing is affected, as I've shown
you already. The body doesn't get
its proper amount of oxygen, and
the digestion suffers. The lungs
draw their air-supply in the wrong
way, and the lung capacity is di-
minished. The open mouth admits
all kinds of dust particles which
inhame the throat and make it hos
pitable to infection. BY incorrect
breathing the facial aspect of the
mouth-breather is variOusly modi-
fled and always for the worse; since
the soft facial bones of youth are
altered by the continual striking
of an air-current on the roof of the
mouth, which is pushed upward,
diStorting the whole face
None of our children are dis
tored, You won't find a better
looking lot anywhere" challenged
Mrs. Sharpless, the grandmother's
pride up in arms.
True. None of them has had
overdeveloped adenoids, except Bet
ty. The others all breathe through
their noses. See how different their
mouths are from Betty's lifting up
per lip-very fascinating now, but
later--Well, I've gone so far as to
prepare an Object-lesson for you.
Three extreme types of the mouth
breathers are here'from school by
my invitation to have some lemonade
and cakes. They are outside now.
When they come in, want each of
you to make an analysis of one of
them, without their seeing it of
course. Talk with them about their
work in school. You may get ideas
from that. Mrs. Sharpless, you
take the taller of the girls. Mrs.
Clyde, you study the shorter, The
boy goes to you, Mr.. Clyde"
The trio of visitors entered, some
what myslihcd, but delighted to be
the guests of their friend, DR..
Strong, who had a faculty of inter-
esting children. So shrewdly did
he divert and hold their attention
that they concluded their visit and
left without having suspected the
scrutiny which they had under
gone.
"Now, Mrs. Clyde" said DR..
Strong, after the good-byes We're
said, what about your girl?"
Nothing in particular except that
she's mortally homely and doesn't
seem very bright"
"lIomely in what respect?'
well, hatchet-faced, to use a
slang term"
ITS not a slang term any more;
it's a medical term to describe a
typical result of Notwithstanding
The diversion of the breath destroys
the even arch of the teeth, pushes
the central teeth up, giving that
squirrel-like expression that is SO