The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-27
AN ILLUMINATING HEALTH
TALK ABOUT CHRISTMAS

Inc tlOTlua state BOARD OF Fedltn,
during the past few months, has been
having some heart to heart talks
with the people of the state about
their health, the reasons for their
ailments and preventive measures.
One of the best offerings of this
character has now heen mailed out
to the newspapers of the State in
the form of bulletin on Christ
mas" 1t provides much food for
thought. 1t is good reading, con-
tains some mighty good logic and
will be beneficial to all who stop and
think after having read each of the
ten paragraphs. 1t is as follows:
Tho season when father wishes he
had bigger pocketbook and mother
wonders how on earth she can fix
things so that none of the kids will
be disappointed; the time when the
kids themselves indulge in soaring
ambitions and great expectations
The weeks preceding the annual fes-
tivai are punctuated with the cas-
nal reminders mot to expect too
much, times are mighty hard this
year"
It's the time of mysterious NOV
ings about the home, of sneaking
packages up the back stairs and
hiding them in bottom drawers of
the dresser or on the top shelf of
the closet; when father is banished
from his den and told not to ask
questions; when things are about as
badly mixed up as during the annual
horse cleaning time.
It's the time of GOOD cheer when
we forget some of our pet grouches
and forgive some of our dearest ene-
mics for few days, anyway; when
we lay aside some of our troubles
and honestly try to be happy. OF
course, the shadow CT bills to be set
tied next week to pay for all this un-
usualness-but that's fathers trou-
ble,--why worry?
The holiday season stands for the
best things in our lives, because it's
the time when family and home and
children and the most friends and
associations of our lives have theil
innings, if they ever do-they come
first for once in all the twelve
months. And back of it all is the
sentiment of the season: Peace or
Earth, Good Will to Men," the sen
timent of peace and friendlines
that makes it all good deal better
And then comes the half expresse,
idea. Why can't we make the Christ
mas spirit outlast the two or tire
days OF week of the yuletide? VIII
shouldn't we get into the spirit tina
Christmas brings oftener than ono
a year? 1t is too good, too ideal
istic to indulge all the year round
But what's then the connection
between Christmas and health? TIL
advent of Christ, which the seaso
celebrates, marked the beginning G
new idea in this dark world.
was an idea that has developed tn
world into something better an
brighter. 1t was suggested in tn
Christian era-Am l my brother
keeper?
The answer then was a positiy
denial, but it's different now. TIL
responsibility is acknowledged an
assumed. The splendid charitie
public and personal. the reply, an
: it is because the burden Of carin
} for others has been accepted that tn
world Is better than it was tw
thousand years ago.
We have learned much, we al
| learning more all the time, Of h,
: man complexities; mysteries are gi'
r ing place to established facts, an
can YOU imagine that all this is b,
ing done, has been accomplishe,
through selffishness, through hoI
for personal advantage or gain,