The Nome daily nugget., 1915-07-31
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f0O HlueH attention cannon he given to the physical education of the young er growing clement 6f this country. # is as important as inc mental ednca- tion and in fact inc mental education should come after the foundation If a physical education has been firmly laid Outdoor exercise. the boy seo1lf move rnent, rational games and sports are an important factors in this education.
 The fundamental laws that shonlA ba laid down for the yonne boy and girl are
 l. Keep clean in body outside and inside.
 2. Keep the mouth clean-aIso Che entire digestive track and thus build up the entire body.
 3. Keep np elimination.
 If you keep the digestion in the best working order you make the first start toward Keeping healthy As regards elimination it means the success of perfect health. Have house cleaning several times year Fast day or two cle@nse the body thoroughly by drinking an abundance of pure water, wash yourself out both inside and ont eide by internal and external bathing.
 Exercise rationallY. moderately and and eonscientiously Exercise Is i'm perative. United States Government statistics show that the death rate over the age of forty Is increasing in spite of more sanitary modes of living and greater protection against communica- ble disease. The expectation of life after forty is less than it was thirty years ago This s due largely to in creased prevalence of the diseases of degeneration The muscles. arteries md other organs of those who as n result of sedentary occupation or indol- enee take too little exercise degener- ate. Heart disease. kidney disease and other ills follow
 Exercise daily An exercise that gets you out Tn tho open air is what you need Walk to Neurh usiness. keep chickens, mako a garden. wheel the hahv or play golf. lawn tennis. croquet or any other game Take TWO hours outdoor exercise every day Gymnas- iun work is good in the winter months or on rainy days Avoid heavy ath- letics. Don't try to be a strong man" The champion athlete often dies young | Exercise moderately every day.
 Buy your boy a ball and bat and the | girls q lawn tennis or croquet set En- | courage them in all these rational mod crate sports. It helps to build mp a | perfect body for the strenuous labor of 1 middle life and perfect motherhood
 A soldiers strength and efficiency is | conserved and his resistance against 1 disease is built up by a carefully se- lected set of drill and exercises. A | scientific dietary is designed after much 1 experiment by scientific men to furnish l the necessary energy and keep him in a state of perfect health. It is arrang
 
 form The energy or caloric allowance varies in the different countries. Rus | sa leads with 1929 calorics, United | States 4199. France 334O, England 3292, | Germany 3147 and Austria 2620. The | average daily field ration of the United States army consists of bacon, 12 4.1, 1 IS ounces, beans 24 ounces, potatoes 20 ounces, prunes or preserves 1.2S ounces, coffee 1.12 ounces, sugar 3.2 ounces, evaporated milk ounces, vine gar, .16 gill, salt, .64 ounces, butter D ounce Of this ration just portion is carried individually by the soldier, the | rest such as butter lard. pepper and syrup are given in bulk to the compan- ies and then distributed to the men at meal times. This is greater than ne- cessary and the soldiers trade the surplus off for delicacies which avoids and obviates monotony.
 One of the important things in keep
 
 combinations. Food which in itself is wholesome, may yet be harmful from lack of properly balanced constituents. An insufflciency of vegetable food, and the preponderance of salt fish and meat produces scurvy while anaemia (de- flcient and defective blood) may result from deprivation of animal food Rick cts and scrofula result from defective feeding of infants, eczema and other skin diseases from an r-nutritious or too concentrated diet, and rheuma tism from too much meat or animal food. Whole wheat bread and butter is fine food combination, the bread containing carbohydrates (sugar and starches) and proteids (albumins) and the butter containing the fat-a perfect diet, capable of sustaining healthy life