The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-03-16

ance in its relation to mouth breath
ing, arrested mental and physical de-
velopment, and as potential cause
of deafness and mastoid diseases.
| The treatment of some forms OF
deafness in the chronic stages is so
unsatisfactory that 1t behooves us to
allow no cases of discharging or
ringing ears to remains uncared for.
Earache is always a serious condition
which may result in permanent i'm
pairment of hearing. When the eye
is in danger we are most solicitous,
but when the hardly less Important
sense of hearing is in danger, the par.
ent alphabetically remarks, "its only
an earache."
| Practically all cases of cross.eyes
may be cured If taken in time. The
causes are operative in infancy and
should be treated as soon as recog-
nized, thus sparing the child much
humiliation and disability. Some
forms of constant headaches may be
caused by eyestrain, and are relieved
by glasses, while by the same means
the myopic or nearsighted child may
have his life turned from one of diff
dence and introspection to one OF
confidence and assertion of his enti.
tied place in society.
What We Should Eat
Our efficiency depends to large
degree on what we eat. Much has
been learned of late about dietetics,
but many questions are still. debat-
able. Man Is omnivorous and a var.
led and mixed diet seems to suit aim
best. Too much cannot be said in
praise of good old bread and butter,
with potatoes a close second as
part of the daily diet. Meat in mod
Grafton, while eggs are always good.
Butter is probably the most palatable
and digestible fat and should be CIV
en- literally. Sugar is a cheap and
wholesome food and can be safely al
lowed in considerable amounts when
given at the proper time, which is at
the end of meal. Each child
should receive special study to learn
its individual needs. Encourage the
appetite of spare eater with a fran
constitution by means of simple. nu
tritious, and tasty foods, thus bullu.
ing up his resistive powers. The child
with an over hearty appetite and
whose assimilative powers are ey-
pressed by an overload of fat, should
be taught restraint and self-denial.
His diet should consist largely of
fruit and vegetables, which have
small food value in proportion "
their bulk. 1t is particularly in these
cases that certain forms of heart and
kidney diseases, hardening of the ar
teries, and strokes of paralysis occur
These diseases are supposed to be
caued by certain poisons circulating
in the blood, the result of faulty or
incomplete digestion of food and of
intestinal fermentation. Food in
these cases should be limited to the
amount to keep the weight at GER
tain standard.
ChiIdren's School Luncheons
Many schools provide hot lunches
for the children with gratifying re-
suits. The children show greater ef-
ficiency and better health. Cold
lunches are heavy and to large ex-
tent unpalatable, while hot lunches
refresh and invigorate, without over
burdening the digestive organs to the
dotriment of afternoon school work.
Generals and employers realize the
value of hot food in keeping the men
contented and efficient. OF course
orr local children are in general pref
ty we'll cared for and fed, and 1t
would probably be far more difficult
to prepare a hot menu to suit the
varied palates of Pine Grove than
would be the case in the poorer dis
tricts of our larger cities where most
any hot soup becomes the Guilds on
ly square meal of the day. However
there can be no question of the bene-
fit of something hot for our own
kiddies. provided means of supply
ing the same can be devised.
The external appearance and gen.
eral conformation of the body has re-
ceived new interest since the func-
tion of certain glands situated in
various parts of the body have be-
come known. Some of these glands,
no larger than pea may determine
the growth of the bones, others, when