The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-03-20

Will uCNCAOPiHS lnC DOuy WIFI proper
feeding and proper caring for it, in
such way that the child, as to its
nerves, brains, tissues and blood shall
be supplied with vitality. Then the
mother has to care for it in other WAYS
so that the child may have such a
we'll provlsed and we'll balanced ma
ture that it shall not come under temp
tation easily This begins at home.
| do not believe we shall ever solve
the problem of how to organize our
children morally till we have learned
to be good cooks Hurried and poor
ly cooked meals is responsible for
half of the dyspeptic stomachs in the
world for half the i'll tempers and for
two-thirds of the family discord, di-
vorces, and other things that follow
naturally. And SO l am in favor, first,
and foremost Of proper feeding-fced
ing men into heaven and children in
to morality For several years, the
men of different labor organizations
in different sections Of the country.
have been studying the important
question OF how to organize thier bod
les properly to get rid of the anne
tite for stimulants. | am told that
IN one place, where all the workmen
were engaged in building a ship that
they were very fond of their beer, go
ing out Tor 1t at noon every day, for
years past, but splendid reform came
to them In change of diet, to cereals
whole wheat bread, vegetables. fruit
with very little meat, so they no long
er want their beer. So there is an
ldea vast field for the temperance
worker The question has been asked
II men, many times, men who drink
socially, but never get intoxicated
men who drink wine, without caring
much tor it, yet at times drink foo
much and men who are terribly ad-
dicted 'to the habit, would you care
II you never saw wine again" and
there are so many answers, so much
testimony, to the effect that wine
means practically nothing to them.
that in most cases they would be clad
to be free of the terrible bond that en-
slaves them.
When men are well fed from infancy
up there is little craving for stimulant
Thedesire for drink is often in pro-
portion to the lack of nutriment in
food.
The first duty of reformers is TO
teach mothers who have the care of
families how to make the dishes that
will nourish muscles, nerves, brains
and tissues o: the body. This, | be-
ileVe is the first great question with
which the mother has to deal. l do
not think that we parent-teachers
could take up better study at first,
than how to prepare foods chemically
and become so expert that every dish
put upon the family table shall have
some definite purpose in supplying
rutritrve food Il. the bodies of children
to do away with inherent evil and
gross appetites. The very foundation
OF every reform should be to send
scientific cooks to the lowest of clas-
ses IN our cities and towns, teachino
the women to pre- oarc mex
penslve and nutritious foods. This is
the first practical work to do to i'm
prove public morals.
Again, mothers should study anat- |
omy. Why? Because if we do NOT
understand anatomy we do not I'M
derStand the relationship of the va.
rious parts of the body. Then, phv-
Slology must receive attention, so that
we may understand the harmonious
workings of all the various parts of
the body.
linen, sanitary science, hygiene and |
PHYSICAL development follow naturally
how to devlop children in every part |
SO that each part will be in harmony
with every part.
We can have more reasonable
nope tor vital, splendid manhood and
womanhood if we bring reasonable in
teiligence to bear, not only upon pa i
rental conditions, in order that child
rem may be we'll born, but from the
moment of their coming into life look
to proper feeding, nourishmeht and
development. There is no good rea-
son why our nation should not be the
strongest the world has ever seen.
Oeheve the time will come when womn
VIII he positively ashamed g., some Of
US are now, to call upon our friends
retailing long list of our physical
ailments.
believe the time will come when
disobedience to Gods laws as shown