The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-01-20
HEALTH Is WEALTH

should 60. Give him . start and Be-
sure it's the right start.
Il seems very much as II the hope
for the bert things hygieuieally for
Florida must be through those who
are now children IN the public
schools. for the present generation Of
I grown-ups is too unwilling TO move
I very far in the direction Of better
T sanitation and better living. II Is TOO
I set in is ways, and those ways are
not the ones in which IL should 60.
To be sure there Is goodly num-
bcr q upiodate thinkers aud they
act up-to-date. too. but compared
with the mass q the population they
are bur a bunch II pioneers. who-e
earnest efforts probably woc't buar
much q a crop. excepting through
the children whom they are iufueno-
ing.
In face Of these conditions st l. a
matter u oonaatulatiou TO note the
recent pubIcation u q booklet under
the title: Health j. Wealth. Nan
nal Of Health Work Prepared for the
Schools ~ Florida Tie authors Of
the work are Or. HARM p. Watts
city health Officer n Ocaia. anil Ms
Nellie g. Stevens, principal Of tho.
primary school ~ The same city. The
hook has been approved Dog the FIYr-.
ida wo~ou's Christian Temperance
Urior. and made official for instruc-
ton IN the schools Of the state by
the state superintendent n public iu-
.truetIor Prof. W. y. Sheats.
r. IS well for the vi-cs. n ne 20
60 hack once IN n while 20 first prir-
c'plc~-to study over again the pri- f.
mary facts on which the surerstrue-.
'urc NJ our more advanced thinkiu.
and living is based. While the various
subjects considered IN this book are
handled On an elementary style. f.
contain. i7 clearly wordcd sentences
the basic facts ri proper hyrienic
living and sanitation. Every page has
some'hinz FOR Tho child and FOR his
father and mother. 600.
The title NJ Chapter 1 IS Air. Tt de- /
fines air from the chemical viewpoint
and discrsso, the effects NJ impure.
air IN its relations ia disease. Del
takes uD the question OF ventilation. .
o. respiration. the lungs and the or.
eans n breathing. and the CHAPTER
closes with succes lions 20 the teach .
er how best 70 impress UPON the
minds Of the pupil the different facts
connected with the general subjects
considered IN the chapter.
Foods are treated IN the next chap /
ter sub-diyi'ion-what are pure
foods and how 10 get them and how
TO determine their purity and how 10 /
prepare them for eating. There is a /
concise consideration Of nutritive
values and Of digestion In this chap
ter teeth are discussed-how 10 keen
them clean and preserve them.
What We Drink IL considered IN
the next chapter. Water pure and
impure, tests for purity. mineral wa
tiers, milk, tea and coffee. cocoa and
chocolate and soft drinks, and their
uses and values are discussed.
A railroad lawyer who has had
much to do with human nature. SAYS
Never cross-question an freshman
from the old sod" And he gave an
Illustration from his own experience
A section hand had been killed by
an express train, and his widow was
suing for damages. The main witness
swore positively that the locomotive
whistle had not sounded until after
the whole train had passed over his
departed friend.
See here, McGinnis," said l. "you
admit that the whistle blewf"
Yes. sor; it blew, sor."
Now, If that whistle sounded I'm
line to give Michael warming the fact
would he in favor OF the company.
wouldn't it2'
"Yis, sor, and Mike would be tes
flying here this day The jury gig
lied.
very well. Now, what earthly pur-
'ose could there be for the engineer
o blow his whistle after Mike had
cen struckT
Il presume thot the whistle wor
or the next man on the track, sor."
I quit and the widow got all she