Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-13
DIR. DIXON URGES
CLEANLINESS
Says That People Take Care
of Horses and Dogs and
Are Dirty Themselves

DR.. Samuel G. Dixon, Pennsyl-
vania's Commissioner OF Health. in
commenting upon indifference of
many people to their bodily welfare,
says that some people devote much
care to appearance of a horse or
dog and allow their own persons or
the bodies of their children to be
indifference of mankind to his
body has always been beyond
my comprehension" remarks the
Commissioner in opening a health
talk" in which he says that people
should realize now when the nation
is demanding that each individual
be OF the greatest value so that the
country may win the war that value
as a unit depends on the condition
of the organic machinery within the
body.
DR.. Dixon says: Man should be
taught from childhood TO be proud
of his body. He should be taught
early in life that it is the home of
his brain and very soul. He should
be taught how complicated it is and
what great care is necessary to keep
it in order, and that every time it
is out of order it falls below its nor
NAL standard of accomplishment.
The care of the body means the
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I limbs, and of it's internal organs,
particularly those of digestion.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
! body is the most valuable property
mankind possesses, there is nothing
toward which the majority of men
display more indifference. There
seems to be a general idea that the
body is indestructible. That is why
! we see so many poor, miserable spec
! linens of mankind within our midst.
If they realized what objects of pity
they really are, every effort would
be made to spruce up" and present
the best possible appearance to their
fellow creatures.
Il have heard people say OF
others: They are too proud to care
for Appearances Yet these same
people would be apt to share our
common feeling of being proud of
the appearance OF our homes, oil our
mechanical machinery, or of our ami
mails, particularly our horses.
Many a man allows his children
to grow up without proper care or
attention for. their bodies, the tenn
pie of all they have. while his driv-
ing horse is kept in a state of perfec-
tion so that il may not only be ad-
mired, but also perform its duties
to the highest degree.
"A pet driving horse has its body
/ kept clean, its bed and living condi-
tions most carefully looked after,
and it's food prepared with the great
est care. If on one day it does not
get as much physical exercise as on
another. the food is reduced so that
| it's physical condition may be main
tanned. If it gets over-warm while
travelling, it is at once covered with
a blanket to prevent taking cold.
Let us give thought to what we
are doing and see that our bodies
and those of our children are at
| least as well taken care of as those
| of our animals, and that we value
them as highly as our other posses
sions. Let us at once learn to be
| proud of our bodies and realize the
| fact that they are complicated and
require the greatest care to keep
them in order.
Just now our nation demands
| that each individual be of the great
! est value that we may win this war
upon which our liberty depends"