The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-29
HEALTH CHORES.
Boys and Girls Asked to Keep Record
on Prepared Form.

Harold w. Slocum, secretary of the
Vermont Association for the Prevention
of tuberculosis, is busy himself at the
present time sending out leafet that
contains a record of health chores that
are based on. the rules of the Modern
Health Crusaders and on the Daily
Health Guide for Boys and Girls, pub
lished by the national association for the
study and prevention of tuberculosis,
whose headquarters are in New York
city.
This leafet contains in tabulated form
the days of the week with "box' I'M
der each day in which to mark an "x"
if the boy or girl joining the league does
any of the following eight chores:
l. | washed my hands before each
| meal today.
3. l drank a glass of water before
each meal and before going to bed to-
day.
3. I brushed by teeth in the morning
and in the evening today.
| 4. | took ten or more slow deep
breaths of fresh air today.
5. l played outdoors or with win
| dows open more than thirty minutes to-
| day.
6. I was in bed ten hours or more
(last night and kept my windows open.
Z. | tried today to sit up and stand
up straight, to eat slowly, and to at
tend to toilet and each need of my body
at its regular time.
s. / took a full bath on each day of
the week that is checked (x).
To parents: If your boy or girl does
the chores or duties faithfully for one
week he will be taught valuable les
sons; if he keeps them up strictly for
two or more weeks he will likely form
health habits for life Pin the record
sheet up in the living room of your
home. Prompt your child several times
a day for at least a week. Every eve
ming before his bed time check off for
him each of the eight chores that he
has done that day.
For example, if he washed his hands
before each meal today and it is Tues
day, make check mark Ky in the OBJ
| long space after statement /, in the
column for Tuesday. If he did not wash
{his hands at all, or if he washed before
some but not all of the meals today,
make no check mark. Put an X down
only for a chore that is done completely.
If he took a full bath Saturday, make
an in the Saturday column after state
ment s; and if he also had a bath on
Wednesday or on any other day, make
an in the column for that day.
Count the number of marks earned
each day and write the number in the
space for totals at the bottom of the
column for Tuesday. If he did not wash
weeks fill out the certifcation below the
eight statements and marks, writing
in ink the total number of chores done
by the child; sign it. Secure these rec
ord sheets for every child you have over
six wears old. Interest them to see who
makes the best record each week. KeeI
up these habit forming drills over sew
eral weeks at least. 1t is not necessary
TO wait for Sunday to begin the record
Start today and fill in the marks fol
each following day in its turn.
To the boy or girl: Make a perfec-
; record for the week Earn fifty mark
in n week, forty nine for making eacl
of the first seven statements of chore
true for you every day for week, ant
one for taking bath in accorcanc'
5 with statement s. If You take a batl
on two days in the week as YOU should
, the extra Y YOU earn thus NAV be count
ed to make up one of the other chore
T you may have failed to do on one 0
the days.
School teachers will have nothing t
do with this work of the children, as i
is left entirely in the hands of the par
! ents. If this plan Of interesting the chi
: dren in health chores is carried out to
\ successful conclusion, it is the purpos
of Mr. Slocum to issue paper that vii
: keep all interested in the results of tn
/ undertaking posted on the advance tina
e is being made. This paper win b
q printed IN Burlington.