The Robesonian., 1918-06-17
HOW TO KEEP WELL
Three Articles Which Won Prizes
Offered BY County Health
Officer.
(By Sue Smith, 9Th Grade, HillsideI
School. Maxton, R. ~

(By Sue Smith, 9Th Grade, Hillside
School, Maxton, R. ~
It is but natural for man to be IN
terested in the study Of his own body
He compares himself with objects
tries experiments, and investigates to
find out how the body is made and
how it operates. There are three I'M
portant things man should know
about his body: how it is constructed
what is the use of each part and now
it operates; how it can be made TO
operate most efficiently and now TO
keep it in good health.
The human body is machine more
complex and intricate than anything
the mind has been able to figure out;
Many of it's operations are unnatural
but the whole body either directly or
indirectly is under the control OF tne
mind. A healthy body and a strong
mind are generally found together;
When any one has strong. mind ana
a healthy body you find them more
able to work, and they comprehend
more easily than any one who has an
unhealthy body.
Each part of the body has certain
work TO do, and the different parts
must have food to do this work. A
GREAT engine is made up Of many dlf-
ferent parts. The engineer must
know when his engine needs coal and
water and how to supply it. So must
we know the needs of our bodies and
how to satisfy them. The engineer
must know how to keep sand and dirt
ont Of all the parts of his engine and
how to oil each part. So must we
know how to keep our bodies in health.
If we hope to have good healthy
hodies. we must not only understand
the importance of keeping the laws
of health, but we must know what
these laws are and how we can keep
them. Some of the great laws OF
health are: first, the body must have
a proper supply of food; second, 1t
must have an abundance of fresh air;
third. it must get rid of it's poisonous
wastes: fourth, it must be sheltered
from the weather so it will not be too
hot or too cold; and fifth, it mus:
have plenty of exercise, rest and
sleep. Still another very important
law is, that disease germs must not
be allowed to get into the body and
poison it.
Every one of these laws must be
followed if we keep our bodies IN
health. for surely as an apple falls
to the earth when its stem IS broken
from the tree, so surely is your BODY
injured when these laws Of lite are
broken.
These are some of the simple laws
of life: Keep your teeth clean; eat
moderately and chew your food thor
oughly; breathe pure air whenever
it is possible to do SO; go to bed reg
ularly. at reasonable hour; take
proper exercise and hold yourself
erect; guard yourself so far as you
can from disease germs. These habits
if begun early in life will become a
part Of our way of living. just as
the bones harden as we become older
with whatever shape we had IN youth,
SO the nervous system becomes set
in it's way of doing things. We
should form HABITS that will keep our
bodies in health.
(Bv EVELYN Mcintyre of Lumber
Bridge. 10 years old, 4th grade, Rex
School.)
My idea how to keep well is to sleep
IN WSll-VeltlidtSl IOOil, always HdSS
every room you :a.y well ventilated
Wear light, lcose, ard porus cloth
ing.
Take plenty outdoor exercises, plen-
'ty sunshine, breathe deeply and fr~
quently, and avoid over-eating.
Eat light diet for supper.
Eat sparingly OF meats, eggs and
sweets. \
Eat some hard, some bulky, some
raw foods, some good ripe fruit,
stend, sit and walk erect.
Keep the teeth. gums and tongue
we'll cleaned; work, play, rest, and
sleep in moderation, and try and keep
your nerve.
Keep your fingernails well pared
and clean to avoid germs. Always use
an individual drinking cup.
This is my idea of best rules OF
"How to Keep Well"
(By Beulah Maie Humphrey, 9Th
grade, Saddletree School, Lumber
ton, R. p.
In the first rlace l would say, be
regular in all Eolr habits, rising a
the same time each morning, gong lc
bed a. the same hour every right, al
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