El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-24

Of speaking to children in a language
they could understand
When Cho-Cho made his first ap-
pearance in the auditorium OF the de-
partment OF the interior building here
last week. IT was as a clever imitation
Of COW. A shrek Of delight greeted
him
How many children here drink
MILK" he asked suddenly. Dozens Of
hands were thrust into the air, at
which the clown lea5ed about delight
edly-
How many children drink Golfer
His tone was sepuichral. and when an
other lot of hands went up. he groaned
and clasped his sides in comic agony.
And how about pastry2 Do you
know" he continued, as the hall be-
came a mass OF raised hands. that IL
takes five hours 10 digest pastry2
Pretty hard on the stomach. isn't it2'
Ice cream" he suddenly exclaimed
in Joyous crescendo. and received a
chorus OF "Oh's" from an enthusiastic
audience Now there's one thing you
want TO remember about eating ice
cream Don't gulp It. Eat It slowly.
warming it in the mouth. so that you
don't chill your stomach A funny
thing about stOmachs-they don't like
10 be chilled"
Wins HIS Audience.
One OF the most fascinating things
about Cho-Cho is his numerous satin
pockets He Is always producing car
rots. handfuls OF spinach. bright red
apples, oranges. peas and beans from
these and performing sieight OF hand
tricks with them. taking care to i'm
press them favorablv upon the chill
dren's minds. Occasionally, he pro-
duces a cucumber, a handful Of cold
slaw or a lolypoD and hurls them an
griiy from him He also wins his au-
uience completely when ne demon
strates for them the proper and i'm
proper methods Of eating. First. he
gObbIes rapidly. boiling his food and
pouring glass of water down on top
OF it; then he falls on the floor and
writhes in impressive distress Just
as the children are becoming greatly
excited, he rises. seats himself prop
erly in a chair. and begins TO eat with
due elaboration and conspicuous mas
Il alton
After his health talk in the audito-
rum was over each morning. Cho-Cho
Joined the children in the exhibition
hall and addressed them individ ualiE.
OCCASIONALLY. a mother or a school
teacher would lead little girl or boy
up TO him. and say: "Cho-Cho, this
little girl is several pounds under
weight. What must she do TO GAIN
And the child would listen and talk
to the clown as unSelfcOnsciOusiy as
TO another child Usually. his parting
remark was, Now you've promised.
, O4 hA40W d lcI -A4IAu - AEeArA O4AI
every day, and don't forget what told
you about maps"
The health essentials emphasized
by the division OF school hygiene.
printed on the back OF each yellow
tag, and now being taught By many
school teachers as assiduously as
arithmetic. are as follows
4 full bath more than once week
Brushing the teeth at least once
every day.
Sleeping long hours with windows
open.
Drinking as much milk as possible.
but nc coffee or tea
Eating some vegetables or fruit ev-
Drinking at least four glasses Of
water a day.
Playing part OF every day out Of
doors.
A bowel movement every morning
It Is encouraging to know that-the
Weighing and measuring drama. with
Cho-Cho. the government clown. is
going to move on 20 other cities By
fan the division Of school hygiene (
hopes to have its health education
capaign in full blast in every state /
in the country.