Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-07
KEEP YOUR CHILDREN WELL
PRACTICE COMMON SENSE
f~orct10uSht and Intelligent Care
arc Safeguards That Should
lie Remembered.
PREVENTS NEED OF DOCTORS
Health Of Coming Generations Rests
with Parents, Who Arc Advised to
Encourage Fresh Air Upon Their
Offspring.
Rr DIR. WILLIAM A. McIkEENEn.

Nincty-ninc per cent OF the health
tHte oil the children Is the duty OF
'hc parents rather than an assign
iheht los the physicians. We shall
never have al all-round, healthy young
+c!icratiou till the common people be-
como familiar with the many valuable
cominon-Scnsc rules for the prevention
OF disease and apply them TO the grow
ing boys and girls. about as follows:
l.. Meals regular, moderate eating
OF plain. wholesome food. emitting the
banquet style of menu, the late feed
ing AT night and tho other diet cX-
cesscs which clog and poison the sys-
Tern.
>. sleep. rut the children to bed
and call them regularly by tho clock
Consult the tables and d co:umon
sense in d~ctcrmining the number Of
ventilation in the bed chamber. but
not Il breeze on the face OF tho
sleeper. Use light. warm covers and
sec that the feet arc warm on rctir-
Ing. One all-wool blanket is worth
three or four other bed covers.
Ton1cs Help. System.
3; Wnlking. Teach the child 20 rise
other half-hour afterward is bad for
the health of the sleeper and for the
temper OF the family. The child which
an day, while the one which under
sleeps is likely TO be nervous and gus-
ccptiblc TO colds.
et ~; r1n'f; Though few parents
- 80 go LthiS 4oI 4 . SlNc lUS
child a quick. cool tDot cold sprinkle
and rundown each morning is per.
nsps the best health and mind tonic
ihsi could be used with which TO star:
INC successful day at school. In case
NJ such a practice. the body must be
rubbed, 1rst with a towel and finally
WIN The balm until it is dry ana pink.
Children so treated scarcely aver be-
como chilly or catch cold. and they
arc therefore alnos; immune against
disease or The ordinary kind.
=. Slotlins. Overweight Of clothing
Tor cnlidren IS perhaps worse than
balanced dict and sleep, and with Wig
orons daily exercise outdoors. the
great advantage over the others. Run
Ming, jumping, %ronlping. with freedom
from Very heavy and stuny clothes. Is
natures true health tonic and body
Air PuriGes BIood.
.. Breathing. Pure air to aeratc
me blood and keep 1t pure all through
IS a secret OF health and happiness
ior The child. Teach the habit of deep
breathing. keep the home and Tie
schoolhousc down TO a normal tenn
nervous shocks. overspcedinE and the
Ike. Teach the child 10 be fearless.
Crank. cheerful, courageous optimis-
Tie. and trust God 70. the remainder.
20. Apply these simple rules, and thus
ali bnt insure his child a 100 per cent
measure of health, mentally and
spiritual abundance.
Finally, IL Is tim" for allS Of US 10
I~cal!Zc thar In this World OF Nar!a-
lions and uncertainties. neither health
nor illness IL natural" for the grow
ing child. but thar both OF these are
closely related 10 forcthought and in
telllScnt care. II ~ tho watchful and
cert parent who Will maze good
health seem TO be the natural rule
FOR his child; ou; TO have ~ cal for
medical assistance IL often an admis-
sion OF precisely the opposite kind
az ircatmGnt.oc the young charge. So,
!. yonr CHILD is "s!ck'' IN body, per
'iaps Il ~ because you are sick in
mind.