Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-05-07
PUBLIC WELFARE DEPT.
BY Miss Margaret Thomas
Health Nurse

the summer. there are many that L
will not reach before the fall term. but
l hope that more children will be up to
par by the end of vacation.
AS we are preparing for our spring
crops-we prepare the land for its best
production Then we choose seed that
is healthy and which will produce the
best crop. After we plant kernel of
corn. we watch for the little green
blades to peep up through the warm
earth and to absorb the moisture from
the air and the life and heat from the
sun.
Then the stalk develops and il is nour-
ished by the blades and the roots and
il all of natures laws are followed, III
the fall there will be on the stalk, the
full and mature ear of corn, to be used
for the production of the next years
crop. The longest and most important
time is from the unfolding of the first
blades to the full growth of the stalk
and on that depends the vigor and
autumn richness of the ear.
Just 50 are natures planned for the
development of Il healthy. normal III
dividuaI The childhood is as the un-
folding of the hladeS-a child grows
more in the first six years of its life
than in any other time. AS the spring
is the most vitaliZing period for the
crops, so the childhood is for the
genus homo.
1t is the foundation and bulwark Of
fntI hanninncS and nffiainnrV
\ farmer is most careful to keep the
| weeds or other destroying enemy from
| the young plants and to nurture them
| carefully until they have their growth
also the same with his young regis
| tered stock.
From our homes, and then our
| schools as stepping stone. must come
forth the men and women Of tomorrow.
with strength of body and force of
| character to take their place in the front
ranks Of the worlds great forces. We
| want to leave the world better than
we found it and unless each one plays
| their part, the goal is not reached.
| Natures most perfect crcatiOn-the
| human child-is more responsive to
| care and environment than any plant
or animal and needs it the most. Give
| it your best. Hundreds Of children in
the county already know what their
corpies are and are working TO help
| them.
| The cOrpies are the tiny men
| Who live inside Of us:
| And when we eat or drink.
| They take our food and build it
| Into bones and blood and muscles
| too. 81
| So we'll he strong and we'll and happy
all day long
! They know that their cOrpies only
build the first few years. and after
that they just repair, and keep our
body engine working. so they want TO
! give them the best material to build
| from.
The children of the Haasl and Flam-
| beau Heights schools this last week
voted TO make out a list and each one
| raise something in their garden this
| summer TO have for their hot lunches
when school opens III the fall.
| The South Atlanta school. Dist. No.
1
>. call themselves the Jolly Health Cir
| Gle and they have a president. secretary
| and monitor and daily inspection. They
are giving Il social Friday night to
raise funds for the purchase OF their
| hot lunch equipments in the fall.
Many Of the children are taking milk
| to school and they are learning that
| there is a substance in milk, butter.
whole cereals. and vegetables called
| "vitamine" which cannot be found III
substitutes and it is as necessary for
life and growth as the spark is
necessary in the engine
The county nurse. and | am sure our
best citizens also. appreciate the coop
Grafton Of the good citizens on the
county board in providing our depart
ment with the material aid to carry on
our work. and as soon as we are able
TO procure the Office furniture we will
he settled in our new office on the first
floor of the court house. and we are al
ways glad to have anyone drop in ana
visit us or obtain any material which
we may have that is of any interest TO