The Carlisle independent., 1920-11-18
Aggressive Campaigns in Many coun- ties Enlist Support of the People
 Counties Organize.


 The Arkansas Public Health Asso- ciatton has during the year 1920 ac- complfshed great results. At the be- ginning of the year there were only three associations with paid workers. These wore Pulaski, Sebastian and Jenerson counties. Nov there arc or ganizations and paid workers in Mil Ter, Washington, Benton, Mississippi, Woodruff, Phillips, Pope, Yell, North Logan. Chicot and Bradley counties, with full time volunteers serving in Cross. All of these counties have a live educational and nursing work and several of them have both.
 One of the most popular features of the campaign being conducted by the Health Association is that of the Mod ern Health Crusaders, an organiza- ton among the school children of the state. N is admitted to be the most effective educational movement yet devised for teaching health to chil- dren. It is designed to teach chil- dren the value and importance of cleanliness, sanitation and disease preventives of various kinds. Each child IS required to sign a pledge for the performance of a specified num- Der of health chores, upon which re- ports are made daily to their teachers. These chores include -he following: 1. l washed my hands before each
 meal today
 z. l washed not only my face but
 my ears and neck and I cleaned
 my finger nails today.
 3. kept fingers. pencils. and every
 thing likely to be unclean or in-
 furious out of my mouth and
 nose today
 {. l brushed my teeth thoroughly
 after breakfast and after the
 evening meal today.
 5. l took ten or more slow, deep
 breaths Of fresh air today. I
 was careful to protect others if
 l spit, eoughed or sneezed.
 6. l played outdoors or with win
 dows open more than thirty min
 utes today
 [. l was in bed ten hours or more
 last night and kept my windows
 open.
 8. l drank four glasses of water, including a drink before each
 meal, and drank no tea, coffee
 or other injurious drinks today. ,. l tried to eat only wholesome
 food and to eat slowly l went
 to toilet at my regular time 10. l tried hard today to sit up and
 stand up straight; to keep neat,
 cheerful and elean-minded; and
 to be helpful to others
 Il. I took a fall bath on each of
 the days of the week that are
 checked (x).
 The Crusader is given . credit for ono for each week he does 54 or more chores. including one bath In the contest, the winner is the one who earns the most credits. Children from six to sixteen years of age may en- roll. They may earn progressive titles, such as Squire, Knight and Knight Banneret.
 The Modern Health Crusade has al ready enlisted more than 4.000. 900 American school children. It is essen ttally a system of teaching hygiene that teaches good health habits, ap- pealing to the child through the ele- ments of play and romance, and chill dren are given motive that insures their careful attention to the rules of the Crusade and teachers and parents alike agree that the results are most remarkable.
 This Is one of the activities that is being carried on by the Arkansas Public Health Association which will make the campaign during the month of December for the sale of Tuber cuIosis Seals, expecting to raise through this means and by donation sl50,000 in the state