The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-05

Hsre IN the District q cs,,
and in several states, the -.
has been made = part Of ~ @
school curriculum. Win
teacher IN charge Of her -.
pfogrses. %
One clegsr teacher VIM. . .
In which = long spotted AZ.
Disease, tormcnted Z fioct =
sick-looking people, until ~. ~,
Good Health with his knissss
the Toothbrush, Bath IA ~
symbols Of cleanliness, cana -.
in to slay the dragon m ~
on bearing his ferocious ~
triumph on q stick.
Schools that make FOOD ,.,~
in the health crusade entss ~.
record each year in 4 ~.
tournament-The Field Of ia fs.a
Of 0old-and the winning IN !
awarded the tilver banner
until one state shall win M -
legs BY three years Of 49,.
breaking crusade work. fovs ~
has the cup. With these 49,
and other incidental attrsctions 4 4
cooperation Of the children -. y:
their parents is maintainM
Here In the district, Vics D..
Msnt Marshall and Genera ~ 4
ing have awarded honors On diS.s
ent occasions. General Nasss'|
knighted little Jack Baker, the ~
Of the secretary OF war, vhe Il.
won the right to enter thu n
vanced torder. And the prines III
Wales bought the first Red Crcs =
Christmas seals from q little hssls'
crusader during his visit herr l,st
fall. NJ
Something new is always he,rs
done to keep the fire Of the cAII'
dren's interest burning steadii,)
The results show that instead os I
fare Of enthusiasm and clean tes.l
and faces. followed by q SLUMP iu,s
CRIME and untidiness, the pfo,ses
| spreads and is taking on q iooi n,
permanence.
Chinese Crusaders
In China, a few schools N,
struggling against considerahla
| odds to Join the health crusade
The number Of children orraui,ed
is Insignificant in a country d
400, 000, 900 people, many Of them
starvation poor. But it is REGARDED
as an encouraging start, for In tvs
communities lighthouses have been
built so that regular bathing could
be introduced into towns hithes,o
unwashed.
! Japan is crusading, too, and hal
celebrated in a typically Japaaes,
way. by producing and exportiul
toothbrushes at the remarkably lov
price Of 1 cents. Cheap brushe
may help to solve the difficult prob
lem Of how to get individual tooth
brushes into families where ever
penny is practically spent beior
lit is earned.
| Korea is attempting the crusade
and Alaska, Canada, Cuba. Port
Rico. Italy. and 800 schools
France. From France comes h
story that in certain districts
peasant battles only before his con
firmation by the church, and agai
before his wedding. This is du
partly to the scarcity Of water. b.
the health crusade leaders succeed
ed in putting q bath on the famil
calendar oftener than on state o.
casions. On one village. where u
children seemed to have no i'd
how to 60 about q bath, the teach'
took one or two to her house ever
week and let them watch her bait
her baby in Its tub. The chofe
drinking four glasses Of water . q
and no coffee or tea or other inv
ious drink had to be modified
France so that the crusaders pro-
Use @ drink coffee with milk .nsse
Of the customary black cohee. q
j wine, diluted with water instead
! pureswine. =.
Some people have asked II Y
| dramatization of health ID real
, popular with children OF the graz
!, mar grades. Mr.. DeForest ma
, tains that it is, otherwise the CT
, SADIE would have died 9 natul
. death long, since. Washington
t a typical city, where the pro!s
t has been put over with . swil
and its figures show $500 ca
dren enrolled in the crusade, pl.
2 tically all the pupils from the tn
to the eighth grades. OF these .
S44 became pages in the last 8
! SADIE, 25.454 became squires. .
: 244 became knights, and l0''
knights banneret.
}, II you have any doubt that he.
, education of some kind is neg
in the schools. consider thai OF
t %, 1000, 900 school children IN
: United States 100000 have oe''
: tive hearing, mostly curapie,
t GOO. 900 have defective eyes; =,
a LOCO, 900 have, or have had .uo !
e culosis, and between 3,ooOoN
$4,000, 900 suffer from malnu'r'''