Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-02-03
DID THE CHILDREN
LIKE CLIO CHIC? YES,
THEY ALL CLAIM

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shouts and laughterl. When the au-
dience came TO order after ringing of
his bell, he wanted to know what
hey ate for breakfast. what they
drank. and made signs of great dis
tress when they said tea or coffee.
but when he found how many drank
milk he was happy again and brought
out a package for the children TO
guess the contents II proved to be
milk that he showed, and opened il
in sanitary manner Then he show
ed how 10 drink il. all the while tell
ing that milk is q bone builder
He told of the poor oyer-w0rked
things that produce milk, and by milk
he did not mean something in a can.
He described all process Of our meal
making from the growing of grain. lie
held up before his audience vegetables
that a child should and should not eat
He seized on the spirit Of rivalry in
all children to teach them to love
strength and gain a pound every
month while growing. If they do not
gain he said they must look over the
field and see what they ate or drank
and what they did not He also stop
ped to repeat to them the ten com
mandments of health and told how
boys are weighed and tagged at school
with a tag like baggage check. on one
side of which is written Watch your
weight" and the other short rules of
health th2t are capable OF building
new race of Americans
"Cho Che" showed the children the
tags he wears himself under his cot
of red diamonds But these tags are
medals that he has won for feats of
strength, and he also exhibited a dia-
mond ring worth big sum of money
This he won from the Indian cham
pion and he told the children they are
beyond value to him because il was not
money that bought them As "Cho
Che" talks. and acts, and amuses. and
entreats, one can see that he grows in
the minds OF the children to be a most
magnificent creature who can never
fade from memory, and this assurance
is not disturbed when ne all too quick
ly and suddenly says goodbye" and
quickly fades away as their own eyes
remain fixed on the place into which
he vanished. He taught as one having
persuasion
The school authorities feel very
grateful to Mr. Miller for his generous
loan of the theatre for the affair and to
Mrs Ware, the school truant officer in
Anne Arundel, VINO first thought OF
'Cho Cho's' coming. and especially to-
the "Y" for the wonderful treat. The
~ is happy in its munifcence, and i'll
is felt everyone must believe that the
effects OF this kind of teaching must
be great in the results achieved
Riddles Show Appreciation
That the school children enjoyed the
visit of "Cho Cho," his antics. and the
points he gave them about health, is
indicated by the following letters sent
by pupils of Grade 5 of the Grammar
Grammar School.
Annapolis, Md, Feb. 2. 1920
To the President and the Members OF
the Y. W. c. A
Dear Ladies'
Thank you for bringing 'Cho Che"
to Annapolis. as | enjoyed him very
much. The part that / liked was when
he was little boy with the toothache.
because he did not clean his teeth. He
was very comical in his actions and
sayings. He told US what we sould do
.or health. He said that coffee or tea
ire not good for children. | don't
rink either coffee or tea, drink milk
instead. Thanking you again for "Cho
no" the children enjoyed it very
much, too
Sincerely yours.
GRAYCE BOTELER.
Grade VIC
Grammar School,
Annapolis, Md, Feb. 2, 1920.
o the President and Members of the
Y. W. c. A
lear Ladies:
The performance that "Cho Che"
ave US this morning was very pleas
lg. and ] thank you for asking "Cho
no" to come and give us perform
nee about health l enjoyed it very
luch. ] like the part where he got
n the table and started to tell funny
lings about little boy and his tooth
che. / will try and eat boiled turnips.
like turuips very much raw. / hopel