The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-09-30


health booth and public rest room in
charge Of Miss Knevles, the colnty
p.1ii. heaith muse. The booth was
attractively decorated with ever
greens and health posters. The
beautiful posters carried message
of health and cheer to all who will OBJ
serve few simple rules of hygiene
and sanitation. This at once be-
con'cs community problem and UNI
til we secure interest and cooperation
Of d large pat u the people Of this
county we will not have attained the
success in pubic health we SO desire.
There seems to good deal Of con-
fusion in the minds of the people as
to .hc real meaning of public health.
Modern public health means much
more than the mere absence of dis
ease. It means all knowledge and
all measures taken to prevent dis
case or to foster health.
We may strive in our own homes
to observe the laws Of hygiene and
sanitation, but until the community
in which we live observes the same
laws, public health will be failure.
The rest room was another feature
of interest and was directly connected
with the health booth. Many people
ayaled themselves Of the opportun-
ity to rest and to have their babies
cared for while they were having a
pleasant time, without the added res
possibility Of caring for their infants.
While resting many people became
interested in the propcrtionate weight
and height of their children. 1t is
an interesting fact that many chill
dren in the county are striving very
hard to bring up their weight to their
height through right living.
This must of necessity include a
very broad health program, and Miss
Knevles at present working with the
children in the county schools is try
ing very hard to enlist their interest
and cooperation. She is also finding
that even with their best interest
their efforts are being handicapped
by physical defects which no child can
remove without aid from parent, ply.
stefan and dentist.
A child who has carious teeth har'
bors disease germs and they are also
n source of infection. They are unab
le to properly masticate their foot
and this in itself is sufficient to keel
a child underweight. Some children
have a number Of defects, for instance
carious teeth, enlarged and diseased
tonsils, nasal passages so blocked
that the child is unable to breeth thru
the nose. Quoting the celebrated DR.
Vim. +. P. Emerson Of Boston, wht
says, "No child is free to gain unles:
he is free to breathe" These are 9
few of the defects that are holding
our children back, even though we Sc
cure .heir cooperation.
About six hundred people were
guests at the health booth and rest
rooms.
This was not the only undertaking
OF the public health nurse. A modern
Health Crusade float was of great
interest in the parade which marched
to the Fair grounds on Children's
Day. Eight school boys dressed in
costume Of the modern Health Cru
sader, with helmets, white circular
capes, both decorated with the dou-
ble-barred Red Cross, symbol of the
International tuberculosis Society.
They also wore crimson boomers and
white stockings. The horses wore
white blankets and headgear decorat-
ed with the same Red Cross, and
crimson plumes in their brides. The
same color scheme was carried out
on the float. The Health Crusaders
called out from time to time, follow
ing the bugle call:
Who are, who are, who are we?
We are, we are, we are the
Health Crusaders pledged to fight
Disease and dirt with all our might.
Biff! Boom Bah!
Rah! Rah!
Much credit must be given the boys
for their enthusiasm and support,
which made the float success and
carried off the first prize as the most
beautiful float in the parade.
However, very little success would
have been attained without the splen-
did help from the Lady Maccabees of
L'Anse, both in making the costumes
and assisting at the booth.
In conclusion we wish to emphasize
the fact that only splendid teamwork
in a county health program will in
sure success. You and I can do little
but you and ! and everyone in the
county joining hands can crush dis
case in its entirety.
: The members Of Baraga Review,
the local representatives of the Wo-