The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-30

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I'd watch my kids teeth care
Tally, and In spite OF our whole
some food and our chewing gum
matches II . cavity or decAyed tooth
appeared, I'd have . good dentist
get right after II and Ill the cavity
before the tooth became badly dam
aged. It ID . shame to let . kids
teeth decay and cfumDle away
merely because they are ITEM
porary" teeth. For If / temper
ary tooth il permitted to decay or
10 lost very long before its success
sor comes in to MI its place, there
won't be any place for the perma-
nent tooth, and the result of that
il irregular teeth and deformed
Jaws which would handicap the
boy all his life unless corrected at
considerable trouble and expense
by the dental specialist who treats
such deformities.
Ny kid would have for HE bev-
erage with meals for and tween
meals lunches OF bedtime lunches
if he liked. all~the fresh raw milk
he wanted. and I'd want him to
want quart or more q day from
his sixth year. II necessary. I'd
keep . goat tied in the front yard
to furnish the fresh raw milk. We
wouldn't put up with any canned
stuff, nor would we be satisfied
with pasteurized or sterilixed or
powdered substitutes for fresh,
clean, raw milk.
No Tea, Coffee or Cocoa.
Milk would be the beverage up
to the age Of 13 years. After that,
but not before. the kid could have
some cocoa or chocolate. made with
plenty Of milk. il he wished for It.
Not until he was 18 would l want
my kid to take any tea or coffee
Even cocoa or chocolate is stimu-
iating enough for children over 13
tea and coffee are much too stimu-
lating to the nervous system for
children. and II given to children
these beverages cause peevishness
underweight, constipation, bed-wet.
ting and other troubles Of nutrition
and the nervous system.
Id want my kid to be a fighter
with his fms when necessary, bu,
only when forced to fight in de.
tense of himself or of some one
| else. I'd train him with the miti
myself, or if l couldn't handle him
Id send him to q boxer who could
I'd want him to be better thar
The average kid in athletic work
such as running. jumping. swim
ming, pole vaulting. rowing. hik
ing, climbing and boxing, but
would not permit him to enter en-
durance contests such as the mill
run or a football game until h,
was at least IS, and not then un
less he had been properly trainet
through a full year under intelli
gent medical control. Too man,
boys of IA to Is are seriously in
iured through over-exertion il
such contests. for which they hav,
been poorly trained.
I'd teach my boy the whole trutl
and nothing but the truth abou
life and the origin of human life
from A to 2. And then I don
think he would ever make a darl
fool OF himself in a mistaken ef
tort to be a man" 1 am very Ger
tain that the very boy who start
the filthy business among = grouE
who thinks himself SO very wise
who suggests and urges unmanl
things upon younger or less SO
phisticated boys. is the lad VIII
will feel heartily ashamed a littl
later in life wnen he comprehend
what an idiotic show he made Q
himself in his effort to show of
I'd want my boy to be SO we'll pos,
ed on such matters that he coul
feel and express only contemst 70
and to the smart aleck who Nigh
start anything of the kind With