South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-26
Your Health


Comm lsslouer. OF Health ". y O..
DID you ever take an inventory q
the contents q your small boy 8
pockets? Marbles two jacSn.ves "a
p.ece q chalk~ stub Of a pencil. a
har-eatcu I0Ily-p,p SIX or eight
rails. a shiny pebb.e and brass
dcor-knozi-thIs would bc "a modest
collection
The boys pocket is tho repos.-
tory or everything that comes
gong u just as natural for him
to deposit things here as lt is for
hm 90 be attracted by the many
Interesting devices De gees.
we are creatures % ha5lt. Moe:
uf cur habits are good. bur some az
chem. 7 am sorry o. shy. are very
hal indeed once ln while w-
eh0uid take account ~ ourselves 20
sec n we are really following right
rules.
one 81 the most common and
ore o. the v.Ieet ~ an bad pr1c-
tees ~ the human family Is the
habit so many people have OF put
ting everything u the mouth Watch
a little baby-ae fills h.s mouth flll
o. THUMBS. fingers and sometimes
toes lie has % be watched every
minute or he would try 90 swallow
the sewing machine,
But c isn't babies alone who must
be watched and se0.ded. There are
plenty or grown people who use the
mouth as receptacle for pencils.
t0othp.cks-som ~ them none too
clean-fngers. rulers. representatives.
and particularly money.
10 is "a perfectly filthy habit some
fous have ~ putting coins iu their
mouth. Nobody should do this 4
Tor mo- other reason than for the
sake Of others. You don't want 20
have things in your mouth that
have been ln the mouths OF others
But. fraukly-and / hope you VIII
bear this in m.nd-every coin and
bin you handle unless 10 is just from
Tire mint has been in many mouths.
Watch the conductors on the street
cars. watch the uews5oys. watch
the clerks .u small stCres-.t is sur
prislng how many Of them habit
uauy employ the mouth as an eX-
ira hand ] have one pocket which
] use for money exclusively. I do
this because I cannot bear TO mix
this filthy ratory medium with
other th.ug3 carry about with me-.
Fortunately. there are new diseases
which are carried by things. In
deed we say these days that eds
ease is carried ny persons and NOT
by things This does not mean lit
orally that .t H. Impossible 20 carry
Infection by money when IL is pas
sed from one mouth to the mouth
0f another
Children must be taught TO re-
spect the mouth. II IS not enough
90 teach tho use OF the toothbrush
What - the use OF cleaning tne
mouth once or twice a day when 10
ia freshly contaminated twenty times
daily? i makes me shudder to see
a person bite his dirty Gngcr-uaiIs.
clean his mouth with his finger. or
hold a filthy dollar bin iu his lips.
Almost all the so-called contag-
lous and Infectious diseases are car
r.cd by the secret.ous Of the mouth
and nose That is why tho spray
u those organs is dangerous and
wh health boards prohibit sneez-
IA splitting I'm pu5Lc places.
Of you. for the sake OF your
ana long lfe 90 guard this
90 your body-thc mouth.
nothing I'm i except things Of
Ii.Hn purity. The food should not
be carried 10 the lips except w.th
hands which have been thoroughly
waehei with soap ana water.
Get mouey-but never put il TO
base uses, and no pervers.on OF it's
use is worse than putting 30 .n your
mouth