The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-03-10

No man can adequately forecast
the value Of proper health habits for
. child. From cotton-seed, one pro-
duecs cotton; from peach trees,
peaches; from narcissus bulbs, mar
eimus blooms. Each seed, slip, or
bulb reproduces according TO type
In no realm Ii this truism better IL
Illustrated than In that Of health. a
man can afford TO fall rs grower OF
cotton, n cultivator or peaches, or
producer OF flowers but II man fans
A n parent, he has failed indeed,
and great Is his failure.
Since the ladder OF life has its
foot on the ground, the value OF that
ground. OF the physical life can
scarcely be over estimated. The
psrent's first obligation Is TO start
right health habits In the little child.
As we'll might one expect TO produce
pcsches from q rose-bush, as 70 er.
p~ct child nourished on diet OF
Tried eggs and meat 10 take natural
Nv 10 milk and fruit rs food.
The omen mind Of the little child
a the medium through which the
man seven decades later sees. Inc
mother, thdn, can well afford 70
work hard for seven years 10 incuiate
the right habits, knowing that the BOY
Of sixteen will have many OF ms
sattlea wen through right habits
grounded in the boy Of six. u the
baby resents being kissed or cries
when he Is not clean; II the small son
n I'M Al ease until his teeth are brush
al after each meal or N big sister
can not rest with her dolls lying all
over the floor.--victory is practically
won. This sowing OF good habits wiz
produce n profile crop.
a single instance OF n quick mar
vest We older people have reaped y
seen in our changed attitude toward
the housefly. AZ children IN the pri-
mary grades, many OF US gleeiul'y
sang;
Baby bye,
Here's Fly
Let US watch him,
You and J.
Nov the only possible introduction
such a song could receive into the
urinary world would be via the sub.
stutition 81 the meanacing WORD
Swat for the mild one Watch. md
why7 Because the crusade OF health
ard sapitation 10 the grewsome tune
81 Typhoid and the Fly" has reached
The nation and the fly must 20, even
from babyland, and the last realm 20
get ia rights.
Except in rare instances, such az
this one Just mentioned, our adult
population has hardened In habit Of
health or unhealth. but TIE little
child has an open mind. We can
build the wall AZ the top Of the pre-
clfice instead Of preparing an ambu-
lance or hearss TO stay al the bot
tom. Early training In care OF the
teeth, prevention OF colds, or isso-
latlon OF patients with colds. clennli.
ness Of the body, right sleeping and
feeding habits will 20 far toward con
structing the fence Of safety. Right
health habits, made automatic be-
fore the child'A memory wakens, viii
cause the child Of ten TO feel strong
er, the youth Of twenty 70 bless his
parents FOR the sclf-control they have
made possible. the man Of thirty 10
thank them for buoyancy and con
tinued youth; the adult Of forty 20
rejoice In serenity and victory over
the hidden enemies; and the grizzled
veteran Of fifty or SIXTY To be CRATE
ful for his continued usefulness.
Steady nerves, sound health, aud
mental poise are far more the pro-
duct Of correct health habits than
most Of us are willing 20 acknowl-