Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-02-06
LEST WE FORGET
By Miss Gladys Bonner, County Health Nurse

lew up work of the nurse should
come in After an inspection has been
made the nurse knows what corrections
should be made. Then, when families
are unable to bear the entire financial
burden. she can arrange to have cor
rections made through clinics and state
aid. 1t takes time to develop Il county
nursing program. and the school in
spectiOn is only the preliminary step.
One teacher who weighed her chill.
i,}rcn each month used stars for the diff
fcrcnt groups. Those who were normal
weight were given white star: those
z per cent under weight We're given blue
stars: and those 10 per cent or more
under weight were given red stars.
Each group had its yell, and it surely
served as an incentive for the whole
room to break into the white star class.
These were the yells:
Our stars white! We're all right y
Our stars blue. That won't do
Our stars red. Danger ahead
Dcformities are not OutgrOwn but
tend to grow worse with age. There
is no such thing as growing pains.
Pains in legs and arms may be the be-
ginning of deformity. See good doc
tor if there is an indication Of any
VA 1T of the body being misshapen. One
hit boy with very bumped shoulders
told the nurse that he had hurt his
iba ok last year and hadn't been able to
stand straight since. When asked IT he
had seen Il doctor he said NO, we had
some salye we rubbed on" A little
girl was found with decided curva-
iturc. caused by bad habits OF sitting
and standing. Another was crooked
from carrying a too heavy baby brother.
Care must be taken with even tiny
babies that they have very low pillows
lond firm beds. for high pillows ana
soft beds make crooked bodies. we
may think the Indian custom OF strap
hing pappooses to board drastic
one. but we are all familiar with the
saving straight as an Indian. Boys
and girls should grow straight as Il
.apliug and. as the twig is bent so the
free is inclined. Moreover, it is almost
Iin.possiblc for a malnOurished child to
stand straight. Good posture can be
taught outside gymnasium.
"Ihere was IA crooked man who walk
ed Il crooked mile.
But when ! 90 walking, l don't
walk in crooked style.
keep INV chin and stomach in, and
hold by chin up higher,
And step along so straight ana
strong. and never, never tire.
Have glasses fitted by an expert eye
doctor. The eye is too delicate an Or
can to tampcr with. One little girl.
lwho needed glasses badly, sara hef
father got her some glasses from Il man
who pcddlcd glasses. Her father re-
fused TO nay for the glasses until they
should see whether her eyes improved
and so the pcddlcr took them away
from her. And the little girl was in
turin. her eyes for all time 10y gong
with the defect lncOrrecteu,
Teacher: and now who can tell
me why we should always he neat and
clean =
I Lizzie: In case Of accident, ma am.
The Farm Bureau women of Dayton
:,re planning to arrange for and con
duct hot lunches for the children Ill
their consolidated school At Upton,
the largest consolidated school i'll the
state. the small children have a rest
period each day as well as their not
Ilunch at noon. The school board bought
army cots. and the parents bought
iblank.tS. The long day for the Smali
children has been the chleI argument
iacaust the consolidated school, ana
This plan gives the children their rest
The superintendent reports that the
children go to sleep but even. IL thev
do MOI. they must take the full rest
period
The time is coming when Il cold
dinner in Il tin pail will be feieSaleo
tc the museum of antiquities ana we
shall echo the toast -
! Here's to the lunch
That gives lis HE pinch.
Food that is hot and nourjshlhs.
Served every day.
In n regular way.
Will make our school most houriSh-
Ing
Health i wealth re q bank preSI-
ldent.