Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-18

women who can stand tho strain Of
the most tryin~ commercial and In
dustrisl conditions the world has
known. Health 10 tho basis Of en-
cheney. With specialized production
and with tho use Of the telephone and
other time saving devices. physical
exercise in connection with the days
work II greatly restricted, and az a
result there IN constantly increas-
Ing number who break down In what
should be tho prime OF their produce
tive lives.
During 1sl7-19is the health de-
partment OF the City OF Now York
estimated that about 20 per cent OF
the children In the public schools
were suffering from malnutrition. OF
$4,000 children examined In Detroit
recently. 10 per cent were ten pounds
or moro underweight and nearly Z
per CENT were Is per cont or more
underweight. VIII such conditions
add to our future Industrial and COM
mercial efficiency? More than so years
ago, Herbert Spencer pointed out the
fact that health training was the FIRST
consideration in education. Centuries
ago tho Greek teachers stressed. phys
teal development and produced the
highest typo OF civilization the world
had known.
Old Time Home Life Disappearing.
Another element In our modern in
dustrial and social life Ia to be noted
In connection with education. with
the unregulated growth OF great cities
and tho consequent congestion OF pop
ulation and high land values, thsre
has come a great decrease in the num-
Der OF people living In one-family
homes. and a disturbing increase In
the number OF muiti-family dwellings.
Now there comes n grave change In
the character and the social life Of a
people which abandons single-fhmlly
houses for apartments. In the single
family home, the children help with
the family chores" They help to
dig the garden and to rake the grass
They help to wash and oil the auto
mobile--modern substitute for the
horse drawn carryall OF their parents
They help with the furnace or carry
wood for the open firepaces--wher
the family IL fortunate enough e
have open flreplaces.
These are activities like those
which bound former generations, into
strong family groups by common ser.
vice for common welfare and COM
fort. But with the coming of the
apartment. the public street takes the
place Of the private yard. the auto
mobile is moved to public garage
where children are even less welcome
than they are at home a paid iani-
tor tends to the furnace when hS
finds time from his social duties. Ser
vice TO the family as group by its
members. Is cut down to the vanish
/ ing point, except that the providel
has to provide more to make up foi
the service that used to be rendered
freely. Home social life follows tn,
backyard playground into tho regior
OF memories and IN their place com,
\ tho public restaurant and the movies
Finally, let us give moro though
to government in our educational sys
tenn. In the great schools and uni
versities OF Europe. the mind of th'
!, best youth is turned to the service O
the State as life work ranking Will
any profession. In America, the poll
tician has been looked down on, an,
tho public servant has been We've,
, with suspicion. Our government 1
as good as the people desire It to be
| Let us teach the principles OF on
government and love for its institu
tons. to every child In the land; lie