The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-12
WHAT DO SCHOOL CHILDREN KNOW
 AROJJT HEALING

In School Bulletin they undertook Aeauh ;nna n n,o feet" in one school. The school is organized on "A class platoon plan and each ciass .,s. ,,pons to the auditorium if you know what that meahs It is beyond me. Anyhow health was siresseu as the teachers express it. Heaven help M Mth. voungsters in that school. I can imagine wha n dreary term they had. if what the average school teacher calls health was stressed u Wa stressed as of the subjects of the auditor inn work Maybe that means-oh. doht kho" what it means so I'll leave it at that. n After a time of this stressing of health tne! progress they were making, so they gave .i, sne classes GA and 7B which are made up or cnii- dren eleven or twelve years old. 'fue-laise For instance, 123 kids fell down on the one that stated if you eat fish and Ice cream at tne same meal you will probably get sick These IIs were perhaps not interested in the things they learn at school, but you never can teli-soHie teacher may have dropped hint that such r,,' combination of foods is very dangerous. I've known teachers to do lot worse. and right ou! in class room too For that matter, quoted cd in the official bulletin or Syllabus of the Ne- braska State Education Department Wnlcn taught normal school students that chid should sleep on his left side or some such 1ooi- ishness. When the powers that be harDor sucn silly ideas about health how can we expect the children under their n care nd do get straight In Newark S8 of these luckless youngsters thought it true that breathing through the mouth is bad because it is likely to cause stom- achaches earache. should say 1t is as ikely to cause stomachache or earache as anything else, Surley the NeWdfK SCHOOL auIHOTitleS CuH complain about such answer.
 Only 93 children thought it bad for their di- gestion to eat ripe cherries and drink milk on the same day. That is fine showing when we we consider there were Al who refused ice cream on Friday. The same number, 93, did not believe potatoes and corn are carbohydrate foods. Not that it matters so far as anybody's health is concerned. but school teachers are SC particular about these health problems. from the Bulletin with all this interesting stuff thought might want to comment on it in my column Bless you, mo- my dear dear triend tr nave nave things are done in our schools. My views about such matters are only destructive criticisms, and the school authorities do not care for that thank you. They invite constructive criticism and have none of that to give away.
 Sticking to my destructive criticism. I think in our public school system is that any teacher executive politician whose time is not occu- pied with important work is considered compet- ent to handle it. As long as that notion prevails among educators the comedy will go
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 McTwaddlcs Acid Appeal
 Have read several of your articles. Would like to ask if acid stomach. acid urine and acid blood are all caused from the same thing? That Is wrong diet. Do you not agree with HardboiI- ed McTwaddie % s,sst sws call h in this Answer - No. In health the stomach con- tents are acid. the urine is acid and the blood long as life lasts. McTwaddle simply exploits the credulity of people like you, Mrs J.. who nave never learned the first principles of phy- siology.
 Prospective Nurse
 I want to thank you for the fine letter you wrote me on prohibition It has helped me So much i'm my talks-I have won in our district contest and am to go to the state contest and I hope to Washington in the final Is there any, thing you can suggest to Lelp relieve me from suffering every month? have to miss a day from school every month. I have heart lcak- age and cannot do as other girls dO want to get strong and healthy, for hope to become . nurse.
 Answer = Send stamped envelope bearing your address and ask for monograph on men, fact that you have or think you have hear: leakage, should not bar you from all physical activity or gym classes. suitable amount of exercise, carefully prescribed by your physi- clan to suit the stage of compensation of the heart is essential for the best result.
 What. Better Molasses?
 Incidentally have found sorghum mOIasses that tastes better than the kind you recommend. Ky. Try it. F. R.)
 Answer won't argue with you, brother With the kind recommend on hand I d0ni when we have fried corn meal mush to eat with 'lasses.
 The Rupture Cure Racket
 Last May decided to try the method of rup ture cure. for a bad case of hernia. Probably yOI familiar with 1t. If not 1t is . simple trtss
 (K. E. FL
 Answer -- The medication" that comes along with the truss stamps the treatment as hum bug, Occasionally a hernia may be cured by sim. ply wearing a properly fitted truss. But externa medication Is just a bit of hocus-pocus in any case.
 Copyright John F Dille Col