Our Women and Children
Conducted by Lucille Skaggs Edwards.
“DON’TS” IN THE C ARE OF CHIL
DREN.
By Director Ziegler of Phila. Dept, of
Health.
Don’t permit the child to go to
school without breakfast. Tea or cof
fee and a roll is an inadequate and
improper meal for the growing child.
Don’t send the child to school with
dirty face and hands. The hair should
always be well combed and the
clothes tidy and clean. Body vermin
spread rapidly among unkempt chil
dren.
Don’t allow the child to spend the
lunch money for candy and pies or
to buy any foodstuffs from street ven
ders. Pretzels which have been ex
posed to the street dust are unfit for
food.
Don’t expect the child to make its
own lunch at noon. The mother should
never be too busy to provide an ade
quate noonday meal for the child.
Don’t ferget that children are very
susceptible to the frequent changes
of weather and should therefore be
clothed according to the temperature
of the day and not acording to the sea
son. Rain clothes should be provided
for them.
Don't allow the children to stay up
late at nights. They require plenty
of sleep in a well ventilated bedroom.
Don’t fail to teach them good hab
its. They should never spit on the
floor upon the sidewalk or upon the
slate, as this is a filthy and dangerous
practice.
Don’t ever allow them to put the
fingers in the mouth. Disease is of
ten carried into the system in this
manner.
Don’t allow them to wet the fingers
when turning the leaves of books.
This custom is unnecessary and may
lead to the spread of disease.
Don’t permit them to put pencils in
the mouth or wet them with the lips.
Don’t forget to warn them against
the practice of putting money in the
mouth. Many a child has swallowed a
coin without harmful effects, but oth
ers have had serious trouble when
the coin lodged in the throat.
Don’t allow' them to put pins in the
month.
Don’t permit them to “swap” candy,
apple cores, pencils, chewing gum,
partly eaten foods, whistles or any
thing that may be put in the mouth.
Don’t fail to provide the child with
a clean handkerchief. Many children
have the nasty habit of wiping the
nose upon the sleeve. They should
be severely reprimanded for this hab
it, but parents are deserving of more
criticism w'hen the child is not pro
vided with proper means for wiping
the nose.
Don’t permit them to put foreign
bodies into the ears or nose. Beans,
peas, buttons, cotton and numerous
other articles have been found by
doctors in the nose and ears of chil
dren when the parents were unable
to account for the cause of their com
plaints.
Don’t fail to teach them that dis
ease is transmitted by coughing or
sneezing into another’s face. They
should turn their face in order to
avoid this.
TWO WAYS OF LOOKING AT IT.
“The hardest thing I have to do,” said
Johnny with a pout,
“Is to look pleasant, when there’s not
a thing to smile about.”
“The hardest thing for me to do,” said
Teddy with a smile,
“Is to be cross and out of sorts, and
fretting all the while.
“I’d rather smile when things go
wrong, than cry, for don’t you see
“A smile is worth a dozen frowns, for
you as well as me.”
THE GOODWILL HABIT.
A habit of holding a kindly attitude
of mind towards everybody has a
powerful influence upon the character.
It lifts the mind above petty jealousies
and meanness; it encircles and en
larges the whole life. Where we meet
people, no matter if they are strangers
we feel a certain kinship, with the
friendliness for them, if we have ac
quired the goodwill habit. In other
words, the kindly habit, the goodwill
habit, makes us feel more sympathy
for everybody. And if we radiate this
helpful, friendly feeling others will re
flect it back to us. On the other hand,
if we go through life with a cold, sel
fish, mental attitude, caring only for
our own, always looking for the main
chance, only thinking of what will fur
ther our own interest, our own com
fort, totally indifferent to others, this
attitude will after a while harden the
feelings and the affections, and we
shall become dry, pessimistic and un
interesting—Ex.
CHILD’S EVENING PRAYER.
1 thank Thee, Lord, at close of day
For lessons learned, for fun and play,
For father, mother, playmates,
friends,
For all the gifts Thy mercy sends.
I pray Thee, make me loving, true,
Obedient, brave in all I do
Bless all the friends who for me care;
Bless little children everywhere;
Watch o’er me, keep me through the
night,
And wake me with the morning light
That I may walk with Thee again;
I ask for Jesus sake. Amen.
—James Dexter Taylor.
EVENTS AND PERSONS.
Andrew Reed entertained a number
of friends at a stag New Year's eve.
George Jones of Twenty-first and
Paul streets, died New Year’s morn
ing from blood poisoning. He is sur
vived by a wife and his mother. The
body was shipped to Paris, Texas,
Tuesday by the G. Wade Obee un
dertaking company. Mrs. Jones ac
companied the remains.
Prof. Robert M. Herrington and
Mrs. W. L. Seals of Omaha and Prof.
Walker and wife of Kansas City, Mo.,
“Big Four Classy Dancers,” had the
honor of introducing the latest dances
before a large audience at the Omaha
Dancing Academy, 18th and Douglas
streets, Thursday night, December 30.
This is the first time that colored peo
ple have introduced the latest dances
in Omaha in a white dancing academy
before a white audience The dancers
were given a hearty welcome and a
return date.
APPLICATION.
Like the star that shines afar,
Without haste, and without rest,
Let each man wheel with steady sway I
Round the task that rules the day,
And do his best.
A FAST MOVER.
Three days after the storm struck
Potlach, Okla., Jackrabbit Smith, a
prominent citizen, was discovered two
counties northeast in a somewhat
rumpled condition.
“Were you blown here by the cy
clone?” He was asked.
“Heck, no!” he replied, “I outrun
it.”—Kansas City Star.
NIGHT COURT.
“Where’s your attorney?”
“I don’t want any, your honor; I
intend to tell the truth.”
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