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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2664, 20 November 1909, Page 4 (Supplement)

offspring.- With the advance of unf derstandirig and imagination there 1 should' be no difficulty in thoroughly interesting a five-ycar-old child in what is needed for preserving its health provided only that the parents, are willing to take as much personal trouble with their offspring as a mother oat does with a' young kitten. By means of mere,printed advice it is almost impossible to convey exactly howto go about such matters, but parents of rea&onble intelligence, gifted with ordinary powers of story-telling should, have no difficulty in gradually enlisting'the child’s hearty co-operation in the establishment of healthy habits if they will provide themselves, for instance, with Coleman’s admirable little “Health Primer” published by Macmillan. The following extract is a fair sample.of its teaching: WHAT HAPPENS TO THE UNGRATEFUL. There is no part of the body that is useless. Every part has its duty to perform. Suppose your father gave you a knife, and you laid it on a shelf and did not use it. Suppose you did ■ not even keep the dust and rust off. I Do you not think it would be right J for him to take the knife away and i give it to your brother, ,wlio .would j make good use of it and keep it clean : and bright? . \ The hair is given us to protect the j head from cold and to keep off the hot : rays of tho sun. Some boys wear iur ] caps so thick that their hair is useless. 1 Borne men even seem to think the liair J is of no use. They wear hats every- | where.' They wear liats that are as i hard as wood ..and fit so tight that neither air nor fresh blood can get to the scalp. These people are not thankful for there hair, but act as if they think it is of no use whatever. Bo the hair on*tho part of the head covered by the j hat is taken away from them. Some children will not eat anything 1 hard. They do not like hard crusts j of bread or tough bread made without lard. You would almost think they hud false teeth and were afraid of * Ureal:!ug thorn iby eating anything.. J hard or tough. Gums, would do as } well as teeth for the food they eat. I They do not use their teeth, so the / teeth decay, and are taken away from < them.. \