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Show QOOR CHILD and inn school Br Or. AiiN G. IRELAND Dttrtwr. C,mJ mJ HniJlh EJatirJv tt lr') Stair Ornlnrml el PiUil lauimu Bare Feet Grown ups often take on a wistful wist-ful look when someone mentions "the barefoot boy." But parents, too many parents, take on a look of alarm when a sor, expresses a desire t be that boy. What a pity it ii that rumor can destroy de-stroy so much good fun! If a person doesn't worry about pickles and ice cream, or milk and orange juic taken together, he's sure to believf evil cf going barefoot. Now there are two causes for worry but neither nei-ther of them is flat feet. Arches may break when a child persists in jumping from high places, bui it happens just as readily witt shoes on. Arches als break more easily when a child is undernourished. undernour-ished. But the simple rite of going barefotjt in the summer doesn'1 mean a sure case of flat feet. The two causes for worry are bookworm in certain parts of the country and the punctured wound. Where hookwerm is prevalent, the readers are usually well informed as to prevention and treatment. But the punctured wound is too often neglected. We're too content with, a wash and a swab of antiseptic anti-septic The great danger is tetanus te-tanus or lockjaw, which is frequently fre-quently a fatal disease. There is one safeguard tetanus antitoxin. When a child steps -xi a nail, take him te a physician. Ti neglect that precaution is folly zf the worst kind. How U get a tan painlessly tuill be Dr. IreUi7id's next subject. |