Show I I THE ETERNAL SYMPHONY OF HOME 4 r 44 f 4 A As s V N 3 E 1 S r sr I Mother Iother and child chUd a blazing hearth and an open story Mothers of America Serve As Home Health Directors or parents arents Ar Are First st Line oi of Defense Against Children's Childrens Childrens Children's Childrens Children's Chil Chil- drens dren's Ills Mothers arc are described as health directors In their homes bomes in this the first of a Do series of ot helpful articles ar ar- ar tides on child health topics B By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON There are on m my desk various a accounts ac- ac counts of the National Child Health day ay activities of man many big ons of the land interested in children chil chil- dren ren These organizations have long and Important names and they do a tremendous tremendous tre- tre amount of f work to promote the ic welfare of our j. j children From the White WhiteHouse House ouse conference on n child health and protection Oft t the Ii h e c American C Child h il d Health association and the childrens children's bur bureau u r c e a u these brochures r o c h u res have come ome pouring in But there is 15 one that I do po not see represented It is silent lent inarticulate inart a and nd d unsung a so- so M Mrs Barton c 1 e t y wit with h no name ame Yet it is the greatest organization ration of them all the one upon which the entire health and future of the country depend and the health and happiness of today's children It is S isic the ic Mothers of America who do doot donot donot not ot make known their plans for tor May day ay Theirs is Js a year round task and andone andone one ne day is as good as another However silent they may be they ar are re none the less interested And many will devote this time to taking stock tock o of their children to stop and consider if it home conditions are arc right for or them and to get new inspiration to o carry carryon on i iOTHER OTHER ESSENTIALS Many mothers consider food the main issue to health and accent that In n building up strength and health ItIs It Itis Its Is s a grand idea but there are other things lings to consider as well Regu Regu- Regularity arity larity of living sanitation plenty of sleep prevention and treatment of sIckness sun exercise and content of 1 mind 1 If 11 it were possible to have all aU these thIngs right in every home there would be no need of the great societies socie- socie ties es who are trying tring to further the in- in interests interests of or children They could put up p the shutters and go home For after all aU they are merely trying to help In the very best sense of the word they arc aro but subsidiary to the home ome But there is so much to be bedone bedone done one yet yet yet-so so much help to be given Home is the real childrens bu- bu eau reau In it the child is made or marred given his chance to grow up Into nto a perfect being or er by misfortune lack ack of money or knowledge on the theart part art of or his parents prevented from doing so ENCOURAGING PHASE The most encouraging phase of the whole outlook for the family is the intense interest o of parents in this this' work rork their eagerness to learn new new ideas deas and their willingness to cooperate cooperate co- co operate as far tar as possible in applying great knowledge that has come to men of f science after years ears of or research and andrial trial rial in their homes To say new Idea no longer means a protest We Vc wont won't have anything to o do with new notions becomes be- be comes fainter and fainter each year jear years jearas as s the skeptical have seen for themselves themselves them- them selves that proper feeding of babies for or instance makes straighter bodies and nd bet better r bones to say nothing of reducing educing the death rate Who will contradict that After all the real rules of health are arc re very simple Cod liver oil and I sunlight have been found to be essentiaL essen- essen aL Not so very complicated is it To o bed at 6 for lor the babies and 13 or or 14 4 hours of or sleep at night does docs not have ave to be hunted up In an edia LESS ESS SCOLDING I Even the new theories of or behavior and nd guidance arc are less complicated than ban the names they go by Less scolding keeping fear out of the house louse giving children other active interests to take the place of whip- whip whipping whipping ping ing These things are being berne found too oo prolific o of good results to be belonger belonger longer classified as mere theory They are arc re helping to make the thc children healthier because they produce mental mental men men- tal l content conten which means much |