| Show Of AMERICA NOT GIVEN SLEEP Dr Caroline Hedger r Blames Parents for Lack of Proper Prop Prop- er Care and Rearing in Promoting Good Health The American child is the mo most t poorly cared for tor of ot all the tho worlds world's children because Its parents will not make mako it go to bed early enough said MId Dr Caroline Hedger of ot the tho McCormick mick foundation of ot Chicago and one ono of ot the nations nation's authorities on child welfare and nutrition who is deliverIng deliver deliver- delivering Sn Ing a n series of at lectures at the o ot Utah today and tomorrow I Yes phe rho ho continued of ot all the localities that locally which is distinctly distinctly dis dis- dis American needs the most at ati attention at- at i because the children have havo Utterly ut utterly Ut- Ut terly forgotten how to obey their pa rents While In our your own city I saw a bab baby scarcely over a 6 months old at a vaudeville show last nl night ht with one of ot those detestable rubber nipples nipples' In Its mouth while its parents e enJoyed en- en joel Joyed the tho show Immensely In European European European Eu Eu- communities I 1 have found that the children still know how to obey obel their parents This Is rather a recen recent I condition too for tor in the tho days of the past the American child was voas properly proper proper- I ly nourished and obeyed Its parent I b but t today it is late lato hours and over over- nutrition I pr jr r. r Heel Hedger er gave cave out tho the following schedule h. h for tor or the bedtime of ot children Child from babyhood to C 6 bigger big ger er and grammar school size 7 30 to 8 30 high school 9 to 9 30 and college col cot lego lege from 10 on depending upon th the the- individual She Sho said that Americans had forgotten this schedule entirely The people of Utah are to be congratulated con con- con i cr on the tho care of ot children In Inthis InthIs inthis this state for tor it ranks at nt the ver very top In tho the nation said Dr Hedger Over O 82 per cent of your children have havo been n weighed and measured up until last January Januar which Is Indeed an enviable record However er In the country at Urge large aho about t third one ot of tho the children are are badly nourished due dueI I to th the fault tault of their teachers and pa I rents I suppose it is b because the they I simple do not know how to nourish them I Tho The child w welfare specialist s said that In m ny cases the th-e children were I properly fed at their homes but at at school th the the a cond conditions I ti ns were overcrowded overcrowd I ed eel tho the athletics and pIn play were wore un unsupervised un v supervised th the military ry discipline was wasI I wrongly applied so th that t the childs child's physical bank account was wa er very InAdequate InI In- In I Adequate for tor him him to stand the mental j i stress s. s She advocated ad a a. doctors doctor's examination exam- exam in connection with eyer every test lot of a a. a t teachers teacher's mental efficiency so soI I that the teachers would bp bp- physically physical ly Jy fit lit as is well wen wens wen's a as s the child The McCormick foundation of ot wh which ch Dr Hedger is assistant in char charge e. e was founded by McCormick Mc- Mc c- c Cormick In memory of ot his daughter who died of ot appendicitis It It has been be n nI I establishing ou outdoor t schools in Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- I cago during the pa past t fifteen years' years for tOr children Dr Hedger the had said ad that experiment prove so so successful that the b board ard of ot education education edu edu- cation caton had taken o over y V Cr r the outdoor schools Dr Hedger will leave Satur Saturday day night to d deliver a series of child lectures at tho the Idaho t Agricultural college college college col col- col- col lege at Bozeman Mort Montana 1 nu |
