Show r rose ose ONU nU HUNDRED TEARS OLD OLl J General comment was made mado mad In ha lath the tho press resa ot of o the th country that Chaunce Chauncey M or Depew D pw was U 1 9 years old on Friday and the th New York Tork-er Tork er expected to t live IIvo to be b To Tobe Tob o obe be 02 9 and la in of all the faculties Is II accepted a as so extra extra- extraordinary extraordinary ordinary as to t Invite widespread at- at at attention But Dr S B J T director of the th American Child Health u- u association as association declares the th day Is II ap- ap approaching approaching ap when everybody will have havo a sporting chance chanc to t live to tobe tobe tobe be Life Lite expectancy has hu ha had bad ten tn years year eara added to t It tt in the th lut fifteen and anil ten tn more mr should be added In the next n twenty years rears Dr Crumbine says There Ther are ar several reasons reason why advances in the th age a e limit can be b predicted with a degree desree of certainty cr certainty Without ranking them necessarily according to Import import- Import Import-anc slice ance we w may mention m the th great advances In scientific knowledge the tb improved standards of ot medi medical cal schools and a quickening In- In Interest Interest In Interest terest in public health Each year brings new nw conquests of ot dread di- di dis ea eases es The exact caus cause course and cure cur of yellow fever typhoid and diphtheria have hav been ben mastered In the th past generatIon c n r so that It is Ie not Improbable that tha ten years yeara from now a death dath from one of these thes dis- dis diseases dis diseases eases cases will bo be b the th subject of ot a a cor- cor on cor-on onor's r Inquest to fix criminal re- re re The Th scientific v ery hov however Is only half halt the tb bat bat- battle tIc tle Knowledg must n bo be b spread to those tho who ho will be b benefited b by tt it There Ther must be a popular un- un understanding understanding un of ot the th value alue of ot health and how to keep kep It Yeoman Teoman sr vic ser vice Is being being- done dono don In this work by publIc health authorities private practitioners volunteer health ago ag- ar and the press preas Obviously the tho th starting alerting point ot of all 11 this effort Is I childhood the golden age ar for the building or of sturdy bod bodes body's s Therefore the tho th project of Herbert Hrbert Hoover president dent of the lh American Health as- as as association llon to t take tak stock of ot child health conditions on May Da Day Nn- Nn Na National lonal Child Health Day and thus plan for the th future should sho aid In obtaIning popular operation co-operation In alt all health matters And probably nobody will mind even It If It docs doce eventually take tako tak the tho news value out of the centenarian The time to do the th best beat build buil Inc build 1 In Ing lain Is In youth Then tho foundation lIon tion Is being laid on which the I building Is to stand By fly observe observIng Ins In Ing Child Health Day emphasis will be placed on these things which make for the tho th health of the child and the th strength of the hUe hu- hUeman buman man race |