Show I r j HEALTH AND AND- BEAUTY If this restless age does docs not soon come to lo an end the world will be crowded with physical and mental wrecks CHILDREN were formerly kept comparatively quiet during during during dur dur- ing infancy 1 and childhood They were also put to bed early at night During the day th they played with a few simple simple simple sim sim- toys loys or romped in the gardens gardens gardens gar gar- dens or under the trees Today their nurseries are fitted filled up with wilh every e kind land of or contraption intended to amuse and interest them diem Ambitious mothers try to teach them hem to lit maps and puzzles together at a very tender age As soon as they begin to toddle they pla play in the streets where life is a constant source of or danger POOR LITTLE things dart dali back and forth on treacherous skates and scooters automobiles looking and listening listening listening lis lis- lis- lis at every turn for the juggernauts of death that strike so swiftly maiming or killing They are tense and andon andon andon on the every moment for they cannot romp skate and play where deadly machines machines machines ma ma- chines dart back and forth without realizing that at an any r moment they may be crushed under a truck automobile or I motorcycle cle When they go to school the work is of necessity under our public school system so arranged arranged arranged ar ar- ar- ar ranged that a certain amount must be covered in a given time lime They are arc still further stimulated by the offering of various rewards or distin distinction tion if they attain certain stand stand- ards aids TilE THE RESULT is that some children easil easily reach the coveted coveted coveted cov cov- eted goal while others who may have lave tried equally as ashard ashard ashard hard and failed feel bitter and keen disappointment t which is further aggravated into resentment re against the teacher who was in no way to lo blame If IC you enter a moving picture picture picture pic pic- ture theatre where there is a ashow ashow ashow show of a character which is most exciting filled with fighting fighting fighting fight fight- ing and dangerous h a i r r- r breadth escapes you will find the place packed with children of or all ages squealing yelling and otherwise giving vent to lo their excited up pent-up em emo emo- o- o tins DO YOU wonder that nervousness nervousness nervousness ner ner- is inci increasing easing among children It is a disease that thatis is growing by leaps and bounds The nervous child unless unless un un- un less placed in the proper environment environment environment en en- and treated as he should be will grow up into a neurasthenic delinquent or psychoneurotic He may ulti ulti- land in insane an asylum lum The latter institutions are arc becoming so overcrowded that at the present rate rale of increase increase in crease in their population in ina a few years the sane normal people that are left will be unable unable unable un un- able to lo bear the burden of the Ule unfit |