MAY BLISS DICKINSON, R. N.
FOREWORD
May this little book go forth bearing words of healing, health, and joy to you who faithfully study them, and, also, to those little ones whom the kind Father may place in your arms in the wonderful years to come.
MRS. SAMUEL W. McCALL
CHILDREN WELL AND HAPPY
CHAPTER I
PERSONAL HYGIENE
Suggestions for demonstrations. 1. Demonstrate the correct posture when standing, walking, and sitting. 2. Show the right and wrong kinds of shoes. 3. Demonstrate the correct way of carrying schoolbooks. 4. Show samples of soap—pure castile, Ivory, and a cheap scented variety—and explain the right and wrong uses of soap.
Personal hygiene may be defined as the wise and systematic care of the body. The reasons why every girl should take care of her body are:
First, good health means power to do one’s work in life well.
Second, health is an aid to happiness and personal attractiveness.