n condition to resist the microbic
invasion.

During this anxious time of patient waiting the bowels should move
every day and the food should be cut down at least a third. In other
words, moderate eating and a clean bowel tract go a long way toward
keeping a child well and preparing him for an attack of disease. The
skin at this time should be kept well bathed and free from the
accumulated skin secretions which clog up the sweat glands and
otherwise lower the vitality.

Stuffy, close rooms, where the ventilation is poor, not only harbor
disease germs, but also lower the vitality of the child. Never take
your child into a household where there is any form of sickness, for
it may turn out to be a contagious disease--no matter how it began, it
must be remembered that many contagious diseases, in their earlier
stages, much resemble a simple cold.

Measles come on rather gradually, and one might suspect that the child
was simply suffering from a severe cold in the head.

Scarlet fever usually begins with a sore throat, while chickenpox has
very few initial symptoms; usually the first thing noted is the rash
itself. Diphtheria begins with a sore throat, while whooping cough
begins very insidiously.

The most important thing is to keep children away from people who are
sick, and if a contagious or infectious disease is prevalent in the
neighborhood discourage the mingling of the children in hot, illy
ventilated rooms. Put a stop to "parties" and all similar gatherings.
Let the little folks have good books, plenty of toys, in a
well-ventilated room, and the more they keep to themselves at this
particular time the better they are off.

THE SPREAD OF CONTAGION

It is possible to "stamp out" any known disease if only proper
cooperation takes place and certain sanitary regulations are
maintained. It is within the memory of most of our readers when yellow
fever was put to flight and the cause of malaria discovered. We
learned to screen our camps and no longer did our soldiers contract
the fever; while the simple covering of stagnant pools with oil,
together with proper screenage, stopped the ravages of malaria.

Likewise, many of the woeful tragedies of infant summer diarrhea and
dysenteries have been tracked to the so-called "innocent house fly."
We have all learned--only recently--that if we move the manure pile
once in seven days the hatching of the maggots may be prevented, and
so millions, yes trillions, of these