The New Spirit . ubject every one is taking an interest in now. Thewhole country lately observed Baby Week. If you have not already been doingsomething to help this cause, hurry up and do something. Start a Mothers Cluband study about your babies. Read all you can. Have a nurse tell you what she a Better Babies Contest, and find out just where your baby stands. We are concerned a great deal about better stock, better roads and better farms,but what is more valuable than Better Babies ? Join the nation wide movement and do something to save the Baby. THE MOTHERS CREED. ANONYMOUS. We b


The New Spirit . ubject every one is taking an interest in now. Thewhole country lately observed Baby Week. If you have not already been doingsomething to help this cause, hurry up and do something. Start a Mothers Cluband study about your babies. Read all you can. Have a nurse tell you what she a Better Babies Contest, and find out just where your baby stands. We are concerned a great deal about better stock, better roads and better farms,but what is more valuable than Better Babies ? Join the nation wide movement and do something to save the Baby. THE MOTHERS CREED. ANONYMOUS. We believe:That God gave us our children as a precious gift;That constant watchful care of them is our full duty;That we should guard well their health;That we should train thtm to right living;That we should give them the best education we can afford;That we should give them much chance to play;That we should pray daily for their welfare;That our deeds should be the right models for them to follow. MARY FALCONER. 10. B. F. FERGUSON Rankin County Etj? Strain Amnttg (ttljilimi © URING recent years compulsory education,followed by medical inspection, has openedthe eyes of patrons and teachers to the factthat many dull children are simply physically defect-ive. Defective vision has hampered school childrenin their work more, perhaps, than any thing children with bad eye sight who have beentreated as delinquent and have been properly fittedwith glasses have taken an interest in the work andoften lead their class. The subject of eye strain among childrenhas been seriously overlooked and we have not beencognizant of this prevalent malady in the home andschool room. It is estimated that twenty-five per cent, ofthe children in school have defective eye sight; andthere is grave reason to believe that the home and school serve, on the whole, to increasethese defects instead of remedying them. Many homes are not provided with sufficient light. The children are forced tostudy by f


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