Teach the Children

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 7, 1909

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 1.

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Teach the Children

Not to spit; it is rarely necessary. To spit on a slate, floor, or sidewalk is an abomination.

Not to put the fingers into the mouth.

Not to pick the nose.

Not to wet the finger with saliva in turning the leaves of books.

Not to put pencils into the mouth, or moisten them with the lips.

Not to put money into the mouth.

Not to put anything into the mouth except food and drink and the tooth-brush.

Not to swap apple-cores, candy, chewing-gum, “all-day suckers,” half-eaten food, whistles, or bean-blowers, or anything similar that is habitually put into the mouth.

Teach the children to wash the hands and face often. See that they keep them clean. If a child is coming down with a communicable disease, it is reasonable to believe that there is less chance of infecting persons and things if the hands and face are washed clean, and not daubed with the secretions of the nose and mouth.

Teach the children to turn the face aside when coughing and sneezing, especially if they are facing another person or are at the table.—Life and Health.