Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1916 — HEALTH PLATFORM MEANS LIVES SAVED [ARTICLE]

HEALTH PLATFORM MEANS LIVES SAVED

May is the Month to Get Things Going—Resolutions That Will Produce the Best Results.

Many “clean-up” campaigns are scheduled in Indiana for the month of May. A good creed for the workers is the one written by Dr. Win. DeKlekie, and is as follows: I believe in the doctrine of “health first,” in the doctrine that health M fundamental to the attainment of the highest personal and social freedom. Hence I believe in health laws and in all agencies, that work for the pro-, motion of public health. I believe in a clean city, a clean community. I believe in clean streets, clean alleys, clean premises, safe sewerage disposal systems. I believe in pure air, day and night. I believe in deep breathing, in the open afr. ' I'ibelieve in -sleeping seven or eight hours every night with the windows wide open, winter and summer. I believe in clean food, clean milk, clean water. I believe in eating slowly and moderately. I believe in bathing frequently and in always w r ashing my hands before meals. I believe in the home as the place v/here the principles of “health first” can be most effectively taught. I believe in a clean home, in cleanly fathers and mothers, in cleanly children. I believe in clean thoughts. I believe in the doctrine of “health first” because I believe it will tend to promote the uplift and betterment of the race.