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(c) Eat no sweets, candy, cake or ice cream except
as dessert after meals.
5. Keep Clean:
(a) Have a bowel movement at least once every day,
preferably immediately after breakfast or the last
thing at night.
(b) Wash hands after going to the toilet, and
before eating. Take a daily tub, shower or sponge
bath, or rub down with a rough towel every day;
and take a full bath of some sort at least twice a
week.
(c) Brush teeth twice a day: after breakfast and
just before bed.
(d) Wash hair at least once a month, and brush
well every day.
II. In addition to doing the things that make for
health, the Girl Scout must know the answers to
the following questions:
1. What is the best way to care for your teeth?
2. Why is care for the eyes especially necessary?
How are the eyes rested? What are the points to
remember about light for work?
3. What is the difference in effect between a hot
and cold bath?
4. How can you care for your feet on a hike so
that they will not become blistered or over-tired?
REFERENCES:
"Good Health," F. G. Jewett, Ginn and Co.
"How to Get Strong and How to Stay So," William Blaikie, Harper.
"Keeping Physically Fit," Wm. J. Cromie, Macmillan.
"Exercise and Health," Woods Hutcheson, Outing Pub. Co.
"Handbook of Health and Nursing," American School of Home Economics,
Chicago.
"Food and Health," Helen Kinne and Anna M. Cooley, Macmillan.
"Healthy Living," Chas. E. Winslow, Chas E. Merrill Co.
[Illustration: HOMEMAKER
SYMBOL--CROSSED KEYS]
1. In planning a house and choosing a site for it
what things should be considered?
2. Draw the floor plan of an imaginary house or
apartment to be built in your locality for a
family of four, and list the furnishings for each
room.
3. Choose a system for heating and state reasons
for choice.
4. How will water be furnished? What precautions
should always be taken about the water supply and
why?
5. How will the house be lighted? How will it be
ventilated?
6. State how the walls and floors will be finished
and why?
7. Describe the cook stove and the ice box; tell
why they were selected and the best way to keep
them clean.
8. List the utensils used in keeping the house
clean.
9. State why it is particularly necessary to keep
the cellar, closets, cupboards, wash basins,
toilets, sinks, clean. Give ways of cleaning each.
10. State the proper way to prepare dishes for
washing and the order in which silver, glass,
table and kitchen dishes should be washed.
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