42 GOOD HEALTH 



In a certain school in Worcester, Massachusetts, there 

 is what they call the " Health Brigade." Here the chil- 

 dren take turns in wearing the uniforms and in doing 

 the dusting. They wait eagerly for their turn to come 

 around, and they keep the rooms so clean with their 

 damp dusting cloths, that in 1902, when they did their 

 work, fewer children were ill than ever before since the 

 beginning of the school. 



Damp dusters and school children did better work in 

 that school building than feather dusters and janitors. 



QUESTIONS 



1. What happens to people caught in a dust storm? 



2. Why does dust in the eyes start the tears? 



3. How can you see whether or not there is dust in the air of a 

 room? 



4. If it is thick in the sunshine, what do you decide about the whole 

 room? 



5. Why should rugs be shaken out of doors ? 



6. What is the worst thing about dust? 



7. How do microbes get into the air? 



8. Why is there a law against spitting? 



9. What is the best way to dust? 



10. Tell what the " health brigade " of Worcester did. 



