The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-06-08
HOME DEPARTMENT


dried beans, milk, eggs, etc.-to re-
!pair IL, for such foods are the tissue
builders.
(3. The carbohydrates and fats
yield heat and energy and give us
the power TO be efficient. The fats
are found in all animal foods, such
as meat, fish, eggs, milk, butter, and
cheese and in some vegetables rs
olives, cottonseed, cocoa, oats and in
very, very small amount in roots
and tubers, green vegetables and
fruits.
The carbohydrates are found In
all vegetables, in the cell walls Of
all plants and in cane, beet maple,
milk, and fruit sugars.
a.. Too often we neglect the
mineral matter OF our diet. We
AULT
need lime, salt, iron, PHOSPHORUS,
etc. The lime is necessary for the
blood and to keep the heart beating.
Without lime enough the bones OF
a child are like egg-shells. Phos-
phorous, too, is needed for the
bones, brain-cells, and blood. That
disease among children known as
"Rickets" is due TO a lack of lime
and PHOSPHORUS in the food.
Enough lime may be supplied for q
child by feeding one pint Of milk
daily. Lime is also found in turnip
tops, spinach, lettuce, rhubarb. cot
tage cheese, celery, cauliflower and
asparagus. Iron must be taken into
the system some way TO build up the
red corpuscles OF the blood. Which
do you think is the most economical
to secure the necessary iron we
need from the food we eat or from
the corner drugstore. Iron is found
in the egg-yolk, figs, caulifowei.
raisins, wholewheat bread, and in
that dcspised cabbage head. Phos-
phorous may be obtained from the
egg-yoik, milk, oatmeal, whole
wheat bread, lettuce. caulifowcr,
onions, radishes, and spinach.
After this brief summary do you
realize the importance OF knowing
the composition OF the body AMI the
composition OF all foods that you
may know what is best 10 feed
yourself and family? Can you real
ize how important il is to be able
10 feed proper food TO the we'll as TO
the sick?
Perhaps you will doubt this rs I
did until l tried IL for myself. After
studying these statements last year
| began to wonder II they were real
ly true and determined 10 expert
menL Who was q better subject
for this experiment than myselfY !
had formed the habit OF eating but
one kind OF food no matter how
many kinds were put before me. Az
'cording TO my domestic science
teaching a mixed diet is the only
proper one TO eat. had lost weight
gradually and decided 10 try the
mixed diet. At the end Of three
weeks I had gained six pounds and
have continued 10 gain for one year.
!. II this were the only proof I
might still be doubling the truth OF
IL all. But sometime ago, my father
was failing in health and had lost
about forty pounds in weight. There
seemed 10 be nothing particularly
the matter with him but he seemed
to be just wasting away. I was al
most afraid TO suggest the home sci
ence diet for I was sure he would
laugh at me. But he did not laugh
at me for he had reached the point
where he was quite willing 10 try
anything. After two weeks he be-
gan 10 gain gradually and | haven't
doubt that before two months he
will have regained his normal
weight OF one hundred and ninety
pounds.
The home science course, as Civ
en- by Berea College, covers a great
deal more than the proper cooking
OF foods. II includes the best meth
DDS for buying. the making OF gar
ments, the proper planning, arrang-
ing, and managing OF the home,
practical household accounts, house
hold chemistry, laundry work, and
short courses in human biology anf
home nursing. II you would have
your daughters. sisters, friends,
and sweethearts study course
which is practical from beginning
10 end and which will influence
them TO become ideal home makers
have them come TO Berea and study
home science for the course is be-
inc imnrovad unon and hacor.ino