The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-02

I cts" which are promptly cured by the
 addition of pot Ticker and tender
 greens" or orange juice, to the other
 wise proper diet for infants.
 Pot Ticker" which has been allowed
 to cool. and the fat skinned from the top, and again heated when used, may
 be given to child a year old. and ten
 der greens" from young turnip | sprouts or spinach, when thoroughly cooked and washed through a sieve to
 remove the stems, should be a part of
 the daily diet of every child from one
 and half to two years old up to
 8 or years. Young children have
 not learned to chew their food suffi-
 ciently and greens" and other vege
 tables with stems which contain tough
 vegetable fibre and therefore require thorough mastication should be
 washed through sieve or cheesecloth
 before being given to them
 l The baby two years of age, before his appetite has been perverted by
 candy and knickknacks or by eating everything" with the family, will ac l quire, without much persuasion, | taste for green vegetables that will
 mean much for his future growth and
 development. A part of the training
 of all children should be to teach them
 to eat green vegetables.
 The anemic or ch1oritic young girl,
 or any girl in the period of adoles
 cence, needs iron, and nature has pro- vided it in the best form for assimila
 ton in the chlorophyl of green vegc- ] tables. Spinach turnip greens, mus l bage and kale, in the order mentioned,
 are the foods that contain most iron. They are better than any "tonic" to build up child It Is, therefore, a l fact that eating green vegetables will bring roses to the cheeks and bright
 ness to the eyes of the girl who de-
 sires to be attractive and beautiful
 The green vegetables above men
 toned are rich In phosphorus, which i is needed in every cell In the body i particularly those of nervous system. They also contain a large proportion of calcium salts, which are essential for
 bone building. The growing boy or
 girl therefore should eat literally,
 every day, of green vegetables.
 l The alkaline mineral substances in
 green vegetables neutfalize the acid substances that accumulate in muscles | from overuse, and therefore prevent fatigue. The iron that they contain ! erood ,ad, l,1ood raadaJ | for fighting, either on the football l field or in the trenches. If we could get enough greens" and pot flicker" 1 to the soldiers in France they would whip the Germans in short order and | if we could feed the Russians on thls oourag ge-making diet they would run 1 the Teutons into Berlin before Christ mas.
 Greens" aid clear thinking by the fact that the cellulose which they con | tain provides bulk for the intestinal contents and therefore favors free bowel | evacuations, thus eliminating from the intestinal tract the toxins which, if ab-
 sorbed by the blood, dull mental activity. l The green vegetables favor long life 1 by aiding in the elimination from the l intestinal tract the toxins which, when absorbed by the blood. cause hardening | of the arteries. The tendency to con | stipation as we grow older is prevent | ed by eating freely of the green vege- I tables They are better than all the patent medicines on the market for curing constipation.
 l The alkaline mineral substances in | greens" neutralize the harmful acid materials that accumulate in the tis- l sues that are said to cause stiff and painful joints, backaches, gout and other diseases of nutrition that are counted among the infirmities of ad- l vancing years. The green vegetables, l therefore. may postpone and add to the comfort of old age.
 Physicians In the country have ob- served for years that turnip greens" and pot licker'' would cure diarrhea, but the first scientific paper on the subject was prepared by two Birming han, physicians. Dr. Cunningham Will son and the late pr. Priestly, who pub lisred, In the Journal of the American Medical Association, the report of a number of cases of dysentery that were cured by diet of turnip greens ana pot licker." They ascribed the