Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-15

ss.w neople can be nourished on twenty
FIVE cents daN' nj. u.,.,
,oor Mace at noon today. Three remained
tbe same and the two men VINO are over
..s,eb, lost, two of the lean ones gained and
~ los, half a pound. which shows that
we are all getting proper diet.
n y r. Bradford Is stili 1I4l2 pounds.
rp J,edyard remains 14SA pounds and
am still 1856 pounds George w. Freeman
iost u pounds. making him 164ts pounds,
and Herbert Taylor lost pounds, making
him 1914 pounds. Miss Florence DVerty
s,addened the hearts of the squad by gain
,rg one mound She now weighs 119
hounds, r. n. Klees brought more JOY by
salning one-half pound. He weighs 129ia
mounds Mrs. George w. Freeman now
reighs 12Ois pounds The net loss of the
squad is 3i9 pounds.
The meals that have been prepared for
us are scientifically. balanced for the general
run of people; that is, grown-up people.
There would have to be a change in the
menus for children, according to DR.. Eu.
gene LYMAN Fisk, director Of the Life Elk.
tension Institute, who was our guest at
f., noon yesterday.
"These meals are all right for grown
\ UPS" he told me. but for the child-the
growing child-there should be more milk
and more eggs. Mothers who are reading in
the papers ABOUT tHt ultt Suudu NhoN
this The food that is given I'm these menus
10 properly balarced and scientifically of
the proper food value. 1t contains the ele-
ments of food which one should eat"
Then | told him that a doctor had said
that this food would be all right for week
or two, but that it would not be sufficient
for the needs of grown man. year in and
year out. He said that. Of course, In two
. weeks 1t would be impossible to get the
variety which would be secured in years
of scientifically prepared menus but said
that menus and recipes as prepared would
be properly balanced and have enough food
value to keep people well al strong and
able to do their work, IL the people did not
tire Of the sameness of the two weeks. oft
repeated.
He says that If people would but learn
how to eat and what to eat they could
prolong their lives at least twenty five
years and not only prolong them. hut make
themselves happier and healthier during all
the years of their lives than they are now.
We have not been given permission to
live just so long" he said. 1T is a question
Of what we do with our lives and our health
which determines the length of the life.
II is possible to govern the length OF our
lives materially by the kind Of food which
We eat"
Doctor Fisk warns against surplus flesh
as the first sign that a person is not eating
end vegetables and the omission of white
bread with whole wheat bread In its place.
He says that the menus as used by the
Lighthouse will be ample food for any man
or woman unless he or she Is doing particu
lariy heavy work
Before o any further / want to say
That the recipe for corn mullins which ap-
peared In the EVENING LEDGER Tuesday
night is correct. There have been num-
Der Of requests to know IL there should be
nve teaspoonfuls of baking powder. One
woman who telephoned to the Office today
10 ask about ii said she did not think that
was the recipe given by the Life Extension
institute. When it was explained to her
.hat the baking powder was necessary
because there were no eggs In the corn
muhns, she said she understood Those
corn muffins were fine, as fine as any one
could want to cat. | AM glad that the
wonian called up about tho recipe. for we
tail.