The sun., 1918-10-27


gospel Of nutritive meals"
"How may one judge what is the right
dietary"
DR.. Macdonald lifted her head earnestly
to deliver her reply: "There is an infalli-
Bile test-the sense of physical well being
after a meal. If there is such sense the
meal has been well chosen.
"An average meal that contains the
right proportion of nutriment consists of
a piece Of well cooked meat, boiled or
broiled; a potato and a green salad or
vegetable. The value of fruit is oyerem-
phasized. Apples and lemons have an
injurious reaction upon some persons"
DR.. Macdonald's daughter, who is a
radiant vision of health, interposed:, III
have placed my husband on such q dietary.
He doesn't know it. 1t has come about
uneonsciously with him.
"But when I married him he had
frightful headaches. diagnosed the case
as one of wrong feeding. Gradually,
without making any fuss about it, I elimi-
mated pie. Coffee followed it. Dessert,
except occasional fruit, stewed or raw,
disappeared from our table. I followed
mothers menu, save that we have green
vegetable and salad, making the articles
four instead of three.
"Also 1 persuaded him to eat cereal
at breakfast Not so much for the cereal
as for the cream and sugar he consumes
with it. He has become one of the health
lest of men. He hasn't had headache
for three years."
Need Milk in Large Quantities.
DR.. Macdonald nodded her smiling sp-
prevail "There is not enough knowledge
of a ehild's need Of milk. A child so
high'-she stretched forth her hand to
stroke an invisible head on plane with
the table-"should have q quart and
half of good milk day. Milk makes
rich blood and repairs waste tissues. I
prefer pasteurized milk. The subject Of
feeding includes one Of the hobbies. A
very proper hobby l believe it to be-"
continued the physician. 'That is COM
pulsory vocational training in the public
schools. 1t will include training in do
mestic science. The girl who has had
course of domestic science viii not cook
all the nutritiye values out Of meat and
vegetables. She will know that milk is a
body builder and that oil is member Of
broken tissues"
"After pure air, sunshine and proper
feeding, whatp
Cleanliness" responded the doctor
with vigor. "On this point I win refer to
France, where spent my student life
and which have often since visited You
have noticed the peculiarly closed look
of Paris housesf"
"Liks prison. They reminded me Of
faceswith closed eyes,
Precisely. The windows are protected
from the dust Of the street by three means.
The shutters are tightly closed. So are
the windows. The curtains are Of bro
cade or other heavy stuffs. It would be as
difficult for the street dust to pierce these
protectors as it would be to pass through
the stone walls of the houses.
Get Ventilation From Courts.
"The windows are kept closed to avoid
contamination Of the inside air by the
dust carried germs from the street. Yet
these houses are well ventilated and their
occupants secure plenty of air from the
courts. Houses are built around courts,
as are Spanish houses. The courts supply
air and sunshine from above, not from
traffic vitiated streets.
''But I should be glad if New York
would adopt this means of keeping her
houses free from germs that swarm in the
dust of the streets. But I go back again
to vocational training to eliminate some
sources Of uncleanliness. Twenty-Five
years Of practice and more. years of
housekeeper and home maker have shown