Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-10

the Food AdairistTatior,
O"CE upon timo it vas not 20 vety
" important whether YOU or or any
other average woman in the country
knew much or little about food values.
That was when all foods were cheap and
abundant and VIC set our home tables
and ordered our restaurant meals ac-
cordins to our natural taste for yarict%.
Most OF Us like meats, vegetables.
salads, fruits eggs and milk. Noue -
these were disproportiouatciy costly, and
80, without previous planning for a. we
got variety and, aa matter of rational
habit, had . dict with propcrti.s our
bodies needed, or course, the very poor
always suffered from improper uutri.
tion, aS have many o! the rich. EHt
the rsnb and f!o OF the middle cla. 5 ate
wholesome meals from tho plain table.
Now that has, all changed Most food.
stufts are expensive Most NJ u cannot
afford the kinds Of food We ate ten or
even five year, ago We have 70 curt9il
variety and the woman who hiss no
mixing OF food values now H. making
changes unrlsaly and purchases chiefly
according 20 the likes and d!.likcs she
formed by the old habits instead Of
purchasing what she need
We are a eat-loNinE peorlc. aud
ind many familiea sacritlcC other foods
so that they can keep UP their usual
quantity OF meat That means that
the" do without peas, beans. salads and
fruits, with the result that their bodies
are receiving an abnormallv large guam.
tlty Of other equally necessary oucg
Other families have eliminated meat
before learning the right food. to use
a. substitutes, without stopping to .eu
what other articles Will supply their
bodies with the same clements that the
meat provides.
In other words, the high cost Of Twins
has put our national ration of meal.
decidedly out Of joint. II is forcing on
most Of US new habits Of eating. We
must zee for ourselves that our new
habits are right ones or We shall suffer
our work will suffer and our country
will suffer. For the good Of our health
We really need to learn how TO follow
Hoovers program iutelIiSentlv, The
women who punch time clocks must uu.
dergtand the simple principles Of food
values or their health will suffer and
their efficiency viii be below par The
housewives on whom the health and the
strength Of their husbands and children
depend must take the trouble TO learn a
few simple essential principles Heller.
skelter did well enough In the old day.
when food was chcaF. but helteF-skeltc.
now is rginou:.
And uoT A word TO the mothers Of
little children Little children do not
need q great variety Of foodstufis.
What they need i5 the most important
nutritive clements in the right proper.
ton. 4 very simple diet. il it is the
right one, u'!ll serve, but Il must be the
correct one.
know one woman Who had the right
idea, but did not have the knowledge
TO carry il out properly. She was feed
Ing her SiX-year.old daughter almost
entirely on mill. and eggs The child
was thin and trail although the mother
did not spare expense TO give her what
she thought waJ the best possible food
for her She did not know that there
was an important food element that
neither milk nor eggs contained and that
the child's system was starving for u.
1t harpeng that Corumeal mush sup
plies that element. When the mother
learned this she began to add cornmeal
mush 10 the diet Of the little girl, The
result was very gratifying in the fact,
for the child gained Ave pounds within
one month. Il costs less 20 feed she
likes the food better and she ia gaining
in weight
The moral l. not coTnmsal mush tor
there are several other foods which
would serve as we'll. The moral is
knowing What YOU are doing, The time
has come when all OF US must stop think
ing Of our food IN terms Of beam, peas
lettuce and pie. We must see II also in
the light OF combined properties. Our
diet must contain balance OF energy
giving food, of building and repairing
food and Of i"1r'-ccgIlstine food.
None difficult TO learn or
apply. co. II Is simply be-
cause We Ct gotten the habit
There are Two N4ya Of learning, both
easy. The public library and bool:
stores have o large number OF articles
and books that will give the nforna-
ton you need, and there are private and
public lectures and domestic science
courses.
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