Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-25
LADY OF LUNCHES IS
HERE TO MAKE BRAWN
Health Expert to Make Ill
Nourished Small Boys
Round and Rosy"
FOR "CALORIED" MEALS
Miss Jean Will Conduct Three
Months Test With Youthful
Food Scouts"
BY M'LISS

The Round and Rosy" Lady is in
Philadelphia.
The adjectival phrase is not meant Ia
he descriptive OF the physical attributes
Of Miss Sally Lucas Jean, but rather Of
her work, which is to make the school
children of the country round and rosy
through the medium Of properly chosen
school lunches.
Miss Jean Is the health cousultant OF
the Peoples Institute OF New York. That
institution has taken twenty-five little
boys, obvious sufferers from manutri-
ton. for the purpose Of a three months
test which will demonstrate what part a
healthful lunch can play in building up
youthful Drawn and sinew.
For twelve delicious weeks the little
hoys-they are called food scouts" and
their slogan is Round and Rosy"-are
hcing fed. apart from the other school
children. on lunches that are properly
"caloriod." That they will show enormous
hcncnts--that they will. in fact, be nor,
NAL again--AIiss Jean is assured. first
Of all. because os her previous expert.
cncc in feeding little boys and, secondly
because, although the test has only been
under way for several weeks, already the
Youngsters have had to let out notChes In
their belts.
Statsticians discovered that 10 per
cent OF 1.00O.O00 school children of New
York are suffering from malnutritiUu
After making the discovery they rested
content. Miss Jean and the organization
in back of her did not.
we must find out all about this,
they said. "and see what steps can he
taken to make every child as plump
and as happy as nature meant him to
be"
Herbert Hoover, Theodore Roosevelt
DR. Emmett Holt. Miss Julia Lathrop
director Of the Childrens Bureau at
Washington, and scores Of other promi.
ncnt persons are interested in and have
sanctioned the good work.
Miss Jean believes the Philadelphia
children are particularly well looked
after. but is taking peep at the situa-
tlon nevertheless.
"Tcn per cent Of the 900 200 school
children i'm New York" she said, "arC
suffering from maluutriton. This means
that 100000 little boys and girls are
undersized. pale and underfed Some
times II isn't because the children are
needy. There are actual cases OF poor
little rich children. whose parents are
too ignorant to feed them the proper
food.
the right sort Of lunch for three months
Moreover. VIC send n nurse into thcil
homes to spread the education. Many
mothers feed their children tea or coffel
for breakfast and expect them TO builC
hone and muscle on that. There IL ten
dency on the part Of people to undcrcsu
mate the food value Of milk; they dom
realize that even penny's worth of mill
contains more actual food value than an!
other food that can be got for that sum
"Fcw children like green vegetables o
cereals. They have to he taught to lill
them That's what we are doing will
our food scouts
"The trouble with most school luncl
counters is that although the food sold /
wholesome enough there is no supervision
Of the childrens buying. yOungste
may have seven or eight cents to spend
and he'll leave il all at the candy o
banana counter. What we want are su
pervised lunches in every school in tn
United States"
Miss Jean is an attractive Baltimorear
with considerable experience in sociology
Here are two of the many delectabl
menus that she sets before her ravenou
little diet squad"
No. Cream of cabbage soup, carrot
and peas peanut butter sandwich, ric
and dates
No. Cream of fresh Goldfish, pota
toes whole wheat bread and nut butter
cocoa and banana.