The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1919-11-13
CONSERVATION OF uEALru or
CHILD 1T MOST IMPORTANT

How many bottles Of milk are ieliv-
cred at your door!
Dr.. Graham Lusk says: mo fam
lily Of five should buy meat Hntil they
have bought three quarts Of milk"
The advice is given in an .tt1ar-
tive pamphlet on diet for the School
Child" which the Colorado Public
Health Association has obtained for
/ distribution from the Bureau Of Edu-
cation of the WashintOn Department.
Every child has a right TO be As
healthy as present knowledge can
make him and proper feeding is one
of the chief factors in health. The
kind of food a child has today deter
mines to a considerable extent the fit
ness of the future citizen.
Food makes the child" say the
health authorities. On this ground
careful attention r. the diet of school
children is urged by members of the
Colorado Public Health Association
which has launched a campaign to
raise $l5O.OOO in December by the
sale of Red Cross Christmas seals to
extend its work during the coming
year. The association has started q
Modern Health Crusade for child
rem which has been taken up in schools
in IS counties of the state with .
membership of $4,000 youngsters. 1t
is teaching children the value Of
healthful. cleanly habits and has won
the heartiest endorsement not only
from Mrs. Mary C. c. Bradford, state
superintendent of schools but also
from the National Educational As
sociation with membership Of %O0,-
600 teachers. The association also
is cooperating with the government
authorities in health educational
campaign in the state.
The pamphlet which is being dis
tributed by the state health associ-
alton has been gotten up with attrac-
tive little drawings to illustrate the
good advice which it contains. A pert
little brownie riding on the back Of
turtle points the maxim: Every
one who would have good digestion
must eat slowly and masticate his
food thoroughly" A breathless little
boy rushing out of his home on the
way to school demonstrates the "the
child who bolts his midday meal and
then rushes back to school can neither
work nor digest properly
1.-The conservation of the health o.
the child is more important than the
conservation of food" is the conclud-
ing advice. Every child should have
at least one pint of milk day either
to drink or in his food. He should
drink plenty Of water between meals.
Children should not drink tea or
coffee at all.
""There should be plenty of bread
and cereals. particularly oatmeal and
whole-wheat breads. which should be
used freely. They are better for the
growing child than the white bread.
Children cannot be healthy and
strong unless they have plenty of
vegetables every day. Fresh vege-
tables are to be preferred but when
these are unobtainable, dried or can
ned vegetables should be given. Fruits
are necessary and should be given
every day if possible.
Fish may be substituted for meat
and eggs, even at high price, should
not be considered luxury. Milk,
vegetables and cereals are more neces-
sarv than meat and should be provid-
ed first
The pamphlet contains sample
summer diets and also sample win
ter diets for an entire week for child
rem from to II years. Complete
and appropriate menus for three meals
daily are given.