Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-30
MISS M. GRACE GODFREY
On Summer Nutrition

A CAREFUL watching Of the food habits
"A of children, and of their elders as we'll,
Is essential to health and comfort in the hot
weather says Miss NJ. Grace Godfrey, one
of'the foremost authorities in the country
in the teaching of nutrition and home man
agcmcnt.
During the hot weather" says Miss
Godfrey lit is always a matter for much
thought as to how children can live healt
fully and have the comfort which is their
right If this problem be correctly solved
by the parents, much of the terror OF the
hot term vaniShcS.
"The first and principal consideration is
to feed the children saney. This does not
necessarily mean that a different. type of
food should b. used from that which Is GUS
tomars in the cooler weather. but that the
food habits of the little ones should be care
fully watched
The matter of the dress Of the child in
the hot weather is also Of the first impor-
tance. The mother should see to 1t that
the clothing of the children is cool and that
they are dressed in perfectly comfortable
manner. Children are easily affected by the
temperature and therefore this is a matter
Of Importance, because if the child is not
physically comfortable it will not long re-
main in good health.
I'm the matter of food. II first Of all should
always be both fresh and thoroughly clean.
This is really of more importance than the
actual ingredients Of the food, which do not
vary greatly with the changing seasons.
The Use Of Ice Cream
ice cream is always a valuable food for
summer, provided, and always provided, that
either il is made at home or the parents
know where it IS made and that the in
gradients arc pure. Ice cream Is peculiarly
susceptible to adulteration, and parents
should know the origin of every bit of it that
the children eat.
1T is also wise for the parents to know
where the children get all of the food which
they eat outside of their own home. The
open air stands at which food of various
kinds. but generally of the sweetmeat
variety. Is sold. and usually eaten in front
Of the stand, are not at all conducive to good
health for the children. not only on account
of the doubtful quality of the products sold,
but for the reason that the sanitation of the
dishes leaves much to be desired. If the
child is given plenty of cool and pure food
at it's own home. it is not likely to eat much
outside. and therefore much of this risk Is
eliminated.
The candy habit is also generally per-
nirious one, and though it does not always
result in illness. still the risk of il is ever
present. This is not because candy in itself
is harmful. because II is not, and for that
matter the system demands certain amount
Of sweets: but the kind of candy which the
children bay should be known to the parents,
ms well as the place at which it is pur-
chased.
The Penny Giving Habit
This buying Of candy in miscellaneous
places is often the outcome of the habit of
parents of giving pennies to their children
and letting the children buy what and where
they will with them. This is always dan.
gcrous unless the parents know that the
pennies will ba spent for candy or some other
article to eat (which il generally isl in
thoroughly reputable place whore candies
Of the unadultprated kind are sold.
"A child is more SuSCCIt ible to attacks Of
disease in the summer than at the other
seasons of the year because during the hot
weather the power Of resistance t. disease Is
lcsscnpd. For this reason the food and the
more carefully watched during this time
than at any other. The same thing I'm
lesser degree applies TO older persons as
well.
"Imring the hot weather II il important
that the childrcn's sleep be not interruptcd
for any reason
Personal Cleanliness
'Ihc matter uf personal cleanliness is
also ono tho Importance If which cannot be
over estimated either IN summer or winter
but more especially III III summer.
'The public bath houses, which most of
the larger American cities now have for
adults NS well as children. are a great stcp
forward in rh" dircctor of personal rcumli-
ncs~ and from the wav in which they are
used it is evident that the former conditions
we're due rather to lack Of opportunity than
to inclination
"A good many persons think that a diet
radically different In Its ingredients from
that used IN the cooler weather should be
adopted IN summer. This, however, H. net
the case to a very great degree, because thcs.
do not vary greatly during the different seq
son. Of the year,
"Iu the summer however. fresh faults
end tr">h vegetables should be used iu the
greatest extent possible. II In the time -
the year when they are the most readily