The Washington times., 1922-07-02
By DIR. w. HUTCEiINSO
ointment Physicta Health Are Widely ReadJ
Health Habits Can BE Masked Under Forms Of Gusades Leagues and
Other Gang Methods with Slogan to BE Foowed-Sleep and
Good Food in Plenty Best Plan to Keep Our Future Citizens Trim
OMEaShioned Regularity Hours Thrown Into Discard.

stay up that much later In the
evening. play until dusk and get
full value IN sleep when he does
60 to bed.
Moreover. there In no advantage
in prying him out Of bed early in
the morning. Just as our elderly
requirements for sleep have been
satisfied. Let him slumber on for
an hour or DO. He needs 1t or he
wouldn't be taking 1t.
For life is not just q matter Of
existence to him as It is to US
adults. He has to grow as we'll as
live. and the process requires vast
amounts Of additional energy.
Children use their powers dur
ing the day. but they grow ana
develop new powers during sleep.
CAN'T SLEEP TOO MUCH.
Once your child is playing
enough and sleeping enough. and
he can hardly sleep too much, the
other item necessary for his ut
most extension and expansion in
all four OF Einstein's dimensions
IL food. and not only plenty Of It.
but plenty of variety.
AZ usual his instincts are with
US. milk. butter. eggs. fresh fruits.
fresh vegetables. bread with some
meat, ice cream. cookies, all Of the
best quality. form the ideal sum-
mer diet for children and for
grownups as well.
AZ usual, 1t IL the most
"straightforward" foods, having a
high caloric or fuel value in sim.
pie and easily disestible form. that
are best. Also It In the worst
possible place to try and economixe
In either quality or quantity.
Al ono father Of q family con-
cisely put It: I'D rather pay
grocers' bills than doctors bills"
and a glimpse at his Six children
showed beyond all possibility Of
doubt that his theory had worked
out In practice.
The value Of milk. butter and
eggs Is 30 unquestioned that no
elaboration II necessary except
perhaps to mention some recent
findingS which have even moro
firmly ciinched our previous liking
for these old friends.
FAMOUS vITAMINs.
These have to do with the new
found but already world famous
vitamins, whose name is on every
body's lips. but whose precise ma
ture Is still unknown. The latest
and most popular game in dietetics
is 'Vitamin. vitamin, who's got
the vitaminr'
No chemical analysis has yet
been able to reveal their compost.
ton. but the effects Of their alb
sence are marked and unmIstak-
able. You never miss the vigor
till the vitamins run dry" but
then you find out where you're
At" In quick time.
One OF them. the growth vitamin,
officially known as fat-soluble Wit
amin A, which is found in rather
a scattered group Of foods. butter.
eggs Uollt) and milk, spinach,
tomatoes. alfalfa and the darling
friend Of our childhood, cod liver
oil. controls stature with an iron
hand.
Let It be removed from the diet
Of young animals and growth Is
promptly checked. Olive oil, pea
nut oil. suet and lard, though ex-
cellent for their fat fuel, are almost
wholly lacking In this all impor-
tant element.
And don't you remember how
we used to loathe fat meat and
cold bacon and suet-and oils of any
sort. while we simply dotted on
butter and cream7
Margarine. lard and the suets Of
beef and mutton are not half so
good for children as butter and
cream. and very apt to be hard
to digest In their little stomachs.
HELP FOR RICKETS.
Another sceptsr that 10 welded
by this magician In the invisible
cloak or a twin fat" Utamin IL
control over an ailment all too
common In tho crowded districts
Of our great cities. namely. ricketts,.
resulting in what Ii known popu.
larry as bow legs" or handy
shins," or softening Of tho bones.
Nor is this the limit Of their
power. Continual shortage Of vita
minis may lead to distressing de.
generation and shriveling of the
cornoa of tho eye or watch glass;"
called xeropthaimia (Greek for
dry eys'D. which, II unchecked.
may even result In ciouding Of the
glass" and blindness,
Thus q diet rich In substances
which are In themselves Of great
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