The New York herald., 1922-07-23
BOYS PICKLE Diet
Wins HEALTH Prize
Frank La FasO, Mulberry
Center Champion, Kicks
Dietitians on Shins.
HE EATS EVERYTHING
And Sleeps With a Crowd of
Brothers and Sisters in
One Room.
FAMILY WAR IS AVERTED
Nurses End Exchange Of Com
pliments Growing Out of
Contest.
FAMILY WAR IS AvERTED

6enlamlnO ITlan0 COuIQnI unQer-
stand why Frank lie Faso. 293 Eliza
beth street, should have won the first
health prize for boys yesterday at the
Mulberry Health Center, 256 Mott
street. So when Frank arrived on
the street with the medal shining on
his four-and-a-half year-old chest
Ben, who Is five, made a rather neat
job Of chucking Frank into the gutter.
Mrs. Guilio Sula, Franks aunt.
failed to see humor in the situation
and said as much to Mrs. Triano. Mr..
Sula, the prize winners uncle. posi-
lively refuses to strike a woman. but
he did not hesitate to inform Rocco
Tommasulo. Beniamino's uncle, that It
was common knowledge in the old
country that the whole Triano-T Tom
masulo tribe at their best assayed
little below zero.
-Four brothers. half a dozen cousins
and q sidewalk full of aunts and un-
cles who had come to the health center
to see the magnificent Frank take first
in calliope tones by Mrs. Giulio Sula
Several tenements full Of Trtanos and
Tommasulos. not to mention such col
lateral branches of the family as the
DAng9los. Petraminis, Jacaninis. Spa
nellis and Centrones, gave three ringing
cheers for the non-prize winning Benz
amino Triano, and you are assured II
was very good thing that two OF the
nurses in the health center appeared
upon the pavement at that crucial mo-
ment.
Nurses Avert Connict.
The nurses had large boxes Of soap,
toothpaste with an elegant odor, PAM
pifets and something or other in blue pa
per. They announced that these delights
were to be given away-frst come first
served. The vendetta was off. The Tri-
amos. the La Fasos. the Tommasulos,
the Sulases and all the collaterals fell
upon the nurses and few moments
later were sauntering of for Elizabeth
street. arm in arm. swearing great oaths
of interfamily fcalty and assuring each
other that an insult to La Faso means
swift reprisals from the Trianos and
vice versa.
And that gave a NEW YORK HERALD
reporter opportunity to interview Mrs.
A<d II dSo IcSdTulHS TIC SYSTEM Sne EN-
ployed to fetch her Frank to such a
point of perfection as to walk away with
the first prize offered by the Association
for Improving the Condition Of the Poor
for the healthiest kid Of less than six
In the twenty-nine city blocks minis
tered to from the Mulberry Health Cen
ter. Frank had 900 competitors for the
prize.
What does he eatr' Mrs. La Faso
was asked
"Evr'ting. Francisco. taal heem what
you like"
"Peekle." said Frank.
Wat else." pursued Mrs. La Faso.
"Cocoanut, pceHle. watermelon, lick
peekle. soda water" enumerated Frank.
Wat you like heem best?"
"Peekle."
Frank has Tom Sharkey chest and
the lungs Of a Joe Humphreys. Also he
has six or eight brothers and sisters.
He looks as though large quantities of
fresh air were wont to percolate through
his system. But inasmuch as the La
Faso flat at 293 Elizabeth street Is no
hanging gardens, Mrs. La Faso was
asked how she managed to keep Frank
supplied with plenty OF air.
PLAINLY air?" she repeated. Sure.
And plainly brother and seester and
cocsin. Plainly company for heem in
hees bed all night. Plainly. maybe three
or four in hees bed wit heem. Good
for heem. PLAINLY air. Sure!'
No Time to BE Sick.
HAS he ever been sick?"
For wy seek? He no got time to be
seek. He play all day SO not got time to
be seek. Once when he is two year old,
maybe. he eat four. five peekle and fine
pain in his belly. say four. five peekle
too much for two years old Maybe two,
three peekle. but better ice cream. but
not much cocoanut and peekle. But he
not seek again. taal you. I geev heem
dam good licking"
But inasmuch as he Is almost five
now and won the first prize for health,
Frank was permitted to man a mere
snack of three extra large and extra
green pickles, two Ice cream sodas. four
bananas. a few peaches and chunk of
cocoanut. We leave him thus kicking the
shins Of all the baby specialists In New
York and proceed to tell that Ernesto
Gallano, 131 Mott street. four and half
years old. took the second prize for boys
The first prize for girls was awarded
to Rosa Slafaini. "a Elizabeth street,
five years old.
There may be something moro beau
timul than Rosa Slafaini. We have not
seen everything. But II Rosa Is ever
matched for beauty against the world
place a good bet on her chances of win
ming. Angelina Tallagreno. 100 Mott
street. took the second prize for girls.
Miss Clara p. Price, registered
nurse. Is supervisor Of the health center.
and she directed the examinations and
the awards
They're wonderful" said Miss Price,
"and you don't have to add the usual
for tenement children When you
think OF the specialists. the trained
nurses Of the rich and then come down
here and see these splendid physical
specimens before you, you are compelled
to do lot OF hard thinking. These
children have nothing but health. They
sleep six, seven and eight in a room
sometimes. Their food Is what they
make II. They do eat lots of fruit.
Maybe that accounts for II. But nobody
has given me a scientific analysis OF
the reasons for such health in such un-
sanitary conditions"