Evening journal., 1922-03-22
BAN CANDIES
BETWEEN MEALS
NutritioniStS of Opinion
That Practice is Harmful
to Health
CHILD WELFARE
ALSO DISCUSSED

Candy-eating between meals was
declared 10 be injurious by the Nu-
triton Conference which met in the
Office OF the Club Welfare Commits
sion yesterday. Dr. Albert Robin
brought the matter before the meet
ine and the conference went on rec
ord as decrying the said-to-be-harm-
fui practice.
In opening the meeting, c. A. Nc
cue. OF the agricultural extension
department OF the University OF Del
aware. set forth that the purposes
and aims OF the conference are to
secure better cooperation and CO.
ordination between the various agen-
cics doing nutrition work, and to try
to formulate program TO bring
about efficiency In that effort Della
ware
Those present were: Dean c..
A. McCue and Mss Kathryn
f. Woods OF the Afrcultural
Extenson Department Of the I'm
versty Of Delaware; Or. II. w.
Holloway. State Superintendent OF
Public Instruction. and Miss Jennie
r. Bear. state supervisor OF Home
Economics OF the State Department
OF Education; Miss L. " Clark and
Miss NJ f. Null. OF the Department
OF Home Economics. Women's Col
iege: Miss Caroline Robelen OF the
Delaware Chapter. American Red
Cross: DR.. Albert Robin, Medical
Director. and Miss NJ. r. McDon-
ough. OF the Delaware State Tuber-
culosis Commission; Mrs. A. d. War
ner, Chairman OF Education Com
mittee of the Wilmington New Cen
tury Club: Miss Marie r. Lockwood,
representing the Delaware State
Federation OF women's Clubs; and
DR. william j. French. Medical Di-
rector OF the Child Welfare Com
mission.
Miss Woods spoke OF the method
OF work which the Agricultural Ex-
tension Department wants 10 fol-
low They have three methods
which they want TO establish: C)
Publicity (2) A series OF 5 or
lessons on bodily needs and meal
planning, to be given to the women
Of the state, (3) Demonstration
classes with adults and children.
Miss Bear said that the work OF
the state Board OF Education was
preventive rather than curative, and
their work dealt only with High
school pupils. so that they scarcely
touched children under IA years OF
age. Miss Bear wants the work OF
the Home Economies teachers shift
ed 50 that all their time not spent In
working under the provisions Of the
Smith-Hughes law may be spen, In
teaching nutrition classes.
Tho nutrition work OF the Child
Welfare Commission was next out
lined by DR. French. The Commis-
sion holds six nutrition classes in CO.
operation with the Interstate Dairy
Council. Ave in Wilmington and one
in Dover. twenty children IN each
class. Each child r. given one pint
Of milk daily and Is weighed daily.
and demonstration classes are held
for mothers
Miss Bear suggested that dem
onstration Of what can be done In
nutrition work be held by all the
agencies present. concentrating .hsir
ferccs IN one particular place. DR..
Fren said that he was about 10
suggest the same thing himself. AM
went on % tell Of an actual dem
o7straflon o. this sort which was
very fucccesfui
DR. Robir asked that All chiiren
who were fubercuiar suspects he
given rhe fubercuiin test. and II .hey
r.ac.ft positively. that they be given
over entirely 70 the Tuberculosis
Commission FOR future care.
The work o. the Red Cross In pro-
tldinE hot lunches was given IN
brief outline By Miss Robelen. The
Red Cross has provided 2s schools
aifh fun equipment for hot lunches.
and helped others with their
EQuinme1t while 8 schools were
able 90 get their own. A prize e
oferef' % the child In each school
rh0 gains the most. The Red Cros.
foes not stop work a. giving out
not cocoa or soun. but inquiries into
Inc habits of the under-nourlshet ed
children and follows this up BY vlsiti
10 the homes.
Miss Clark said that the HON,
Economics Department OF IN,
Women's College had two objectives
!. To train teachers. and g To trair
home-makers. Miss Null supple
mented by telling OF the girls nutri
tion class held az the Newark Heaitl
Center. After learning the correc
theories in the college. the student
are able to secure practical exper
ience at the Center.
After an interesting discussion o
metheas Tor procedure. IL was vote
to make definite plans for a central
lied demonstration. DR.. Frenc
moved that The chair appoint a con
mitiee TO draft a plan. taking Int
consideration everything dlscusse
at tho conference. for a concentrate