The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-06-01
FOOD AND INDUSTRIAL WORKERS

Food, SO far as the vast majority OF
women industrial workers are con-
cerned, means lunch" say the U. 8
Public Health Service. What they
a in the morning and in the
eveing depends very largely on con-
ditions over which some other woman
has control. Taken as a whole they
have very little choice.
About the only rule that can be
laid down is to a something and not
to rush to work without eating any
thing. Hundreds Of working women,
mostly young girls, do this nearly
every day. No boy would do 1t twice;
he would have his breakfast or move.
And in this particular, at least, girls
would do well to initiate him.
At lunch, however, they may bring
. cold lunch with them, have a luke
warm lunch brought to them, go
home for a lunch or dinner, or eat
In the cafeteria.
A brought" lunch must be eaten
somewhere. In some places and I'M
der some circumstances 1t can be eat
en- out Of doors comfortably, without
being contaminated by flies or dust.
Generally, however, 1t must be eaten
indoors, either in a room set aside
for this and other purposes (such as
~recreation) or in the work-room. To
eat in the recreation oom interferes
with it's use by those for whose bene-
fit it was set aside. To eat in the
work-room prevents the complete air.
ing that is SO important after several
hours Of occupation; it interferes
with the sweeping Of the dust that
has accumulated in the morning
hours and that unless removed, will
continue with accumulation) to be
breathed all afternoon; it exposes the
food to dust that settles fast when the
air is comparatively quiet and is al
ways unwholesome and often danger
Gus, to the disease germs with which
the air is laden, and to flies, which
stay after the lunch is cleared away.
These dangers are not imaginary.
The weight of evidence now seems to
indicate that tuberculosis (for in
stance) is often a hand to mouth"
disease and is carried to the lungs
by way of the stomach as well as by
the breath. This is particularly true
of forms of tuberculosis other than
that affecting the lungs but may also
be true of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Eating in a modern factory cafeter-
ia or in a clean restaurant Is usually
much the most wholesome way Of
getting lunch though of ours much
of it's advantage may be lost by I'M
wise choice of food. A plant cafaterfa
is usually well ventilated Cat the be-
ginning of the meal, anyway, is free
from dust, and is screened more or
less effectively against flies. The
food is commonly clean and well cook
ed. Finally, to go to a cafeteria in
duces most people to wash their
hands; it promotes fellowship; It
gives valuable recreation and 1t
tends to make one cheerful.
AS for food-well, one imortant
thing is to avoid the things n gets
at home. Home cooking tends to
sameness and nearly always lacks
some element that it ought to have.
Duy SOllttilhS III III u a SSh-
eral thing hot food is best.
Meat for sedentary workers is in
advisable at lunch, unless lunch is
really dinner; meat once a day is us
ually enough for most people. Fruit
vegetables and salads are excellent.
Pies, cream puffs, cellars, etc, are all
right in their place but should never
be allowed to take the place of better
foods. Sweets drug the appetite for
a time but leave one hungry and Of
ten feeling faint before the day is
over. A bowl of soup with crackers
or bread costs about what a piece of
pie and a cup of coffee does; but SOUP
properly made and eaten with bread
and butter will sustain and the other
will not. The pie satisfies more quick
ly; but those who chat with somebody
while they eat land therefore eat
slowly are likely to find that the
soup has satisfied them by the time
they get through; and they are prac-
tically certain to find themselves bet
ter satisfied an hour later than if they
had spent the same money for frothy
m%eringues.
Tor further Information write to
the Surgeon General, U. S. Health
Sor'ice, Washington. D. C. for reprint
ga: Malnutrition in children, etc.
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