The Bozeman courier., 1927-04-08
OUR WOMEN--Ge1,itls Depends
on Diet, Says Head of Economics
Department of the State University

naked skin should be exposed to the direct |
rays Of the sun-nOt through glass.
Vitamin A is necessary for growth. When |
absent from the diet, often eye tr0uDIes |
| follow. This vitamin is FOUND IN coz HVer
oil, and in the glandular organs or anlmals. /
Tt is present in egg yOlk and butter IaC' |
tomatoes, in green leafy vegetables, ana 20
a certain extent in yellow plant fOOds, IKE
carrots, sweet potatoes, yellow turnlps ana
yellow corn meal, and is not destroyed by |
ordinary cooking or canning, nor by aclus
and alkalies.
This vitamin is found in all natural foods,
but not in fats, oils, sugar, polished rice,
or highly milled cereals, etc. 1t is not
destroyed by ordinary cooking. 1t is de-
strOyed by heating in the presence OF
dilute alkalies, as adding soda while COOK
ing cereals, fruits or vegetables
The lack of vitamin causes scurvy. 1t
is found in all fresh uncOOked vegetables
and fruits, and abundantly in tomatoes
and citrus fruits. Canning does not IN
jure these If used soon after opening: a
child should eat some fresh, uncOOked fruit
or vegetable daily.
Vitamin ID is that which prevents rickets;
1t aids in the assimilation OF lime ana
phosphorus and is of great value in infant
feeding 1t is found chiefly in cod liver oil
and the liver oil of few other hsh, ana
likewise in egg yOlk and fresh green al.
falfa. With regard to the latter, Miss Platt
does not apparently advise alfalfa feeding
turning the children out to pasture, so to
speak, although it might be economical In
! DR.. McCollum, of Johns Hopkins, is cited
! as stating that for protective diet,
child needs one quart Of milk day, one
serving of a leafy vegetable as spinach,
: beet tops, tuFnip tops, cabbage kale, cauli-
: flower, brussels sprouts, chards ETC., TWO
servings of an uncOOked vegetable as eel
. cry. lettuce, tomatoes, onions, endive, cab
bage, etc. Do not economic on these foods,
is Miss Platt's advice to those who have
! charge of children's diet.
Too much emphasis cannot be laid on
v Of pbf1drnn'G
q pends their present and future health, and
e quite likely their success in life. Most
y successful men have been OF strOng
e physique and capable of the great endur-
: ance necessary in the struggles of business
- life.
S lists to the proper nutrition of children
5, than to that of adults. Miss Platt is of
Il the opinion that many of the degeneratiVe
o ! processes connected with age can be pre-
e vented by the right kind of diet. Already,
e by attention to hYgienic rules with regard
k to exercise and diet, the expectation Of
Z longer life has been increased.
5, Montana women are not lacking in cOur-
$. age, as was demonstrated not long since in
q Butte, when two young women who were
k attacked by a bandit, and a remarkably
q handsome one at that, retained their pres
IT ence of mind sufficiently to Outwit him, re-
Fl gain their money, and put him to flight.
These two women, Mrs. A. II. Thomas
and Mrs. Edith Crosse, were walking along
Harrison avenue, on their way to a lodge
meeting. AS they neared the viaduct, a maj
descended, and ordered them to put III
their hands, Mrs. Crosse gave him he
purse without waiting to be searched. Al
he was about to take it, Mrs Thomas eX
claimed, Il know this fellOw!' With this
Mrs. Crosse. grabbed her purse, and tn
two women almost succeeded in taking
away his gun. Then, the purse regained
the women calmly resumed their walk
They heard a couple of shots fired, but n
sound of bullets in their vicinity, and Ol
looking back, saw the bandit going in tn
opposite direction.
When she gave the man her purse, Mrs
Crosse thought it contained but four dol
lars On opening the purse later, she wa
surprised to find in it twenty nine dollars
Neither of the women told their story unit
they reached the lodge room, when officer
j were informed. The wOUld-be rObber wOr
a mask, which did not prevent Mrs. ThOma
from recognizing him, as she had see
him several times at a skating rink
It will be a relief for women to lear
that their present mode Of dress, which
so severely criticized, is due to no fault &
theirs. In this instance the advice shOul
he seek the man" for 1t is now elaine
women dress as they do because the me
wish them to do so. On account of thi
. peculiar taste of the dominant male, Ou
u women dress the upper part of their bOdie
in furS; cover their legs with gOsSam6
hose; balance themselves precariOusly o
ridiculOusly high heels; wear uncovered 10
shoes through mud and snow; and what
strangest of all, seem none the worse fl
it. Beware of getting your feet and ankle
wet" was the old warning. This adviC
is no longer given, yet women are said
be healthier now than ever before How {
scientists account for it? They don't. Mo
of them are men, and to them the 81
called weaker sex will always be an III
solved problem. Remember what Mr.
POySer said on hearing women charge
with being fools; "GOd made 'em to mate
the men," These may not be her eXa
words but they express her sentiment
III
Women have always been accused
being great takers. If this is true of theI
the present day women mean to have Il
command of choice language, as the Gel
eral Federation of Women s clubs has gOl
!, to studying the dictionary. They sugge
y the following pledge to be given in Il
opening exercises Of schools. This pledi
is:
81 love the United States of America.
81 love my cOuntry's flag.
81 love my cOuntry's language.
Il promise: 1) That I will not dishOn
my cOuntry's speech by leaving off Il
syllables of words; (2) that will say
good American yes and no in place of {
Indian grunt 'umhum, 'nopum' or a 70
eigD va, 'yeh,' and nope; (3) that 1 w
do my best to improve American spec,
by speaking pleasantly and sincerely; {
that l will try to make my cOuntry's la
guage beautiful for the many boys al
girls Of foreign nations who come here
This larger vocabulary may be desirab
and also the eradication of slang; but WI
, is to decide regarding the elimination
= addition Of the letter 'r in beginning
closing a word, or the doing away wi
4 New Englander, or the BaltimOrean! The
y are prOvincialisms which, with many Othe
must be done away with If our langua
is to be made beautiful DISCOURAGE
also, is the fact that the English hold th
we do not speak their language, which
certainly the truth, judging from tk