Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-02-06
A BUTTER SCOTCH BLESSING.

Some years ago l was persuaded to
try using butter substitute. | knew
little of food values and vitamines
had not been discovered. At least |
had never heard of them. Having no
interest in the dairy industry and a
great deal in my pocketbook, | put
a we'll known brand of oleomargarine
on our table.
Then | was introduced to the vi
tamines. In course of time / stumbled
upon an article about the different
vitamines that had at that time been
discovered, and their effect on living
organisms. | learned that while some
Of them were found in many different
kinds of food, others were more rare
and apt to be left out of the diet.
Among these last is vitamin A which
is found in butter.
This particular article was illus
trated with pictures of rats, one
group of which had been fed on oleo-
margarine and the other on butter
wish, dear people, that | could show
you that picture The rats were all
the same age but in one group they
were i'll favored, razor-backed and
slim bodied. Their brothers were twice
as big, plump, sleek and bright eyed.
| took a good look and went out and
bought some butter If a rat could
not live on oleomargarine, | wasn't
going to try!s
You parents who are building
bodies with the. fond hope that they
will endure for 10 years, take les
son from the builders of concrete
structures. A dishonest contractor
builds bridge. He finds where he
can save a bit here and bit there
by using cheaper materials. He thinks
no one will ever know as the bridge
looks like any other briuge. But the
years tell. When it has stood half,
a third, of the years it should have
endured it crumbles and lies in ruins.
Are you dishonest contractors Are
you willing to rob the bodies of your
children? You can not afford to leave
out one body building, health giving
vitamin from the food of the future
men and women intrusted to your care.
To face the demands of our complex
civilization, strong body and a good
brain is required How can you ex-.
pect to build them with inferior ma
terials?
And those of you who are older;
you need every ounce of energy you
can terminate in your bodies if you
are going to face the world with any
hope of victory. A mill running on
half power is not going to astonish
the world with its output. Many a
man is licked at his own dinner table
before he even enters the fight. Time
was when we thought that an egg
left out or a cup of water used in
place of cup of milk was so much
saved. We know better now. A body
filled is not always body fed. If
you must economic, leave out rich
desserts and eat fruit. You can get
along without pie and angel food
cake but your body will know 1T if
you short change it on milk and but
ter.
To go back to the vitamine content
of butter; you have no doubt read
that oleomargarine contains valuable
vitamines, too, but you will note that
they do not name them. Besides vi
famine A, butter contains vitamine
D, that all important sunshine vi
famine. These vitamines are also
found in cod liver oil but don't
mind telling you that like the taste
of butter better than cod liver oil
And one last word, don't, | beg,
adopt the slogan of a certain we'll
known tooth paste and buy silk
stockings with what you save on your
milk and butter bill.
C0NTRIRIITED