The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-26

only, and then only through
his column.
feel strongly that the idea con-
tanned in the title has q message
for Americans today which l
would like 70 bring 10 the Coun-
eillors Of the nation in Washing
ton, ID. c.
Apparently the first thing any
body who is appointed TO any kind
Of position in Washington says
to himself is:
NOW the American people are
doing things all wrong. What can
! say TO scare them, so they will
do things my way?"
IL never seems TO occur TO one
OF these mighty intellects TO say:
Things look TO be getting along
pretty well considering everything.
I'm going out and buck up the
American people and give them
some encouragement"
They have scared US about the
japanese in the Pacific. They have
scared US about the Germans in
South America. They have scared
us about the collapse of Great
Britain. They have scared us be-
cause we do not have enough man
ganese or tungsten.
Nutritional Scare
The eminent DR.. McNutt de-
cided in his capacity as Director
Of Public Hygiene and National
Nutrition to scare the pants of
everybody by telling them that 90
million Americans don't know how
to eat.
| have a letter from a lady who
has just been made United States
Assistant Director of Civilian De-
Tense in Charge of National Phys
ical Training for Women. She
wrote me for advice and her only
idea was that she wouldn't have
been appointed to that position if
things were all right, so what can
she scare up to scare the women
about on the subject Of health?
Well, | am getting little tired
Of all this. | do not know much
about the Germans and the Jap
anese. but do know about Nation
al Nutrition and | know most Of
the scares thrown into us on the
basis Of undernutrition are with
out scientific foundation. The vast
majority Of Americans are eating
very well, getting enough TO eat,
and they don't need to take a post
graduate course in nutritlonal sci-
ence to remain that way.
Healthful Good Eating
People see me in a restaurant
and say, why, what are you
eating? You don't practice what
you preach" They don't know
what | preach. If you eat what
YOU can select in an American gro
Gerry store or an American restau-
rant, you will be eating perfectly
scientifically three times day.
Like Mother used to make" Is
very good rule Of diet. Mother
was a splendid nutritionist and
she was plenty scientific. The boys
that Mother turned out from her
table did pretty well in the world
even though they didn't know
whether they were full of a whole
alphabet of vitamins.
Long before | had ever heard Of
dietetics, | ate what my appetite
dictated, have continued to do so
and l am perfectly healthy at the
age Of ffty-seven. My wife has
always eaten the way she wanted
to and she is perfectly healthy at
the age of-well, the age of ma
turity. Ny mother never heard Of
vitamins or the stretching exer-
cises; she set a table we all en-
joyed, and she lived to be nearly
eighty years Of age and when my
father was seventy-five, he could
shovel more snow off the sidewalk
in an hour than most Of the Vita
min Boys could in a week.
So let's quit worrying so much
and have little more courage!
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
". D. S.:-"Please tell me what
should be done for geographic
tongue, which | have had for nine
or ten months
Answer: Geographic tongue is
the name given TO an eruption on
the. tongue which often follows a
contagious disease. The irregular
appearance of the eruption mas
been likened TO the outline Of n
map, hence the name. The rash
changes rapidly from day 10 day;
the cause is unknown and the only
treatment is 10 keep the tongue
as clean as possible. 1t Away,
disappears eventually.
can get through your club coffi
doris. You can't get to q banl
teller's window 70 cash a checl
for the interminable queues Of gov
eminent workers ahead Of you
cashing theirs. from Uncle Sam.
An occasional crowd isn't so bad
but it grows tiresome to be in. tn
midst of one all the while iron
lawn till dusk--with practically n
relief except the few hours yor
spend in bed, provided you can fin
an unnccunied bed.