Show Your Baby and Mine By MYRTLE IY MEYER ELDRED PENNIES MUST WORK lARD HARD IN IN I ECONOMIC CRISIS I In these days of rigid economy andIn and In many cases ases of or actual destitution we should give consideration to the lowest lowest low low- est priced d diets ets consistent with wih liv liv- lv- lv ing It I is easy enough when money is plentiful to live lve up to our traditional tonal standards of or meat potatoes vegetables salads and desserts ts and any food which fits fis naturally into these groups is just about as good as any other for lor the purpose But when there is no money for meat no money for lor dessert when salads sal sale salads ads are arc unthinkable luxuries and yet children must be provided ded not only with wih filling foods but with wih foods that will wi what sustain the body in health then THE TiE APPORTIONMENT lENT lENTI I have just been read reading ins an interesting interesting inter inter- esting lea leaflet et written by Henry C C Sherman professor protessor of chemistry of or Columbia university on the subject of or Emer Emergency ency Nutrition He in turn borrows from Irom Miss Lucy Giet who iho as superintendent of ot the nutrition bureau bureau bu bu- bu reau of the Association for Cor Improving ing the Condition of the Poor has formulated formulated for for- a plan for lor buying food It I Isher is isher isher her suggestion that the money for lor food be divided into fifths That is i if i there is even as little as one dollar dolar a day to be spent for food 20 cents cent of that dollar dolar should be spent for milk mik and cheese 20 cents for vegetables and fruits 20 cents cent for meat fish or ore e eggs gs 20 cents cent for tor bread and cereals 20 cents cent for tor fats lat sugar and other groceries gro gro- ceries L I The lower the tle amount of money available for food the more emphasis there should be upon milk mik and cheese cereals or breads and vegetables and fruits ruit We can temporarily dispense I with wih meat fish e eggs gs and sugars and yet sustain life and provide adequate nutrition CAREFUL MARKETING There is an art in getting the most nutrition for the least money and that lies les largely in the ability to choose cheap filling foods that supply the bodily necessities If I the mother of the family has to figure every penny I her choices should be made amon among the following foods for daily daiy tion ton Milk Mik and cheese oatmeal or cracked wheat she may buy cracked wheat at a feed store potatoes and bread dried peas and beans dried prunes and apricots and for the fresh foods which are arc so essential to bodily health she may choose canned tomatoes tomatoes toma toma- toes cabbage or raw carrots carrot These last three will wi all aU supply an adequate measure of or an essential vitamin In such emer emergencies as now face many families it i seems more than ever necessary that the meager sums allowed al al- al lowed for tor food be e expended ended wisely Bread and milk mik still sti remain the staffs of ot life which with wih some vegetables can temporarily sustain sustin life and prevent prevent pre pre- vent the disastrous effects of ot poorly selected foods During an economic crisis when there are many reduced to such a state a penny must do its it duty and do it well Tomorrow Frilly Bab Baby Garments Garment Tempt Mothers Iother 0 I |