| Show I Ii i f Health F- F FV V t JaV N I 9 ByJ By Lulu ulu Hunt Pet P I I V t f 1 d K 8 I ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS FOOTBALL ASPIRANTS Dear Doctor I have five littleboy littleboy little boy hoy friends whose greatest amb ambitions ambitions am am- b are to be players on the high school football team but who are so soI I much underweight and undersized I that there isn't a ghost of ot a chance of ot realizing those ambitions unless them can improve They have asked me to write and ask you for a list of ot eats that will help them to grow faster They sa say that you know what people I should eat to get thin so BO you surely will know what is good to make small boys grow If It you you can help them out you I I will surely gain their undying gratitude grat- grat tude Miss Miss P. P I Dear Boys Yes you ou bet I do do I know just what's good t to make small boys grow and small girls too First thing you must do is to have your mother or guardian take you to a physician and give you a good eX examination to tie be sure that you haven't some trouble that is keeping you OU underweight and un un- un- un For instance if you OU have havo bad teeth or bad tonsils and andI I adenoids they would have to be beI attended to to wouldn't they I Second you you have to eat a a. lot of oft t II I I I I I i I j the growth foods Do you Jou know what they are You know how fast the little calf calt grows and what its iti it food Is Of Ot course Im I'm not sa saying you jou are little calves oh ob hear no but the same food that is good for or them Is good for you and you should have a lot of ot It At least leat four tour glasses a day or perhaps more but you must not take fio o much that it doesn't leave room for lots of other good things thIngs for for Instance a II good big dish of or oatmeal have your mother cook it with milk instead of ot water with some cream on it It with your breakfast lots of whole wheat bread and butter one or two a day some nuts and a small piece of ot meat and fish if It you like these Then the vegetables and fruits Do you like spinach If It you OU dont don't you'll learn to wont won't you when I Itell Itell Itell tell you that It has a lot of the footballers footballer's makings making There are a alot alot alot lot of ot other greens green you can have too too beet beet tops lettuce and cabbage Cabbage especially raw cabbage with cream dressing dressing You like fruit I know You should have the amount of ot a whole cupful every day It is good to have ha havea haea a piece of fruit after your meals because it helps to clean the teeth You want to gain so you yon wont won't eat any candy or other sweets at atall atall all aU between meals because they will stuff your appetite so that you ou wont won't want your growth foods That's bad business But I wont won't be bo too stingy you stingy you can have some candy for your dessert If It you want to Ill I'll tell you ou what you can have between meals meals meals-a a glass of milk or orange juice or some other fruit Have Ha lots of ot water between meals too You may have a little at meals but not much Dont Don't use It to wash your food down You have to chew your food thoroughly to exercise your teeth You may have to grit em when you play football Now ow about your sleep You should be In bed by or 9 o'clock boys every night because you OU have to have of sleep No movies Ifor for you Jou In the evenings if you are going to do any moving In a a. football football foot foot- ball ban game If you are very much I underweight you had better have havea a rest period in the afternoon for foran foran an hour Dont Don't tire yourselves ourselves too much because that takes away your appetite You have a good soap and hot water scrub all nil over every day dont don't you That keeps your our skin in fine lne condition and makes yr feel eel dand dandy You can rinse off oft in cold at water r If you ou feel good after after- ward Do rite me me boys bos and let me know how much much you ou gain Tomorrow Tomorrow Answers Answers to corre corre- |
