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Show li KITCHEN! CABINET ! u . ... J Q. ltll. W.tt.rn N.wip.p.r Union.) Btrength of character Is aot mere strength of feeling; It is the reao-lute reao-lute reetralnt of atrong failing-. It U unyielding realatanee to whatever what-ever would dliconocrt Ua from without or unaattla us from within. Dlckana. FOOD MEASUREMENTS As a calorlo ts tho food measurement measure-ment for tho amount of heat or energy which our food yields Swhen burned or consumed con-sumed by our bodies, It should be as familiar n term as an Inch or a quart A calorie Is the amount of food heat It takes to raise the temperature tem-perature of a pound of water four degrees. Dietitians differ as to the amount of calorlM neodod dally by the adult To tnko the most conservative the amount ranges from twenty-five hundred hun-dred to thirty-seven hundred. An Inactive In-active woman will neod the minimum, an active out-of-door man will take thirty-seven hundred and more. We will accept these figures Just 4is we do the amount of material needed to make a dress or suit ; tut amount varies with the lzo of the Individual. It Is unnecessary for tho average person to accurately weigh bis food; we may learn a few standard calories or measurements meas-urements and very quickly learn to gauge the amount one should eat by training the eye. A calorie la the amount of heat produced pro-duced when food Is nsed or burned by the body. It to a measure an inch, a pint or any simple kind of measure. Xoat as the trained fireman knows just how much a given amount of coal will produce In beat or steam pressure, so our bodies, being engines will give off beat and energy measured meas-ured by calories. A calorie measure of heat will raise a pound of watoi four degrees F. or lift ono ton ol weight one and one-half feet From the above list one may choose a breakfast giving eight hundred to a thousand calories. In considering the amount of food needed for tho body we must remember remem-ber to lay by a surplus for lighting disease, as reserve and resistance of the body to snddon attacks Is vory Important A oystem weakened through underfeeding If attacked by typhoid or pnoumonla Is almost sure |