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Show LECTURE GIVEN ON ECONOMY AT - THE U. A. C. Americans eat too much of too little variety, in the opinion of Miss Alice Ravenhlll, professor of home economics of the Utah Agricultural College who made a vigorous appeal for wise eating at a large conjoint BesBton of the Farmers Round-Up and Housekeepers Conference in Logan Tuesday. afternoon. "We must apply more common sense to our diet," declared Miss Ravenhlll. "The average person does not take Into account the fact that the seasons should Influence bis dally food or that the amount of food needed. Winter calls for foods stored with a wealth of' heat such as meats and fatsf either oil or vegetable, vege-table, while in summer we should decrease our heavier foods and la-crease la-crease the amount of fruit and vegetables. vege-tables. Young women hardly consider themselves unatrlotlo when they wear low neck dresses and aet sleeves, but they' undoubtedly are because, as, the amount of clothing Is decreased, theneed for food Is Increased.,, In-creased.,, JBIgbty per cent af the food we.eoasume Is used to geaerate heat, a aaythlag that wo caa to eeaeem? taaadyheat will dMrWMy reduce the ameuat of food seeded. This dooajart ,moaa eaat we should aver heat 'our bodice with aaperfla-ous aaperfla-ous nothing or get our homes too hot. In fact, fuel conservatloa demands de-mands that we save fuel. Most American Am-erican homes are overheated: Exhaustive Ex-haustive experiments Have shown that the human body and mind work beat at a temperature of sixty-eight degrees Fahrenheit, yet few home show a temperature of less than seventy sev-enty degrees. "Lack of variety In our food Is an actual menace to our health. Dr. Lusk, Federal food expert, declares that the too limited diet of this country threatens our national health. The Yellow Peril assumes an even more menacing aspect when the food situation is considered. So varied haa been the diet of the Chinese Chi-nese for centuries that they can adapt ad-apt themselves readily to any country, coun-try, North or South. "The food conservation problem la not a problem for women only. 'The men must assume their part of the responsibility also. Food lost in the narvesi, spouea in transit, wasiea in distribution all affects the conservation conserva-tion problem." 1 Miss Jean Cox discussed the question ques-tion of food values at the conjoint session. Declaring, that every child under eight should have at least a quart of whole milk each day, ahe atated thai National Food Administrator Adminis-trator Hoover haa aald that no family fam-ily , needs to buy any meat, until it haa utilised at least four quarts of whole milk. The lecture waa Illustrated Illus-trated by varloua war bread demon-atratloas. |