Show SCHOOL CHILDREN SHOULD BE GIVEN WARM LUNCHEON all schools school should furnish at cost a hot n nutritious u dish it at noontime to all school PhIll reu who wag a cold lun ebbon to schools whether they are un de der weight or of normal weight ac ne cording to a letter suit out to all school by dr b L 0 gowana state late al director rector of health in the depart of public instruction the letter folio col low As e one jt if the first thia thir s to emerge as a rit of our physical examina tiona will ill be the information of weight height and age we shall die dis cover a large numb r of hildren un der waight aftin the health super visor has segregated the cards ot of those who are at least 7 per cent under weight well it t there are some definite things to bo be done to correct the malnutrition of these children three things should be doue done first firt invite the n mother others of under w weight eight children to a attend i tend a n class whore where instruction will bo be gian n in tho the essen bials of the science of nutrition this instruction to be furnished by your own I 1 homo I 1 ome economics react er or some public spirited woman of the dietrict district who can be interested and who know knows the problem second furnish at cost a hot nu 1111 t inious tilt ious dish at noontime to all chil dren who bring a cold luncheon to school whether they are under weight or not I 1 third furnish at coat cost to every underweight chill chit I 1 a feed ing of whole milk and graham crack ers this meal to consist of a half pint of whole milk ar I 1 a few crackers for each child such a feed ing involves no preparation of food since the milk can in most case be de do livered 1 in half pint sealed settled bottles battles and all that is then necessary 3 is to shan and unseal the bottles and furnish each child with a straw from front which to flip sip the milk an ite he slowly eats the crackers cracker if milk bottles are not in use the home economics teacher should devise a sulta olo method there is little use in our discover ing underweight children unless we at once and in the most scientific manner attack the problem of course there must be tact in approaching parents and wisdom used to secure their sym pat pathetic hetle eo operation cooperation just as soon asdour weighing ing and ash measuring have ave been completed please send to this office tho the following in formation 1 the total number of children weighed and measured 2 the number of children under weight for ago age and height 3 the number of children 7 per cent or more under weight 00 every lvery man knows when hes wit told the line is busy thai tha it is the op era tore fault it is no disgrace to be poor but ita its nothing to brag about unless youre running for office nobody ia Is independent ant an I 1 the one that most loudly proclaims his lit inde pen dence has the stoutest leading string there ie is nothing new under the eun sun there is in now a elang slang expression boboly home dignify signify ing that the 00 0 whom it refers ia Is witless dull has hollow head yet alexander pole who died years ago brott thia this couplet you beat your pate and fancy wit will come knock as you rou please theres nobody home mon consider it a great trial to bo be forced to beavo daily but women wash dishes three times a day |