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Show l : ; I MILK The Life-giving Fluid with Its miraculous power in build up the system, Invigorate, heal infirmities, in-firmities, and cure well nigh all ills that human flesh is hoir to, has been, In BUbJecl i Bpng and poetry since iho world began. Milk was tho panacea pana-cea of ancient days, for other cures were scarcely then known. Canaan, the promised land of the Hebrews, was said to flow with milk and homy; and Ovid, the famous bard of the haughty Romans, gave it only second place to nectar, the drink fit but for the gods. Probablj one of the first secrrds the ancients discovered in a tini verse of wonders, was that milk was a tremendous factor in building up and in maintaining heal i h Even they recognized it as Nature's most potent ally. Through the ages milk has been the great builder of sturdy races, li has come to the aid of the ailing and the weak, and it has made or them nu ll and women fit in fare hardships in the world, and it has added years In their lives .Milk does not cute, as medicines have been supposed to cure -by magic All sensible people know thai drugs and external influences do not always cure. Nature cures. The body cures itself, provided helplul conditions prevad. giving the opportunity for solf-readjusi ok d I And here Ues the secret of the miracle of milk. Milk is a builder if tissue and an enemy of physical ills, because, more than any olher food, it furnish S elements which are needed to make new blood Milk Is undoubtedly more easily digested than any other food It Is more nearly akin to blood. It is quickly absorbed into the circulation and becomes n part of the tissues of the body; and the expenditure Of I COnsiderabl less energy is required for this than to bring about ihe Chemical changes essential in preparing the ordinary foods for use in the human tissues The physical changes that can be brought aboul through the use of I milk within a short period, would be considered unbelievable by the aver- individual; It you are "rundown," and should tdumble upon a way to gain one or two pounds a wetk, you would feel that you had made a marvelous discovery. But when we say that this is only a fair average for those who have experienced the miracle of milk, we nre not in any way overstating tho facts (if course, m the case of those who are in extreme need of additional flesh, and who have been poorly nourished, the effect of milk is almost unbelievable in building up tissues and in ridding ihe system of Impurities, Im-purities, which latter are often responsible for tho majority of ills to which the human body is subject By Bemaar Macfadderi, "rather of Physical Culture." I - 1 |