Show New Series Starts By Kordel By KORDEL KOnDEL Installment One Mr U U. U awoke one morning morningto to a disturbing discover discovery A panicky feeling welled up from the corporation that had begun to bulge out below his belt He glanced across the breakfast table at Mrs Airs U. U Dismayed he realized for forthe forthe the Ute first time that the woman facing him was in the same unpleasant fix he now found himself He was getting old old old- and anel so was she Pushing aside his bowl of oC crunchy crackly cereal liberally liberally lib lib- era B sprinkled with refined sugar he lie laid down his slice of oC enriched while white bread toast His usual zest for breakfast was gone Why did people have to grow old so soon He was only 46 Look at old Joe Jenks who had lived on a neighboring farm when he was a boy Joe had got up before sunrise sun rise every morning did more work than the hired man ate heartily slept like a top took a young second wife and fooled the whole community by living hale and heart hearty well wen into his What was wrong W Why h y shouldn't men and women keep on looking and feeling young oung and alive past that momentous birthday No reason actually why everyone everyone ev ev- past 40 shouldn't look and feel young oung and vigorous Body od More lore Than Machine We often oCten speak of or the human human hu man body as a machine Yet actually your our body is ismore ismore ismore more than a machine machine its its it's an extremely complex laboratory laboratory labora labora- tor tory where intricate chemical reactions take place which no human chemist has ever been heen able to duplicate The awe inspiring thi thing n g about this mysterious body of oC yours is that when some mechanical mechanical mechanical me part breaks down under ideal conditions your chemical laboratory can rush quickly produced substances sub sub- substances stances to the spot that needs repairing in order that life liCe j may go on and the body's cf efficiency ef of- not be seriously im im- im- im l paired aired You'll notice I said that under ideal conditions the chemical laboratory in your our body can produce quickly those mending e c s needed to put injured or worn out body parts back in good working order What arc are those ideal conditions conditions condi condi- First certain t test e est s t tubes the endocrine glands must be in proper working order or or- der Second enough of a certain certain certain tain food element known as protein must be provided for forthe forthe forthe the body's chemical laboratory laboratory labora labora- tory not only to keep the glandular test tubes themselves themselves them them- selves up to par but also to rebuild constantly wearing out cells throughout your entire entire entire en en- tire body Oldsters Stay Star Young During my recent tour of or South America I met some remarkable oldsters with a talent for living long and vig vig- In Uruguay and Argentina Argentina Argentina Ar Ar- gentina I noticed an amazing amazing amazing ing number of older persons whose pep and stamina were nothing short of or miraculous compared to that of of the aver aver- ago age American at the same age On the other hand I had noticed that in the more tropical tropical trop trop- ical parts of or Brazil I had been singularly Impressed by bythe bythe bythe the lack of oC elderly persons to be seen on the streets A matter mailer of diet was my explanation remembering the starch high diets of oC tropical Brazil as compared to ta the meals I had noted bein being set before the Uruguayans in the city's splendid restaurants Plates containing liberal portions of meat roasted or broiled bowls generously heaped with green grcen salads dressed with olive oli oil and trays of oC temptingly arranged fresh fruits Abilities Belie Years In Ar Argentina entina on an estancia estancia estan estan- cia not far from Buenos BuenosAires BuenosAires BuenosAires Aires I r had a view v of those oldsters whose appearances appearances appearances ap ap- ap- ap and abilities belied their calendar years ears My host was a wealthy Ar Ar- educated in England England Eng Eng- land laneL whose cst estancia an cia was devoted devoted devoted de de- voted to raising blooded horses hors hors- es for racing and for lor polo His pastures extended for lor thousands of oC acres a and n d across them roamed large numbers of the finest horseflesh horseflesh horseflesh horse horse- flesh Ive I've ever seen and some of oC the youngest old Ill men en Youre to be commended for keeping on those older fellows I remarked to my host In my country they would long since have been replaced or pensioned off orr Not at all came his quick reply Im very ery lucky to have them They are the backbone of my estancia Most 1 of or them were with my grandfather My Iy worry is what I shall shaH do without them But that probably wont won't be for another ten years ears or so Before Belore leaving the estancia near neal Buenos Aires I took a ameal ameal ameal meal with Justino and the theother theother theother other gauchos down at their quarters A whole sheep sometimes it was a side of beef was roasted in the skin over an open fire When the meat was done to a turn nicely browned on the outside but tender and juicy on J the Ithe inside large chunks w were re reh h hacked off I hv each man with the long bladed knife he wears at the back of his broad belt These large chunks of meat followed by second and third helpings until nothing was left but the carcass constituted constituted constituted con con- the entire meal no potatoes no bread no pie pic Nothing but meat followed by a gourd of or the brew made from the green herb called mate Yet this was not an exceptional exceptional exceptional ex ex- meal with them it was the diet they followed three times daily year ear in year ear out For Better Nutrition Meat of oC course is another way of oC saying protein For meat provides the highest type most complete protein Hence with a superabundance super ance of oC type high protein in his diet the average Argen tinian or Uruguayan instinctively instinctively instinctively instinct instinct- ively provides an uninterrupted ed supply of oC repair material that keeps his bod body cells in good working order That is why hy he does not age rapidly rapidly rap rap- idly as do his starch eating brothers to the north All HAll very interesting you youma ma may comment but is it good nutrition this meat and mate diet of or your our gaucho To which I hasten to reply with a big loud Yes Far better nutrition than is to be found on the expensively itemized menus of ol the finest epicurean restaurants in our cosmopolitan tan centers with their dozens of or tempting dishes dish dish- es from which to choose most of ol them too starch starchy too toot sweet or overcooked t Remember it is the nutritional nutritional pauper who early loses his vitality nd glow of youth Any person who surfeits his body with carbohydrates and starves it of or proteins is a nu- nu pauper You'll meet protein in several several sev seY- eral guises later on But regardless regardless re re- re of oC the form in which it appears on your plate protein protein protein pro pro- tein will bo be right in there pitching for you ou striking out old age and peppIng and pepping up slack muscles Before BeCore you can hope to Eat and Grow Younger you must I make mke a mealtime companion of protein your our youth restorer food Tomorrow The Elixir of DC Youth that is found Cound in your our foods As vital Hal to human life lICe as oxygen |