34 The Bulletin. 



done to prevent mosquitoes? Mosquitoes lay their eggs in stagnant water, 

 where they hatch into "wigglers," swimming around and having a gny life, 

 coming occasionally to the surface to breathe. The thing to do obviously is to 

 allow no stagnant water, or else to prevent their coming to the surface to 

 breathe. As a remedy for the first watch any little pools, all old cans, etc., 

 and for the latter cover the surface of the water in the old rain barrel or 

 pool with a little skim of kerosense. 



JUST A FEW DON'TS. 



Don't use patent medicine. 



Don't darken the sick room, just shade the patient's eyes. 



Don't think it extravagant to pay fifty cents for a thermometer. 



Don't forget to be cheerful, even though it be at the cost of an effort. 



"It is easy enough to be pleasant 



When life flows along like a song, 

 But the man worth while is the one who will smile 



When everything goes dead wrong. 

 For the test of the heart is trouble, 



And it always comes with the years, 

 But the smile that is worth the praise of earth 



Is the smile that comes through tears." 



A TALK ON FOODS. 



By Miss Nellie W. Cobb, Goldsboro, N. C. 



It is said that what we all need to know is what to eat, when to eat, and 

 how much to eat. Sick people must have a special diet, prescribed as a rule by 

 a physician, but the rest of us need only be concerned with what foods will 

 keep us well, strong and healthy. 



"Food is that which builds up the body and furnishes heat and energy for its 

 activities." In other words, it must build up new tissue, muscle, bone and 

 nerve, as for the child, and repair that which is worn out by constant use and 

 exercise. It must also furnish heat to keep up the normal temperature of the 

 body and to give it ability to do work. 



Now, it has been found out by those who have given the matter careful study 

 that there is only one foodstuff that will furnish these three things ; that food 

 is milk, which is suitable for the growing child and for the sick, but not as the 

 only article of diet for the adult. The appearance of teeth in the child is 

 nature's indication that solid food is needed. The analysis of milk shows that 

 there are five different food substances contained therein. From this we know 

 that our food should supply all these substances, which are (1) protein, or the 

 body-building substances and repairers; (2) fats, and (3) carbohydrates, the 

 heat and energy giving substances or fuel foods; (4) minerals, or bone-building 

 substances, and (5) water, the "carrier" of the body. 



History tells us that primitive man lived on nuts, berries, roots and the 

 animals found nearest to his dwelling place. As civilization has advanced and 

 facilities for travel by land and by sea have increased, our markets have be- 

 come rilled wilh products from nearly all parts of the earth. And so it has 

 come about that we of to-day have such a wealth of food materials at our com- 

 mand that it is difficult to know what to select. Then, too, we have lost our 

 early instincts and no longer possess a normal appetite. How important it is, 

 then, that we study the "food question" and learn to select wisely, to prepare 

 and serve the foods that go to make up a wholesome diet. Someone has said 

 that the housewife holds in her hands the destinies of the members of her 



