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Therefore, the meat, although weak in calories, 

 contains three times the tissue building material 

 found in the hominy. 



Trial, experience and results, rather than 

 mere theorj^, must prove the final test of the 

 utility of any plan of nutrition. 



Under-Nourished Children 



Attention has recently been directed to the 

 large number of growing children who are suf- 

 fering from various grades of mal-nutrition. 

 This condition is not confined to any one class 

 since it is seen as often among the well-to-do 

 as among the poor. We are largely indebted to 

 Dr. William E. P. Emerson of Boston for an 

 investigation of this subject. These children 

 are often anemic, languid, easily fatigued, 

 highly nervous or irritable, and do not seem 

 to fit in well with their environment. The con- 

 dition is often caused by faulty habits of eating 

 as well as by badly regulated diets. The im- 

 mediate effect is not only disastrous, but mal- 

 nutrition at this time is the cause of many ills 

 in later life. According to tests made in vari- 



