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In connection with this meeting there was prepared a special 

 "Handbook of Health in War and Peace, a Manual of Per- 

 sonal Preparedness," which was placed on sale at the Museum 

 and at the subway kiosks throughout the city. 



The Food Exhibit was kept open in the Foyer through June, 

 July, August, and September, with a gratifying increase in Mu- 

 seum attendance for this season of the year. It was then trans- 

 ferred to the Washington Irving High School and was dis- 

 played there for two months. On December 15 it was set up 

 in the Lincoln Corridor of the College of the City of New York 

 at the request of President Mezes. 



Curator Winslow was given leave of absence at the end of 

 June to accept an appointment as Deputy Commissioner and 



member of the American Red Cross Mission 

 of Staff in to R uss i a - He conducted a survey of public 



Connection with health conditions in Russia and organized a 



plan for civilian relief in Petrograd along the 

 lines of child welfare, returning to take up his duties at the 

 Museum in November. 



The success of the Food Exhibit was so great that Mr. Her- 

 bert C. Hoover asked for the release of Dr. Thomas G. Hull, 

 who had been in charge of its preparation, to undertake work 

 for the Government along similar lines. Dr. Hull was given 

 leave of absence November 1, and was appointed Chief of the 

 Division of Exhibits of the United States Food Administra- 

 tion. 



The Food Exhibit as at present installed at the City College 



fills six large museum cases. It illustrates in graphic form the 



food needs of the body and the energy 



Present Status and values and body building constituents of 

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of Food Exhibit various foods. One set of models shows 



the percentage composition of a dozen typi- 

 cal foods in regard to protein, fat, carbohydrate, ash and water. 

 A second series of twenty models shows the calorie value and 

 cost of ordinary restaurant portions of different foods, and a 

 third series of about seventy-five models (presented to the 

 Museum by the Plastic Art Novelty and Specialty Company) 



