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-"THE BALANCED RATION" ANOTHER LESSON IN COLLEGE HOUSEKEEPING COURSE , Economical housewives are really . such as to demand meat' more than very extravagant when they serve too much of one kind of food mate rial at a meal and not enough of oth ers. A balanced ration is one which contains the right proportions of the elements which the body requires. The third lesson in The Day Book home economics series is one which will interest every housewife. It is by Prof. Mary E. Sweeny, dean of the State University of Kentucky. Prof. Sweeny is famous for having accomplished an invaluable amount of work for the women of Kentucky through women's clubs. BY PROF. MARY E. SWEENEY (Dean of State Univ. of Kentucky.) The body is like a steam engine in that it needs fuel put into it. In the engine the fuel is coal' and wood, in Jthe body it is food. When coal burns in an engine it gives heat and power; so also when the body uses food it gives heat and power, v The foods -which the body uses for fuel are; starches, sugar and fats; they not only keep the body warm but they give power to move around, to go up and down steps, to sew on the sewing machine, to churn and to do the many tasks of the housewife The engine wears out as it is used. The human machinery wears out also. Every day many cells of the body wear out and cease to do their work. fJew cells must be made to take their places.' The principal food ut of which these cells are maa'e is cotnained in meats, egg, fish, cheese, milk. "How much repairing does the body do every day? It depends on the amount of work the body does. If a person is busy out of doors, sweeping or using many muscles, more repairing will be nec essary than if one sat in a chair and embroidered fdr half a day. How-" I ever, the repairs are scarcely ever once a day. Eggs, milk and cheese can replace meat and are better for the body. Peas and beans also take the place of meat. Oatmeal, wheat and nuts contain repair material. Growing boys and -girls, six years old or more, need more meat and eggs in propor tion tp their size than a grown per son because their bodies are not only repairing the cells daily wearing out, but also are making new cells in bones which axe growing longer, muscles which are growing larger, and in fact all the body tissues. If the weather is warm and the body, is just about the same tempera ture as the air, no large amount of heat is being lost, so smaller amounts of food will be required than when the weather is cold and the body must give up some of the heat to the told outside. From this it is evident that the season influ ences the amount of starch, sugar and fats to be eaten. The use of rich puddings, pies, fruit cakes, heavy meats should be confined to winter, and vegetables, fowls, frozen desserts, milk and eggs used in summer. Fats give Jthe-body more heat than starches, .so fried foods, if served, should be used in winter. (Another home economics lesson by Prof. Mary E. Sweeney tomor row.) o o . COLORS ON SPRING WEAR By Betty Brown The spring hat came in so bare of trimming there was nothing to do but wrap a veil around it So veils will be important in the spring out fit. A lovely, face "mask" is in hair hne mesh with an opal tinted rose embroidered at the edge. The-rose should be adjusted on the crowd of the hat - mmMkmumiiMmmtimm