Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1919 — 6,000,000 UNDERFED CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES, SAYS UNCLE SAM [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

6,000,000 UNDERFED CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES, SAYS UNCLE SAM

“The children of our country, over 2T,<XX),(XX> strong, who represent our nation’s future, are endangered,” says an official bulletin issued by the bureau of education, United States department of the Interior. Another official bulletin issued by the United States department of labor on August 4, 1919, makes the flat statement that from *t3/XX»/AX> to C,(XXMXXI of American not getting enough to eat.” This state of affairs constitutes one of the country's greatest dangers. The children —these millions of little ones —are “mal-nourisbed.” They are not getting the right kind of food. If we art to be a great nation tomorrow, the children of today must be strong, vigoiows, rosy-efaeeked, sturdy-llmbed boys and girls. They cannot be that without proper nourishment. The menace is threatening; all authorities recognize the fact, and a great work for better, stronger, well-nourished children is In progress all over the country. One of the big features of the com-

• Ing National Dairy Show, which will ! be held in Chicago from October 6 to 12 next, will be practical demonstrations showing the effects of the wrong kinds of food on infants and growing I children and the converse effects of the right kinds of food. Actual children will be shown to demonstrate these facts. Children will be scored and weighed for health standards by experts at the show. "Malnutrition ; clinics” will be held daily. Every mother is inlerested in this subject, and the demonstrations and exhibits along these lines at tire National Dairy Show will be complete and wonderfully interesting. Realizing how important this whole subject is. and knowing that the exhibits and demonstrations along these I lines, both by the United States government and by others, will be as comprehensive as were ever brought together in one place, the management of the National Dairy Show Is anxious that all women and children see these things. It will be time well spent I ’

Little Children Getting a Feast of the Most Precious of All Foods, Milk Note the Expression on Their Faces.