The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company wishes to emphasize the importance of getting clean milk and keeping it clean after it reaches the home. Much of the difficulty in bringing babies safely through their second summer comes from the dangers which lie in impure milk or milk improperly cared for-milk left uncovered or without sufficient ice-protection. Find out whether or not the milk you buy comes from a dairy where every scientific pre caution has been used to keep the milk free from contamination-from the time of milking to its delivery. Many of the great dairies, realizing the diffi culties of safe-guarding every bottle of milk during the hours in transit, take no chances and pasteurize it. Many cities and towns de A quart of milk a day, in some form, shoul be the rule for every growing child. A few children have a real or imagined aversion to mill But the doctor may find that they can take: and enjoy it if served as cocoa or in soups sauces, custards, puddings, or frozen desserts. Encourage your boys and girls to appreciat milk. Make them understand that for mos people it is the finest all-around food in th world. Tell them what it will do for the bodies. Children love games. Teach them th game of body-building. Protein "bricks" fo strong muscles; lime "bricks" for bones an teeth; milk sugar "bricks" and fat "bricks" fo energy and warmth. Not only is milk a builder-it is a repairer, a well. That is why it is important that adul also should have a regular supply-not so muc as children-but a glass or two a day or th equivalent amount served with other food Milk is a great help to men and women wh want to keep strong, vigorous and youthfu But remember that milk has so much food vali that when added to the diet a smaller quantity of other foods may be sufficient. To take milk regularly is the surest and easiest way of making certain that you give your body the variety of food materials it needs to keep you in good physical condition. Give milk to the children and— take it yourself. mand that practically all milk must be pas If your milk supply is not pasteurized or cer Published by HALEY FISKE, President. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY-NEW YOR Biggest in the World, More Assets, More Policyholders, More Insurance in force, More new Insurance each ye THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY. Publication Office, 10 FERRY STREET, CONCORD, N. H. Editorial and General Office 8 Arlington Street, Boston, Mass. 40c a copy, $4.00 a year; foreign postage $1.00. Entered at Post Offices at Concord, N. I and Ottawa, Canada, as second-class matter. Copyright 1928, by The Atlantic Monthly Company, Boston, Mass. Each of these foods has its own value. The comparison is only for "energy value"—the property which gives the body strength and power to carry on its activities. ROM the moment baby's eyes open upon a strange world his demand is for foodfood that will build a sturdy body. Nature provides milk for his needs. In milk are found in right proportion all the many kinds of food required in the business of body-building. Throughout babyhood and youth the elements contained in milk are essential to sound growth. Milk contains minerals from which the bones and teeth are made, elements which produce strong muscles-as well as vitamins to assist growth and to ward off disease. The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company wishes to emphasize the importance of getting clean milk and keeping it clean after it reaches the home. Much of the difficulty in bringing babies safely through their second summer comes from the dangers which lie in impure milk or milk improperly cared for-milk left uncovered or without sufficient ice-protection. Find out whether or not the milk you buy comes from a dairy where every scientific pre caution has been used to keep the milk free from contamination-from the time of milk. ing to its delivery. Many of the great dairies, realizing the diffi culties of safe-guarding every bottle of milk during the hours in transit, take no chances and pasteurize it. Many cities and towns de A quart of milk a day, in some form, shoul be the rule for every growing child. A fe children have a real or imagined aversion to mil But the doctor may find that they can take and enjoy it if served as cocoa or in soup sauces, custards, puddings, or frozen desserts. Encourage your boys and girls to apprecia milk. Make them understand that for mo people it is the finest all-around food in th world. Tell them what it will do for the bodies. Children love games. Teach them t game of body-building. Protein "bricks" f strong muscles; lime "bricks" for bones an teeth; milk sugar "bricks" and fat "bricks" f energy and warmth. Not only is milk a builder-it is a repairer, well. That is why it is important that adul also should have a regular supply-not so mu as children-but a glass or two a day or t equivalent amount served with other food Milk is a great help to men and women w want to keep strong, vigorous and youthfu But remember that milk has so much food val that when added to the diet a smaller quantity of other foods may be sufficient. To take milk regularly is the surest and easiest way of making certain that you give your body the variety of food materials it needs to keep you in good physical condition. Give milk to the children andtake it yourself. mand that practically all milk must be pas If your milk supply is not pasteurized or cer Published by HALEY FISKE, President. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY-NEW YOR Biggest in the World, More Assets, More Policyholders, More Insurance in force, More new Insurance each ye THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY. Publication Office, 10 FERRY STREET, CONCORD, N. H. Editorial and General Offic 8 Arlington Street, Boston, Mass. 40c a copy, $4.00 a year; foreign postage $1.00. Entered at Post Offices at Concord, N. and Ottawa, Canada, as second-class matter. Copyright 1928, by The Atlantic Monthly Company, Boston, Mass. |