Calcium itselfis present in milk,cheese and ice-cream,and apartfrom build ing up the teeth and bones, it ensures the smooth functioning of the muscles and enables them to recover from stiffness, and the body from fatigue. Milk contains proteins also which are vitally important in all our lives, as they make provision for the manufacture and repair of all the tissues of the body. They also form those substances in the blood known as 'anti-bodies', which protect us from falling easy victims of disease. They supply, as do the fats, energy for the more strenuous forms of exercise. MALIGNED NUTRIENT 'Fat',the word that sends many a feminine heart into agonies ofembarrass ment, is a much maligned nutrient. It forms what are known as the 'essential fatty acids' and provides the energy which might well prevent the formation of the adipose tissue they so fear, if used to some effect — there need thus be no reason to fear butter and cheese, which are 'notorious' containers of fat. So it is that we see that the only key nutrients not supplied by milk arc vitamin C,iron and the carbo-hydrates. It has become obvious that milk has an enormous field of beneficial influence in the general diet, but it is even more valuable in helping the individual over the more difficult phases of his life. ESSENTIAL QUOTA At birth, of course, there is the essential milk quota for every baby,and no better substitute has been found.Its supply of calcium and protein to the grow ing infant is vital in its development. The rapid growth of infancy continues through childhood, where it is imperative that this growth must be normal, and strength built up in proportion to size. The claims of the adolescent are great, owing to the very rapid growth being undergone, and the change to maturity. This demands more calcium than at any other time and particularly amongst teenage boys,the need ofenergy from fats, proteins and carbo-hydrates is high. For all these functions, milk is once again able to supply the most pressing needs of the growing human body and develop the best physical structure its genes will allow. Among adults, the need of milk is not quite as pressing, although it is important in keeping their nervous systems working efficiently. Those who are older, and consequently less active, are more in need of'protective foods'such as milk — even here its use is evident. CHILDBIRTH The one stage of adulthood, among females, when milk is of the utmost importanee, is, of eourse, childbirth. Milk products of any kind are ideally suited to pregnancy and lactation. In pregnancy particularly, the health of the mother, and the care exercised over her diet, has a definite influence upon the development of the unborn child, and dairy products once again play a large part in providing for healthy teeth and bones, as well as the correct formation of the foetus. A food with sueh great general value as a health-giving, pleasant-tasting beverage, with such an ability to meet the express need of every developing human,whieh is available cheaply,and has such a wide variety offorms,cannot be ignored by any person or denied by any parents to their children — to waste the opportunity of profiting by its use in family feeding would be sheer folly. EARLY MEMORIES Mr. J. Gates-Wilkinson, an elderly teacher temporarily taking the Maths, taking the part of P.C. Flatfoot in a Staff Play. He had only one line to speak, 15
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