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STRi:.\GTil AM) HEALTH

thrown o U', whieh, w hen you eonie to eon* sider it, is a very wise prorision of naturę, lt is siuiply a ease of supply and demaud, and that is tlie way the intelligent man wants to figuro it.

He lnust fmd out how nmeli his system dcmands, and theu he nmst fiud tlie supply.

It would take a learned man to under-stand sueh tbings as proteids, carbohyd-rates, etc., so tliey will not b<* touehed upon here, except iu a most simple man ner. Xo single food. howeicr, eontains a sutfn iont yarioty of ingredients for tlie needs of tlie burnan system. There are many familiar combinntions, and there are reasons for sueh combi na lions. Take, for instanee, pork and beans, bani and eggs, and erackers and cheese.

The proteids, whieh eomprise tlie gluten of flour, tlie albumen eontained in tlie wbite of tlie egg, tlie easeiu of olieese, and tbe fibrin of blood, are not lieeded so much by a eliild as they are by an athlete. The child needs