The name of the things.

Title

Language

English

Source

Learning the names of things

Year

1935

Subject

Kitchenware.

Rights

In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

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172 THE YOUNG CITIZEN HEALTH SECTION FAMOUS i\i\ILK DRINKERS YOU have been told repeatedly by your teache1·s that you should drink milk Some of you think that milk is food for babies only and that it is not fit for big boys and girls. A study of the habits practiced by many famous people shows that many of them today are leading statesmen and scientists, athletes and educators, aviators, and professional men. Thomas A. Edison said, "I came in with milk and I guess I'll go out with it. It':; the only balanced ration-balanced by th~ Great Chemist." Working on his inumerable inventions, Edison slept only three or four hours a day. Still he maintained his splendid health and lived beyond the eightyfifth mark Gautama Budha, who lived five hundred years before Christ, had milk for his chief food. In one of his books, it is written· "The cows are om· friends, they gave food, they give strength, they likewise give a good complexion and happiness." Marco Polo, the famous Italian traveller at a time when few men da1·ed go out o[ his own country, found that Kublai Khan, the great Mongol conqueror, and his family subsisted mainly on milk When travelling, they had d1·ied milk Many famous centenal'ians lived largely on milk and other dail·y products. (What is a centenarian?) Zaro Agha, the venerable Turk who lived more than 150 years was a heavy drinker of milk Dr. Stephen Smith of New York, is said to have eaten almost nothing else but milk and bread during the first seventy years of his life. In the present time, milk has aided many notable men to perfo1·m their duties properly. Mussolini is said to consume at least five glasses of milk a day. The famous aviators Lindbergh and Byrd use plenty oi milk Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, Max Schmeling, heavy-weight champions of the world in their time drink large quantities of milk (The facts in this article are raken from H~1~eia.) I LEARNING THE NAMES OF THINGS i Do you know the arriclcs pictured below: You use them in the kitchen and in the shop. Both boys and girls should know their names and their us~s. Study this list and test yourself afterwards. Turn to page 188 for the rest. Drawinqs Name.~ I. paring knife 2. ~-:7 chopping knife 3. chopping board 4. ! kettle 5. ~y sauce pan ~ 6. ~ frying pan ---7. ~ dish pan ~ 8. ~ Jack plane 9. ~ screw driver 10. 0 \\ coping saw --- ·~

Date Issued

I(7) August, 1935

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