THE HUNTLY PRESS. PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT 1 P.M. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1913. Notes and Comments.

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 48, 19 September 1913, Page 2

THE HUNTLY PRESS. PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT 1 P.M. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1913. Notes and Comments.

AT a school which, tliough nameYOUTHFUL lOSS ’ ou "« a -- il y !f AMBITIONS. *f eB M the . Cbuuren or a junior 11 class, whose members average about seven years, were asked to write a composition under the title “ My Future Occupation ”. The ambition of one or two boys attained the height of keeping a lolly shop, and that of one or two girls soared to confections of a dressy or millinery nature. Connubial bliss was the goal of the majority of the females, while the hair-breadth escapes and thrilling adventures of Buffalo I and Broncho and Arizona Bills * so stimulated the imagination of the male members of the- class that they craved for the glamour and excitement which, in penny ’orribles and in pictures, characterise the life and occupation of the cow-boy -not the milk spanker species, but tho real Mexican variety, whose lasso is as effective as the six shooter that causes the inevitable bulge i»j the region of the hip pocket. Though boys and girls attend picture s!>g\ys in almost equal numbers, it appears strange that the “ Muggy ”, while appealing to the sterner sex, should not be able to divert from th 3 joys of mat*

rimonv, the minds of those little girls whose lisping accents dumbly call for husbands whom, they assert, they are prepared to abandon and forsake as soon as the partner of their sorrows fails to be goad *’ to them. Blissfully unconscious of the divorce courts and of militant, suffragettes, the embryo wives and mothers instinctively claim sox equality which, so far, carries as little meaning to the little maiden as a future loose rein to the primal lust for gore dots to the youth whose present day visions are anything but anaemic. The influence of the living picture, like that of the ha’penny dreadful, except in abnormal cases, is 1 evanescent, and though it may be c mdemned for implanting a vorship in the youthful but manly breast, it brings, perhaps its own compen.l rockers of the next generation with a nascent ideal of domesticity. Porridge, even among the Scotch rp Passi: > ! used ..f' g - ap ' () _, pears, like Darius, PORRIDGE. P Tg falleU lr T its high estate. In olden times this nutritious article of food was highly esteemed, and as long as the Scottish, raider I SUpplj tlie homely oat-meal and a primitive cooking utensil his commissariat department and camp equipment were complete. But with oilier times came other fo )d stuffs, and the inquiry conducted recently by the physiological department of the University of Glasgow by means of funds supplied b_. the Cop ration and the Car i gio Trust reveals the depre. log fact that the city workers do no: get such diet as is nee ary to the • development of strong, healthy and energetic mm and women. According to the GLASGOW HERALD the broad results of the investigation reveal deplorable ignorance in the choice and purchase f the most valuable foods, bad marketing, poor cooking, and the use of a diet much below that required to maintain ordinary health and Pat conduct it n s ... tions, i of opinion that this inadequate nourishment is due lo a wrong selection of foal stuffs. Bread, . . igar, 1 ef and vegetables, to the exclusion of • atmeal, peas, rice, etc., form the staple edibles consumed by the Glasgow workmen. In households where porridge i oik- ! the principal article ot diet “ the children were strong, healthy and well-grown,” while in potat | bread ami j :lv forme 1 the bulk ! I u re ! feat,.re in the decadence of the | school child’s menu,” says the ’ ; comnii r >•' a port dealing with e i i . h- . ! land • and Islands of Scotland, :. 1 gOOd I old porridge pot has sunk into ; an I i Gap t lias | been exalted i l its place.” The remedy is self evident, a return to the national dish of porridge and milk being, in Professor Patou's opinion# urgently necessary for the rearing of a ir.mg, healthy, and non-anmmic race.