Medicine: Sin & Food

Why girls go wrong, and boys too, a Chicago Salvation Army officer surmised last week. He, Commissioner John McMillan, found by observation that three out of five women and every other man whom the Army has helped suffered from malnutrition when young. Their parents had not prevented them from guzzling, or had not given them enough to eat. or were ignorant of the essentials of a balanced diet. Opined the Commissioner: good food will make good morals.

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