The school lunch room, which may be conducted by the Parent-Teacher Association or the Home and School Club, makes it possible for children to buy nourishing warm food for a few cents. This is a very pleasant arrangement for all children, but its chief value is in promoting the health of those who are under-nourished at home. The time will come, no doubt, when the authorities of every school will provide meals for all children who are underweight, or who otherwise show malnutrition.

Most housekeepers have collections of recipes of all kinds, but probably few have attempted to compile lists of dishes suitable for school lunches. A few suggestions may be welcome. By all means children should be instructed in the lunch room as to food values. and should not be allowed to select sweets or ice-cream in the place of substantial dishes.

School Lunch Room Bills Of Fare

1. Vegetable or milk soup; crackers; rolls; fruit; plain cake; cocoa.

2. Meat and vegetable stew; bread and butter; sweet chocolate.

3. Tomato soup; tapioca custard; lettuce sandwiches; fruit; cookies.

4. Macaroni with cheese and tomato sauce; fruit; chopped date sandwiches.

Milk and cocoa should always be provided.

A jew meat substitutes and "meat extenders." - Scrambled eggs with minced ham or bacon; meat stew with vegetables; shep-herds's pie (meat pie with mashed potato cover); creamed frizzled beef on toast; fish cakes; salmon loaf; macaroni or spaghetti with tomato sauce; creamed potatoes au gratin.