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 family, striving to select, from an infinite variety of foods, the ones which will answer most of the needs of the children as well as those of the adults. It is a formidable task for anyone not an expert dietitian—particularly in these days when over-refinement of many foods has caused the loss of vital elements. But Grape-Nuts, delicious, easy to digest, and ready-to-serve, supplies a variety of basic elements of nutrition required each day by the healthy body. Served with milk or cream, it is an admirably balanced ration, adapted to the needs of adults and children alike.

One of the duties of a good food is to be appetizing—and how delicious Grape-Nuts is! Its brown, sweet crunchiness is irresistible.

Grape-Nuts may be served not only with milk or cream, but with fruits, fresh or canned. Many serve it with apple sauce, with stewed prunes or apricots, and a glass of milk on the side. However eaten, the one-ounce ready-to-serve portion of Grape-Nuts, with the wholesome, long cooking of the starch already accomplished, offers varied and invaluable services in body-building.

In Post Toasties, the double-thick corn flakes, we have the white corn grits, cooked, dried, steamed, and rolled into flakes, crisped and seasoned with salt and sugar, 100 calories to the one-ounce portion, at a cost of about a cent. There is also 8.1 per cent of protein and 0.4 per cent of fat with the energizing starch of the grain. Here is a crisp, delicious source of body energy,