Show c I r A FEEDING THE SCHOOL CHILD I I By y EMILIE HOFFMAN Copyright 1923 New York Evening World Press Publishing Co vegetables VEGETABLES contain n Av valuable Tu te substances substances necessary to growth therefore are especially especially espe espe- essential In the diet of a school child They are rich in Iron which makes good blood and they supply the body building material required for tor the proper development of the active child Th The childs child's craving f for r more food Is often due to lack of vegetables Two or three tablespoonfuls tablespoonfuls' should be Included In the dally daily dinner If the child cannot digest vegetables the trouble may be In Imperfect cooking and serving Green vegetables should be cooked only until tender but they must be so well done that they can be finely mashed pot Potatoes toes should be served every day For sake of ot variety they can be baked boiled or mashed and a baked sweet potato po po- tato may be substituted ted for white potatoes potatoes potatoes pota pota- toes occasionally From two or three thre tablespoonfuls of ot potatoes should serve as asa asa a a. portion In cities green vegetables are obtaInable obtainable obtainable obtain obtaIn- able through the winter but the dried variety If It soaked and well cooked may maybe maybe maybe be given There Is no o objection to canned vegetables if It those of the finest quail tv are are- and the ve vegetables are removed from the tho can at at least one hour hour before cooking I After a child has attained the school age there are aro few vegetables which should not bo ha allowed Spinach beans peas onions aSP asparagus cauliflower I squash stewed celery carrots and greens such as lettuce beet and turnip tops dandelion and chard all are good Cabbage Cabbage Cabbe Cab Cab- bage eggplant g parsnips IP t turnips s and cu cucumbers cucumbers cu- cu cumbers be should should I la not be given until a achild achild child has reached the age of 10 years and It is advisable to withhold corn until after the twelfth year |