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Show HkitciicnS (0. 1111, WtiUrn Nw-papr Union.) Let mo laugh for the puro joy of living. liv-ing. Let me laugh like a child at his play, And the heart ot the race will reserve me a place And be glad that I traveled this way. -Uddelt. FEEDING THE FAMILY. Tho children of tho family, being tho most Important members as to mtmm proper feeding, HEV-3 of having a ta h'tyWjtJM hlo of their own, ItV , fiYja whero they nro -ite----T "-"----,' any compromlso between whnt they ought to have and what they want. Tho result is of courso sturdy, healthy youngsters. A few American families nro now following fol-lowing this system, but tho most ns yot from necessity; others from Indlf-ferenco Indlf-ferenco allow tho children to cat with the family, where they usually hnvo what they cry for, for tho sako of pcaco at tho sacrlflco of manners, morals mor-als nnd physique. Tho nverago housemother cannot ran two sets of meats and servo at tho samo tlmo tho needs of tho young nnd the desires of tho old. Ono may restrict tho diet of tho elders to conform to tho food which should bo given tho young for tho two meals of tho day, having dluner nt noon, or let tho littlo pcoplo have supper by themselves earlier than tho evening dinner hour. Children under flvo should never bo given food not suited to their ago nnd condition. Tho problem then ts to servo meals which will bo sultablo for tho wholo family for breakfast and luncheon, and neither unbalanced nor Inadequate for either child or adult. In tho feeding of children consideration considera-tion must bo mado In tho difference between be-tween n child nnd nn adult In comparison com-parison of slzo tho child Is doing a great deal mora work than tho ndnlt, but his natural appctlto will take euro of tho amount of food needed to build the body and keep up energy. Tho child's food, becnuso ho hai to use more, must bo easily digested, moro wholcsomo nnd be better balanced, or troublo will follow. Leisure mliused, an Idle hour wait- Ing to be employed. Idle hands waiting wait-ing with no occupation. Idle and empty minds with nothing to think of these are the main temptntlone to evil. Fill up that empty void, employ those vacant va-cant hours, occupy those listless hands the world Is desperately In need of earnest workers-then evil will depart bocause It has no place to en ter, because It Is conquered by good, Dean Stanley. |