| Show TIC DOMESTIC Li SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Conducted n nr fly Mas J WHAT FOOD SHOULD MY CHILDREN HA HAVE VB is tho the mother toda today If It sh ah HAPPY H knows how to keep a healthy child well and to correct any unhealthy conditions vcr very largely u if not en entirely tire through hoT her knowledge of or the tue chemistry of or foods and arid tho the boat best methods of ot cooking them Children pass through h certain contain stages and ana require certain kinds lends an and quantities ties of or foods boils for tor building purposes So Sowe Sowe Sowe we will consider regular res table chit chil dren from tho the ages of or 5 or 7 to 12 years cars The easiest way at the time a n. child asks for 01 or any anI and all nIl kinds of ot food Ix 18 to give I e it to him It saves discussion tears teara and time and everyone e Is apparently apparently happy But there comes n n. da day of or r reckoning i Overfed O and underfed l children reri arc are pitiable objects as they nrc usually nervous ous Irritable and rest- rest Jeg less Stomach aches for tho want of ot food or too much or wrong t I 0 fl S. S It i is impossible to plan pun tho the food tood for foT children unless the mother or one in charge chano has true and correct standards of or what constitutes perfect ct health I If we wc are arc living lI up to this f idea a of ot right living ourselves cs the tho wa way Is la ena easy for forthe forthe forthe the children For the tho mother says or 01 l There Thero are my children eIren all alt different natures and types but all must build bund flesh bone blood bloo hair nails naBs teeth and skin Cereals contain the tho elements for tor the bone Butter nuttel cream anti and olive c oil oil oo g-oo good fats tats heat nn and energy producers Not In fried foods but bultel butor butter but but- tel ter or on bread cream on cereal no cereal no sugar un and and oil on dainty green vegetables potatoes rice hominy an and white breads bread arc are starch starchy foods and their great g food values alues for the child depends upon tho ho methods of cooking For Instance Instance In- In stance a n. baked halee or carefully boiled po potato potato po- po tato tate has food value alue and Is worse than useless s 8 when fried There Is no stArchy e vegetable so clean in lit the tho system anti and sp SQ SI ea easily digests digested as rice when cooked In plenty of or rapidly bulling water vater anti and simply served ed a as a vegetable Tho The same Is truo of or macaroni Whole holo wheat bread con contains taint more mineral water than white bread and is bettor for forchillI child chillI buil building Avoid ol sweets an and give I the hue children fruits an and salads Bo Boys s 's an and girls ar pIOU of or fine strong strom bodies T Teach ach them that It Is ls through good foods plenty of at water fresh air and 1 excreta that they will develop their thom bodies and grow r. strong men and women Vh When n the they havo have once learned the pleasures of ot health an and how uncomfortable it Is to tobe tobe tobe be sick they will be ready to give Ie up unhealthy foods nl K FOIl FOU CHILDREN I must confess to being horrified l when I 1 see children given tea and cotee oaf cof- fee tee I speak of oC this because It la is BO so BOvery ver very common and this tilts largely through seeing ul elder er members oL of the tho family using it so freel freely It reminds m me of oC a little year old boy in kinder kinder- ten who had a toothpick In his mouth puffing away asay playing smoking I said to him Karl you ou wouldn't smoke amok would you rou 7 Quickly ho he replied Yes Tes I f would Uncle George Georgo do does s. s Cool never or Iced water vater Is Js his Ills bever t n-t age Cocoa ocoa Is a tOOl food not a beverage I II I Milk Is also a food and should be sipped I j by 11 both hoth young and old or om Indigestion or orI I bilious attacks Will surel surely follow tollo There I is o D happy medium melum and balance bal bal- ance inco In foods and rI right h l living ln I and when once established we are arc surprised t to tin find it all so io simple and cas easy easy- void Avoid 1 pies He caKes preserves t l arm lUU much cand candy Substitute fruIt bread and nd butter fruit and auth nut crackers chopped dates date and figs as a sweet and these make maka makaa a nice sweet sandwich An Any and andi all nU fresh tresh vegetables well cooked an and simply aim sim ply ph seasoned Green c vegetables for salad but not mayonnaise dressing oil and lemon Juice are arc much better lIU SU L SUPPLY SUII A dish of well cooked prunes prunes prunes-nover never d C add su sugar sugar cereal ercal ar-ercal Cereal an and amid cream whole wh wheat at bread and butter and a glass lass of ot milk sipped slow slowly will certainly give a child n a su sustaining power not nol equaled by meat food for tor Ripe bananas are aro wholesome children len If It meats are and aud and they are not necessary to build his lis body body- boda body a child should not have ha them more mora than three or 01 four foul times a week Never Nover pork or rich fowls fowl such as aa goose or lUck duck Substitutes for tor meat cg eggs milk nuts and beans Most ost children ren like nuts If Ie Ule they are arc mixed and ami ground fine with twice twice- tho ho quantity of rice rico hominy grits or mashed 1 potatoes lOC ot meat thc they will vIlL receive rocel a perfect and far better for their growing and developing bo bodies Desserts Desserts' Yes If they are simple an and dainty ones A cup cur of custard custar or orrice orrice orrice rice pudding with dates figs fl or raisins after a a. no-meat no dinner A bal baked cd plo apple tapioca pu pudding with fruits apples ap pineapples etc with a nut or bean hean dinner Gelatine desserts with fruit desirable lc are aie good and nOlI Now ow If we have 0 mado ourselves clear to why children should have han the as ri right light ht food fond and aull what in our lest best Judgment Judg jud- meat ment nUll anti experience these theo right foods matter to plan are it will bo be an all easy good likable anti and atti attractive active meals mell for tor forthe forthe the childrens children's tal tuLle table Ie Olt II OR I ti if X Cream of ot Onion or Celery Celer Soup Croutons tons Shredded Lamb Lam or 01 Mutton with Boiled DoUcet Rico I Lettuce French Dressing Cream of Brown n Potato Soup Dolled Boiled Macaroni with Tomatoes Spinach Wheat Bread and Butter Stowed Figs Fi and Cream Each Ench dish In the above o menus has a 1 decided food value ahl Cream soups ar armost are aro most excellent for 01 luncheons or sup- sup liens neis but tile the they should bo he eaten enten slowly The rue macaroni anti and mill milk take the tho place of meat Figs s stewed e und and served without without without with with- o out sugar have o a high food value aluc They could bo be usel used alone with w wheat bread hrca and aull butter or soaked steamed apt and ad stuffed with finely I chopped choppo 1 nuts lunches school healthY health sweet for are aro a 3 desire tot for or when T children Have u a sweets III Ll 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