Show t. t SUMMER TRAVEL HOLDS f DANGER FOR CHILDREN T UNLESS LESS CA CARE E IS TAKEN TAKEN r Expert Points Out Points Out eau i ti tides hs N Needed eed d to to Safe Safe- guard and Health Healthy Br Dy y MYRTLE l METER En ELDRED Bring Dring your problems to Mrs Eldred in care cafe care Of the Your Baby find and Mine department of this newspaper Your questions about diet did general care are and arid manage 1 management ment menn of ot children will be answered answered an an- promptly It if you will ens cn en 4 self addressed three cent t stamped envelope with your our let et- et ter Although this may seem a premature premature prema prema- ture Lure consideration of summer travel many readers are arc already mapping out their summer to tours tours Not infrequently 1 am o decide whether a trip should or sho should ld not be taken n It is a decision which I am reluctant to make The mother knows her children's childrens chil t drens dren's reactions to change and it is this knowledge which must inevitably inevitably bI bly weight the decision for tor or ag against irist a trip I Most of us react in some measure to abrupt eh changes unless w we have been inured to them by constant trav tray eling The inevitable differences of water and food experienced almost hourly ho on a mot motor trip and the contant con constant constant con con- stant tant irritation of heat and fatigue are the the enemies enemies to and well WeIl being of the thc It is possible that children would suffer Buffer little or or no inconvenience from travel were their parents capable of It taking J ng trips more slowly But the adults adult's determination to get where be heis e is is going in the shortest possible lime tIme and return ditto gives the child i no opportunity for relaxation dur during ing the day or for refreshing sleep at i night light Swift travel means constant I motion and tension with the whole family amity irritable and worn out by the end of ot the day The smaller the child the more drastic is his reaction to the unusual routine The must have ha her trip planned so 50 so carefully that every factor actor is js accounted for She must manage to furnish the same food anc and atthe same hours to which the child is accustomed She must use boiled water instead of ot relying upon du duo dubious bious blou supplies from every town where the child demands a drink She must be particularly cautious about strange foods which might be bewell bewell bewell well taken on an ord orderly and unemotionally unemotionally exhausting day but might prove enormously disturbing when fed cd under th these e particular circum stances Adults eat according to their appetites appe appe- appetites and are arc ar immediately aware when it might be expedient to forego forego fore go food Not so the child who allows himself to be wheedled into eating cating Because there wont won't be a bit bite bite- for tor hours if it you OU dont don't and then promptly prompt prompt- ly y or eventually loses it The prat Lice ice of offering food to pacify restless rest rest- less ess children keeps the stomach in ina a constant state of ot activity and leads inevitably to distress My leaflet on Traveling With Children suggests suggests' the physical aids to o motor or train travel Send a self self- addressed three-cent three stamped envelope en en- with your r request for a copy But all of these other considerations deserve attention in order that sick sickness ness may be minimized and the ut utmost most enjoyment squeezed from the vacation trip |