Show Lusty Though Their Appetites JP May Be Children Must Mt aa Be Uv Il Well W Prepared aed ad Balanced Diet Duet r I IBy By DELIA DELTA AUSTRIAN v OST mothers and housekeepers M MOST VJ should give much more time Ume than they do to the study of ot what Is the tho right food for their children It Itin Itis in is a foregone conclusion that the tho young child needs plenty of pure rich milk but the time cornea comes when milk should be be supplemented by other food food Ma Many mothers err rr In one of two directions either in 11 depriving their children of simple no nourishing food tood which Is le so 80 necessary to the building tip tp of ot nerves nerve and muscle or In overfeeding their youngsters youngster When WIlen your our child reaches reache the age ase of 15 months It Is 18 extremely Important that he she has three good meals a aday day Of course I know there are those that recommend four or five smaller meals The weakness of ot this argument l is 13 that the stomach mach and its nerves have not sufficient time Um to digest the food and andrest andrest andrest rest between tines times 8 Childs Child's Chief Meal Breakfast may be served at 8 It may include stewed fruit o oil or orange juice cereal cercal crisp bacon bread and butter and milk or weak cocoa Your child should have her chief meal between 12 13 1 and J. J This should include a meat or vegetable soup a a. small amount o of o meat baked or mashed potatoes two vegetables and anda a dessert If your little girl eats a hearty midday midday midday mid mid- day meal she should not have an afternoon afternoon afternoon aft aft- luncheon 1 Otherwise she may have some crackers clackers and milk at 3 3 Her supper should be served between 6 and 7 It may Include bread and milk a cereal and some some light light food A leading leading leding lead lead- ing physician gives give this menu as an example of what a menu menu for a child of 15 months to 2 years should be BREAKFAST AST Stewed fruit or or oi orange juice Cereal Crisp bacon alternate with i soft- soft b boiled or poach poached poached egg gg Bread and t b hutter r or toast x Milk or weak weak cocoa cocoa r 1 f DINNER DINNER Meat or or vegetable soup thickened with cereal Lamb chop scraped beef or chicken Beef juice Baked or mashed potato Strained spinach carrots t A Turnips or celery Gelatin custard or corn SUPPER Bread and milk or cereal Baked apple or apple sauce After Atler your little girl Is la a year old you can continue the usual amount of milk you OU are accustomed giving her but It is no less leas important that she have a mixed diet The breakfast food especially oatmeal and r J Y J JI I 1 J II I IH H N z Z I i I J I IOne One of the Dangers to Childs Child's 8 Health Is 18 a Monotony in in M Menus nu I boiled foiled rice are extremely important for the building of the bod body Since these theao foods are sustaining and rather filling they should be given at breakfast breakfast break break- fast and supper instead of at the main meal Animal food is also n necessary for the making of blood and muscle but the amount of meat should be carefully considered Crisp bacon to alternate with soft boiled eggs is very nourishIng nourish nourish- ing Give Babies Bacon A well-known well physician recommends the sucking of bacon for babies when they are arA only able to suck Buck it and lire are are too young to chew it Whenever a healthy baby comes his way he ho says to the mother Certainly you are giving your your baby plenty of bacon Om On the other hand when he is face to face fac with a puny looking baby and tells the mother Bacon and milk please for your little one Fat In Inthe Inthe inthe the form of butter and the yolks of eggs either boiled or made into made into light tight custards are also nourishing If you find that your child Is not getting getting getting get get- ting all the fat she needs you can help to to disguise it by putting it In mashed potatoes mixing it with vegetables or orin orin r rIn in milk puddings An added amount of butter can be put on the chops the beef beet or th the minced chicken which children children children chil chil- dren should have once a day at least When you have no meat at t hand you can make mak an excellent nt soup out of of chicken bones flavored with vegetables l dr bits of ot beef Instead of broth sugared milk mUk maybe may maybe be the hue bate of ot vegetable purges purees A soup of ot rice boiled In broth or milk Is easily made and is nourishing The same may be said Mid of corn meal broth provided it be seasoned with wl plenty of O. O t butter Corn meal mush h Is 11 also 1180 to b be n. n highly recommended on account of ot the tha thelong l llong long cooking 1 r I l l From what h has l been said about soups I It may be Inferred t that at bread Is an excellent excellent ex ex- f food for your your child It 11 contains 1 f many nitrogenous substances and an anit It is Z f rich In starches but It Is lacking In fat which should be supplied by the using r I of plenty of butter Simple custards make excellent des desserts for the young child If you can make them with good I f I milk and fresh eggs otherwise they f 1 had better be left alone Orange juice julca IA and scraped apples are also excellent 74 food They have a 8 living quality t 1 r which aids and helps to 1 a 1 i I purify purity the blood 11 1 fl 1 l It Correcting a F Fault aul t. t ff t Should you OU find that your child loves lores loresto I to eat cat in a hurry you rou can ean teach her to her to masticate her food well by giving giving- her her 1 f I 41 dry crusts of bread or hard-baked hard bis jl lf r cults She will wm soon learn that she w willbe will wll ill II 7 k be forced to masticate this I One of ot the great dangers is monotony l In the menus A child no matter how IJ J II lusty and h strong can become just as quickly tired of a n. continued menu as aa f 11 lff 1 its elders 11 1 1 If It you OU want your our child to be strong strong- r 11 nerved and robust do not send her to 11 bed hed with fth a heavy meal lying on her stomach asking to be digested She rf should have nothing more than bread II 11 and apple milk sauce o or r cereal and nd baked apple or II 1 n l |