Show are BO great u tempha alon to caso and self andul gence to which men are by nature prane that the glory Is all the greater who born to ample fortunes tike an active part in the work of their generation FOOD AND THE CHILD children cannot digest food that needs mastication before they lave teeth this may seem an bary remark but watch the streets and cara as you pass back and forth and see the stuff that helpless child hood has forced upon it the fact that the child eats and beems to like what la given it seems to be tho chief and only reason some mothers use in feeding solid food must wait tor teeth the digestive juices like the teeth are not ready for use in the little child as the milk ita natural food tor alno months fulfills every need fat except cream and butter should be omitted in the child s diet until after the coming of the second beeth add foods such as tomatoes pickles and vinegar in any form fresh and warm breads woody vegetables uncooked should esver be given a child until after it baa its second teeth throughout childhood all foods rich in spice or condiments sugar except in small quantity coffee pastry rich cakes and nuts fried foods and rich gravies and dressings should be en omitted candy it allowed at all should be homemade home made and administered in small doses care should be taken by the zealous mother that not too great restriction Is placed upon the diet of the child he needs variety and should not ba fed pre digested foods as the digestive tract must have exercise as does the limbs or other parts of the body in order to be normal important points to bear in mind service and cooking of food control selection and mastication determine nutrition bad habits cripple life as do w eal bones the body amm JHN pa la writing letters ma V must always linger near to assist him in his spelling and to make the meaning clear it he needs her judgment he admits la always best every day she gives him pointers mostly at hia own request she keeps track of the legislation and Is taxed on bonds and stocks put she never gets a look in at the ballot box MIXED DISHES A little meat with the alon of vegetables or dumplings dump lings make a meal sufficiently hearty for an erdl nary family veal goulash cut veal from hind leg into cubes salt and sprinkle with a tablespoonful and a half of flour heat two tablespoonfuls of butter to this add thinly sliced onion and a few dashes of paprika let cook for several minutes add tho meat and sufficient potatoes it they are small leave them whole stir well and add a very little water cover closely and cook slowly on the back part of the stove or in a fireless cooker using both radiators veal with vegetable Oysters Cook a pound of vegetable oysters in salt water and lay them aside melt two tablespoonfuls of butter add two pounds of veal two and a half tablespoonfuls of flour and a cup of wa ter or stock add with the oysters and cook an hour at slow heat mutton with vegetables rub three pounds of mutton chops with salt and pepper drown them in a small amount of butter then add a large onion sliced and cook until the onion la yellow cut into cubes a half dozen potatoes and add them to the meat alt everything well and add a half cup of water cook slow ly covered for an hour fowl with vermicelli chlde a fowl into tour parts add a quart and a halt ot boiling water salt pepper chopped onion parsley and a fourth of a pound of vermicelli cook tightly covered for beveral hours in a fire ess cooker or an hour on the back part of the stove A delicious brown stew may be prepared with beet cut in sir ill pieces and browned in tat onions carrots pota toes and a dicea diced turnip added and cooked all together in a covered dish pr casserole TUU wea |