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Show l 1CHES are so great a tempta- t .-rv tion to ease and self-indulgence, to which men are by nature prone, that the glory is all the greater of those who, born to ample fortunes, nevertheless take an active part. In the work of their generation. FOOD AND THE CHILD. Children cannot digest food that needs mastication before they have teeth. This may seem an unnece&r sary remark, but watch the streets and cars as you pass back and forth and see the stuff that helpless childhood child-hood has forced upon It. The fact that the child eats and seems to like what is given it seems, to be the chief and only reason some mothers use in feeding. Solid food must wait for teeth. The digestive juices, like the teeth, are not ready for use In the little child, as the milk, Its natural food for nine months, fulfills every need. Fat, except eream and butter, should be omitted in the child's diet until mfter the coming of the second, teeth. ! Acid foods, such as tomatoes, plckieS and vinegar In any form, freshi and warm breads, woody vegetables uncooked should never be given a child until after It has 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 entirely en-tirely omitted. Candy, if allowed at all, should be 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 neds variety and should not bq fed pre-digested foods, as the digestive diges-tive 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 con-trol palatabiiity." "Selection and mastication determine deter-mine nutrition." "Bad habits cripple life, as. do weak: bones the body." V y HEX pa is writing letters, ma ) f must always linger near. To assist him In his spelling and to make the meaning clear. If he needs advice, her Judgment, he admits, ad-mits, is always best; Every day she gives him pointers, mostly at his own request. She keeps track of the legislation, and Is taxed on bonds and stocks But she never gets a look-In at the ballot bal-lot box. MIXED DISHES. A little meat, with the combination combina-tion of vegetables or dumplings, make a meal sufficiently hearty for an ordi- j nary family Veal Goulash. Cut veal from hind J leg into cubes, salt and sprinkle with i a tablespoonful and a. half of flour. ! Heat two tablespoonfuls of butter; to ! this add a thinly sliced onion and a i few dashes of paprika. Let cook for . several minutes. Add the meat and sufficient potatoes; if they are small, i leave them whole. Stir well and add j a very little water,' cover closely and! cook slowly on the back part of the j 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 table-spoonfuls of flour and a cup of water 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. Brown them in a small amount of butter, then add a large onion sliced, and cook until the onion is yellow. Cut into cubes a half dozen potatoes, and add yiem to the nfeat Mix everything well and add a, -half cup of water. Cook slowly, slow-ly, covered for an hour. Fowl With Vermicelli. -Divide a fowl into four parts, add a quart and a half of boiling water, salt, pepper, chopped onion, parsley and a fourth of a pound of vermicelli. Cook tightly tight-ly covered for several hours in a fire-less fire-less cooker or an hour on the back part of the stove. A delicious brown stew may be prepared pre-pared with beef cut in smill pieces and browned in fat, onions, carrots, potatoes pota-toes and a diced turnip added and cooked all together in a covered dish or casserole. |