Show SWEETS FOR THE CHILDREN I Moderate Allowances Allowance of Sugar Candy I and Ice Cream That Kc Keeps Keep pt Them Healthy The 1110 following may be regarded as ns a amo I mo moderate erate allowance of sugar sagar or candy for a n healthy child of nine cr or ten teni i years ears Of or sugar on cereals one even en I at nt breakfast or supper and not more than this amount on fresh or 1 stewed te ve l 1 fruit of candy andr one piece with tho the midday meat meal of Ice cream cream or or of fruit I flees Ices one good once n a week wk possibly twice a week In summer summer sum sum- i mer of Ice cream T am sodas not more than one ono a n week Ick Uc these things n a child will gelIn get gel et In Ills his other food such n ns gingerbread I cookies and plain cake rake and In his custard custard cusI cus cus- tard and puddings s nn an additional I amount of su sugar r. r so that his total dally allowance will probably probably- be equal to two tablespoonfuls of sugar So long longas longal as al this Is not exceeded It Is not 4 than any bad effect will follow v. nut But when a n child Is allowed to help himself the constant tendency y Is that nt the amount la Is gradually Increased to two or three throe times the quantities specified ed and even een then the child Is no better hetter satisfied satisfied often ed often less so He lIe has hu acquired ac nc- the sweet habit and food does not taste sweet unless these larger amounts are constantly added added Dr I LEmmett L LEmmett Emmett IloU Holt n the Delineator |