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Show DIET OP CHILDREN Should Be Varied Young Ones Can Be Tempted By Food That Looks Appetizing ST IS pftcn difficult to think of simple, wholesome variations ln tho reslrlotcd diet of children three 'or four years old. Too frequently they are permitted to cat evoo thing. Tho exercise of a Utile care, especially in summer, will prevent many small Illnesses and some serious ones, nnd a little planning will make plain things seem festal dishes. I havo found that what she calls a "sandwich" will often Umpt my three-year-old girl's appetite so that sho will cat the rest of her meal with lellsh From a lean piece of beefsteak I scrape, with the back of a knife, enough beef to spread generously over a Hoda-crnckcr I sprinkle it with a tiny pinch of salt, and place it under tho gas flame Jur.t long enough to slightly change tho color A. spoonful or two of the Juice 'of stewed prunen makes the breakfast porridfjo a delectable dish, and Is better bet-ter than 'sugar. A little hit of cranberry cran-berry or other homemade Jelly, now and then, Is good f6r tho same purpose; pur-pose; or the stralhcd Juice of stewed blackberries in summer. If the slice of bread and butter or toast Is cut Into thin strips, it will please ihe child and bo easy for lltllo fingers to manage daintily. Putting mashed potatoes through the rlcer makes lighter and much more acceptable accept-able potatoes. H la easier to teach llttlo children to oat .vegetables or anything any-thing they have llttlo Inclination to liko If they aro served with a very small portion ct a time. Thfy will be apt to consume broth or soup much more readily if It Is served In a small cup rather than a bowl. The use of a spoon for liquids is tedious work for small lingers. When thoic aro to bo peas or lima beans for dinner, take out a tablespoon of tho peas or beans, with some of the liquor they wero cooked in, press tho solid part through a coarse sieve or a pureo strainer, add a cup of milk ana boll gently a few minutes. Thicken a lltllo and season, and you havo u cup of fioup the little ones will like, and which will bo better for them than the plain vegetable, half chewed Of course, children must learn to masticate masti-cate thoroughly, but do it a llttlo at a tune. For dessert, I have found rlco dumplings dump-lings a great favorite with tho "grown-upH" as well. Boll tho rice very soft llrst. Havo ready squares of cheesecloth or muslin and clean string. Put a good spoonful of rice on each square, spread out ovenly and lightly over thu middle, and placo on this a quarter of a good baking applo sliced very thin Put a llttlo sugar and nutmeg with ji bit of buttor on top, gather up the squares of cheesecloth cheese-cloth liko bag and tic tightly. Drop in boiling water, boll twenty minutes. Thin slices of buttered bread aprcad with a llttlo Jam or Jelly, or the soft pulp of a baked apple, and cut ln diamonds dia-monds or rounds, make a very nice dessert for the nursery tea A stale roll (not loo stale), with aomo of the crumbs scooped out and a spoonful of stewed fruit In the cavity, Is quite a treat. It is nice to toast tho hollow toll first. Whero tho little children sit at tho family table, tho dessert Is apt to be their great temptation. If aomo simple but attractive dessert of their own la ready, such as junket or stowed fruit with meringue, they Qan be taught not to osk for thu plo or rich pudding of their elders. But tnost Important of all. leach them from their first appearance appear-ance at the tablo that there will often be dishes for older pcoplo which they cannot eat. JuBt a word moro for the very little babies: Bo sure their milk has been treated so that all tho germs are killed So many children die In the hot weather from Intestinal diseases which might have been prevented by sterilizing the. milk. Put the milk in M oulllcs which have heen washed and H rinsed In boiling water, stopper tho H bottles with fresh raw cotton, set them M upright ln a rack or strainer within M a kettle. Fill the kettle with water H so that It comes two-thlrda tho way M up the bottles. Lot the water heat and M boll for half an hour, then cool the M milk without removing ' tho cotton M stoppers. Milk treated in this way jH will keep a couplo of days without H placing on tho Ice. Tho nipples must M be dipped in boiling water boforc plac- M lng on the bottles. By taking this B little trouble to give them good milk, 1 tho babies can bo kept well all sum M men Tho Editors. 1 |