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Show Uncle Sam, M. D. : . BREAST FEEDING. Molher'a milk Is the best an 1 cheapest food for the bah) it will make tin- baby strong an.l healthy. Mother's milk i always al-ways ready, and It nvi BOUTI it does not hvo to be prepared or measured II is practlcall) always safe. Mother's milk contains that proter elements of fowl In the rtghl proportion for the growing child The dab) win bae the beat chance ol living if be is breast-fed. Ten bottle-fed babies die to one thai Is fed at lha breast It Ik aeldom thai breast-fed babies fis-Ve l.owel trouble, which fa so fatal in bottle- f. -.i bablea, especially during hoi weather The npw-born toby is put to the 1. roast wiion he is five or six hours old Hurlng the first 24 hours he should nurse out more than four times, hut al both breasts eaih lime. A now -born bah) mg) hr g. ven rdali 1 luiiled water at regular intervals ! ' -v een rim sing. On not give him any kind of tea. or other mixture. Beginning witn the aeogpd day, iaby should nurse every two and one-half t throe hour-. in the tbieehonr BChed ule he nurses at 6. S and 12 a. m until four months obi. Alternate eaoll I roast or lei bin! lake both breasts al oa h ilmo. accord lp B Id his appetite and the amount of milk. In Lha evnt the milk is delaved longer than tha third da . baby should ho fed from Iho Indfle at three-hour intervals but be thould be put to the breast regularly In order to stlmula't the flow of milk. The nveraee healtby bal.v. until It Is four months old. nines everv lliree hours When he Is six months Old, nurse every four hours, usually giving both breasts each tune This makes five nursings In 24 hours four during the la an.l one at night, as follows. K a. m . 10 a. in.. 1 p. m p. m.. 10 p. rn. " It Is necessary t" follow regular hours for nursing. If baby Is fed h.-h time be rles. Ids digestion soon will be upset. If he crier, between feedings, give him plain, cooled (.hlled water. Rabies are as llkelv io 1 r from over-feeding as from hunger 1 If the breast mihV seems Insuf-flcleni Insuf-flcleni for jour baby do not give up nurslnp- hint but after each feeding give him what he wants of properly npidlfled milk. Kvery breast feeding and every ounce of breast ml'k Is Just that much gained for your baby.) EYELASHES. Q. I have long, thick gyelsshea, bul they keep continually falling OUl What ran I do to stop them from doing ao? . A. Eyejashea are conatgntl) b.-ing re-newl. re-newl. and you need hav no cause for worry, provided they ai" regularlv replaced re-placed l.v new lashes ' If Mrs I, . who writes about bunions and foot troubles, vs. Ill send me her nsnio and address, will be glad to sond her a pamphlet which may be of service le her." |