Show CHILDREN LIKE THEIR OWN LITTLE TABLE A OR J 6 1 V 4 y small table especially tor for youngsters youngster ty the th ur art i t ii att SKIM es or f aier agriculture 1 c A small tab table le especially for their use Is an essential part of the household furnishing where there are children such a table can tie be used both for or the children childrens s meals and as a place to play when they are indoors to go with it there should be small sturdy chairs comfortable for the knees when the rb children lidren are seated at the table of the right hels heig 1 t to permit them to sit with kith their feet squarely on the floor and of just the right shape in the seat and back to help them maintain a good posture sometimes a plain strong table already in the house can be cut down to answer the purpose if need be a littie litta paint or enamel will brighten it up and make it easier to keep clean little littie children at times split spill their food since this must he accepted as cheerfully as possible during the period when they are learning to feed themselves the table and floor should be washable tole when children eat apart from the adults there are fewer distractions the fact that grownups sometimes have different foods from those served the children unnoticed if there la Is a maid or some one else who can ser serve le the children quietly and efel bent ly apart from the family they may have their meals at the family meal hours but most molt mothers find it more convenient and less distracting to the Childr childred er to give eire them their meals about half an hour before the other members of the household the important thing says the bureau of 0 home boma economics ot of the united states department of agriculture Is that the childrens meals should come at regular time with well spaced intervals and w with iab due regard for the schedule to foa nap bath exercise and bedtime part of the mothers responsibility is I 1 to see that the food offered the children looks appetizing Is well cooked and served at a suitable temperature A burnt tongue from food that Is t to hot Is an unfortunate accident and foods that are cold when they should be eaten hot tire are equally unsatisfactory ory for making a weal meal a success whether the mother cooks the childs food personally or has some one else do it slie she should make certain that every dish on the menu Is properly prepared and served lumpy cereal scorched cocoa or stringy vegetables may be the starting point of a food dislike even in a very young child food should never be used as a carrier of medicine as when castor oil its ii given in orange juice orange juice Is so pisao in the childs dally daily diet that thai the enjoyment of it should not be spoiled make the setting of each meal attractive the food good to look at and to eat and the child will have a good appetite and good digestion |