Show mary won t drink milk by betty crocker the following remarks may be heard in almost any gat oa bering made up of a auther authers nu uther vf of boing ch idren wiy wont drink milk oie 1 cannot persuade bobby to lo touch oa tinval 1 I have tried and tried but SLL SUMO le refuses to cat spinach if the child is healthy and well and yet refuses the food he be should cat there is undoubtedly some reason for his refusal it may be hard to discover the cau causa but it will simplify the matter of applying a 1 emedy if you can do it did you ever anal analyze ayze your 0 oai m likes and dislikes with a view to finding out why you dont like rhubarb or cabbage or prunes or whatever it is that you particularly dislike try it on yourself and try to discover the reason for marys dislike for milk or why susie refuses spinach poor cooking i is responsible for much of the prevalent re valent dislike of vegetables if a child is fed sog bogy y cabbage and water turnips he e naturally acquires a dislike for those tabes an ail adult can add butter and seasoning to improve the taste of a food the childs only alternative is to refuse them my neighbors little john be abc came very ill from drinkins drinkin milk which hao had been tainted naturally since that time john has no craving for milk the one food he needs most in that case a visit to a lunch room where many men cat may persuade the little chap to change his mind he could not lot fail to be irr ir pressed if his attention were called to the number of men drinking milk one mother of my acquaintance takes pride in the fact that her son is differ different ailt donald who he was a little two year old was not aware of any likes or dislikes ij ke s until n t il his h m mother 0 t h r c constantly n s t a n t 1 y remarked au in ils his tres is nep oi hat ahat D donald 0 n 1 d w wont 0 n e eat at this and d D doi do 0 i i ald aid wont eat that until nau raiv donald wont and maly ma ly such trivial are the causes of likes and dislikes for good foca to the busa mother the fica that her child learns to dislike on one food may not seem to ba of any consequence but the results of such a prejudice are ara most in nor tant for instance if susie dislikes spi lach and from that acquires a notion that she dislikes all green vegetables e tables the chanc s are that susie will secure very little iron in her diet iron is necessary c for good red blood and red blood is very essential for general good health if susie is allowed to discard the iron containing foods for some period of time she will become anemic and have so little resistance that she will be an easy victim to every disease going the rounds suppose mary alary refuses milk milk is the oily o ily food rich in lime lime is an essential building material for strong hard teeth and bones the little marys who do not drink milk often have sprained ankles and dislocated bones or bad teeth causing causim eawh suffering and many dentists bil bills is as a r result e of the ncy of lime in the diet furthermore children who do no drink milk are usually ia laggards gards at school |