The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-01-09
Fesdiag Children.

form more tissue tnnn tney waste, CON
sumo more food in proportion to their
weight, and possess more active dises
tions than adults. They should have
their meals with shorter intervals, and
care should be taken to avoid oil in
huences that may disturb digestion.
Prominent among these is deficiency
of clothing. The human body, like
any other thing of greater warmth than
the surrounding air, has a constant
tendency to part with its excess of heat
10y radiation, and to check this cooling
process we invelop ourselves in non
conducting fabrics. 1t stands to reason
that the greater the surface exposed
the more rapidly will radiation occur;
and yet we frequently sec children
with chest, arms, and legs barred by
fashion in the coolest weather, without
regard to the general depression of
temporal IRE, which must also involve
that of the digestive organs.
The diet of children should be rsgu-
lated by consideration of their funs-
tional capacities. In infancy, nature
furnishes in the mothers milk all re-
quisite elements in ii condition reQuir-
ing no mechanical treatment, but
merely simple chemical action. A lit
tie later, AS the first teeth Begin to
make their appearance, food easily sep
arabic may be allowed, and as the
masticating apparatus advances towards
perfection, articles requiring moro
tearing and grinding may he gradually
added to the catalogue. The activity
of the digesting secretion increases IN
proportion to dental development, SO
that many substances (such AS potatoes)
which are easy to masticate are not di-
gestlble in early childhood.
The mlks of different animals vary
in constitution As regards the proper
ton of their constituents, human milk
containing more water and sugar than
that of the COW. For this reason,
when an infant is drought up by
hand" or in the process of weaving,
it is usual to dilute aud swesten cow
milk in order to bring it nearer the hui
man standard. Goats milk for tue
same purpose would require more dilu-
ton but no sweetening-its percentage
of sugar exceeding that of the COW. 1t
is extremely doubtful, however, wheth-
er the addition Of water to cows milk
serves any good purpose; and 1t Is GER
tain that far too much is usually added.
Human milk contains about 80 parts
of water in 100; cows milk about So
or three parts less in 100; vet to COM
pensate for this slight difference thu
latter is commonly diluted with double
its bulk of water before giving 1t to a
hungry baby. Be it always remem-
bered that an infants propercst food
is its own mothers milk. and that she
who can suckle her child and does 1t
not, is guilty of a serious otfensc against
Gods law.-Hoper's MWazme.
To BRoIL BEEFsrEAK RARE. When
beef is desired very rare, have good
bed of live Goals ready, lay tue beef on
the gridiron, and put 1t on the Goals. 1t
should he ready to turn i'll three min
utes. When it is turned. take it up
carefully with two forks; roll it up 80
as to save the juice of the meat which
has collected in cooking; do not
squeeze the steak. but merely drain oil
the julce on the dish; put it back as
quickly rs possible 50 that 1t may lose
no heat in turning; add to the julce OF
the meat pepper, salt, and considerable
butter. and set dish over kettle of
boiling water. In three minutes, If
the fire is right, it will be done.
COMPOSITION CAKE.-Ten cups of
flour, five cups of sugar, SIX eg s,
three cups of butter. one and one hall
pounds of raisins, two nntmegs, two
teaspoonfuls of saleratus disso we'd IN
milk, about three cups OF milk, IA little
lemon, aud other spices II you like.
Make about rs thick rs brown bread,
currents aud citron improve 1t very
much. This has been in my mother ;
family fifty years, and never had a
failure.
VINEGAR-As good vinegar as any
one could wish may be made by mixing
one part New Orleans molassess with
four or five times its measure OF water.
and to commence pat in little good
yeast; set it in warm place; cover 1t
with "A gauze or muslin to keep out the
flies, and give it tho air; stir 1t often,
the oftener the better, AS it will acidify
the more rapidly, and in few weeks 1t
will be sharp. 1t is nice for pickles.
CocoANUr CAKE. thirds cup OF
butter, two cups Of sugar, the yolks OF
eight eggs, (the whites for frosting).
one cup Of sweet milk. five cups OF
-four, one half tesspoonful Of soda, one
teaspoonful OF cream of tartar. Bake
in layers as for jelly cake, prepare your
frosting and spread each layer. on the
BON of which snread grated cOcOanut