National Republican., 1883-01-15
CntLDREN,s DET.
How 60 Feed ana Clotiio Then-Injudi-.
cious Treatment Of tho Young.


Permitting children to sit at tablo with
| their elders is the cause of good deal Of
mischief and injury to their youthful di-
gostions. A variety of dishes should never
he permitted, and any attempt at wastcful-
ness should be checked at once. Economy
and self denial can be taught at the childrcn's
| tahlo far moro easily than at school. The
/ dict Of children can hardly be too plain. IL
| they require to bo encouraged to cat by
the administration of dantics there must be
something radically wrong somewhere. II is
unlikely that that something is constitu-
| tional, moro probably insufficient exercise is
/ taken, or taken at wrong times, or tho MIR
/ scry is stuGy, or the bedroom badly vcnti-
| lated, or the parents have forgotten that SUM
shine and fresh air are as necessary to tho
healthy life of u child as wholesome food it,
scifis.
The want Of cleanliness of frequent use Of
the bath, is many times tho cause of inditlcr-
Cut appetite in children. without ClCanli-
ness Of clothes and cleanliness of person you
/ cannot have healthy children. Without this
the young blood seems poisoned the child has
neither buoyanCy mar heart appetite is de-
rrlyCd or ab,cut, and he grows up as palo
aud poor is u siCkly plant lniudicious cloth
ing Is another CaUsC of dyspepsia, 1t Is bad
cnougli TO Cncasc the. body which has at
tuiucd it's full development in tight
dress, hut IL Il ruiuous for u child
to he clothed in tightly fitting garments.
Every organ ofa child body requires room to
grow alN expand; If 10 be- in amy way COM
pressed the circulation through it becomes
lcsscnud, and il is therefore siclilicd and rem
drrcd weak. ViuhtnCss. therefore, OF any
portion of % chId's clothing ruins not only
thoorgan directly underneath the construction,
but indirectly those at n distance from IL, for
d .,,.tv ,1tNt fol
Grated by nature Tightncss round the waist
i'm children and young people is the cause
of many eases Of dyspepsia, aud in 70
lesser degree so is tightucss Of tho
nccEcrchiei, by retaining the blood in the
brain. Have your Childrcn's clothing loose,
then. il YOU would sec them healthy and
happy. Sec too that NJ night they sleep not
on feather beds, aud that though warmly they
are not heavily clothed. Children should bo
fed with great regularity day by day. Tho
parents having chosen tho hours for dinner,
breakfast. and tea, ought to sec that the times
are strictly adhered to.
Nlrrcglurty in meal hours and times of
getting UP in the morning aud retiring to bed
at night is not only prciudicial 10 the present
health of u child, but it teaches him habits
which arc greatly against his chances of
success in after life. ! need hardly speak
here about the quality of the food that
Is placed before child; against indi-
gCStihlc or ZOO rich food against sauces and
spices of all kinds, including currics;
against heavy foods Of tho pancake, dough
aud dumplmg kind; against uuripo fruits;
against too hot soup; against strong ter aud.
coffee or beer, or against oycrmuch butchers
meat Pray, mothers do not forget that au
interval of rest should cnSuO between tho
meals You give your children, and do not ruin
thciryouug digc,tions by examining them with
cake, or buns, or swcatS of any kind To do
So is worse than cruel, it is u sin and u sin
which you are but little likely to commit ifyou
truly love them, and really wish to SEQ them
generate into strong and healthy men and
women.
Tarts and swcctsand confectionery woudbe
bad enough, in all conscience, for ChildCn,
even if they were always pure and unadulGcr-
atcd But thcy arc too often positively
poisonous. Feed on plain and wholesome
food regularly from day to day, permitting
no stuilng between meals and not forgetting
the benefits that accrue from frequent
changes of diet, moro especially as
regards dinner. DO this and your chill
drcn will live TO bless you do otherwise,
aud expect 10 see them sickly with veins and
arteries possessing no rcsistcncy, with mucous
membranes pale aud ilabby, pipes of lungs
that tho accident of II slight cold is sufficient
to close, muscles of limbs 50 weak that eXer-
else is u pCnanco instead of pleasure, and
flesh so unwholcsOmo that pins prick may
cause y foster, and all this because tho blood
is impoverished through errors in diet.