The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-01-31
The Diet of Children.

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plain. If they need to be encouraged
TO eat by the administration Of daintics,
there must be something radically
wrong somewhere. IL Is unlikely that
that something Is constitutional, moro
probably insufficient exercise is taken,
or taken at wrong times, or the nursery
is stuify, or the bedroom badly venti-
lated, or the parents have forgotten
that sunshine and fresh air are as neccs-
saryto the healthy life Of child as
wholesome food itself Is.
The want Of cleanliness, or frequent
use OF the bath, is many times the cause
OF indifferent appetite in children.
Without cleanliness of clothes and
cleanliness OF person you cannot have
healthy children. Without this the
young blood seems poisoned, the child
has neither buoyancy nor heart, APP
petite is depraved or absent, and he
grows up as pale and poor as sickly
plant
Injudicious clothing Is another cause
Of dyspepsia. 1t is bad enough to en-
case the body which has attained its
full development in tight dress, but It
is ruinous for child to be clothed in
tightly-filting garments. Every organ
of child's body requires room TO grow
and expand; If it be in any way COM
pressed, the circulation through 1t be-
comes lessencd, and il is therefore
sickied and rendered weak
Tightness, therefore, OF any portion
of a child clothing ruins not only the
organ directly underneath the construc.
ton, but indirectly those at distance
from it, form damming up Of the crcu.
latioD can be tolerated by nature.
TightneSs around the waist in children
and young people is the cause Of many
cases Of dyspepsia, and In 4 lesser de-
gree so is tightness Of the neckerchief,
by retaining the blood in the brain.
Have your chiidren's clothing loose,
then, il YOU would see them healthy and
happy See, too, that at night they
sleep not % feather beds, aud that
though warmly, they are not heavily,
clothed
Children .hould be fed with great
regularity day by day, The parents,
having chosen the hours for dinner,
breakfast and tea, ought to see that the
times are strictly adhered 10.
lrreguIarity in meal hours, and times
Of getting up in the morning and retir.
Ing to bed At night, is not only prejudi-
cisl to the present health Of child, but
it teaches him habits which are greatly
against his chances OF success in after
life,
I need hardly speak here about the
quality Of the food that is placed before
child; against indigestible or too rich
food, against sauces and spices of all
kinds, including curries; against heavy
foods Of the pancake, dough and dump
ling kind, against unripe fruits, against
too hot soup, against strong Tea or coi-
fee, or beer, or against over.much
butchers meat.
Pray, mothers, do not forget that AL
interval OF rest should ensue between
the meals YOU give your children, aud
do not ruin their Young digestons by
examining them with cake, or buns, or
sweets OF any kind. To do so is worse
than cruel, il is sin, aud sin which
YOU are little likely to commit if you
truly love them, and really wish TO see
them generate into strong and healthy
men and women. Tarts and sweets and
confectionery would be bad enough in
all conscience for children, even II they
we're always pure and unadultcrated
But they are too often positively poison
Gus. Feed on plain and wholesome
food regularly from day to day, per.
hitting no slufting between meals. and
not forgetting the benefits that accrue
from frequent changes Of diet, more es-
pecially as regards dinuer. Do this,
and your children will live to bless you;
do otherwise, and expect to see them
sickly, with veins and arteries possess
ing no resilencv, with mucous men,
branes pale and fabby, pipes of lungs
that the accident of slight cold is
sufficient TO close, muscles Of limbs so
weak that exercise is penauco instead
of pleasure, and flesh so unwholesome
that pins prick may cause tester,
and all this because the blood is i'm.
poverished through errors in diet -
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