The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-10
Tic lIioc OF Chiltlren,

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thor elders is the cause Of good deal OF
mischief and injury to their youthful di'
gcstions. A variety Of dishes should ncv.
er be permitted, and any attempt at waste.
fulncss should be checked at once2 Econ.
omy aud self denial can be taught at the
childrcn's table far more easily than at
! school.
| The diet OF children can hardly be toe
plain. If they require to be encouraged to
cat by tho administration of daintics, there
must be something radically wrong somo-
where. 1t ls unlikely that something ia
constitutional, more probable insufficient
exercise ls taken, or taken at wrong times,
or the nursery ls stuify, or the bedroom
badly ventilated, or the parents have forgot
ton that sunshine and fresh air are necessa-
ry to the healthy life of child as whole
some food itself is.
| The want of cleanliness, or frequent use
| OF the bath, is many times the cause OF in
different appetite IN children. Without
cleanliness of clothes and cleanliness of
person, you can not have healthy children.
Without this the young blood seems pois.
oned, the child has neither buoyancy nor
heart, appetite ls depravcd or absent,
and he grows up as pale and poor as a sick
ly plant.
lnjudicious clothing is another cause of
dyspepsia. 1t ls bad enough to encase the
body which has attained it's full develop
menl in tight dress, but it is ruiuous for
child to be clothed in tightly fitting gar
ments. Every organ of child's body
requires room to grow and expand; if IL
he III any way compressed, the circulation
through 1t becomes lessened, aud il is there.
for sickly and rendered weak
Tightncss, therefore, of any portion o a
chlid's clothing ruins not only the organ
directly underneath the construction. but
indirectly those ut distance from 1t, for
no dammlng up of the circulation can be
Tolerated by nature. Tightness round the
waist III children and young people is the
cause OF many cases of dyspnpslA, and in a
lesser degree SO Is tightncss of the necker-
chlct, by retaining the blood in the brain.
Lave your chlldrcn's clothing loose, then, If
you would sec them healthy and happy See
TOO, that at night they sleep not on leather
beds, and that though warmly they are not
heavily clothed.
Children should be fed with great rcgu-
larliy day by day The parents having
chosen the hours for dinner, breakfast and
tea, ought to see that the times arc strictly
adhered to.
lrrcgularity in meal hours; and times of
getting up in the morning and retiring to
bed at night, is not only prciudlcial to The
present health OF a child, but 1t teaches him
habits which arc greatly against his chances
OF success in alter life.
need hardly speak here about the aual-
lty OF tie food that is placed before child;
against lndlgestlble or TOO rich food. against
sauces aid spices OF all kinds including
curries. against heavy foods of the puncake
dough and dumping kind, against upripe
fruits, against too hot soup, against strong
ten and coffee, Or beer, or against overmuch
butchers meat;
Pray, mothers, do not forget that al in
terval OF rest should ensue between Til;
meals you give your children, and DO not
lnJure their young digestions by cramming
them with cake, or buns, or sweets of any
KIND. 10 40 30 Is worse than crucl,i is
sin. and SIN which you are but 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 DC
bad enough in all conscience for children,
even II they were always pure aud una
dulterated. But they are too oftca post
lively poisonous Feed on PLAIN and whole
come food regularly regularly from day 10 tiay, pcr
hitting no stutflng between meals, and not
forgetting the benefits that accrue from
frequent changes of dict, more cspc-
clally as regards dinner. Do this, and
your children will live to bless you do
otherwise, and expect to sec them slckly,
with veins and arteries possessing no re-
slllcncy, with mucous membranes pale
and tlabby, pipes of lungs thai the accident
of slight cold Is sufficient to close, mus
cles OF limbs 40 weak that exercise is q
ponance instead of pleasure, and fl, Oh so
unwholcsome that pins prick may cause
fcster,and all this because the blood Is i'm
povcrlshcd through errors IN dict.