The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-28
Some Suggestions About Food for
Children.

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BROOKLYN, N. Y, Sept, 27.-Some of
my southern correspondents are in despair
about the long wasted dresses which they
have noticed in one or two radical fashion
magazines They have tried loose corse,s,
tea-gowns and easy fitting tailor-made
dresses with straight. long skirts, and the
thought of going back into bondage strikes
terror to their souls. For the relief of
these ladies who feel as if they must
offer themselves as living sacrifices to
this Moloch Of style. / am pleased to be
able to say that the attempt to enforce this
fashion has met with an ignominious defeat
even in gay, thoughtless, dressy Paris. This
defeat has not been accomplished, fear. by
any special growth in common sense or
hygienic directions, although it is not IN
unlikely that tho comfort experienced the
past year has had something to do with it.
These Partisan ladies realize that there is
neither grace nor symmetry in those long,
straight, plnin waists. A waist that can
adapt itself to this style is simply o mon
strosty and needs to be concealed by the
cleverest possible devices of pretty pleats
and generous drapery.
On the other hand a short waist of repect-
able size, fitted or rather misfitted with a
lopg-waisted body, is about as ridiculous
| and pitiful sight as can we'll he imagined.
| Strained button holes, grinning seams,
up-riding, wrlnkled backs, together with
the nervousness and general discomfort or
| these followers of fashion are spectacles to
bring tears to the eyes. Why should short
wasted women banker after the long, pipe
stem waist9 Why not fit the figure that
nature has given us as artistically as posi-
Bile and be satisfied with the result. A girl
with q hump back, becomingly attired, is a
more wholesome sight to me than the short
wasted girl who is endeavoring to force
her figure into costumes that can only be
worn by the possessor of q long, slight
waist.
The tea gown is universally becoming,
and for that reason is here to stay. A we'll
known New York physician said in a lee
ture not long ago that the falling off of
strictly feminine diseases since the advent
of the tea gown was something remarkable
| can well believe it.
Much Obliged" sends me from Charles
ton, s. G., very dainty, and | am sure q
very healthful aud appetiziDg recipe for
luncheon buns for children. Your letter
about the care of children started me to
thinking" she writes. on perfectly de-
scribed the condition of my delicate and
ambitious little girl, who turns with disgust
from her breakfast, and who will stand at
the head of her classes, that / was horror
stricken. made vow then and there to
this etfect-no eat, no study; and that
vow | shall keep 1t wes a very diff
ficult task TO make my child, who has
strong will and temper to match, under
stand my position. The first morning after
our conflict had the satisfaction of seeing
her eat soft boiled egg. piece Of fried
mush, and drink half a glass of milk.
Luncheon was another rock upon which we
split Bread and bitter she would not eat,
and poor cake she despised. She took a
fancy TO the biscuits which you showed us
how to make, but she must have something
sweet. So having little talent in cookery
| set to work to concoct something. The
following is the recipe as | have perfected
it: Two cups of sugar. one half cup of but
ter. two cups warm milk two eggs, little
spice nutmeg preferred. Dissolve Fleisch-
mans compressed yeast cake in a little
warm water, add the milk and then sift in
enough flour to make a soft dough. Let
rise until very light. then work in a pound
of seeded raisins. Flour the moding board
we'll and roll into fat strips or cut into
cookey shape. Bake a crusty brown. Chill
dren are usually fond of raisin cake, and
used in this way am sure they can do no
harm"
Ii pleases me more than l have words to
describe to see such appreciation and on
thusiasm as is expressed by the writer of the
above letter. Mothers sometimes become
careless about these very Important Thugs,
and after while grow accustomed to hav-
ing their children go breakfastess to school.
As heard mother say not very long ago.
''The food on my table is good enough for
anybody. If my child is too dainty to eat
it let her go without" That little girl might
have died under any circumstances, for l
realize that puny children sometimes out
live apparently healthy ones, but the dainty
child lies in Greenwood now, and her
mother is inconsolable A delicate and
capricious childish appetite is always ag-
gravating to the mother, because it is in
evitably accompanied by condition of the
nerves. which not unfrequently keeps a
whole house in turmoil. A growing boy or
girl who does not eat and assimlate enough
food to properly sustain life il always quar-
relsome aud hard TO get along with TIE
nerves are called upon to do double duty,
and life is an incessant and very danger
Gus friction.
There is always serious trouble to be an
ticipated when children do not eat heartily
Mothers should adopt the rule OF my bright
correspondent, to whom feel myself much
indebted-"No eat, 70 study
ELEANOR KIRK.