The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-03-03

eight o'clock. The Prince and Princess
dine with their guests; the Princess
sitting in the centre of one side of the
table, while the Prince is exactly OPP
posite. When dessert is served a
piper plays the bagpipes in the cor
ridor outside, in veritable Highland
style, that is, pacing backwards and
forwards.
A Few Words to Young Mothers.
To the delicate young mothers who
are physically unadapted to nursing
children, and who are unable, If they
so desired, to obtain a wet nurse, |
send the following directions for feed
ing a child with cows milk through
the medium of the much abused pat
ent nursing bottle:-
For their encouragement allow me
to say that / believe a careful, intelli-
gent mother may bring up her chill
dren in perfect health by so called
artificial feeding, sanitary and other
conditions being good. | have cared
Tor W children, and l am familiar
with the catalogue of evils attendant
upon the use of the nursing bottle
only through the columns of various
periodicals.
AAhN ST. 0CdI lilllt mOIltIS. ii IU6IG
are good reasons why you should not
nurse your baby with mothers milk,
do not become discouraged If your
mother-in-law or nurse speaks dis
paragingly of every other way of
bringing up a family; but direct the
nurse to give the little one warmed
cows milk diluted one-half with
boiled water. II the weather is warm
she should also add a small quantity
oil linn water, not enough to affect
the taste OF the milk unpleasantly.
When possible, fresh milk should
be procured night and morning. 1t
should be diluted at once with the
boiled water, and set away In a cool
place ready for use. After the child
is a few months old the proportion of
milk may be increased until it is able
to digest undiluted milk.
A child should not be given solid
food until it is two years old. ANY
wise physician will advise LIQUID food
during the period of dentition.
About caring for the bottle-for
upon its cleanliness depends its sue
cessful use-it and its patent attach
1nent may be kept as clean as a cup.
In q TO save the trouble of clean
ing a bottle at an inconvenient hour.
and that a fresh bottle may be ready
for use during the night and another
Tor the morning, N should always
be supplied with three we'll fitted
bottles. These may all be cleaned in
the morning at ones leisure, with hot
water and sodal After that one
bottle will usually serve during the
day by carefully rinsing the tube and
bottle after each period of nursing.
A bottle should not remain in the
cradle after the child's hunger is
satisfied, as the milk will become
stale, and perhaps turn sour.
In cleaning the bottle and tube one
need not fear to use the brushes sold
by the druggist for the III
one of its bristles should chance to
get loose the thorough rinsing under
a faucet, which should always be
given each part, will surely remove
any obstruction.
The tube brush should be used by
drawing the wire handle through the
tube. l have seen ome people stupid
ly try to work the brush end through
the tube, thereby bending and iniur-
ing the bristles. When gas is not
available a small oil stove is a necessi-
ty for speedily warming the milk. The
mother should bear in mind that a
baby is a creature of habit, and that
one cannot begin too early to battle,
feed and otherwis Use care for it at regu-
lar periods.
If the milk should cause constipa-
ton, cathartics should not be given a
child, but instead a small glycerine
repository. This should be given at a
certain hour every morning if neees-
sary. 1t will tend I o regulate the
bowels without ~deranging the system.
-Etaza6eM Robinson Scool ie Ladies
Home Journal.
Brilliant Wives and Stupid Husbands