Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-13
letter to the Commissioners upon the subject

letter to the Commissioners upon the subject
TODAY says:
Prof. Langley selects the hardest pos
sible road to travel and then wishes
to have other peoples property injured
to improve his road. The present entrance to
the Geological Park by the Quarry road
invites engineering difficulties and unsightly
grades and needless expenditures that can
easily be avoided by approaching the Park
from either Woodley lane or Kiinele road
| where they impinge upon it, These approaches
can be made by long. natural and easy grades,
but as the Columbia road is on the ridge near
Rock creek, the present entrance road, which
connects the ridge and the creek, is necessarily
abrupt and steep. and the attempts to improve
road so laid out and make it credit
! able, or even practicable for pleasure
driving. suggests that the builder must
be spending other peoples money. The way
the most extensively improved roads are made
to climb up and down hill in the Geological
Park is amusing and extravagant, and 1 sin
cerely petition that the grade Of neither Co
lumbia road (Which should be called an avenue)
nor Of Lanier avenue be modified one iota for
such creek short cuts as connect them with the
park The entrance from the 14th street cable
can be made far nicer by way of the Kiingle
'front.' and the entrance from Massachusetts
avenue or the Presidents country home does
not require that the road shall be built first up
the hill and then down again The heights
above Prof. Langley bear pit should not be
cut down, but only his estimates. Rock
creek may have to be arched over some
day, but 1t is unreasonable to ruin the
prettiest heights near the city before the
arching Ii done. The National Park needs an
entrance, too, and both can find one on the
Kiingle road, which would greatly improve Mt.
Pleasant and injure no ones property, as Prof.
Langley's proposition would do"
DISTRICT MUST KEEP THEM IN REPAIR.
District Attorney Thomas has given an
opinion AS to the new bridge on Connecticut
avenue extended. over Rock creek, and the
Khngle road bridge, built by the Rock railroad
that they form part of public highway and be-
long to the District, and in the absence Of
statute imposing the burden on the railroad
company, it is the duty Of the district to keep
them in repair.
M1scELLANEous.
j. r. Eldor vas today appoint ted u subiuspec-
tor to the engineer department At o. per any.
CARE AND FEEDING OF INFANTS.
An Interesting and Instructive Lecture De-
llvered bv DIR. $. S. Adams.
Yesterday afternoon in the large lecture room
Of the colored High School, on NJ street. Dr.
s. s. Adams delivered an interesting and valu-
able lecture to the female teachers Of the col
ored schools There was a very large
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with close attention. The lecture was under
the auspices of the Sanitary League and was
on the care and feeding Of infants, especially
during the heated months of the year.
Dr. Adams began his lecture with a few re-
marks on the subject Of infancy and childhood
generally and discussion Of the mortality
rates among infants. more particularly
those of the colored race. He spoke
of the causes Of disease and the meteor
illogical influences upon the causes, and the
best methods Of keeping city children healthy
during the summer months. He laid special
stress upon the necessity for frequent bathing.
fresh air and drinking water and good. pure
food
NEED OF FURE MILK.
Speaking more particularly Of the care Of
infants in summer, he showed the need
Of pure milk and the insidious dangers
that exist in this staple article arising from
the presence Of bacilli The most COM
mon form is the Tactic acid bacillus,
which tends to the decomposition OF the milk.
The second year OF a child's life is the dreaded
period. but if the child has proper care and is
wisely fed it should be no more dangerous than
any other. An ordinary child OF eigh-
teen months should have about three
pints. or forty-eight liquid ounces, Of nour-
ishment in the twenty-four hours. This should
be separated into six feelings Of eight ounces
each. child of this age. however. should not
be fed pure cows milk. 1t is too full of tactic
acid and should be treated with lime water to
avoid this.
y, The best form Of lime water is that
made at home. DR.. Adams said that drug
gist would charge rs cents pint for lime water
when a cents worth Of lime was suffi-
Gent to make ten gallons. Take piece Of
unslaked lime and place 1t in sOme water.
Shake it well. There will then be deposit Of
lime in the bottom. Throw away the clear
water and refill the vessel Shake it again and
after it settles the clear water is the lime water
all ready for use. SO long there is deposit
Of lime in the bottom more water may be added
and the resultant will be the desired lime
water.
DAT MEAL OR BARLEY WATER.
= A second reason why young child should
not be given plain milk ia that the milk con-
gestible and harmful. This must be broken
up by mechanical means To do
this we should employ either oatmeal water
or barley water. Either one of these contains
very little nutriment. but is good when used in
connection with milk. Barley water is made
barley -four. Mix teaspoonful of the -four
with little cold water. Pour over
it pint of hot water and let ii simmer for
few moments and we will have enough barley
water to last for the twenty-fOur hours.
Forty-eight ounces of liquid food SO prepared
will keep child fat and healthy during the
summer. DIR. Adams spoke OF the trouble
that is likely to result from the refusal of the
icemen to serve ice on Sundays. Ice. he said.
is not luxury. but II necessity, and the legal
authorities ought to take some action against
the monopoly for their refusal in the matter.
sTEAMING THE MILK.
During the past few years the mortality
among infants in the founding asylums in New
York in summer has been reduced two-thirds
rs a result of the introduction of the system
Of sterilizing the milk that is used. BY this
il meant killing the germs of disease
that are present and preventing others from
entering. This is accomplished by steam
ing the milk to the boiling point. A
better system, however, is known as
Pasteurization. This consists in heating
the milk only to ITO degrees. The six
bottles into which the child's feelings have
been placed should be put in a pan of cold
water and then placed on the stove and heated.
When the water has reached the boiling point it
will be found that the milk is at 40,
heat sufficient to kill all the germs.
The mouths Of the bottles should be stopped
closely with cotton. no germs can penetrate
this and so enter the milk. The barley water
should be added just before feeding. as we'll as
a little sugar, if the child is accustomed to it
Pure water not too cold and in proper guam
titles. the doctor said. never hurt any one and
evep yarv y(,nnp infants need il for there ia