The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-08-22
WOMAN'S WORLD.
goME GOOD ADVICE TO MOTHERS
UPON A VITAL SUBJECT.

Hints to Women Bathers-Justics gor the
Summer GIrI-ywOnnen and ths Supreme
Court-aEary Hauock FOots Changed
Dresses at the Races.
There are many parents who seem to
have no realizing sense whatever OF the
proper diet for children. They give
them whatever they happen to have at
hand, OF, what is much to the same pur-
pose, anything they cry for. The infant
mortality Of the country is something
awful, when one considers it. Hundreds
of thousands of children die every year.
many Of them from the effects Of inju-
dicious feeding alone.
In hot weather children should be
carefully watched and never permitted
to touch articles of food that are at all
questionable. "A little perfectly ripe
fruit, either with q little Cruel or other
suitable diet, should be given. If a
child is at all delicate or the digestion
seems to be at fault, cooked fruit may
be given. This is eminently safe and al
ways relishabIe Use as little sugar as
may be IN order to render the sauce pal
atab1e, and carefully select the kind to
be given Cooked straw berries and
blackberries, with the seeds strained
out. are excellent and may be eaten
give without cooking, provided they are
perfectly ripe and thoroughly washed
Very acid fruits are not to be given to
young children. The reason for this is
that, being largely on a milk diet, the
acid in the fruit makes a thick, tough
curd in the stomach, which. in many
cases, it is impossible to digest. Oranges
disagree with a great many persons,
and although they are almost universal
~ recommended for children the utmost
care should be observed as to whether
they disagree, for there is probably no
form Of indigestion so distressing as
that produced by oranges. Pineapple
has upon some persons a somewhat SINH
lar effect, only usually less severe.
There are many persons who are op-
posed to the use of meats, especially in
hot weather. 1t is, however, safe to say
that properly made soups and q small
bit Of we'll cooked meat cut into tiny
Shreds and thoroughly masUicated can
do no harm to delicate children and
often produce the happiest results.
There is in many vegetables an ele-
ment that, IN itself harmless when 1t
exists in the digestive organs in any
quantity yet furnishes nutriment for a
deadly germ. This germ will not
flourish unless this substance is present.
Ne2eEaO Dies OF various SOTUB are Specldl-
lv productive Of this element; therefore
the best authorities on cholera and kin
bred diseases have found it necessary to
restrict the use Of certain vegetables in
extremely hot weather. Whatever IS
given, however, must be thoroughly
cooked and should be kept IS complete
1y excluded from outside air as possible.
IF children are feverish, cross and I'M
manageable. it is well TO try a diet of
gluten bread and carefully prepared
broth or soup The meat should be per-
fectly fresh and cooked a long time.
Vegetables may be added, but should
be strained out before the soup is served
Milk, if there j. any doubt about it
whatever, should be- sterilized before
using All utensils used for cooking
children's food ought to receive the
most rigid inspection, and no question
should be allowed as to their perfect
cleanliness Few people realize that a
dish Of milk standing in tainted ice
box may in a few hours collect disease
germs enoug- to poison an entire family,
and, while the robust constitutions Of
adults may be able to resist the poison,
delicate children succumb to it.
1t is not necessary that child's diet
be extremely varied. 1t il much better
TO restrict it during the hot season to
certain articles that are known to be
easy of digestion and to make dietetic
experiments at other seasons Of the year,
If they are made at ll.-New York
Ledger.