The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-10
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two years Solid food should not he al
lowed until after a year. and then, It
should be bread, Cruel. pOrridge and pos
slbly an egg: but these should be pre-
pared for IL. and given to IL by itself
not at the adults table TO Yet child
come 10 the table is only TO teach ii 10
/ beg for things It should not have. Let
IL be fed before your meals, so that II
shall not be taqtalizcd at seeing you eat
when it is hungry.
HyGIrNIc FOOTWEAR.
Mrs. Lewis has furnished IN tho Jour
nal Of Hygiene some hitherto unpublished
manuscripts of Or. Dio Lewis upon foot
gear. The renowned hygienst said that
the s-.kles should not be closely fitted,
because a ligature about the bloCd-ves-
sells. muscles and tendons must produce
weakness. Cloth uppers should be worn
in warm weather, because he porous tea
ture permits evaporaNOn and cOOls the
feet. Rubbers should not be worn except
under most exceptional circumstances
because they produce tenderness. Walk
ing ne regarded as most important
means of health, and he said that shoes
should be sucn as 10 permit easy walk
ing and good circulation. SO long as
women walk on the same earth as men,
Dr. Lewis said their stockings and shoes
should be as thick and warm.
'H''t''H'
lie advised that children be allowed
to run in the garden without shoes M
summer, with their little feet in loving
contact with the bosom of mother earth"
WATER IS A DIsiNFI GIANT.
II II not generally known. says the
Popular Science News. perhaps. because
IL may not be always credited. that pure.
fresh, cold water Is one OF the most val
liable disinfectants. inasmuch as 10 is a
powerful absorbent. Every slck-rOOm
should have a large vessel OF clear Wa
ter. frequently renewed, placed near the
bed. or even beneath it. This not only
ahsorbs much Of the huriful vapor. but
by its evaporation. soficns and tenipers
the atmosphere. doing away with the
dryness which is SO tryinE and depress>
Ing TO an invalid. or even TO persons IN
health. for that matter II has frconent-
" tcen shown. by actual experiment
that troubled sleep ana threatened ia
somnia. are corrected by so simple q
thirg rs the placing NJ a bowl OF wafer
near the sufferers bed.
Ihe u4at pendent mus refers 10 the
unsanitary kissing the book" Any one
who has acted as a witness in court and
Kissed the court Bible in taking oath.
should understand the sanitary reasona,
bleness 81 Pennsylvania new law to
tlr lfiirt WIN Nht hiorli Natldniel
Hawthorne described the Bible he used
for administering oaths 20 American
waits and strays who came 10 his con-
sulate IN Great Britain, as greasy with
perjuries."
THf HYGIENE or THE FUTURE.
The great problems I'm medi line to-Cay.
are hygicnic says Prof Cottren though
therapeutics seem TO be getting The bet
ter of diphtheris. The most desirable
thing in the affairs Of man is first. the
making OF people healthy, and. second,
the making OF them happy. The dyspep-
tic Puiianism, which whines over the
necessity OF suffering as Il means OF
grace. can have no place IN a suDersti-
tion-free and scientific lily -enllghtenei
What we want, and what
hygiene is yet 10 give us, are comfortable
homes for all mankind ascptic alike. of
the germs OF inf sctious disease and of the
taints OF the common vices: where no.
bic and healthful men. noble because
they are strong and faithful. and sweet
adm beautiful and hcalshful women, beau
tiful and sweet because thay are health
full, slall rear their little families OF
- se-unellkh;ed children haapY os- i