The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-15

OOOtOr lDlet, DOctOF 'gulet i-Du ljJCipT
Nerryman among thom bring up Miss
Prxtyman. But these medical gentry
today have a way of walking across tho
toes OF many respectable and well descend
ed opinions.
Bread aud milk have been the food Of
Infancy so long that it Is like speaking
against the Bible 20 object to them. But
bread and milk or porridge and milk,
after child is four years old, should not
form the staple food, which it Is In many
strictly kept nurseries. This diet makes
plump fair stout children, but 10 also
makes stupid ones Children brought up
on this conventional diet often seem 10
have curds for brains. Nervous girls dis
like IL, for they need essence OF meats TO
supply their craving nerve fluids. Milk Is
susceptible OF taint and so ready In car
rying disease, that IL Ia a reliof TO know
how excellontly brcths take It's place
Well-scaSoned broth of beef. mutton or
fowl. thickened with fine oatmeal or
cracked wheat, ceroalino or farina or
finely cut vegetables, is an ideal food Tor
children and girls. who are also the better
for lean, fresh meats boiled or broilod
once day. People may talk vegetarian
ism till they are gray; experience and
close observation teach the benefit OF
mixed diet for high quality of brain
and endurance. Pulse and water might
do for Daniel and his mates ia the hot
Assyrian capitol, leading an easy, stu
diOus existence; but we do not read that
it was more than tho philosOphio freak
q; their sophomore years, like the volun-
tary asceticisms of few hard-tkinking
youth nowadays. The Hindoos, Quoted
n living on q handful Of rice, really eat
kettlpsful OF 10 daily, and pints OF melted
butter. enough to turn the nerves of a
European. Italians fed on polena ana
macaroni, must live on meat for months
on coming 10 this country before they
can compete with the stevedores Of New
York in handling carRoes. The much
quoted Arab. who crosses the desert on a
few handfuls Of corn and dates, eats a
whole kid, II be can get IL. after his jour
ney, on the principle OF feeding
up for work during leisure. But
neither Arabs, Hindoos nor Italians
are much to our purpose as the
eifert of diet on Angio'-Saxon girls of our
own climate, who invariably show doiec
tive nerve and lack of keen brains unless
nourished with juice and fibre Of meats
Vagetarians, almost without exception,
are weak in the reasoning powers, not
given To wit or humor and hardly capable
for the strain OF life IL is a little curious
that DR. Anna kingsford, who wrote
eloquently In favor of vegetarian diet
for women, died early of consumption,
which undou uDtedly might have boon de-
layed by more generous fare. Give young
people a pleasing variety, the freshest Of
meats, vegetables and fruits. with bread
from whole wheat fiour-no other kind
being allowed and teach them how To
eat, rs we'll, and there will be no doubt
az TO the suitability OF such food.
Boarding schools for both rls and boys
do great harm to young constitutions by
monotonous, insipid fare and sedentary
life when two hours exercise To six or
ght hours study exactly reverse the
right proportions for most girls and many
boys. The teacher In "a favorite school,
praising tho delightful biscuit. which
were staple FOR tea. used TO laugh over
ui " raiSpl
biscuits ono evening, and had "a severe
bilious attack before daylight. The
laugh was on the wrong side. Those who
undertake the training of young women
ought To he wise enough TO know that when
girl can eat six biscuits at n meal she
needs different fare from that sho receives.
The craving and faintness felt by growing
girls especially nervous ones. with quick.
large brains, Is sign that nature is taxed
to its utmost 70 keep up with study and,
at the same time, TO perfect the physical
development Girls uf sensitive tempcra
ment are studying their busiest Just at
al age wnen they should be living an ensy,
active life, learning to grow flOwors and
EN- broider them, TO sing. 20 draw, to dance.
20 converse, how To keep house, md hav-
ing a good time till they are nineteen or
twenty when they can take up serious
studies in earnest IL they choose Inc
instinct Of girls 10 have a good time In
spite Of everything Is their saivation from
the entire nervous wreck which school
systems propose for them. Having good
time does not imply being out at parties
or prayer meetings five nights weck
Neither dissipation nor close study or in
tense occupation of any kind is tolerable
for girls under eighteen, II they are Co
know health ana good looSs after they
are twenty. The poor little nervous,
snappish wrctches one seos at twelve and
thirteen years, carrying on nine studies at
once, ace uitiabe signs Of the folly of
pGrorts and teachers. A girl can learn
and retain moro Ia throo hours study
day thHu she can IN seven. and tie mind
reUr ives bUtior traiLinc by taking az few
staGi at time and fastening on them
Gdlan 10y The mode rn pUulic school method
~ ski ping about topics hardly two days
O. too same study in u week. Tho effect
s. simply e. destroy the power Of cUnCen-
{ tipH, and the syst sut d Ftndy Is enough |
u wrccS tho brains Of an AgaSsiz
"All nonsense. " Cno lndy-liko punctili.
o.. uothor said of "a uuny yctim II
two " yrars. who was Kept out q school
Is .o.tsrf ORDER. aftor taking honors In
J. ns uiass1s. "~trdS dou't hurt girls,
l. ttc.oty .ots tham alone. Luclle has
hnN' iatug tho hardest kind of course
f four yC.is and sdu isn't auy the
.r
couric nc % city non. al school takes
rIu. b as study daily, and Lucille
g. w,d is Cfietts /" cheek which ut