The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-26

Mrs. Leigh Putney. 1886 Lawrence
street. Appleton, Wisconsin. is one oe
the thousand of grateful mothers Of
'lactated food babies" She writes:
Wells Rchar, son & CD:
Enclosed you viii find a picture OK
our baby. Truman. who owes his pres
eul perfect health n not his life. 10
lactated food We fed him on milk un-
III ne was about five months old. At
that time h suffered a severe attack
OF cholera nfantum. He dsdn'; seens
to rally from this. but grew thinner and
weaker until he was near,y ten months
old There We're days at time when
he could retain nothing on his stomach
more than a little hot water or arrow
root tea, and even a teaspoon or milk
would bring on his bowel trouble We
tried everything in the line of food that
was suggested. but nothing seemed TO
be right and he grew so weak and
emaciated that u was difficult 10 dress
or handle him. At last,rsff my own re-
cns-bHity, determined To try lac
tated food He has never been sick
since then, and we can almost see nim
grow fat The enclosed picture was
taken the day he was fiftetn months
old. still put the food in the milk he
drinks. although he eats much solid
food He has just accomplished the feat
OF cutting eight teeth all at once. and
has not been sick or kept us awake a
single night. Our family doctor asked
me the either day what | had peen Civ
ing the baby that agree,i with him So
well and I told him lactated food. I
shall always be glad TO recommend lac
tated food. as 7 have good sample OF
it's work in our boy. Very respectfully
yours. MRS. LiSltrH ~ lNEi,
I.actated food is the most perfect SUBJ
stitute there can be for vigorous moth-
er's milk It's basis is sugar OF milk.
and with IT. is combined the untritivs
parts OF the three great cereals. wheat.
barley and oats, thoroughly cooked af
high steam heat and thus mace pre-
dgested" highly palatable and nutri-
fiotas food that babies take with relish.
Young children often become so weak
ened hy faulty nutrition during the
gIInJuIpr rfIdt they grow ffstfess. hardly
hold un their heads ard take Title
notice of things about them. Time ana
time again has lactated fool been given
70 these little pIning infants TO the i'm
mense qualification ~ parents. Tt takes
but short time for the splendid food
10 brighten the duh eyes and TO make a
rcmping noisy. plump baby that was
hut little while before thin. pitiable.
white-face child and a source OF ex-
treme anxiety 20 its pai~nts.
Counties mothers now sleep soundly
nN kDDWlnk tutiT DIttlouS tudiSfc df~
safe when fed regularly on lactated
food No mother with a sickly child
SHOULD delay putting II on a vigorous
Giet OF lactated food. IT means a strong
healthy child. In place OF a weaklingi
Until within recent years infants dc.
prived OF mothers mnn have beer
reared IN a haphazard and unscientihi
manner with the usual result that tn
enormous mortality during the first fiv'
years OF life has been reproach 4
medical men.
But all this is now changed. Practi
cal scientific men ~ the highest stand
ing have devoted themselves exclusive
| " to these problems cf nt-fee linz
| Many results have come but the great
| est and most practical Is the prerors
| tion OF lactat,a feod--next to mother
milk. the most nourishing. strengthen
| ting. readily digssted and palatable fct
that can be given baby