The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1901-02-16
REALM OF THE NURSERY.
Advice TO Mothers on the Care Of In
fants-The Healthy
Child.

GAaAAI NaaN AaN
healthy, and the mother who aims TO
preside over a well regulated nursery
will put forth every effort TO keep
her child in its normal condition, ssys
the New York Tribune.
There are training schools for
nurses and for cooks, but for . young
woman 70 be trained to proper moth
erhood Is something yet to be accom-
plished In the new century.
The careful mother begins By be-
ing systematic and punctual in all
that is done for the baby, She has
q time for everything, and sees that
everything is done at the proper
time. She has learned that the i'm
portant things necessary for the
healthful development of any child
are exercise, air, cleanliness, correct
food and sleep,
The most beneficial exercise for .
baby to indulge in Is = good, healthy
cry. The mere fact that an infant
breathes ia not enough; the lungs
nus e"r q
but a whining, f~retful cry Is not q
healthy one,
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| temperature az the room is lowered
too much. wrap the child up In a
hlanl.t
right degree is reached.
A most important item In the
baby's training Is the bath, which
means more than a little sponging
on once a day. h child should be
allowed to splash In a tub OF water
each morning about an hour after
teeuing' faney soaps should be avoid
! Cd a pure CASTLE or white soap be-
ing the pest, n the massage OF the
muscles and rubbing OF the skin
whicn a pain makes necessary bear
a large share toward making the
heaithy child
A baby whose food is received with
absolute regularity seldom suffers
from indigestion, II the nature Of the
food is carefully looked after. The
Feeding hours should be 80 arranged
that the evening meal will come Of
seven o'clock. Before feeding, baby
should be made ready Tor the night,
with no wrinkles in the clothing OF
safety pins TO irritate the tender
nesn' n with both hands and feet
made warm. A young infant gen.
eraly requires feeding twice during
one n'gh''
MIX mat 10 to be used TOR food
Tor infants should never be put in
an open vessel in the refrigerator
where meat and vegetables or vari.
Gus things are kept. for nothing will
absorb odors more quickly than milk.
Neither should II be kept In tin. but
IN covered glass bottles or jars, The
simplest way to perserve milk for in
iants il by Pasteurization. This ia
done by submitting the milk TO q
temperature OF about 1855 degrees for
10 minutes and then allowing II "a
cool rapidly. The bottle Of milk may
be placed in q vessel Of boiling water
a. the right temperature to Pasteur.
i1e II, thus destroying ordinary
germs without giving the milk q
boiled taste. 1t is best TO prepar,
the loco for an infant in sufficient
quantity each morning 10 last through
n Day
When the baby is old enough to b,
taken out for an airing, the wrap
pings must be carefully considered
II is found that the majority Of In
fants In their baby carriages on tn
streets in winter are too warml,
wrapped up. The child that is s
incased In fur that II perspires iron
every pore is in fair condition 10
an attack Of neumnuia mr. any nm