The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-27
- TIC OaRe Of CHILDREN s.

months, or requires more) Of the pre-
pared milk, and stop the neck Of each
bottle with cotton. Pour boiling water In
tho pail, letting 1t come to the neck of
the bottles. and have the latter. stand
for twenty minutes; then take out, cool
rapidly and put in an ice chest. Feed the
child every three hours during the day,
but only one feeding must be given dur
ms the night.
NO. ~
Having had nervous prostraion, I lost
the greater part of my milk, and have
been unable to nurse the boy during the
day. We tried one thing after another,
the poor little fellow crying all the time
and thriving very little. At last discov-
cred that milk, cream and arrowroot was
the only food he could digest. We take
one-half cream, one-half milk and steri-
lie 1t, then take three times as much
water. Boil in it one or two teaspoonfuls
OF arrowroot until it is just thick enough
to be able to go through the nipple easily:
the quantity of water should be reduced
Just as soon as the baby can stand it. I
should think in a week or ten days the
water could be reduced and twice the
quantity Of milk and cream used. and so
keep on reducing as the baby's digestive
organs grow stronger.
''Will you kindly publish a good cold
and cough formula for adults and chill
dren? Also please give directions. accord
ing to age. MRS. c. S.
Make a strong tea of hoarhound and
snake root, sleeping equal quantities OF
the herbs In boiling water fer half an
hour Strain and press; return the strained
tea to the fire. and to each quart add q
pound of pure rock candy. Boil slowly
until the candy is dissolved. Bottle and
keep in cool place. A tablespoonful IS a
dose for an adult, teaspoonful for a
child, taken three times day.
'sWill you kindly extend me the courtesy
OF informing me upon what food baby OF
months old can be fed, as same baby
must be weaned? Baby is fairly healthy.
but delicate. L. S"
Sterilize cows milk, and add, at each
feeding. tablespoonful of arrowroot jelly.
Heat the milk to blood warmth, stirring
in the jelly as you do this. The jelly is
made by stirring tablespoonful of Ber-
muda arrowroot Crnixed up with little
cold water) into cupful OF boiling water
and cooking until clear. Sweeten the milk
very Slightly.
my 6-month-old baby has one sore eye.
which seems to have started watering
when he was only q few days old. Tho
eye itself is not affected. but the under lid
has two swellinss on 1t, which come to
head and break. I have had the doctor
for him, but he does not seem to get any
better. have been advised to use boracto
acid, but do not know what proportions.
Would you use it? p. L. L..
Use no lotion for the baby's eyes unless
by the advice of a physician. Is he teeth
ing? Such Inflammation often attends
dentit!on. Wash the eyes with warm mix
and water, and guard against too rich q
diet. Should the soreness continue con-
suit really good oculist But let acids
OF all kinds alone.
.~Will you kindly inform me at your
earliest convenience of some remedy for
a little girl whose body Is covered with n
sort Of dandruff or scurf7 Even her face
seems scaly and rough. Bathing has no
effect on her. n. II.
She needs constitutional treatment Her
blood is the provoking cause Of the trou-
Bile. The case should be attended TO with
out delay. Avoid heating foods. such as
oatmeal. substituting well-cooked mush
and hominy: mix little llmewater with
her milk: give her baked and raw apples
and cranberry sauce, little meat, no pas
tries or grayies. and take the advice Of
your family physician.
"A little girl writes to ask how to stop
shoe from sQueakinS. An old-fash-s
toned remedy Is to have a shoemaker.
drive wooden peg into the middle OF