The National tribune., 1907-08-01

The other day / was down in the big
market. and there I met a young
mother and her little year-and-a-half-
old daughter. who was. Of course. pass
ing through her second Summer. The
and I noticed that she looked rather
frail. Her mother said that the child
had bowel trouble very bad. and that
she was in constant dread of the pos
sible result. She said she was extremely
careful of the kind and quality of milk
she let the child have, and that she
superintendent the preparation of all
the food the child got. About that time
the little toddler. who had won the af-
fections of a fruit man. trotted past us
to some boxes of caerries. alternately
nibbling at the ripe apple she had in
her hand and drinking from her bot
tie, which she carried IN the other
hand. The mother smiled affectionate-
ly and remarked that the market men
were all fond of Gertrude. but did not
take the apple away from her. At the
cherry boxes the apple was thrown
down. and the tiny hand grasped half
a dozen of the bright cherries The
oblising dealer patted the little one on
the head. and into the rosebud mouth
went two of the cherries, which were
eaten ard swallowed. seeds and all.
The next thing to catch her attention
was a basket of over-ripe plumS, and
two of these followed the cherries.
while the mother watched admirinsiy
the further raid of her bowel troubled
child on blackberries, raspberries, a
radish, more cherries. and lastly, u
green apple. / asked the mother If
she was not afraid that her baby would
make itself i'll eating fruit. and she said
the child had not eaten enough TO hurt
her and she was so fond of it that she
hated to refuse he" | followed them
out of the market and got on the same
car with them. and before we had gone
block the child was fretting and cry
ing. and in two more blocks it was
screaming in pain, and 1t was neces-
sary to get off and take her to q ply
sician.
1t does look as though it might be of
small use to talk TO a woman as fool
ish as that mother. She took good care
to give the baby proper food. but ex-
ercised no kind of supervision over the
odds and ends of stuff that went into
the child's stomach aside from her
lily ration of milk. The child finally
recovered from its attack of acute
cholera infantum, caused by its diet of
over-ripe fruit. but it was in spite OF
odds against it. 1t is great wonder
u
ened state. A child in its second Sum-
mer should get no fruit at all if it. is
troubled with it's bowels. All it's food
should be carefully prepared. just
enough given it. and If il refuses the
usual amount it should not be forced
to take it. If the palate rejects food.
then the stomach does not want IT,
and to make the child take it will be
to give a weak stomach a load that it
will probably get rid of with more or
less pain TO the child Children are
like people, more often OYerfed than
otherwise. After all, it is not the
amount of food that one eats. but the
amount that is assinilated which goes
to make strength and bone and muscle
Have you ever tried serving for
lunch. or dinner. iced coffee? 1t is a
delicious beverage, properly made and
served. Make it in the morning: do not
boil it, but if you do not make drip
coffee. make it this way. Be sure the
coffee pot is clean as soap and water
and rinsing in boiling water can make
it. A pinch of soda will help to sweeten
the pot. Put in exactly the amount
of coffee you would use for the hot
drink: then pour over it boiling hot
water, half as much as you usually do,
and stand on the back of the stove for
10 minutes, or where it will not boil,
but keep hot Then stand in the ice
box. Before serving lay over the mouth
of the pitcher, or the coffee pot in
which you serve it. a perfectly clean
piece of cheese cloth Just wrung out of
water. Through this carefully pour the
coffee liquid. Then fill with ice water
sufficient for the serving. 1t should be
a clear. sparkling golden brown in the
glasses and made this way, is a drink
fit for the gods. But a caution! You
always want three times as much of it
as when you take it hot, so you should
serve it much weaker when iced. Mel
ther does the palate demand 1t as
strong when iced as when hot. Of
course it should not be profaned with
cream when served cold. AS a matter
of fact. if coffee fiends would drink the
beverage clear. or with only sugar,
they would find that it will do them
far less injury than when they mix
cream in it.
This recipe is said to make a very
appetising dish. Cut a cabbage into
shreds and boil in salted water until
tender. Drain and stand in heated
colander at the side of the range. Cook
together two teaspoonfuls of butter
and two of flour. and pour upon them a
pint of hot milk. Season with salt and
pepper. and stir in three heaping table
spoonfuls of grated cheese. Cook, stir
ring constantly, for half minute. Turn
the cabbage into 4 deep vegetable dish
and pour the cheese sauce over it.
This cucumber sauce is fine to serve
with cold fish.
Pare and mince with keen knife
two cucumbers of fair size Drain off
the liquid without pressing. letting it
drip for Two minutes. Have ready
chilled bowl rubbed with a Glove of
garlic. Put the mince into it, season
with white pepper. salt, teaspoonful
of onion juice, and a tablespoonful of
lemon juice.
Mix lightly into it with a silver fork
Il cupful of whipped cream into which
has been beaten pinch of soda.
Doesn't this creole dish for baking
halibut sound palatabIe?
Make Il rich sauce of tomatoes, fresh
or canned, seasoning with butter rolled
in flour sugar. pepper. onion juice, and
salt. adding. if you have it, a sweet
green pepper. seeded and minced. Cook
Is minutes, strain. rubbing through
a colander, and cool. Lay the halibut
in oil and lemon juice for an hour
place upon the grating of your covered
roaster pour the sauce over it; cover
and bake II minutes to the pound
if the oven be good. Sift Parmesan
cheese over the fish and cook five min
uJes longer. Serve upon a hot dish
pouring the sauce over it.