The National tribune., 1907-02-14
THE FAMILY.
By sENoRA SARA.

By SENORA SARA.
In large cities the milk supply of the
family is serious consideration Not
because milk is hard to obtain or that
1t is. costly, but because pure milk is
almost an anomaly. A noted Danish
physician thinks that the danger of dis
ease from tainted milk is so great that
no milk should be used that has not
first been subjected to heat of ioo de-
grees. which would effectuaiiy XIII all
germs Notwithstanding this, ignorant
nurses and mothers leave the family
supply of milk standing in open vessels
in a room which is full of flying germs
of disease and feed the same milk TO
the baby, and when it shrieks with the
collie or begins to pine away all wonder
what in the world ails the baby. The
gravest danger that threatens in milk
Is the tubercle bacilli, cattle being sin
sularly susceptible to tuberculosis, and
often milked when in the last stage or
the disease. wise supervision of this
article of diet would result in profit TO
the family, be 1t rich or poor.
Eminent physicians say that noises
incident to life in a city are q prolific
source of nervousness, engendered when
the child is growing up. The blowing
of whistles, ringing of bells, the various
I street cries of the vendors of goods all
these wear on the nervous system oil
children, partfcularly babies. and will
. often transform healthy little animal
into a cross, peevish, sick child. Too
many mothers are careless of the quiet
they. maintain when the baby is asleep
1t should have darkness and absolute
quiet if it is to grow rapidly and de.
velop it's faculties properly. 1t is all
nonsense to talk about making the
baby hard" by subjecting 1t to such un-
pleasant things. 1t is true that some
babies seem to thrive under the treat
ment but some babies are like some
people, born with cast-iron nerves. BY
far the greater number, however. are
not strong, and the practice of hard
ening" them is better calculated to XIII
them.
An easy but not such a very nice way
to make a child throw off its stomach
poison, or anything else it has eaten
and should not, is to force luke warm
water down It till it can drink no more,
then tickle its throat with feather,
and it will throw up the water and the
poison mass with it. 1t Is simple
remedy. but effective in most instances.
Visiting sick people is always to be
done under the eye of nurse, and cam
not always be recommended. unless the
patient is convalescent. If admitted to
the sick room the visitor should bring
only sunshine, and should never talk
of gloomy or depressing things, or re-
hearse his personal vexations and petty
annoyances Unless you can carry
cheer into the sick room, don't go at
all.
American women are not well enough
versed in left over" dishes. The
French and English woman will live on
what the average American woman
throws away. Potted ham, for instance.
Is considered a great delicacy, yet il
costs good deal, SO is not often used,
when Il might be. quite a common dish
II the American woman knew how to
prepare it. Here is d good recipe. Take
your bits of cold boiled or fried ham
with the fat surrounding them and chop
In bowl till fine as powder. then pound
and press into a regular paste. Season
to taste with pepper-red-and mus
tard If you like. Place in baking dish
and heat in moderate oven for half
an hour. without browning over the top.
Press into small glass or stone jars
while ot,-and. pour over the top, clari-
fed butter or dripping almost cold
enough to harden, at once, SO that 1t
will not run through the mass. Put on
the lid of the jar and put in cool.
dark place. If properly kept, it viii
preserve it's freshness indefinitely.
Never put the meat in tin can. This
paste makes excellent sandwiches, far
better, in fact than sliced ham, and is
very handy in case of unexpected COM
pany for lunch.
LEFT over fish seems drug in most
households, but here is very nice re-
cipe for making use of it. To every
half pint of fish, picked clear of bones,
allow two tablespoonfuls Of bread
crumbs, yolk of one hard-boiled egg,
half a tablespoonful of butter. table,
spoonful of -four, half cup of cream,
tablespoonful of chopped parsley, salt
and pepper to taste. Scald the cream,
rub the butter and -four to a smooth
paste, and add to the hot cream, then
stir till thick Add the bread crumbs
and stir well for moment or two.
Take from the fire and add the fish,
parsley and seasoning Mix il gently,
so that the fish will not be stringy.
Grease your shells with butter, fill with
the mixture, brush over. the top with
beaten egg, and sift fine bread crumbs
over that. Brown in a hot oven and
serve hot.
An injudicious father said one day
not long ago that if his small hopeful
wanted to begin on the pie" end of
the dinner first he should do so. The
child ate two pieces of pie and wanted
nothing else In an hour ne was hun
CRY and bowling for more pie. He
didn't get pie, but he got huge slice
or cake and some bon bons, Now, in
the name of common sense what would
be the condition of an adults stomach
If that sort of feeding was kept up any
length of time? Yet mothers and faith
ers keep up this injudicious practice of
letting children fill up on the thing that
q spoiled appetite Graves, adding fuel
10 the flames of a growing Indigestion,
that makes of comparatively healthy
child a miserable, misanthropic man,
whose dinners are torture and break
fasts torment
How much oil should be put with
pound of white lead to make IL the
right consistency for painting ?" asks q
reader of The National Tribune: That
depends. If the paint is for prime, -
or first coat on bare wood, the quantity
of oil should be about a quart to a
pound of white lead II for a second
coat, about pint and a half of oil. II
you use turpentine then do not use so
much oil. To obtain an ecru tint use
yellow ochre, mixing in little at a
time, Till you have succeeded in getting
the right shade. 1T will be well to mix