The National tribune., 1909-07-08
Bv SENORA SARA.

lay the baby in the tepid water, and
with the sponge go gently over its body
at least a half a dozen times, then dip
out some of the tepid water while the
baby is splashing in it, and pour IN
cool water until the bath is about blood
heat or a tiny bit cooler. Then go over
it with the sponge again, and lift the
baby out and put on just one thin slip.
Do not try to dry the child's body. The
evaporation from the water just as it is
| taken from the bath coolS the body
| tremendously, and this is good thlns
| for grown people to try as Wen as chi.
dren After the water is all dried, II
there are any heat spots sprinkle theH
with the talcum powder, and also sprln-
kle some well into the creases and folds
of the body.
If YOU value your child's life, do not
feed it on narcotics of any description
at any time, but certainly not in warm
weather If the baby has to be soothed
and you have tried all natural meth
DDS, then you might use little pare
goric. That is probably as pure mar
cotic as a child can take, but at the
same time it should be used very SPAR
ingly. If the baby does not have Sum-
mer complaint so that you have to be
careful in feeding it lest its bowels be
moved too freely, never give 1t boiled
milk Boiled milk is constipating, and,
|
| for a child to drink, as the boiling kills
some of the best properties Of the milk.
DIR. Wiley once said in reply to ques-
| ton from a delegate in a Mothers Con-
gress, the question being, IF you sus-
pected that the milk was not perfectly
pure, would it not be best to boil II?
| looked at the woman for moment,
and then, with a quiZZical smile, said
IF / suspected that the milk was not
perfectly pure I would pitch it out
doors I would not feed it to child
at ALL" While it is true that all OF the
milk that householders use is poor stun,
it is certainly made very much worse
by the manner in which it is handled
after it gets into the house. Next to
gelatine milk makes a mighty good
"culture'' field for microbes and bugs
| of every description. An open glass
filled with milk that has stood five min
utes in a living room is not fit Tor
human being to touch. II there mas
| happened to be a typhoid germ in the
room and it gets into the milk, or
germ of smallpox, scarlet fever, con-
sumption or diphtheria or any of these
| dreaded diseases, and the system OF the
grown person or the child is in a con-
dition to propagate that microbe, any
one of these diseases can develop in
very short space of time, and, as l have
said, milk is just exactly the thing for
F.; it to develop in. When you put milk in
an ice box, see that the jar or bottle is
properly sealed. Never set milk open in
| an ice box. The same might be said of
| butter. Milk should always be kept in
glass or china receptacles, never IN tin.
OF course, porcelain-lined vessels are
just as safe as the glass and china.
1t does not take one second longer
| to take care of milk properly, and,
whether it is suspected or not, the wis
1 Il <l.,%rr ~
keeping it from taint of any descrip-
ton. If your children are inclined &c
| be sfckIy, Investigate the source of your
milk supply. Find out for yourself If
the milk buckets and cans are cleaned
perfectly after every milking, and
whether sanitary precautions are taken
about the COW stables, and how the
milk is transported to the market, and
if you find that your milk dealer is lax
in any one of these respects, hunt the
man who has some regard for his Gus
toners and lives up to the sanitation
laws in giving them the most sanitary
service.
OF course, 1t is the custom now to
scoff at microbes on the one hand and
to overestimate their Importance on the
| other. 1t is not at all necessary to
make yourself unhappy because some
one has told you that there may be a
million typhoid "bugs" in single drop
OF milk, because Ii Is not probable that
there will be any at all in the milk you
| get II you use common-sense judgment
| in buying 1t and caring for it after it is
delivered. If we only lived up to our
knowledge of what sanitary conditions
are required for good health, we need
have no fear of milk or butter, of vege-
tables or meats; but eternal vigilance is
the price of good health, either Winter
or Summer. but more particularly in
Summer, as decay of all animal and
vegetable matter is only process of
nature, and bound to set in within pre-
scribed limits of time under prescribed
limits of heat.
AS / have said, little children suffer
more from lapses in the observance of
real sanitary cleanliness than grown
people do, because their systems are
not Injured to the infraction of all sensi-
BILE laws of feeding, and they are more
subject at all times to stomach and
bowel troubles. If you will just use
plenty of soap and water about your
house, provide plenty of clean clothes.
cooling baths, proper food, properly
prepared, and good sleeping conditions.
you will find that your children as well
as the grown people of your family will
get thru the Summer all right.