New-York tribune., 1909-11-21

thy with the needs Of the Young girls 20 re-
fuse coarse-fhred. Ovcrfat or much beGTis-
tied meat Fish must be selected with rigor-
Gus severity: there are two fish. the salmon
and tho mackcrel. which should never he
seen On the plates Of young people unless
they have come straight from the net 10
the pan: trey are fatty fish and not easy
OF digestion. Rnd have a way or turning
stale before giving definite information 20
the olfaCtory sense. u is a great mistake
10 suppose that fish Is not nutritious; IL is.
as a rule. easy 20 digest and contains
good proportion Of nouiishinf substance
''e1o tInned foods OF any description must
ever be given TO girls. there is no excuse
for their use in country which provides
the finest and purest fresh foods CT all
kinds in ahunan-e."
BELIEVES IN CANDY.
And the author has another claim 10
Young peoples affection: he thinks they
ought 10 have plenty of candy; Young
people have a natural craving for sugar.
which they viii satisfy in stealth il 1t Is
not given 10 them in the diet IL is quite
2 healthy instiact. and should be brought
under control but not be suppressed. Tne
best way 10 control the craving is 10 pro-
vide children with sweets and sweet dishes
Of the best quality at home and at school
The secret OF preventing indigestion from
sugary foods is TO avoid eating them in
concentrated form. and To take them a.
meals. not between meals. Good
honey. home made jams and marmalades
and other wholesome preserves should BE-
given liberally. but never alone; the Eng
lish custom OF eating them spread upon
bread and butter is better than the Cont
mental custom OF eating them alone with
spoon The very best quality OF sweets or
candies should be placed on the table for
girls TO help themselves at the end OF the
meal Manufacturers have now solved the
problem of combining the sugar Of sweets
with other substances. which add to their
att lactiyeness and decrease. by mere me
ohanical diution. their power Of upsetting
the digestion. There are no sweets to
equal the best American candies"
Dr. Gordon condemns most emphatically
keeping girls in that ignorance which 80
many fond parents mistake for innocence:
The anomaly whereby any reference
10 the bodily functions is taboo IN English
family life. and Yet the street door is
open 20 the girl TO so where she likes
and learn what she likes. does not fail
TO strike the observant visitor from coun-
tries where the purity OF the young woman
Is matter Of as careful concern as in
our own. There is much force in the
criticism that knowledge impaired to her
n home without prudery would be
greater protection in her British liberty
than that which she viii pick up else
where. Unless our daughters are inhu-
namely kept prisoners the question Of sex
viii he forced before them everywhere-in
our literature. our drsms and our daily
journals. II is the plain duty of the
mother to impart healthy views and
knowledge Of elementary facts before the
girl enters the environment which is TO be
her world."
FEN NAUGHTY CHILDREN
There Is a long chapter on the training
OF The child. which Dr. Gordon doesn't
consider a difficult matter il the mother
knows how TO appeal to the little ones
reasoning powers. There are wonder
fully few children who are naturally
naughty" he says. ''Naughtiness is usual
ly the direct result f neglect or careless
ness ia training or of sheer ignorance
under new experience" As to education,
Dr. Gordon believes largely in the sort that
comes outside Of schools:
There is no faculty that equals in urlity
In after life the faculty of observation:
tit4f ~ htHe which nFlnES a tenth OF the
pleasure which may be derived from the
exercise Of this power Eminence is i'm
possible without il i'm any walk of life: il
may be general or il may he specialized
bat il has been a characteristic of all great
men in all ages. Shakespeare owed his
genius 10 this faculty and vas probably
the greatest observer Of nature and human
nature that ever existed. Browning and
Tcnnyson and Darwin have been unriValled
IN our own day. The engineer and the
scientist. the artist, the actor and the
novelist cannot attain even mediocre sue
cess without il; whilst the successful
grocer, the hOurshng fnancier and the ad-
mircd army scout have each succeeded by
aid OF special development OF the power.
These facts are undsputed. and Vet the
power IL largely ignored i'm our system OF
cducation-thc feeble growth of so-cailed
nature study in recent years is the only di-
rect acknowledgment OF the fact that the
human senses may be educated by simple
means far beyond the average Of present
attainment Unless all our senses are well
developed we are only. i'm the words Of a
vigorous American writer. sawed of speci-
mems % humanity