Imperial Valley press., 1912-05-18
DR.. WILEY HAS CHANCE
TO APPLY HIS SCIENCE

| WASHINGTON, May 1S-A strong,
healthy baby boy, weighing nine and
one-half pounds, was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley in this city
Thursday. DR.. Wiley is bubbling over
/ with Joy.
He is a fine boy" he said, with Il
laugh tonight Il have been deluged
! with congratulatory kilograms from
all over the country, but the one thai
pleased me most was one | did not
expect. 1t comes from Secretary of
Agriculture James Wilson.
You may say that Mrs. Wiley is
getting along finely and that the faith
er also has nearly recovered. The
baby is named after Mrs. Wiley's
father and myself.
Il wanted a girl, but Mrs. Wiley
wanted boy and, of course, women
always have their own way"
John Harvey Wiley will be reared
under the direction of the greatest
living authority on food nygene. The
diet upon which he will subsit and
the care that will be taken of him may
well serve therefore as a model for
the most lucky children in the United
States.
Or. Wiley insists that the great in
FAINT mortaliy is directly due to ig-
norance as to the care that should be
taken of them.
Our child" said Dr. Wiley with
great pride, is to be pure food and
fresh air baby literally. At first he
will take natural food from his mother
and it surpasses any baby food that
ever has or ever will be invented.
"A child should not be weaned until
he is l5 or Is months old and never
until he has passed his second sum
mer. Our baby will be weaned >
year from the first of next September.
"Of course he will have some light
food before that time, but only lit
tie white of egg and Cruel. After he
begins to eat he will have cereals,
fresh. good meats: soft boiled eggs,
barley broth. starchy food in modera-
tion and fruit juice.
He will not be given fruit until after
he is three years old and has all his
teeth.
IF we can obtain tuberculosis germ
proof. perfectly clean COWS milk, he
will be allowed to drink all he can.
From the very first our baby Will
sleep in The open air as God intended |
all men to do. His little lungs will be |
filled with life-giving ozone taken !
from Gods great out-of-doors. without |
being bottled in close rooms and un- |
healthy mansions.
His clothes will be very few and !
very simple. | do not intend that our /
baby shall ever wear the trailing robes |
many miles 100 long. that torture and |
retard the growth of infants.
From the first he will be free to |
kick his little feet and roll and tum- I
BILE all he wants 10. All The clothes |
must hang from the shoulders. Ol \
course, and hat cross of childhood, |
pins to stick him and lacteratt his ten
der flesh, will be cOnspicuOuSly absent.
When he GETS Il little older we will |
uut him in rompcrS and sandals so his /
growing feet will have IA chance to
retain their shape He will be taught /
the virtues of cold water early in life. |
lie is TO drink lots of it. not ice water, !
hut water of the temperature of the !
blood. Milk also should be given 10 |
children at blood temperature.
One Of the earliest lessons child /
should be taught is thrift, and instead F.
of John Harvey being allowed 10
squander his pennies. he is to be f.
taught to save them. | started him /
right today" said the doctor, as he I
savings bank book made !
out to John Harvey Wiley, with m !
initial deposit of 800.
in addition to the savings account /
he has two shares in n building ass0- |
citation That is TO lead him to ac- (
quiring a few acres OF land and 4 ,
home of his own in the future, for the |
happiest man imaginable is the man |
who knows that he owns the land that !
shelters his dear ones"