Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-03
FEEDING SCHOOL CHILDREN

in substance, the result Of an investi-
CATION made by DIR. e. Mather Sill in
one Of our large cities. From a study
of 30 malnourished children, It was
found that the following breakfasts
were eaten: 1876 had tea or coffee and
bread. 80 had cocoa and bread, 10 had
milk or tea and egg, had coffee and
cereal, / had nothing. In another in
vestigation made by DR.. H. M. Lech-
strecher 1t was found that of 10, 7e7
children. sss drank coffee, and 439 had
no breakfast. The coffee drinking
habit is prevalent among children
throughout the land, and it can have
nothing but a deleterious effect upon
child's nervous system. The slim
ulating properties of coffee-caffein
have very similar effect to that pro-
duced by tobacco. Coffee contains no
food properties. therefore it is not a
food but stimulant. At the age of
maturity one is young enough to form
the coffee habit
The frying pan has ruined thousands
of stomachs, and it Is the worst kind
of ignorance that gives school children
coffee and greasy fried foods for break
fast. The family that can provide such
foods can provide wholesome foods at
less cost. Let your child's breakfast
consist of a dish of stewed OF raw
fruit, cooked cereal with cream and
blendid with dates OF bananas for
sweetening, boiled, poached or soft
shirred eggs with bread and butter and
milk or cocoa Such breakfasts cou-
pied with frequent morning bathing,
well ventilated bedrooms, early retir-
ing and early rising, with a bit Of work
before breakfast, gives a child a brisk
start for the day.
| The lunch for dinner is a more diff
ncult problem than the breakfast, for
1t should consist of we'll balanced foods
which taste good when eaten cold The
sandwich makes good foundation for
school lunches. They may consist of
one Of the following: Roast beef,
roast fowl or mutton. Meats may be
run through the food chopper, and
seasoned with little minced celery or
onion. and then made into sandwiches
The shredded cheese sandwich will be
relished by many children. Deviled
eggs serve splendidly as the protein
part of a meal, in which case the let
tuce OF pimento sandwich is a good ac-
compartment. A date butter, or fig
butter sandwich is always tempting to
a child, and they supply very whole
some form OF sugar. Crisp celery or
radishes. when the price will permit,
should be added. A jelly glass with a
tight fitting lid filled with canned or
stewed fruit, or stewed evaporated fruit
adds relish to lunch, or a dessert as
rice or tapioca custard or pudding Is
welcome. Pie or cake or sweetmeats
are neither an essential nor a whole
some addition to the school lunch.
Oranges. apples and grapes are al
ways welcome.
II upon returning home in the even
ing, child is too hungry to wait IN
til the evening meal is served, he
should be allowed only fruit, or a glass
OF milk and bread and butter. Pie,
cookies. candies and nuts at this hour,
are serious tax upon the digestion.
These foods should be eaten at meal
time only, as part of the meal pro-
per, and then always in moderation.
The evening meal should be free from
over rich or fried foods. Let 1t con-
sist principally of wen prepared vege-
tables with light meat, or cheese, or
eggs, for the protein portion. a fruit
for dessert, and milk. Never allow a
child to form the late lunch habit: It
will spoil his digestion and his rest
These simple rules could be adhered
to in every home and they would lend
usefulness and add length Of days to
many lives.