The log cabin Democrat., 1915-04-27
TRAIN THE CHILD IN CORRECT
 DIETETIC HABITS.

The child begins life with an appe- tite demanding qualification only in accord with normal requirements. Either through ignorance or indiffer- ence on the part of parents this state of naturalness is very soon modified. The period of his early helplessness, when he requires food at short inter- vals, is the time mothers most ire quently thwart Natures plan. The cry is the little ones mode of ex- pression. He cries when he is hun gry, and he cries when in pain or discomfort. The mother who has not learned to distinguish between his various cries proffers him food as panacea for all his ills. The immedi- ate outcome of such treatment is likely to be the inauguration, at the very outset of life, of a disordered digestion and a morbid condition pro- duced by eating and drinking. The ultimate result of such management lis so to emphasize sensuous gratifca- tion that the child can conceive of nothing so desirable as something "good to eat" or drink.
 As he grows in years the child is allowed frequent indulgences in cookies and candy and other sweets, at any and all times. His pennies are spent for something to eat. He Is hired to do his work or his duty with promises of things that taste good His punishments may be dep rivation in the matter of things to eat. In short, his gustatory sense is so frequently appealed to his appe- tite soon becomes his ruler.
 | Wrong tendencies, as we'll as right ones, are continually strengthened by exercise, so that the desire to gratify inclination and satisfy the sense of taste does not lessen with the in- crease of years. A dominant appe- tite indulged in one direction is with difficulty restrained in others.
 Any artificial appetite begun is the beginning of distemper, disease and a general disturbance of natural proportions
 No food except at regular meal times should be the universal rue for children from babyhood up. Un- interrupted digestion proceeds smooth ly and tremendously in a healthy stomach; but interruptions in the shape of food sent down at all times and when the stomach is already at work are justly resented and such disturbances, if long continued, are punished by suffering.
 The perversion of natural instincts which results from the sensual pleas ing of appetite arouses morbid and pernicious desires and cravings is one of the strongest of all the leading strings to intemperance. Indeed, the abnormal appetite, created by derang ed digestive functions, opens an ave- nue through which, 1T unretarded, the whole train of evils-gluttony, intem- perance, and impurity-may enter later on in life.
 There are inherited appetites and tendencies, it is true, but even these may be largely overcome by careful training in right ways of eating and drinking. It is possible to teach the child while yet very young to refrain from eating of things and use such food as is best for him and harmful
 It should be a first concern of every parent to start their children on the road to manhood and woman hood we'll trained in correct dietetic habits.-Mrs. E. E. Kellogg, in Good Health Magazine.
 DR. wILEY'S BOY.
 Dr. Harvey w. Wiley, author of our national pure food law, is having an opportunity to apply the results of his lifetime study of foods in the rearing of his boy, Harvey w. Wiley, Jr. In a recent interview Dr. Wiley said, "The proper training for in fants and young children consists in pure food and good language. His greatest delight-from the stand point of his father-is when he goes walking with his father and receives his daily lesson in Latin, which he much enjoys.
 Harvey w. Wiley, Jr., has never had any meat or poultry. He never has had any candy, sugar, ice cream, sweet cookies, or other foods of that kind. I need not add that he never has had any tea, coffee, chocolate,