The Alaska citizen., 1916-03-27

name. Ana Ilt RnalllnS the OdDN is crime tlat should be punish able by law The niCknames are so often suggested by some baby trick or hal 1t that in the grown man and woman they are causes of humIiatioE and modification.
 Every mo.ter should make a scrar book for h.. child. Not the ol3 fashioned id'1 of scrap book with crude hI git colored cats and do. purple cows in impossible meadows but one matH from pictures GU. from the mGgazinc advertisements or book catalogues. Truly artistic things are to he found thus In re production of masterpieces, famous architecture faces of well kn2- people in art letters and history If picture has story the mothe' ;lould tell 1t to the mild ln [ chd's own language 10th m2 he, and child profit wonderfully by this Eind Of SCraD book.
 SeIf-reIiance, the greatest asse. of later life, should be taught in a childs earliest days. D1scourage Jashfulncss, for bashfulnc's is tic forerunner of fear and fear Is the cause of most failures in life. Encourage the child to go to strangers. Don't let him hide behind your mother skirts En- courage the child to arrive at con. clusions by himself. Explain gently his errors bur never laugh at them. Teach hbn to be self reliant in his play. Don't ny to anuse him too much. If left to his own ingenuity he will devise means of amusins himself and thIs ingeniousnes8 may make him a most successful grown up citizen.
 Adenods and enlarged tons s are the two chief chIoLIc co dit ,ns common in rrlidlen The symp- toms which indicate that thes. &re present and need attention arg Breathing with the mouth open night or day; snovilg, pooc nutrition and debility; los of appetite, nervous ness; leck O. attention (often due 10 impaired hearing resulting iron these groWth5); backwardness in school: seemlg stupidity; defective speech and nasal voice; frequent colds and a persistent cought. Medi- cine, sprays or douches of any kind will not renOve any troubles due to these grow ths. The only treat ment of any avail Is 10 have the tonsils and adenoids removed
 To tell accurately how your baby is thriving y-u must keep a cor rect and careful record of the child's weight. Your baby should be weigh, ed every day of the first two weeks of his life. Until he Is a year old he should be weighed once a week at a fixed hour-most conveniently just before the bath. If he is a delicate child he should be weighed twice a week. During the second year he shoul1 be weighed at least once a month. The weight of the average nor..al child at birth is from seven 70 seven and ona-half pounds. During the first week .here is a loss of from four to eight ounces, but by the end 0 from ten to fourteen days he F back again :, his birth weight
 better Way of teaching chiid;eo good habits than to be constantly scolding thel is to give them little praise. By this, l mean, o1 course, only when praise is due them So ,lanv mothers are shaTl with their nttle ones when they Ire doing anything wrong, howeve slight the otfcuse may be, and quite overlook the right things they do | T. li4io Pllll, lcIAIib to DC tl most successful cue: Praise you, 0oy when he has taken the trouble to make him2eli lock ,Ntra rlsa
 tnG tidy or It do anything extra well, instead Of noticing every time he is not Gp to the mark. Grad ual'y he will hegin to look for that little word of praise and make an effort to do and look his best to earn it.
 Every Infant and child should have at least one free movement of the bowels in twenty-four hours. While constipation Is not as danger ous as diabetes. still, if neglected, it will cause serious disturbance of the whole system. Oftentimes lack of water causes constipation. Un- Ter six montls of age from three to four ounces of water should be taken daily by the baby. After this time from six to eight ounces in twenty-four hours. This water should be boiled and given between meals. Olive oil is also good for constipat- ed babies whether they are breast
 d or bottle fed. One teaspoonful may be given early in the morning )n an empty stomach. If this is not enough the dose may be re-