The Alaska citizen., 1916-03-27
WHAT MOTHERS OUGHT TO KNOW

Iuting purIC,rS. Take one quart oi water containing one tablespoonful of Farley flour and one-half tea. spoolful of alt Boil slowly down 10 one pint Remove from fire and add sufclou. water to make ont quart.
 4 child under six years should never be oivcr fried food Of any kind (not "ven eggs). tea coffee, pork greasy foods or gravies, hot breai or .ohs. pie, bananas, GU cumbers, corn. spirituous drinks and milk that i5 not pure, clean and sweet.
 Never permit your child to be kissed upo2 the mouth by other children. nurses or people general, ". Tubercul isis, diphtheria, syphil- lis and mary other grave diseases may be communicated in this way Infants should be kissed upon the cheek or forehead and the less even of this the better.
 The best treatment for chl dren who are knocI<-kneed or pigeontoed is to devise various games which require the child to keep a correct position-playhg soldier, for in
 ai in mandlng the little one. Head
 toe out raarehi" The child will think this the best kind of fun and at the same time be learning to walk correctly.
 You can break a child of the stammerno habit by not permitting him to form I;. Stammering is usu- ally the result of a nervous and eX- citable natu,e and the child is in too much of hurry to express itself. Tax the child in hand at the first indications of stammering and gently but firmly make him begin again and repeat the words after you u1tl he can say them smoothly.
 The nursing mother should dri sparingIy or tea and coffee and avoid all per and alcoholic beyer age. A taste for alcoholic drinks may be formed by the baby il the mother ndulgos even in milo alcoholic toIics while nursing tho baby The haby's system become accustomed 10 the stimulation and craves it iE later life. A nursing mother should exercise moderately in the open air and sleep with Y dows open.
 list of weights and measuroe which every young mother should know when preparing baby's food One ounce of liquid equals t. tablespoonfuls or four dessertspooH fuls or eight teaspOonfu's or eight dralus. One tablespoonful equals two desserts poonful5, or four tea spoonfule One cup or tun bier equals one-half pint. An ordinary wine glass equals two ounces. One hearing tables spoonful of cane sugar equals one ounce. Three level ta, blespconfuls of milk sugar equal one ounce.
 The eyes 0! a little baby should be cleaned with piece of soft linen or absorbent cotton and a lukeWarm solution of salt or boriC acid-one teaspoonful to one pint Of they should he cleansed every hour with solution of boric acid (ter grains to Ol'. ounce of water). If the lids stick together a little vase line from a tube should be rubbed upon them at night. If the trouble is slight this treatment will be ef fectiee Bu' If 1t is severe call 9 physician immediately, as loss of eyesght may attend delay.
 Twenty ou. of every twenty-four hours sleep are required for the very young haby. Except when he is being batted and fed he should sleep sixteen hours After that until the school age twelve out of the twenty-four hours should be devoted to sleep. Nervousness, indi gestion and other baby troubles grow out of the child not having enough sleep. Even the smallest of babies should be provided with separate bed, although that beG may be only clothes basket wit a pillow for mattress.
 Exercise is as important for in- fants as for older children. A young baby gets its exercise by crying, waving its arms, kicking, etc. At least twice a day the in fant should De allowed for fiftee. or twenty minutes the free use Of it's limbs by permitting it to lie upon a bed in a warm room, clothed only in shirt, stockings and nap kin. Crying expands the b. lungs From fifteen to thirty min utes a day Is norma for young