Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-05
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EStiIAblh fHlisnhES
Here il a paragraph from letter I
have Just received from the mother 81 n
very excitahle little girl Of five years old
1t shows that putting - hcd carly does
not make children wa,e III early, hut
quite the reverse She SAYS. iou advised
me 20 nut her 10 bed nj SIX o'clock Il
has worked wonders She now sleeps
FINN SIX until scvcn-thirtv or eight clock
next morning When put her 10 bed At
seven o clock. she would never sleep later
than five next morning Good testimony,
isn't IT
ROLLING MITK FoF RABIES.
The hest way to safeguard milk before
giving il to babies and voting children X
to bring It Just Ia bubble
Don't let II 60 ON boiling. as thus
hardeus the albuncn the most nourish-
ing part Of milk
Il should be cooled rs quickly as pos
siblc when taken from the tire The best
way 10 do this IS to stand the jug con-
tanning If up to the neck IN the coolest
water YOU can get
Milk cools much more quickly II stand
ing IN cold water than standing ON a table
or shelf
Never stand it on high IN shelf. as
this Is always the warmest part Of the
room.
MIsTkkE or CopDItNG.
II Is a great mistake to keep delicate
children coddlcd IN warm rooms. with
windows rarely opened Remember that
consumption can be caused bv living and
sleeping III impure air
The more fresh ali children breathe. the
stronger they will be- but this does not
mean that they arc to be allowed To SIT or
sleep in draughts, or to be chilled IN FIRE
less rooms IN winter That Is going to the
other extreme, and running another Kind
of risk.
WHEN CHOOSING ROOMS.
When choosing rooms IN which children
are to live. remember these three maXims.
! A damp house Is a deadly house.
,. Where the sun doesn't come, the
doctor will
3. Don't live in the bottom OF a house if
you can get ROOMS at the top.
SOUR Ml1k.
This. OF course. Is dangerous thing to
give TO Young children, hut because sour
milk is bad for babies that does not mean
that ii should be thrown away 1t should
not Sour milk IN conjunction with a
little biearhonate of soda will make eX-
ttltGlt anu IlUttlAtOt4C hfNstN
MISTAKE To FORGET
Ii is a mistake to forget that in the
eighteenth century before vaccination
was known smallpox was children
disease just as whoopingcough Is now
II is a mistake to forget that since vac
cination has become general, smallpox IS
so rare that many doctors have never
seen q case
FUSS OVER FOOD.
1t is great mistake to let the children
hear too much of the food fuss that il now
so prevalent Food though very ncces-
sary--isn't the be-all and end-all Oh life
as one is led to suppose IN some house
holds nowadays Constant talking OF it,
leads some children TO think too much of
its Importance, and makes them per
nickety' as to what they cal and drink.
The very thing 1t is well to avoid where
young people are concerned.
MISTAKE OF TAXING TOO LITTLE FLUID.
Many health troubles -constlpation,
gall stones, rheumatism are among them
arise from drinking too little Everv grown
person needs four pints of fluid tany
simple fluid, hot or cold as desired per
day IN order TO keep the system properly
flushed and purified from waste matter,
which is apt to accumulate and give rise
TO trouble when too little drink is taken.
FEEDING BABY WHEN liz CRIES
One mistake is often made by lasx-
perenced mothers Of thinking that every
time baby cries food should be given To
it, Too frequent feeding Is a constant
source Of CRYING and 50 Is irregular feed
ing because both are likely u Cause