Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12
MENUS FOR THE CHILD
. GIVEN BY MRS. WILSON
Simple Easily Dgested Foods Necessary for Children in
Farm Weather-Class OF Milk Bettoeen Meals Pro-
uides Good Nutriton-A Warning about Flies
BY MRS. NJ. A. WILSON
fCopprioht, 1919, by Mrs. ". A. Wilson.
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summer, many children are mad
seriously i'll by eating foods that ar
either unsuitable or that have beef
carelessly handled or prepared.
Simple, easily digested foods tina
are prepared and served in an appe
tizing manner should be the dali!
portion of every child. The small
child from eighteen months to five
years should have food entirely diff
ferent from that given children siz
to fifteen years of age.
The average child will require
from one and one-half to two quarts
of milk per day for the eighteen
months old child to one pint per day
for the child of five or six years
The light, delicate cereals, such as
natural rice, cream of wheat and
barley, when thoroughly cooked, may
be served for one or two meals each
day. The small child should not be
permitted to eat any fresh fruit,
with the exception of the orange; this
is one of the most frequent causes of
intestinal disturbances. A potato,
baked or boiled in its skin, should be
served at the noon meal.
Many inquiries have come to me
lately asking how much meat and
how it should be cooked for the child
just beginning to eat. Do not give
children meat daily in summer unless
the physician advises it. The small
child is usually very active person
and for this reason he will need food
that will help him to build up his
body, as we'll as supply energy for his
activities.
He will need food to build muscle,
tissue and bone structure, and foods
that will give him plenty of energy;
foods that will supply the mineral
salts and the vitamines that are so
necessary for his growth and phys
ical well-being. And fat that will
help to supply the energy and lubri-
cate his system, and plenty of cool,
but not ice-cold, pure drinking water
to help the blood stream carry these
nutriments to every part of the body.
Good milk, homemade bread and
fresh butter should form the main
part of every child's diet until he is
over ten years of age. Bread made
from whole-wheat flour contains the
sixteen needed elements that the
human body requires for nutrition.
Milk will furnish the child with ma
terial for muscle, bone and tooth
structure, while good butter will help
him with his energy requirement as
we'll as furnishing him with the life
giving vitamines. This may be sup
plemented with a liberal helping of
well-cooked cereals and fresh vege-
tables.
Do not permit the children to eat
green fruits or raw vegetables; these
foods must not only be thoroughly
washed, but must also be we'll cooked.
Milk, fresh eggs or other protein
foods that are permitted to stand in
the warm kitchen or in heated room
may become very dangerous foods,
for you know that the deadly pto-
maine germ will quickly develop in
these foods during the hot weather
if they are permitted to remain in
warm place.
The wise mother will teach her
children very early to eat at the noon
and evening meal dainty salads made
of crisp lettuce, slightly seasoned
with salt and one-half teaspoon of
bacon fat, in place of salad dressing.
Fish and eggs can be easily prepared
in most attractive dishes and will
help to vary the monotony Of the
menu.
Thousands of children every year
suffer untold agonies because of the
carelessness in handling their food.
Unless great care is taken food will
spoil very quickly. Flies carry and
deposit on food left in warm places
the bacteria that quickly develop the
ptomaine germ. Screen and use the
swatter to Danish this pest. Do not
under any circumstances purchase
food that is kept in overheated places
or food that is exposed to the street
dust and flies. Demand from your
merchant a protection against these
pests, the filth and dirt. Your child's
life may be the penalty for such
carelessness. Boil all water for
drinking purposes and then cool it.
Teach, the small child to wash his
hands frequently and thus he will
help to safeguard himself.
If you have small children screen
in the porch for their comfort. Flies
and insects will then be deprived of
their victims.
A Few Menus
Suitable for children from one to
FIVE years of age.
Breakfast
Stewed Raisins
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