South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-24
CHALLENGES VIEW
ON YANK COOKING
Relief Workers Declaration
on Child Feeding Are
Disputed by Woman.

NEW YORK. March 24.-Ameri-
can mothers like to sleep and hate
to cook.
They don't know what is good for
their children 20 eat And they are
too lazy 20 tear themselves from
their mornings a mOrning-in
order TO learn what "A child thinks
about when breakfast time comes.
The malnutritou which exists
among our children today Is directly
traceabIe to the mothers who are
deaf 10 alarm clocks and who send
off children to school without a sin
gle mouthful. according TO DIR. Glenn
ems Plrquet noted Austrian pedia-
trist. who spoke before the Academy
OF Medicine here
DR. Pirquet was in charge of the
American Relief administration
feeding stations IA Austria during
the war. He discussed his ideas on
malnutrition. comparing conditions
in Austria to those in the United
States.
Austrian Physicians Charges.
Here in America" he said, Il find
many mothers who are bad cooks.
They do not know what Is good for
their children. and if they are met
with resistance or Indifference on
the part of the children they give
them nothing to eat.
MANY women are of the opinion
that they should not force their chill
dren TO eat They have been told
that if a child IS forced it will not
digest its food. That. Of course, is
untrue. Geese that are not at all
hungry are fattened in spite of their
lack OF appetite.
Some children are not punctual
az their meals. and that is cause
OF malnutrition.
"Bu- one of the chief reasons for
manutrition is that mothers Will lie
in bed and permit their children to
go TO school with only a mouthful or
nothing at ALL
DIR. s. Josephine Baker. head OF
the Bureau OF Child Hygiene Of New
York city does not believe that
women place the luxury of an hours
extra sleep In the morning. above a
chIds welfare. In discussing Dr.
P.rquets statements. she said re-
Gently.
we Can Rely on Ter"
"The American mother is sound.
Personally I feel that we can rely on
her good Judgment
There is. however. just a sCiEtilia
OF truth iu some OF these criticisms
The trouble is often that she doesn't
recognize the evils of malnutrton or
..Er. .-.er E- "a
wiu do as wen hy her older chile
dreu as she has done ~ her babies
"NalnutriGOu i'm America is due
not so much 20 Iazines= 7r % lack
of food as it is 20 ignorance ot how
20 feed children.
we have gone from the simplicity
OF The dairy 20 the delicatessen, with
ITS rich prepared foods. spiced meats.
ovcrseasoned salads and sweets. We
need more green. leafy vegetables
such Us spinach lettuce beet-tops
aad chard
.'Curioa-Iy enough. the same reac-
ton takes place among the children
OF the rich as among the poor The
weu-to-do family may have a child
who Is 'fu.cky about what he eats.
Eie won 4stf- .-.E -lAA ae q HINN-AE tA
the little one who is caught. dirty
and happy playing about even IN
dangerous city streets. It IS because
DE IS TOO wei protected and because
his exercise TOO often consists Of "a
walk through the park dressed in
his best
When Child Does Not Eat.
Any hungry child VIII eat. unless
-omethiug IS the matter. That thing
may DE adeno.ds. diseased -onsils
lad teeth, or eye-strain-eye trouble
often iurerferes with appetite.
Never force child 90 ear II he IS
free from defets. 10 be doesn't ear
don't make remarks about it.
pay mo- attention 90 such refusal
Above all don't argue.
.If child WON'T eat a regulation