Evening star., 1926-03-24
FOOD AND HEALTH


''Of course l want to feed my chill
dren properly" This Is the constant
cry of the conscientious mother. Fire
Quently she then proceeds to qualify
her statement by further remarking
that IL she considers their needs be-
fore those Of the grownups any num-
ber of questions present themselves.
First, the mother is afraid OF spoil
ing the children. Second. she is fire.
quently so busy as to find it well
nigh impossible to prepare special
meals and SO on.
We might say to this mother.
Don't be afraid. dear lady. of spoil
ing the children. You can follow all
the laws. however. formulated ty
specialists as regards the nutrition
OF children: you may at the same
time give your husband the consid-
Grafton he should have; your own
meals need not suffer"
OF course. this is not new propo-
sition. Dietitians have for these
many moons adiured the mothers OF
the Nation to put the children's needs
first. 1t must be admitted. however.
that in order to accomplish this. the
mothers sometimes need a little help.
Suppose there is g. 3-year-old In
the family? He is Just at the age
when indiscretions in diet. even
though slight, may lead to conse-
Quences Of the direst.
Suppose that the man of the house
IL an outstanding individual who
clamors for and requires man-siEe
portions OF very nourishing food.
Must he sacrifice his inclinations or
his health to the wish shared with
his wife that the youngster shall be
well fed? He must not! Inasmuch
as the mans satisfaction 10 an all
important element, why not show him
that the 3-year-old's diet may be
made quite satisfactory for daddy
himself? Dad is reasonable: that
goes without saying. so go over this
plan with him and see If il does not
work out.
The 3-year-old then may have for
his breakfast any one OF these fruits:
Prune pulp, sCraped raw apple.
scraped and sitted pulp OF ripe
banana, scraped, caned or fresh pear.
baked apple pulp. and strained or
sifted applesauce.
What about dad? His fruit may be
either a red apple. a sliced banana
banana with lemon Juice, puffy baked
apple with equally puffy ralsins on
top, unstralned apple sauce and so
on. Arrange a different form OF
fruit for every day of the week. The
only fussing involved here for mother
is to see to 1t that in a separate dish
baby's bit Of fruit is set aside and
that this same bit IS Whisked
through a struiner.
Three-Year-Old and Man Of the
House can easily come together on
the food question.
The Youngsters cereal may be any
one of the numberless variety, pro-
viding it Is, like the fruit, strained:
The diet IF the man must be changed
off from morning to morning, one DAY
taking appetizIng oats, another en-
loving wheat, and SO on. AGAIN
mothers only care will be to see that
baby's portion is set aside, strained
and carefully measured. W hen we
reflect that baby's cereal carries MIX
il may be q good time to ask acout
ordering a little extra so that ne may
nave a glass instead OF that secoilu
cup OF coffee.
so hree-Year-Old and Man OF the
House come together on tho question
OF cereal and the advantages are not
all on the youngsters side.
We cheerfully admit that the dln-
ner question is more complicated.
Three -Year-Old has had fruit juice or
tomato Juice in the middle OF the
morning and Is ready for his dinner
at noon. when he should nave IL.
Father doesn't come home until night.
Planning Three -YearOlds dinner
rirst, and then making the proper al,
iitions so as to make father both wei!
led and happy comes next.
Rahy's dinner begins with soup
and this will be either vegetable
broth or cream soup OF strained
vegetables and white sauce. Which
ever Is chosen Is a simple matter TO
set aside.
The main dish for baby's dinner
will be either an egg or q not dish
Of cooked strained vegetables. Nat
urally, dad Will wish vegetables for
his dinner so that all mother has to
DO Is to carry out the same simple
procedure and allow for both the big
and little member Of the family when
she chooses and cooks the family
vegetables.
When dad comes home at night he
will find his Three-Year-Old enjoying
d simple supper Of milk toast or bread
and milk together with a few spoon
fuis OF carefully strained hot vege-
tables or cereals and d. desert OF
mashed, strained fruit pulp.
OF course, dad will have his own
dinner, but again we point out that
he will have generous man-size por-
lions Of the very vegetables being
consumed in q more disintegrated
form by baby. Dads fruit will be
more delicious II the fruit which goes
into the youngsters meal Is put into
pie filing, pudding sauce with an ice