Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-03-04
90 Table Talks.
by Jeanette Boyer. Home Service Dent
Royal Milling Company
FOODS FOR CHILDREN

Royal Milling Company
FOODS o CHILDREN
nave no recipes for you this week, n,
Kitchen Kinks, no culinary cues, nothing /,
tickle "Hubby's" palate-but sometbin,
else much better indeed.
Dr: Amy Daniels, an eminent authorit,
on ehldren's diseases OF the University Of
Iowa, spoke at a homemakers' meating n,
foods for children. II was much too worth.
while Tor only a hundred women to hear
Whether voc have children or not. YOU
VIII want TO know what she said, since old
folks are only big children after all.
IL is the opinion OF DR.. Daniels that
many diseases of children could be avoided
II they would eat the foods which they
need. Il WISH she said, that | could
take you into our hospital and let you
VISIT the wards where little folks are being
cured or diseases brought about by i'm,
proper diet. Then you would realize how
much you could do to prevent such mis-.
fortune for your W families"
III your Sonney refuses to drink his milk
that there is hope. 1T can be done" saws saws
Or, Daniels" but 1t may require Infinite
patience and courage. Children eat what
their parents do. aud the best way to
teach them to drink milk is to drink II
yourself"
slippery Spinach
Parents too, must respect children's
preJudlces. Children are particularly SEN
sitlNe TO the texture and color Of food.
Always take care that the spinach which
you serve is not slippery. that there is no
scum or Jumps In gravy. The scum which
forms on cocoa is often very disa greeab BILE
to children. Often a child will eat a hin
milk soup, and object to a thick heavy one.
Grown ups do not appreciate this sensi-
tiveness of children to texture, and the
themselves are unable to tell lust
what is the matter. They say nothing, but
consistently refuse the food. Pink dishes
are attractive TO children and gray or color
less ones, repulsive.
Parents must be insistent, consistent
and courageous. children must AXE the
foods which science shows that thew
should have. An egg cooked In any way
is better than no egg at all. Some moth
ers think that children must have variety.
RMS is not true; children object to variety.
to new and untried foods
AS 10 the right foods being extensive.
L is the opinion Of DR.. Daniels that 1t is
far cheaper to give children the right foods
than to support them In hospitals, since
many diseases and infections might be
avoided II children are rightly fed.
our knowledge is continually being in
Some years ago we talked in
terms OF calories. but DR.. Daniels main
tains that the only persons who should be
fed on a caloric basis are those who are
SICK or down and out. She says, III chill
of food Is available, children will eat the
required amount. The c~alories will take
care of themselves II children eat necessary
foods. The right foods which science has
said children should have are:
1. MIX and Sunshine
II abundant milk and sunshine were
all children, there would be none
of them In hospitals suffering from ricketts,
and bone diseases. These supply bone
forming materials. PHOSPHORUS and cal
She recommends a quart of milk a
day per child.
III. Iron Foods
Iron foods are necessary for prevention
Of anemia. Milk is lacking In iron, SO
that vegetables, eggs, meats and fruits
should be supplied in addition.
III. Eggs and Butterfat
1t Is often thought that our climate pre-
supposed sinus and mastoid infections.
However, this Is not so. 1t Is children on
inadequate diets which have infection of
the upper respiratory tract. Children or
grownups who are supplied with 60 grams
OF butter fat a day will be protected