The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-13
LEVERAGE FOR CHTLDREN

ines her young son saying, when he passes his sixteenth birthday so far he has thrived on milk = I'm old enough now to drink cof- fee-Dr. Brady says 1t is all right for children and won't hurt any, body"
 Before we proceed I wish mother would rap her son smartly on the knuckles and remind him that pr. Brady says no such thing.
 Incidentally, commend knuckle- rapping to parents who have a job of up-bringing on their hands. I have found 1t an excellent system of training, especially at table. In- herited tendency, in our family. Mother used to keep us four holy terrors in line by knuckle-rapping --only mother used her knuckle on our pates. At table 1t is more con- venient, l find, to keep an extra tool on hand, with a solid handle, and when anybody reaches pre- maturely for choice bit of the pig just administer the discipline and 1t is remarkable how effective 1t is. Go all over that psychology again if you must, but stilF plunk for knuckle-rapping in child training
 Now here is what I teach about coffee. Coffee, properly made, is in my judgment a wholesome, healthful, beneficent beverage for the great majority of adults. You have in your scrapbook the instruc- tions given here Friday, Sept. l5, '30 How to Make Coffee and Win Friends. Well, then, 1t is time to start keeping a scrapbook. What do you do with your leisure any, way-sit and gabble or just sitp
 Coffee is an excellent stimulant to the heart, cerebum, spinal cord, kidneys. In an emergency such as fainting, shock, collapse, there is no better or safer first aid restora- tive than some hot strong coffee -- provided the patient is able to drink.
 Of course a certain let-down or period of diminished function fol- lows stimulation or increased func- ton, whatever stimulant may be concerned. But the let-down fol- lowing the increased function pro- duced by coffee is so gentle that 1t Is scarcely noticeable.
 Each cupful of well made coffee contains perhaps 1 l-2 grains of caf- feine. A cupful of tea contains perhaps Q little less theine. A cup ful of chocolate or cocoa contains perhaps still less theobromine These allIaliods are virtually the same drug, in effect. Caffeine and theine (coffee or tea) is more stim- ulating to the brain and heart; theobromine (cocoa or chocolate) is more stimulating to the kidney function.
 Certain invalids should take none of these beverages except with the consent of their physicians. l de- cline to advise such invalids about this, by mall, on the ground that 1t would tend to eliminate me.
 Coffee, tea, chocolate or cocoa drinking in childhood Is prolific cause of bed-wetting. By the way, I have @ monograph on the bed- wetting habit - send stamped en- velope bearing your address and ask for 1t. Milk is the child's bev- craze.
 When I characterize coffee as Q healthful beverage for most adults mean beverage. I do not mean abuse of coffee by using 1t to wash down unmasticated morsels of food. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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