Year: 1874

ana the wafer Dlood.warm, else IL rob


the body of natural heat. Babies ar,


no fit subjects for hardening expert


ments. | have heard a lady say hel


father used to throw his two year ole


children naked into a snow-drift to hard


en- them, and have known men insist Oh


putting little shivering things into colo


water for the same purpose; and have


known one of those children die at fiv,


years of age from heart disease, induced


by the agitation of its severe training


The effort of the heart to throw off the


blood forced back upon it by the chill Of


skin will injure grown person not in


the strongest health how much more q


babyl Not door should be opened


while child takes its bath, and the tub


should not be in line with door or win


dow, il possible, to avoid thread-like
drafts that are always passing through.


| heard mother bitterly bewailing the
loss of strong and lovely baby that
she said had taken cold through her in
experience in bathing him, when a draft
came from the crack of the door. Chill
dren may go through all sorts of hard
ship and neglect and survive, but par
ents want to make sure of their darlings'
lives, and will not tamper with them
knowingly.


With these precautions baby may take
his bath twice day in summer and be
the better for it, as it cools its blood if
overheated and washes away the pro.
fuse prespiration which will sour his
clothes. Large, soft towels, big enough
to wrap him in, should be used. | al.


ways hung a crib blanket with towel
over it Oh towel-rack before the fire
when baby took his bath, and had his
clothes all warm. When he was ready
to leave the water, in ten minutes, blank
ct and towel were spread in my lap. and
baby lifted on it and wrapped up imme-
diately. Precious little he ever knew of
Group or collie, and yet he was quite as
sensitive to neglect as any child could
be. He was always protected from cold,
and from his first babyhood went out in
all kinds of weathers, growing and re-
Joicing to get in the fresh air. When
there was pouring rain the window was
opened, and we'll wrapped up, be sat by
1T in nurses arms half an hour at time.
Babies revive at the touch of air that
has been aired, and it is a physiological
fact that they derive growth from it in
common with other creatures. Weak
babies need air and sunshine. Let them
lie in the sun by the hour and get strong,
placing them so the light will not shine
in their eyes. French babies live in the
open air on pleasant days. Nurses tai
baby and cradle by nine o'clock to some
sunny, sheltered parks, and stay there
all day, carrying lunch with them.


Most babies pine and die of starva-
tion. | suppose you know that statistics
say only one fourth of all the children
born into the world in civilized countries
live to grow up. OF the rs per cent
who die, about one third have Group or
throat diseases, the rest all with dysen-
terry and stomach Inflammation, or waste
away. There is one cause in the major
ity OF cases, want of nutrition. They
are fed enough but the food does not
make them grow. 1t is enough to make
one cry to see the little puny things try.
ing to live on arrowroot, maizena,, Lie
Oig's artificial food, and condensed milk.
They can't live. Why? Because their
food is so much starch, and either you or
would die inside of six months if con.
iemned to live on such food alone. 1t
8 singular when physicians experiments
prove that dog will die in six weeks
ed on corn-starch, and human beings lose
rom 90 to so pounds weight on similar
iiet, that the whole world, except sensi-
'le heather and peasantry, goes on feed
ng such stuff to its babies. Take the
'est of the substances named condensed
MILK, and feed it to healthy child, it
will grow bilious, pasty, and lose flesh.
dix undergoes great change in con-
ensation that makes it instead of one
f the simplest foods one of the most
rying to the digestion. 1t is constipat-
ng to degree that tells seriously on the .
ealth of adults. Fresh milk from a
ealthy COW that is we'll fed and drinks
lear water is the only thing baby !
hould take till after its first teeth are
trough. If that does not satisfy It af !
'r such time, make water Cruel of fine 7
zeal from the wheat or oatmeal that is '
repaired by taking off the hull. The '
heat is kept by all good grocers, and
fter drying may be ground in a coffee
ill. With this Cruel mix the milk
ithout boiling the latter, salt it slight
;, and you have food that will make
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