:et and
HEALTH
By DR. J. T. ALLEN
Food Spwialitt
Author of "Ealing for a
"Purpose." "The fctu
Gospel of Health."
Etc.
iCojiyrlglit, Ly Joseph 11. ISowluu.)
INFANT FEEDING.
The effects of wrong feeding In
adult life. including those of alcohol
ism anil other forms of Intemperance,
are undoubtedly hereditary whether
'he habits of alcoholism, tobacco and
unnatural cat Inn are transmissible or
not. We know that the vitality of the
infant is determined by the vitality of
the parents (hough not, altogether by
tho average vitality and the powers
jf nutrition are the fundamental pow
ers transmitted to offspring.
Wo may not always be able to trace
family history in eyes and lungs, but
wo can always find it in stomach and
liver and Intestines.
The food of the young dog, horse,
cow, ape and human, In common with
all other mammalia, is milk. The nat
ural food of the mature dog Is llesh;
that of the others Is vegetable. The
digestive systems of the ape and man
resemble, slightly, that of the dog;
not, I think, as some argue, because
their natural food is largely flesh, but
because nuts closely resemble flesh,
chemically. Tho gorilla has "canine"
teeth, but it is a slrict vegetarian. The
boar's' "canine" teeth are his means
of defense:
Albumen,' the' chief com-tituent "of
llesh,' Is digested' chielly in tile stom
ach by the. -union of the gastric lluld.
Accordingly, the intestine of the dog
is short in proportion, the stomach be
ing CO per cent, of the entire digestive
tract. Ti e cow's stomach is very com
plicated; she has. in fact, lour stom
achs. This is because her natural
food requires much dilution with sa
liva and rumination before it -an be
passed on to the intestine, not thai
proteid is the chief element cf the
cow's food, as in the dog.
Now the stomach of the cow plays
n much more Important part, relatively
to the Intestinal digestion, than in
man. Cow's milk is, chemically and
mechanically, adapted to this physio
logical difference. It does not as soon
break up into small curds, and Is,
therefore, retained longer in the calf's
stomach. This peculiarity partly ex
plains the (lilliculty of digesting cow's
milk and should be- considered in any
nt tempt to modify cow's milk so as to
adapt it to infant feeding.
We know that the health of the In
fant, its nervous moods, its physir.il
health and temper' in general, are in
fluenced by those of the mother,
through the food. This alone would ln
dirate tho impossibility of perfect
adaptation of cow's milk to infant
feeding: At best it is unnatural, but
js It is in many cases necessary, part
ly or entirely, we must make the most
of it. An imperfectly nourished child
Is more liable to diseases of child
hood and survives with greater dif
ficulty. Food is not, of course, the
only requirement for health, but it is
fundamental.
In cases In which cow's milk must
be used, care should be taken to see
liial the cow Is healthy, unless herd
milk Is used, that no preservative is
used, that the bottles and other ves
sels with which it conies In contact
ire washed well with boiling water,
never with river or cistern water, that
it Is not unnecessarily exposed M dust
or barnyard contamination, for milk
Mbsorbs bacteria as a sponge absorbs
water and they develop very rapidly.
The feeding bottle should be thorough
MARKING THE SOUR MILK COW
Explanation the Woman New to the
Country Didn't Quite Believe.
The woman was new to the country
und her host took great pains to ex
plain to her whatever she didn't under
stand about the farm. He had little
regard for the truth, this farmer, he
delighted to test her gullibility to
the utmost.
The cows seemed to interest her
more than any other domestic animal.
Ore of the cows had lost her tail
somehow and this fact led the woman
to ask why It was.
"That's the sour milk cow." the
farmer explained with a straight face.
"We ulways cut the tall off one cow
In the herd bo as to get sour uillk
fresh every day."
The woman looked her doubt.
"It's perfectly true," the farmer In
sisted. "You see when the cow's tall
is gone the sun shines continually on
SOME GOOD STILL IN WORLD.
"You needn't try to convince me
that the world Is selfish to tho core,"
Bald a commercial traveler. "1 have
Just come from a city in the middle
west, where this happened: A team
it er nearly 70 years old and fast los
ing his eyesight had tiaved Home
(1,300 to buy him a little cottage nnd,
with his wife, took the money from
Uie bank to close the deal. Like most
uneducated persons, he could not un
derstand having a check, but wanted
ly washed In b-i!ir.t; water all. t arid
fure using. It is best to haw- l wo.
the one not hi use kept imm"rs.-d in a
niiluilon of common baking s.i.l.i.
ft mv's milk ca.i not be made lien
Meal wit h the infant's natural food;
but it (tut be approximated to it. The
chief difficulty to be overcome is to
modify the large curds of cow's milk
that tend to remain In the stomach
longer than they should, as the de
velopment of the calf's stomach re
quires that its food shall have a much
heavier curd than that required by the
infant, in which Intestinal digestion
Is more Important. The use of lactic
tablets, as explained in my last Ar
ticle, entirely obviates Mils difficulty
ber.ldes overcoming other objections,
to the use of cow's milk.
To reduce the proportion of the ele
ments in .cow's milk to approximately
the standard of .human milk, pour off
about half of the 'fat that settles t
the top of the bottle; mid as much wa
ter as the whole amount of milk mid a
tablespocnfu! of sugar. Milk sugar Is
to be preferred 'n cane sugar, always
objectionable. The addition of a lit
tle lime water is, in manv cases, bene
!i;-ial.
As a rule infants, like adults, are
overfed. No doubt one of the rea
sons for the greater endurance and
freedom from disease of wild animals
is the fact that the young are less
likely to be overfed, as every natural
ist knows. An infant probably would
starve In one-tenth the time that an
adult can subsist without food, but
eating too often mid too much be
comes a habit with the Infant as with
the adult. An infant may cry for food
when It Is food drunk; what It may
need is water. And children cry for
otner reasons than because they are
hungry. Stopping an Infant's cry con
tinually with food is easy but unwise?.
Nature provides an extremely light
diet for the Hist, few days of infancy.
Let us not silpcrscde her method till
we 'know better.'
"Once every 'Two hours is' often
enough fo'r' th" first month and every
third hour thereafter. If there is a
real demand between the periods,
sweetened water should be given (dis
tilled or boiled water and milk sugar).
Constant overfeeding causes an abnor
mal appetite, as in the adult, that Is
never satisfied.
No definite rule can be laid down ris
to the amount, required. The best lhat
has been .suggested Is, an ounce for
each month, 'beginning with two
ounces, increasing to eight ounces at
eight months, after which full milk
will he used. Moderate, judicious ex
ercise now becomes important. A
child needs exercise before it. can
walk. The freer its opportunities for
movement the better.
The infant digestive system In not
adapted to cereal food, always a cause
of more or less digestive difficulty and
expenditure of vitality, even in the
adult. Under no circumstances should
white bread, moistened with tea, cof
fee, milk or gravy be fciven to an in
fant. There are many infant foods on the
'market, composed of cereals or of
cereals with milk, malted. In cases of
milk poisoning, or of serious digestive
disorder resulting from unbalanced
feeding, due to the inadaptability of
cow's milk, something must be sub
stituted for thi mill:, hut It does not
follow that because a child Improves
on the substitution of one of these
prepared cereals it Is better
as a permanent diet. It is also well
to keep In mind that a child is not
healthy merely because it Is fat. It
may be failing to develop the diges
tive system normally. It may become
so "llabby" that It will fall a prey
to disease when the fatly degenera
tion has reached its limit and tho con
ditions are lavorable for disease.
The common . practice, when cow's
milk disagrees, is to adapt the milk
by mixing it with oatmeal or barley
water. This cereal tends to break up
the coarse curd of cow's milk, but it
is in itself unsuitable, thotmh the
remedy is better than the disease; the
prepared foods are better as the
cereal in them is malted.
the cow's udder and the constant heat
sours the milk."
Hut the woman still doubted.
Tommy, the Boy Eoxer.
An indulgent papa had many a jolly
scrap with his 12-year-old boy, nnd
grew proud of the youngster's willing
ness to "wade in" for a boxing bout,
with or without gloves. One day he
said to his wife; "Sally, our boy must
be taught to take care of himself with
his fists. He rhows an aptitude for the
manly art. I shall find a master of
the science nnd put Tommy through
a course of fisticuffs. "You'd better
not; you will have trouble," said the
sage wife. Her caution was unheeded.
At 13 Tommy could hold his own with
papa: at 14 he could drive the "old
man" all over the room, and at 13 he
could put him out In three rounds. At
lfi papa laid down altogether, nnd
Thomas owned the house. "I told you
so," said the mother of the boy to In
dulgent papa.
the money Itself to carry. In the ele
vator he was robbed of tho money, lie'
did not make much outcry, neither did
his wife, they were too stunned. At
the police station, where they report
ed the loss, every man on tho force
was touched ut the pathos of It. They
Impressed upon tho police reporters
the worth or the aged teamster and
his nngulsh overthe Jobs. The police
reporter of one paper"wroie the story
just as It happened. In fifteen min
utes after the noon edition of the
paper was on tho streets the tela-
!! dii;vd with dif
Hull and .-.IhkiUI not
v to children. la'S
ss than two das old.
to line white broad
licult' by i
be 'iiveii fn
bread, never
Is pivl'erub!
which a chill should never be given
fresh.
At the age of on" year very small
quantity of pulverized fresh peanut
may be taken, at noon, in water, form
ing a peanut cream, and the amount
very gradually increased till at two
it forms half the diet. A small piece
of zwtcbach nny now be added to the
evening meal and very gradually In
creased till it becomes one half, by
weight, of the evening meal, when
both should be continued.
At three, the regular diet of child
hood should be fully established. At
seven in the morning a drink of wa
ter with lemon juice nnd only enough
sugar to make it acceptable; at eight,
apple, cantaloupe, ripe banana or oth
'T fruit; nothing else, unless water Is
called for., At ten as much artificial
buttermilk as caii be taken; at noon a
slice or more of whole wheat or com
bination cereal bread with pulverized
peanut. If tho jhild is really hungry
and healthy he will eat this with go id
relish.
At three give the modified milk.
At six zwiebach with honey or, if pre
ferred, prunes only, (live water as
often as called for between meals, but
nothing else.
Let the solicitous parent be fully as
sured that this diet will develop the
highest qualities of body and mind
und that sickness will lie avoided, if
the child Is properly aired, watered,
exercised and amused and protected
from stagnated, foul air, bad water
and sudden changes of temperature
or too much clothing in warm weal her.
The goat is the healthiest of all ani
mals, always free from tuberculosis.
Its milk Is In every respect superior
to cow's as a .substitute In . Infant,
feeding, and it ought to be adopted
for general use, there being no rea
sonable objection but lack of knowl
edge of the facts.
It is a poor goat that will not give
from one to four quarts of milk a day','
and it costs no more to feed Mian a
dog. where iliere is a fair sized back
yard.
Tests show that gout's milk approxi
mates to the natural Infant's food
nidre closely thrm does eow' milk. Di
gestive tests indicate it to be three
times more digestible, the curds be
ing much finer and the fat far mora
soluble.
Absolute cleanliness and freedom
from uii.ease is, however, the chief
recommendation of goat's milk.
"Go to the Ijllls and drink goat's
milk." w as I lie prescription of Hippo
crates, the father of medicine, for
tuberculosis. We are making the
search for a cure for "the great white
plague" a serious matter, as it should
be, but the true cure Is at least fully
suggested in the method of the Greek
physician.
Or. Koch, the eminent discoverer of
the tuberculosis germ, says the bo
vine and the human germ nre not the
same, llowevei this may lie, milk
from a tuberculous animal is unwhole
some; It may furnish a medium for
the culture of tuberculosis. A case
is on record in which a farmer, pro
hibited from selling the milk of an in
fected herd, fed it to his hogs and
they were infected.
Now comparative anatomy and
physiology and evolution attest that
the nutritive system of the pig close
ly resembles man's.
It is chleily because of the superior
healthf illness, in general, of the goat,
nnd its immunity from tuberculosis in
particular, that I have advocated the
substitution of goat's for cow's milk
iu Infant feeding.
Taught First Aid to Injured.
More than 23,000 employes of tho
Pennsylvania railroad have been In
structed in first, aid to the Injured at
the company's expense.
Book Made cf Marble.
At the Strozzi palace la Home there
Is a book made of marble, the leaves
beltif of marvelous thinness.
He Wasn't a Friend.
The editor's private stenographer
was pretty and It became an adver
tised fact around the office that re
porters and others had more business
during her service with the editor
than under the regimes of former
stenographers in that ofllce.
One day last week the assistant
city editor went. Into the editor's
room to see the ed"-r. Outside the
window was a painter, who. In order
to get In a more advantageous posi
tion, hung by his hands to the top
of the window frame, nnd waR In this
position when the assistant city ed
itor entered the room.
The assistant city editor looked up
ut the suspended figure and said,
laughingly:
"Friend of your, Miss Wank?"
"No; he's only u hanger-on!"
Important to Bachelors,
Celibacy does not pay. A Rood mar
riage Is the supreme human felicity;
11 tolerable marriage is as much as
the tolerable majority of people de
serve; but even a bad marriage is bet.
ter than no inurrJaj; at all. book
fellow. phone on the city editor's desk began
to ring: 'Of course, you'll start a fund
for that man, put mo down for JIQ.'
Well, money, poured In without nny
begging for It. nnd In less than three
Weeks the amount was raised and the
Identical cottage bought. There was
no 'scheme' or graft about this. The
public heart Just opened to the old
man and his good wife.' 1 saw them
when they came to the newspaper of
fice to thank the paper, uud It watt
better Juin a sermon.
Ce-r.tl
POSSESSOR OF
torn '.r
mm?
Mrs. Marshall .Field, Jr., who recently married Maldwin Drummond, a
handsome young Englishman, but without title, official position or wealth.
The news of the wedding was a great surprise both in this country and abroad,
where it w.is confidently expected that she would marry either a duke, an earl,
or some nobleman of high'mark. Mrs.' Drummond was the widow of Marshall
Field, the only son of the famous Chicago merchant.
C(
LEAGUE
SERVIAN WOMEN VOW TO FIGHT
FOR LIBERTY.
Corps of Amazons Ready and
Willing
to Yield Lives in Defense
Their Country and
Their Homes.
of
lielgrade. To such a high pitch hns
the patriotic feeling among the Serv
ians risen that n corps of women,
each member of which Is bound by sol
emn vows to fight for death or liberty,
is now engaged daily In drilling and
other military operations at Krague
vatz, the ancient capital of the coun
try. '
This cori s of anin.ons is part of
he newly-formed "League of Death.'
Founded at Kragueval., in the prov
ince of Shoomudya, this league Is
worthy of the old city's ancient tradi
tions. KrngucvaU is known ns "the
heart of Servia," ami Is the center of
the intense patriotic movement.
Kach member of the league wears a
badge of the national colors red, blue
and while surmounted by a metal
skull and crossbones, and bearing the
motto; "To Death for Liberty."
NO sooner was this league founded
than recruits flocked in from nil quar
ters. It became a matter of honor
with every man who was not a reserv
ist to Join, and only a few days ago
the women of Servia, fired with the
fierce enthusiasm of their men folk,
formed themselves Into a special
branch of it.
An old patriot, a woman of 02 years,
whose husband had died for Servian
freedom In the war of liberty against
the Turks, was the first to moot the
subj'-ct. She has four children and
nine grandchildren serving In the
army.
Approaching one of the high mili
tary officials with her scheme, hIio was
received nt first wllh disfavor. You
are too old to fight," said the soldier.
"If the young ones are not afraid to
die, why should i be?" shu replied,
flrcely.
So her cause triumphed, and the re
mit of her plan may now be seen in a
company of hard-trained women drill
ing dully with heavy Mauser rifles, at
tending at the shooting ranges, and
fitting themselves as rapidly nnd thor
oughly as they can to take their places
in the firing line should the necessity
arise. m
The woman's company Is composed
of fair Servian) of all ages and
classes married and single, peasants'
wives and daughters, and the wives of
rich merchants.
This amazon corps Is drilled by offi
cers from tho command of Lieut. Col.
Klkelltch.
Now that the corps Is organized and
proving Itself a useful, workmanlike
body, enthusiastic praise for Its mem
bers flows In from all quarters. New
recruits are always forthcoming, and
the officers In command upeak highly
of the women's military ability.
It is probable that other similar
corps will be founded at once In dif
ferent purts of the country.
Meanwhile Servia continues to or
ganize thoroughly . Iier military re-!
sources. Volunteers now number S7,
000, and ammunition factories are
working night and day. The stock of
small arms ammunition already at the
GREAT FORTUNE
(i'Vttv
OF DEATH
disposal of the troops Is staled to be
over 400,00(1,(1(10 rounds ami the stock
of rifles number ::oo,ooo.
Several French quick firing guns re
cently ordered have already arrived,
via Salyouika, and this brings the ar
tillery strength up to 12 batteries, ex
clusive of aoo De Itunge three Inch
guns that have been converted Into
qulck-llrers.
GIVES IDEAS ON MATRIMONY.
Young Woman's Few Don'ts That May
Be of Interest.
rhiladelphla. I'a At u party to
mark her freedom from the thralls of
matrimony Miss Anna Sowney, recent
ly divorced from an Italian, passed
about among her guests some "don'ts"
for girls thinking of matrimony. Her
particular don't excludes thin men.
She favors the beefy sort.
When all the guests had congratu
lated her and ussured her that she had
done just right .Miss Sowney the
courts gave her the privilege of resum
ing her maiden name on the arm of
a woman, led the way to the dining
room where her friends found the
"dont's" entwined with forget-me-nots
at their plates. Here is a copy:
Don't marry an Italian or a French
man, unless you are of those races.
These men don't, understand
American girl's ways of looking
lire.
Don't marry a musician. He's
nn
ut
all
nerves and temper.
Don't marry a pretty man. Pletro
was that kind and he knew It.
Don't marry a man who professes to
be, or is really, mad wllh passion for
you. He'll soon be over it.
Don't niairy a thin man. He'll worry
you and himself. Wed a buster every
time.
HOLD WAKE OVER DEAD TOWN
Big Farewell Party Given to Village of
Kangley, III.
Strealor, 111. Laughter and merry
making, combined with music nnd
feasting, characterized the big fare
well party given by the residents of
Kangley In honor of the town's
death. It Is true the affair assumed
the solemnity und jollification of a
"wake."
It whs one of the greatest events
In the 22 years' history of tho vllluge,
and In spite of tb merry-making there
overhung a gloom that could not he
dispelled by music and laughter. This
depression was visible plainly In the
older residents of the town, who have
refused for long, to entertain such u
belief that Kangley's corporate life
was at end.
The affair was held in tho town
hall and In the evening there was a
"local talent" play. This was followed
by a banquet and then came a ball, a
large crowd dancing until early In the
morning.
Kangley Is giving up its cororate
llfo because there is nothing for It to
live for. Its Industry was mining,
which was begun 20 years ago, when
a coal company opened up this field.
The settlement grew to a village of
fi00 Inhabitants, till contented und In
dusttloiiH. Then tho company began to abrldgo
FORT IS SUMMER HOME.
Old TlconcJeroga to Be Restored fof
Rich Woman.
New York. -Fort Tleonrteroga, rich
In the associations of the colonial and
the revolutionary wars, Is to rise
again from its ruin and prcservi .1 ami
restored Is to be the Miniumr home of
Its owner, Mrs. S. H. I'. l'ell of this
city.
It Is expected Mint the West bar
racks, in which Col. Kiliau Allen de
manded the surrender of the fortress
"in tlieoiame of the great Jehovah and
of the continental congress," as tradi
tion has It. will be finished next July
for the tercentenary of the coming
of Champlaln, which Is to be cele
brated under the lee of the old walls
on the "Trembling Meadows."
Tlconderogu has been In the posses
sion of the Fell family for nearly a
century, and the approaching celebra
tion ami a renewal of Interest in early
American history caused the present
proprietor to consider lis rehabilita
tion. Mrs. Pell's father. Col. Robert M.
Thompson of Mils city, Is undertaking
the rebuilding and restoration. The
west barracks, or "officers' quarters,"
will be n museum, and the other build
ings within the inclosiire are to bo
used for residential purposes.
The legends of the aborigines tell of
the promontory on which It stands,
having been a defense of the Mound
builders and then wrested from them
by the Indian hordes. The Idoquols
lost It to the French, the French sur
rendered it to the Fngllsh, and then
Fnglanu was obliged to yield It to the
forces of the revolution. After that
It. was taken and retaken, nnd finally
ilili mailt lfi) and abandoned.
Its position made It for centuries
the key to the Hudson valley nnd of
the way from this country to Canada.
The fortification stood between Lake
Champlaln and Lake (ieorge, on a
bluff which commands the river con
necting the two bodies of water.
TREASURE FIND ON BEACH.
Washing Up of Coins of 1800 on Lrng
Island Attracts Scores.
New York. Silver dollars of the
mintage of 1 SO)) are being washed
ashore on the beach near Fast port, L.
I., and scores of men and women nro
out raking and sifting the sand In the
hope of sharing in the prosperity
which has come ho unexpectedly to
Fast port.
The popular supposition Is that
about a century ago a treasure ship
went ashore on the const near here
and became a total loss. Tho fact that
the old silver dollars are coming
ashore 100 years after Is construed to
mean that the chests containing tho
coins were In the hold und that the
storms of the last ypar have broken
up the remnants of the hull, and also
1 ho treasure chests, nnd freed the sil
ver. It Is well known that sliver dol
lars at that time were made mainly
for export.
The first coin washed ashore was
found by Clarence Jayne, a llfo saver
stationed at the Moriches Rtatlon. He
was pnfrollng the beach when he saw
It lying half buried In the Band. On
one side of tho coin Is tho figure of a
woman und on the other nn eaglo
surrounded by 13 stars, 0110 for each
of tho 13 original states.
Jayno told his comrades about his
find and they began searching the
beach. The news spread to neighbor
ing villages, and soon there was a rush
for the 'ocean front, Those who havo
found the coins are not parting with
them, because they have been In
formed they are valuable and will com
mand high prices from coin collectors.
Reward After Fifteen Years.
New York. A a reward for heroic
work iu rescuing three sailors from
the schooner Thomus W. Havens dur
ing a terrific storm 13 years ago, Capt.
John Hennessey of Long Hranch, 0110
of the foremost siirftnen In tho coun
try, Is at last to receive a United
Suites government medal appropriate,
ly Inscribed. Col. Levin Lake of Long
Hranch, who has been Instrumental In
securing the well-earned recognition
for Capt. Hennessey, has Just recelvod
word from Secretary of the Treasury
Cortelyou that the medal has been
granted.
Its activities. One ufter the other the
mines, four In number, were worked
out and abandoned. Now the last has
been closed and no more coal will be
hoisted nt Kangley.
The mules that had done servlco In
the last mine to be abandoned were
tnken out of the shaft a few days ago.
After blinking for several minutes In
the sunlight, which they had not seen
for severnl years, they looked about
seemingly taking notice of the great
change.
A year from now, should they return
to the neighborhood, they perhaps
will find the once flourishing village
melted back Into the cornfields from
which it sprang a quarter of a century
ago.
Ties Knot on State Line.
Hamilton, O. Ohio and Indiana fig
ured in a novel marrlnge ceremony at
College Corner thtrpther day. Justice
William Murphy of Hamilton was the
guest of his uncle, Thomas Murphy, at
College Corner, Ind., when William
Dow Powell of Hamilton and Laura
Lawson of Woods appeared with a
Hutler county marriage license, having
traced the Justice from Hamilton.
As he had no Jurisdiction In Indiana,
the Justice led tho couple to the state
line, stepped over into Ohio and mar.
rled them. Tho Justice Is blind, and
he had to employ a guldo.
