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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1924)
Far the Kiddies' Supper Children who take rold luncheons to school need hot and hearty food at night. Care, however, should be tak en to see that the food ifl digestible ns well as substantial in its nature. One mother, whose three thriving children show her good care, contribute* this hint. Try a vegetable soup made with milk. Cook carrots, potatoes, a lit tle onion and a little turnip all together in an enameled ware sauce pan until all are very soft. Rub through a colander. Put milk into an enameled ware double boiler. Heat just short of the boiling point and then stir in the pureed vegetables. Cook slowly in the milk until all is smooth. The soup will not be discol ored if it is cooked in enameled ware. Served with toast or oyster crackers, this soup makes a meal in itself. It is very nour ishing and will never give even a delicate child the nightmare, which can be so easily acquired from food too rich or heavy. ca “The Store of Individual Shop*’’ Paitoa Blk. 16th aad Farnam Gay, Pretty House Frocks add pleasure to home-making! —and just now we’re showing so many new spring models. -at $2.25 are countless clever frocks of bright colored linens and crepe, hand embroidered in gay yams. -of $2.95 are dresses quite pretty I enough for porch wear ; later. Of good quality * checked ginghnm in va- • rlous colors, trimmed in white organdie. --other* to $5.95 : m Sacond Floor ■ m Mail Order* Shipped Promptly . _ 1 .i.r. .i -n- - iBinT~~ —rrrirr ~“-i—— BABY and When Baby Buds Burst Into Bloom' H> MW.4MKD.4Hh OU ! Dear readers, it is marvel ous to behold the bursting of a flower bud into bloom. Have you ever witnessed it? Warmed by the sun, and kissed by the dew', it gradually unfolds itself until it lies full-blown in Nature’s lap, where—after having given bounti fully of its fragrance—it is lulled to sleep and contentment. Although this evolution is one of Nature’s grandest spectacles, it pales into insignificance when com pared with the development, or, rather, bursting into bloom, of baby buds. And yet the process is the same—mysterious, wonderful, in scrutable, ecstatic. Sentimental? Yes! I am some what! However, doesn’t the sub ject in issue prompt it? But to the point: Your baby and my baby—the cutest babies, of courac—are now 6 months old. and, whereas spring has arrived, we wonder what manner of dress is appropriate or advisable. It goes without saying the little band, skirt and diaper with which baby was clothed at its nativity cannot, I mean should not, be dispensed with. If the weather grows extremely warm and baby is uncomfortable, cotton or silk gar ments may be substituted for the flannels. Doctors seem to disagree on the subject of flannels for sum mer wear. Be that as it may, my personal experience urges me to ad vise the use of flannel bands or a silk-and-wool band during the sum mer months, especially when chil dren are teething. Glorious days, these, when baby progresses to the creeping stage. Creeping days? Ah. yes! Better still—cooing days, when you’re sure baby’s ruby cupid’s bow is shaped for its first utterance of m-mu-mum, which gradually merges into the word of words. “Mamma.” Positively! at this time the dress es and gertrudes should be short ened, which would allow freedom of motion. Moreover, baby could be more conveniently handled and fondled. And, joy upon joys, the time has come when we can indulge in “fussy" things—in fine, the doll up. things. For instance, we can provide the little hand-made dress es with little round or square necka ami short slashed sleeves for sum mer. Adorable! Are they not? In the various children shops one can buy dresses far daintier and less costl> than those fashioned by mother hands, no matter how deft they may be. Then there are the delightful little smocked yoke effect*, with touches of hand embroidery, in the sheerest materials, such as voiles, flaxon, dimities and dotted swisses —all popular, pleasant, pretty. Little gertrudes are available to match tiny hand - made dresses, trimmed with dainty laces, hand or machine embroidered. Aren’t they lovely? Exquisite? For the summer months let us consider wraps for the baby when it is being taken out for its daily “air bath.” Dear little coats in cashmere can be had; crepella, silk and pique, with little smocked yokes, lace trimmed or. handsomely embroid ered (hand or machine made) are also inviting you. Then, too, the little bonnet in net, crepe de chine, taffeta or organdy smiles down upon you from the shelves of the kiddies’ shops. Frills and bows to match the little coats can be had in profusion and to suit every fancy. To be sure, wee knit capes In pink and blue, with border and hand embroidery, for hot weather; little cotton shirt* with long or short sleeve effect or altogether sleeveless; hand-embroidered silk socks with booties to match—all stand in line awaiting the fond mother’s attention. And. too. the first step kid shoes, to be followed by those with elk skin soles, soft and resilient, which make the first attempt at toddling easier, are to be had at prices at once interesting and moderate. Really, mothers, it doesn’t pay to plan and sew the thing* for baby when your every desire can be so reasonably and conveniently ful filled by the shops making a spe cialty of this class of merchandise. Now a short resume of baby’s wardrobe from 6 months up to the toddling days, not inclusive, and then I will have done. Please bear in mind, I will cheerfully answer any and all questions pertaining to baby’s wardrobe. You may address me in care of Practical Cookery Magazine, Omaha Bee. Resume Dressing the infant fi months to toddling days: Shirts, bands and diaper. Gertrude skirt*, flannel, hand or machine trimmed. Hand or ma chine-made gertrudes, lace or em broidery trimmed. Dresses, hand made, tucked yokes, dainty embroidery, lace trimmed neck and sleeves. Crocheted or cashmere sacque*. Cashmere wrappers. ('ashmere cape or coat. Hand-made bonnet*. Booties, silk or wool. General Rules for Feeding Young Children 1. Allow time for meula. 2. See that the food is thoroughly masticated. 3. Do not allow nibbling be tween meals. 4. Do not tenipt the child with the sight of rich and indigestive food. ,"». Do not force the child to eat against its will, but examine the mouth, which may be sore from erupting teeth, am! examine the food, w hich may not be properly cooked or flavored. If good food ia refused from peevishness merely, remove it and do not offer it again before the next time. 6. In acute illness reduce and dilute the food at once. f Givefcaby a-Daily I Outil In a “Lloyd” "Lloyd’’ loom-l^t carriages are attractive to the eye j and oomfortabl^^baby—we are show- ^ ing a wide ran^V beautiful styles and «P J • & finishes, inclurlHa special model at UNION ®TFITTING CO. SL-k* ^ My^^HPERS PROMPTLY FILLED _^ BABIEtflWEAR All that the tiniejM tot needs for sprfy T > can be found i our infants’ wea . section and at i moderate pric< IMPORTAN T SPECIALS Knitted Capes Pink and blue knitted capes trimmed with white and with touches of hand em broidery. SSU * 1 95 Pantie Dresses Daintily trimmed little gingham pantie dresses. Some with sash and »ocket trim mings. Extra > 1 Q< Special t l.SrSJ Meiunia* Floor gmHSBffh SBUW# N Ages I I I is a superior food, *n addition to the elements of other foods, substance indispens able to the growth an °f children and .he efficiency of adults. Delicia is served at many *>da fountains “as you like it” and also put up in V int and quart packages for home serving. There is a Delicia dealer i »ar you. *™fFAIRMONT( IreameryCoS Istasusnco 1884- Qua lit Ec«s Chick Rwitw 1*02 JONES STREET OMAHA, NEB. S..J . poatal taSa, far ,.»r cap? -f ' ‘N*w W*J- •* Se"!»« *>•»*«• »«• Craan.." The Royal Road To Health By C:ELIZABETH LYM 1/V, M. Ih Omaha Phjraician THERE is a royal road to health. Science has charted it, and the compass of good sense will prevent your straying from it. It is a perfectly simple matter of nutrition and personal hygiene. Those two things provide us and our children with the resistance to balk disease or to overcome it. Probably many of you have num bered among your friends some hale and hearty gentleman of ro tund proportions whose dinner ta ble boast, “I eat anything and everything,” caused you to wonder if, after all, the claims of food in vestigators were "much ado about nothing.” Then when a slight cold whisked the rotund gentleman to his long rest you undoubtedly were painfully shocked. What happened to the gentleman, assuming that you have experienced such an incident, is that while his rotundity and mag nificent appetite appeared like health, his powers of resistance to illness could be set down on the debit side of the health ledger in red numerals. And so with children. Because a-child is fat or of normal weight and eats with gusto, do not cloak your parental vigilance in false se curity. Especially if the child is one that seems to be the victim of every malaise childhood is heir to. If you wish to have your child dn possession of sound teeth, firm bones, vigorous blood and that priceless asset, good digestion—a fourfold combination to resist dis ease—then you must see that he or she gets food that will build those things: Exercise (play) that will strengthen muscles and stimulate the organs of elimination; sleep to recover from the waste and poisons of fatigue, and water, both exter nally and internally. This external application of wa ter is a very important thing and especially in relation to infants. There is a technique to it which should be understood by every mother, for it may save them doc tor’s bills and sleepless nights by preventing chills and colds. If a sponge bath jp to be given, see first that the room is sufficiently warm. Place the baby between blankets, use warm water and a very mild soap, uncovering just one part of its body at a time, bathing that and drying it before proceeding farther. If a tub is used, one must guard merely against drafts and take the precaution of warming the room thoroughly. Proper nutrition for a child de mands those foods containing the mineral salts. For building teeth and bone there must be lime in the diet. Milk, citrus fruit, vegetables prepared for cooking with a brush and not with a paring Knife—that is, with skins left on—leafy things, such as spinach, carrot or beet tops cooked so that the remaining water may be utilized and Incorporated with the sauce or served with a lit tle butter added; potatoes baked so the skins may be eaten, which, of course, presupposes a thorough cleaning, are the requisite foods for health. Parents should remember that meat, eggs, fish and cheese are in the same class and should be fed scarcely more than once a day and always in combination with leafy or non-starehy vegetables if bread is also served. Bread and gravy to fill up on is a pernicious practice. Meat, when served, should not b« fried or prepared with fats. It is preferable to roast or broil it. In the absence of a broiler a frying pan should be heated very hot without grease, the excess fat trimmed from the steak, which is then to be seared first on one side and then on the other to retain the juices, after which it may be -cooked to the de gree you like. Now, mother readers,, will you kindly write me whether these arti cles interest you, and, if so. would you suggest just what things I shoul touch upon? My aim is to make these homilies, I might call them, as instructive and beneficial as possible. Therefore, if you will co-operate with me by way of questions and suggestions, I will know just how to proceed to your liking. Write me in care of Practical Cookery, Omaha Bee, and your questions will be answered in the following number. Proprietary Foods for Infants THERE is an immense number of patent infant foods, almost every one of which claims to be the best food for infants or a perfect substitute for mother’s milk. _ These claims are devoid, of course, ‘ of all scientific justification, for, as regards the former, no one will deny that the best food for infants is human milk, and, as regards the latter, it has already been shown that cow’s milk can never be so modified as to resemble human milk in its qualitative composition. Further, the ingredients of any patent food for infants require to be carefully scrutinized, for many of them contain unaltered starch. and starch is not a substance which can be given with impunity to all in fants, even though some of them are able to digest a little of it with out harm. Many of them, too, are lamentably poor in fat, the impor tance of which as a constituent of an infant’s diet has already been fully expatiated upon. A deficiency in proteid is another common fault amongst them, and this especially if combined with poverty In fat may explain the frequency with which rickets are observed in babies reared upon such foods. Wherefore Practical Cookery says, whenever possible, the mother should invariably nurse her baby. CREAM OF CORN SOUP 1 Iso. 2 size can corn, 1 table spoon butter or margarine, 1 table spoon flour, Vi onion, Vi teaspoon salt, Vi teaspoon pepper, sprinkle of paprika, 1 cup milk, Vi cup water. Chop the corn or run it through a meat grinder with the onion. Cook the butter, flour, milk and water together until smooth, then add the corn and the seasoning. Simmer five minutes, then serve. Chopped parsley sprinkled over the top of the soup just before serving makes a pretty garnish. Boys and Girls, Attention Beginning with the next number of Prac tical Cookery, you will liave the pleasure of reading the adven tures of Spunky Dan. Our hero will thrill and amuse you, for his exploits and ex periences are brim ming over with, fun and exciting inci dents. Be sure to get the next number of Prac tical Cookery and all succeeding numbers. What is more, let your friends in on these adventures, so that you can review them when you gather at playtime. F. VAN MILLAN Silver ware , — Easter , Jewelry f Gifts | here in profusion at extremely f moderate prices. John S Henrickson ji THE LOYAL JEWELRY S 201 If. 10th Street CROSS BUNS They satisfy the natural craving for sweets. Ricli and spicy, yet wholesome and nutritious enough to satisfy the most rigid rules.