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L] } . BABY | # EDITION a Oshawa Daily Time BABY EDITION OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1930 15 Cents s Week; 3 Cents o Copy SECOND SECTION Nutfition of Children Is An Important Factor in Their Normal Development Belentific research has, within the last few years, brought to Hght much (hat 1s new fn the field of uutritfon, Out of this mass of material, a fow fundamental truths are worth noting, Nature bas insisted on a more or loss arbitrary division of foods into types und man has re-classie fied thewe mccording to their rela tion to human growth, But what's In a name? The important fact in that, It he would maintain satis- factory health, man must eat » sufficient amount of; bread (white or brown), cooked cereals, sugars end starch-contiining vegatables 88 potatoes, beans or peas; meat, 058s or Tish; milk or dairy pros ducta; fresh fruit and fresh vege~ tables, and of necessity a sufficient amount of fluids each day, Constipation is fntimately assoos fnted with diet, Voods which leave, after digestion, a sufficient residue to stimulate regular howel movements will help greatly to prevent constipation, Food at Various Ages Dealing with special age groups We know that for the satisfactory feeding of infants, breast milk is essential, In the isolated instances os where breast feeding is impos sible, cow's milk, modified under the direction of a physician, will supply most of the body's needs at this age. Starting In the third week of life, ndd to the diet of breast-fed and hottlesfed babies, orange juice (beginning with one teaspoonful a day--and pure cod liver oll (ten drops un day to in with), The Inclusion of egg yolk, beet juice, fresh fruits and vege. tables, and woll-cooked, easily di- gested cereals from the seventh month on is safe and helpful In the feeding of normal infants, Pure cod liver oll Is a necessary food for children of all Ages in northern climates, especially from Detober to May, It is an antidote lo rickets, "No two. babies are the same," and variations Ip the dv estive ability of children (even n the same family) are so com: mon that constant supervision by a well informed physician in desir ahd, Broakfust All schoo! children should eat a substantial breakfast: fruit (fresh ot dried), cooked cereal, bread snd butter or toast, with milk or pocon; in the winter months add bacon. Going to sohool without n adequate breakfast cannot be oo strongly condemned, Rising loo late is one of the commoneat reasons for the inadequate breaks fast---and the health cost Is too igh. Joa School Tmnch The school lunch should he nut pitious and packed so as to attract lhe child's appetite, Tn the cold months a hot, Nourishing dish brought from home or prepared at the school is\a Wike health invests ment, Ohildren should be en couraged to eat their meals at the our set for them; unless puffer ng from malutrition, They should e given nothing substantial be- tween meals, 'This means a por fon of the school must not eaten during hours or at recess, and Vegetablos { milk, As there is little adh In diet of all (] "which be cone oll y hich must domme. rt avold' giving ook! t foods in he king be discour- ndtioul olded Tn the 3 a be aren's | toad act either ocal © . Then ulant By A undesirable, Mag hy Bh ha fo lo 8 THI iy nd adults, Tt yr, ha given i fon cream Iu clean, pasts | PUY propa ences the ue and excitement interfere , thin Id he ro pi SAE - appetite for good intellectual fare; Jug the good 'things of THEN RV t| eh or the nursery, for a 3 red | Gre Kxcossive, severe exercise follow. ing a hearty meal should be avoids ed, a Suggestions as To: Use of Milk Choose pasteurized 'milk always when avafinble, dhasteurtution does not injure milky Proper pasteurization Is the only sure sufaguard of the milk consume or, Inquire from your milk dealer how he protects you against dis. eave germy in milk, Tubercular cows may pass the disease to the milkuser, Pagturigation destroys tuberculs only forma and protects the health of children, Pasteurized milk is not bolled milk, Diseased milkers i A transfer Sorms to the milk drinker, Pasteurization will destroy all gangerous germs In milk, + The amount of cream is not the most important part of a milk, Skim milk is an excellent food, Fresh milk fs no proof of safety, Demand absolutely clean milk, 'There Is no excuse for dirt in the milk bottle, Duy milk only fu bottles, Milk should be ¢bld when dellys ered to your home, A clean #stractive dairy Indieat- en clean methods in milk handling, Clean milk should have a low bacterial count, % A clean pasteurized milk deliv. ered in a bottle is the ideal article, Heating milk to 142 degrees J", for thirty minutes and cooling im- Hlediataly constitutes pasteurisa~ tion, Ohlldren's host food ts milk, Don't judge the ambut of cream hh ilk 'by the depth of the cream ne, , Croom viges to ihe top of the bottle very slowly In Some milk, Milk sauce adds to the food ves ue 'of vegetables, Cream soups are nutriclous. Cubtard makes a Healthy des. sort, Cup custard in the school lunch in appetizing, { A drink of milk In the morning and afternoon often helps to bring a child up to weight, Cottage cheese in beautiful and oaslly made, Aa ENTHUSIASM FOR HEALTH Man has a deeply-rooted admiras tion for phynafeal fitness and prow. eas, going back, no doubt, to pre« historic times when these qualities wors of obvious survival value, Befora large societies had arisen with their kindly yet often baléful power of extending ' thelr protec« tive shield over under-par indivig uals, who would clherwise have been "speadily wiped out in the riruggle for existence, there was necessarily a preminm on health, end rewards of leadership and the like went to those who excelled In vigour apd initiative, The ancient dration for these qualities 1s "happily strong in our midst, BUEN. it often unfortunately ex: itself in passive applause without any aotive sharing, Hodlly health brings its own res wards-=the thrill of vigour, the light step, the enjoyment of endure ance, the readiness for adventure; but It also brings the higher hap: piness. for a cloar head, with an pacity for enjoys t Hfe--the #inshine, the open alr, the coun: try, the birds and tlowers; it alse means some surplus energy to spare for one's friends, ~Profes sor J, Arthur Thomsen in "Tow ards Health" it means some sunshine for health an flewth ast a Bh lant fou, au 0 a4 plant, w voop and pine without it, © Windows opening to the south, southeast, or Southwest Will adwit the sun for many hours of the day, Whenever the room h should use of uti ht arg) ventilation m ly pted to his "heols needs, and everything can be se an best to nerve hia wel. the convenience of the ] ponsible, 1 ar fare an mother, the foundation ot child health lies in proper feeding, its broad pots, the prope around a publie res © Interdependence the human animal upon his gattie, The white race vann SUEY with n re ! cognition of t ven up to the exclusive aby n order that tems | ng of od Baby's Clothes Are Important To its Health ---- M Clothing during babyhood has n very raul yolationshiip to health and much a9 every mother wants the prettiest fiitla rments 101 her baby she should be sure that they fiest of all fulfil} all the re- quirements for health and growth, There are three most Important points regarding baby clothing, to be kept in mind, It must be loose, it must be Jght In weight to give room for exercise of the tiny mus cles and prevent over-heating and in no way must any of the edges be irritant to the tender skin, Healthful baby clothes today ar not longer than twenty-two Inches from the neck band to the bottom of the hom, Thiy Jength gives n'! the needed protection over the fet during the early rio0:ths and as the haby grows the relative shorten: ing 2 the length of the dress will bring"him into "short clothes" In a gradual way during the entire first yoar, If the body of the dress iv out so that it is two inches wid« or; both front and back, with a teu inch mock band and soven ingh cuffs with a ribbon or tape run through so that they can be drawn up to the required size, the same net of dresses will last until baby is ready to graduate inte rompers, Tapes, small fiat buttons or snaps may he used to fasten the garments that are open all the way down the front, Dvessing baby ih this way results in his gomfort and happiness and is loss trouble for the mothre. Any material can be used but a thin sheer fabric iy ree ommended for the dress, fine mus. lin, nainsook or longeloth, If there must be trimming, let it be in the front or the yoke, never lace on the neck or sleeves hdcause of the danger of irritating the baby's skin, BABY MUST BE WARMLY i" CLOTHNED Since a baby exercises' very little when taken out in 4 carriage, he must be warmly. wrapped, Cloaks should vither.. be. of L- material, or "hive an interfining wool, or in cold climates both, Yor the "runabout" baby "wdditional warmth in secured by the use of leggings, » sweater, oyérshoes and mittens, In summer if a weap In needed it may be made of silk or cotton, although a cloak' of challin, eashmere, or nyw's "veiling has more warmth and at the same time In light in avelght, Caps should not be thick enough to cause the head to perspire, A silk cap with an interlining of wool wadding or of flannel may be used in winter, HANDLING THE BARY To Jft a baby, slip the handa gently heneath him so as to sup- port the whole body evenly and then carry the' baby close to you 80 that your hands, arms and chest form a oradle in which %e may he oarried. steadily and Aardly know when he is moved, Lay the baby down in the same gentle way---supporting him: with your hands and arms, and lowering these until they rest on the baby's bed, Ther withdraw the hands gently and gradually one at a time, without disturbing the baby at all, Some people lay a bally down un gently and gradually ohe at a time, moves the baby se gently an even. ly that he never knows it, Al- Ways support the back, neck and head, ever ft up a baby or a little child by the arms, OUTWOFDOOR PLAY For the younger childrén sand plies, safe swings, small gardening operations, playing fn the snow, ollmbing and running after a ball will aftord much g excercise, Ax a ohild grows a little older awige and testers are suitable, For ohildren under six there fa probably mo other one thing that ves more Dlonpure than a sand ® Thin requires only a load of glean sand walled in with clean any permanent charm for a child must be one in which he ean realive his own ideals and work out the plans of his imagination, TR ST -- V. ATION | Mables Myth be vacolnated bes fore teething beglus, from three to six months of age, The sore made by vaccination should bi Hghtly covered with loose steriia gauze or old linen, If the bandage hecomes wet with the discharge from the sore and » in the scab, it should ot be pu off, but the cloth should be out away around it and 'a small piece left adhering, ------------------------ "Got enough sleep"=~a ehild'a nervous ayastem demands sleep dure ing the growing years, "Sleep in a room that ix prop. erly ventilated," 'Have a bowel movement every wots SasTial | hd [*iasita formed now will help to 'prevent constipation in adult lite, ! "A warm th once a week at ooughs and an » ET ------ Clean healthy throats are not so out dairy products," «= Her! "nt Ly ita colds and Redtiit an (By Jean Graham in The Baby Becomes a Person Canadian Home Journal) It would be difficult to discover Just when the first Child Welfare Boclety wap formed, It must have come into existence, not long after # government of the people, by the people and for the . people was formed, We find no traces of it in ancient times, and even in Greece child Vifo was lightly regarded, 1n Sparta, indeed, where physical strength and fitness for military wirife were regarded highly, when an infant was found to be delicate or weakly, it was cxposed to the unkindness of wing and storm on a Development of 'The Normal Baby oavds, ' Any kind of play that is to have |! se a handkerchief to cover up|. An inexperienced mother Is often greatly at a loss to know whether # baby is properly thriving or not, and may be unduly alarmed wut small matters, or may not under- stand the serious nature of certain conditions, It may be helpful to mention the leading characteristics of a normal, healthy baby, aid the mother may assume 'the lack of these conditions to show that tem- poravily or otherwise the baby ls not in perfect health: A steady gain in weight, Bowel movements of the normal number, color and consistency, Absence of vomiting or regurgl- tation of the food, A good appe- tite, A clear skin, Dright, wide-open eyes, springy muscles, which readily to any stimulus, A contented expression, little crying, Quiet, unbroken sleep, with eyes and mouth tightly closed, No evidence of pain or discom- fort, A constant growth in stature and intelligence, Other poiuta in a nor mal developmet are: The soft spot in the top of the head begins to close at 14 montha and should be entirely closed ai two years, } The baby learns to hold up his head, unsupported, during the fourth month, He laukhs aloud from the third to the fifth month, He reaches for toys and holds them from the MAfth to seventh month, At seven or eight monha he ia usually able to sit erect and hold the spine upright, During the ninth and tenth months he makes'the fiat attempt to bear the weight on the feet, and oan usually stand with assistance at 11 to 12 months, He begins to walk alone in fa twelfth and thirteenth months and walks alone at the fifteanth or six- teenth month, | At one r usually a few words can be spoken and at the end of the second year the baby makes short sentences, WIRTHATORES AND THEIR A DUTES January==Garnet: Insuves power, § andy to wearer, - yat: Deep love, Murch == Bloodstone: "Courage and wisdomm, April==Diamond: Purity, staney, truth and virtue, May == Emerald: Immortality, conquers ain and trial, Alert, respond Yeory con. June==Poarl: Health, wealth and longevity, July==Ruby! Prosperity, soul ohearer, August==-Sardonyx: Happiness in marriage, tH het Selteiuhgrasfiapphire: Gladdena the heart, everlasting youth, 3 Novenmbore=Topss: Friondahip and Mey, Decom Turquolse: Charity, dignity and divise power, 5 Octohore=Opal: Happiness and Mother's Milk is Nature's Food If you love your baby, nurse it, Mother's milk is nature's food, and no other tood 1a ss good. The chances of your baby living are nine times greater on breast milk than cow's milk » any other kind of food, Even though you have but Hitle milk at first, co not got dis couraged, There ure very, very fow mothers whose Lreasts will nn give sufficient milk If they will but encourage tho baby to suck, This keeps the milk flowing and increases the flow, Even though you feel weak, you can nurse your baby without danger to yourself, Nurse your baby until the tenth month, If you can not nurse your baby as long, give him your milk an long as you ean, for every drop ho gota adda strength for his hard fight In life as no other food does or ever will, Birth to Three Months--~Nurse the baby regularly, Kead it by the clock, From birth to three months feed every two and a half hours during the day, and with only one nursing between 10.30 p.m, and 6 am, After the third month feed It every three hours and do not nurse during the night, Do not allow the baby to remain at the breast more than twenty minutes. Never allow the baby to rleep at the breast at night. The mother ahould wash the nipple with plain cold water before each nursing, It ia wise never to allow the baby's mouth to come in direct contact with a sore nipple. Most babies oun draw the milk from the breast through a shield, but in many instances it 1s better to use a breast pump, Weaning == Wean gradually by substituting bottle feedings for breast meals=----one each day during the first week of weaning, twd each day during the second week of weaning, and so on until all are bottle feedings, If possible do not wean your baby during the hot summer, n LITTLE SONGS OF LOVE 00 Pon When you are far away, And I miss you more each day; Here In my heart 1 long for you, And don quite know what I should ae, Fores I must go on with a smiling face, And forget someone else is in my place, Nor IN Let you guess the turmoil in my cart When we two are so far apart, =Margot, Safety first yeems' the best advice and this means: Keep the children crowds, A Watch the food carefully=-be: abs solutely sure of every bit of uncopks od food, as fruit and vegetables away from | Baby neads Some Rules for A Nursing Mother A nursing mother should cultl- vate onlm, try not to worry aad not become angry, as this 'will in. Jure the breast milk, She should got eight Hours sleep at nighty in a well-ventilated room or a sleeping porch, and she should Ifo down for an hour's rest or sleep overy afternoon, i8he should take a walk out of dbors every day If the weather per- mits, She should take a dally tub er sponge bath, She should eat plain foods a mod- orate amount of meat, very little pastry, and plenty of vegetables and fruit, ' Bho should not drink much tea or ooffen, both of which are constipat- ing and stimulating. She should drink from six to ten glansonof pure water every day. It the supply of breast milk Is soarce, she™should drink extra milk and coqon, : She should take no medicines oxy aept on a doctor's order--medicings taken By the mother may affect baby, These are important fdr the health of the baby as wells that of the mother, A noalo in every school, Wolght alone does not signify in the health race, Correot weight for age and height is the thing, Wight ounces a month is about what a healthy child will add to hin wolght, A child may weigh what he should, but if his hearing is poor, he may never head his clans, BABY'S TOYS Since the baby wants to put evs erything in his mouth, his toys must be those that can safely be used in this way. « They should be wash- able and should have no sharp points nor corners to hurt the eyes, Painted articles and hairy and wolly toys are unsafe, as are also objects small enough to be swallowed and those having loose parts such as bells anc the. like, : Rubber toys, which may be wash. able, are excellent for a baby. Floats ing toys of celluloid are of real in terest, but the baby will bite them to pieces unless he is watched, -------------- REGISTER BABY'S BIRTH When the doctor has told the {ath- of that his wite and baby are safe, then the father should go and regist of the baby's birth with the local Registrar "of Births, Marriages and Deaths The law requires it and the ft. The baby needs that renistration to prove that he ix Can. adian and British, to show when he {8 af school age, to get a work certifi: cite, to hold office, to inherit land or money, to get life insurance, to get a passport and a great many other things, \ A college professor asserts that wealth is a disease, It that is the ghee, most of us have been suas consfully vaccinated when young Cassville Democrat, near-by mountain and soon passed [away from an unkind world, The nby was not regarded aw an ime | portant being, even in a military | state, where every male baby was regarded as a future soldier. Ap- parently it did not enter into the minds of the legislators that a delicate buby might be so nurtured and developed that it was possible | for, it to become a mighty general, To save the weakly, to gather up the fragments was a policy which the ancient world did not take into consideration, In modern | times, such stalwart leaders as tho late Lord Kitchener and ex-Presi- dent Roosevelt, who wore frall and delicate in ehildhood are ou proof of the value of preserving the wonk, Gradually the value of the saying, "there's more in nur- ture than in nature," came to be realized, and the Bpartan tradition died out, Tn Athens, symmeiry and beauty were more highly esteemed than strength, and those who were In frail health were treated with more kindness than ever Was shown in Sparta, Some of tho vouths who won the most famous races at Marathon had begun life os "delicate infants, So, the yoars and the contures went by, and the world came to realize the value of "woconds," What would onco have been rejected boeamo highly esteemed, when the possibilities of the frail and defoctive were dome onstrated, With the introduction of Christianity, into Kurope, p new Nght dawned . upon. the civilized world, Greece, Rowe, Kgypt, and the stalwart Nordic races had ex- Alted physical strength and re garded the ohild who was a woak- ling as hopelessly handicapped, But a new gospel of hope for the woak and afflicted was preached throughout the lands beneath the Cross, The halo which encircled the brow of the Babe of Bethlehem was reflected throughout Christ endom, and there was a new value attached to Innocence and helpless ness, Slowly-=very slowly--the light Increased in power and brilli= ance for the world had been accus- tomed for many centuries to the worship of hrute force, With the establishment of monasteries aud erphanages, the care of the help less and young become recoguized as an important part of the new religion, and the lot of the desert. ed infant meant no longer a life of loneliness and 'desolation, Throughout Europe, the new teaclh- Ing of 'kindness to the weak and suffering and tho echerishing of the young became the watchword of the nations, Still, the world was very far from the ideals of social) service, and there were many dark abodes of cruelty, Kven today, in some countries of the Orient, it Is considered desirable to destroy female infants:----and thousands of little lives are sacrificed annually. With the nineteenth century thers camo a renewed Interest in all hu- manitarian work, Robert Raikes hag established Sunday Schools in crowded cities which gradually be- came community centres for good works, The Earl of Shaftesbury, set himself to abolish child labe our in factories. Schools sprang up throughout the land, which were contros of healing, as well as teaching. At last, His Majesty the Baby, came into his heritage of care and culture, Proventive medi- cine began to bs preached and practised, the dental clinie came into being, and the Young Person was given & chance, not only for life, but for health and instruc tion, At the end of the third decades of the twentieth contury, what do wp find? There in care for the mother, preparation for the come ing of the new, young citizen, and a royal welcome accorded the Baby. It took many years fof the Canadian woman to win recogni tion as & person qualified to enter the Senate of the Dominion of Can- Adi ns a member, It has taken many centuries for the Baby to be recognized as a being entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of hap- piness, The Baby of 1930 enters upon his earthly career, as a royal personage, heir of all the ages, NEW PARLIAMENT BUILDING WING |S NOW PROPOSED Ontario Government May Build $1,000,000 Addition to Aid Unemployment Toronto, May 16,--Construotion of a new unit to tho East Block of the Provincial Parliament Build. ings will, it is understood, be laun- ched by the Ontario Goyernment this fall as an unemployment re- lief measure; if, In the Govern- ment's opinion, conditions warrant such action, Tho unit, it is sald, will extend from the south end of the present East Block and will be slightly larger than the latter, Ita cost will, it is reported, approximate $1,- 000,000, Plans are sald to have been une der Cabinet consideration for some time, The _ building of the addition would not only provide employment for a great many people, but would also supply office accommodation that is sald to be sorely needed at Queen's Park, at the present time, NOTED PAINTER OF FLOWERS STRICKEN obert Holmes Dies After Speech in Toronto Last Night Toronto, May 168.--Stricken as he settled in hia chair on the platform after addressing the third and fourth year students of the Ontario College of Art 'here, Robert Holmes, RCA, OSA, Canada's foremost painter of floral lite, died within a fow minutes in the hull of the Arts and Letters Club, 14 Elm Street, One of Canada's most distin. guished artiste and the oldest mem- ber of tha faculty of the Ontario Qollege of Art, Mr, Holmes was known throughout the Dominion and held an onviable position abroad, Hin paintings of flowers had bhoen exhibited in all the fore. most exhibitions, and his work was noted for its detall and five line, - HITS OIL, GLOSES HOT DOG STAND Gas Spoiled Sausages, Sa Proprietor Started Digging Geneva, 111, May 16, «= Scoffers may scoff all they please, but Kane County is absolutely certain that an oll gush suddenly started to gush n the basement of Emmet barbecue stand, y Pailipy Phillips sald he had been both< ered for days by a strong odor of gos In tho stand, It spoiled his hot dogs, he said, to such an ex tent that he dug up the floor 'of the brsement, The resultant holes bubbled full of a mixture of water and oll and kept on bubbling, | Oil leasers approached farmers for options on nearby property, ih perts from three large large gas oline companies sald that the oll gurgling up from . the floor was forced to the surface by gas deep below and that it was refined natur- ally in Jussing though the various orms of rock and earth in gett to the barbecue stand. a ne Barbecue Purveyor Phillips was. so excited qvor the discovery that he shut down his stand, TESTIFIES WHILE WIFE LIES DYING (By Canadian Press Leased ) Stratford, Ont, May 16. - ifying under an intense strain, Willlam Long, 70-year-old Listowel resident, was the chief witness in the false pretence charge against J. Cecil Hamilton, former Hubbs' ogent here yesterday, With hia wife lying critically 111 in hospital at London, the aged man was on when Peter White, K.C, urged low the witness to proceed to Lone don to arrange for his wife's fune te, she having died during the ay. OLDEST HYDRAULIC - ENGINEER 1S DEAE (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Montreal, May 16, «= William Perry, hydraulic enginoer who was prubably the oldest of his profess. ston. in Canada, dled yosterday at his home in Lachule, near here, aged 89 years wo the stand till late in the afternoon : speeding up of the hearing to als a