Evening Star Newspaper, July 26, 1929, Page 26

FOOD PAGE. FOOD AND THRIFT IN THE HOME Children’s Summer Comfort Points Which Should Be in Dressing Family Appropriately for Season. There has been a decided change in | women'’s ideas concerning clothes for | children. Mothers now make a few | simple, attractive garments that are | ecasily made and easily laundered. | Mothers plan simple layettes—simple in | number, simple in construction, simple | in trimmings—but made of as lovely material as can be afforded. The individual garments should be | suited to the best development of the body, mind and character of the grow- ing child. Children should be dressed 5o that they are unconscious of their clothing. An overdressed child will | think too much about clothes and be- come affected, and a child who is un- attractively dressed will be self-con- scious. In addition to affecting the charac- ter, clothes may also have a decided influence on the health of the child. Color has a distinct effect on a child's developing _disposition. A wonderful | selection of color comes in Japanese | crepes, Indian head ginghams. and or- | gandies, and these colors should be used | in making children’s clothes. Play helps children to develop strong, healthy bodies. Clothes should be planned to make wholesome play po: sible. The material and color for chil- dren’s clothes should be verv durable, as they receive hard wear. Heavy ging- hams, kindergarten cloth, galatea, devonshire cloth, poplin, chambray, linen, crepe, linene, unbleached muslin, romper cloth, and Indian head are sat- isfactory for all-round wear. If possible, get samples and test all dyed material that is to be used for children’s clothes. The material should be fast to both light and washing. Fast colors are not necessarily dull colors. When choosing the style or type of | garments the build of the individual child will need to be kept in mind. As | with adults, the vertical lines add | height and will make the roly-poly child appear less round, while the horizontal lines will help to make the thin, angu- ! lar child appear less thin and tall. The straight, one-piece dress, with bloomers. will be good for the former type, while the smock type, with full- ness over the chest and shoulders and flare to the skirt, will be a good choice for the latter. With boys there is not quite the same oppostunity to conceal the lines of the figure. However, suits of -all one color or material will not emphasize stoutness 50 much as others, while pegton trousers will add somewhat to the apparent size | of the thin child. One-piece or union garments sup- ported from the shoulders are better for all children than two separate gar- ments. This is true either of under or outer garments. Separate garments are apt to gap, sag or overlap, giving an uneven covering to the body. If there are bands at the waistline, they may become tight, restrict the circulation and interfere with digestion. Tight bands or elastic in waists, skirts, trousers. bloomers or rompers may also restrict deep breathing and interfere with proper development. Children's gar- ments should leave no mark on the y. Rompers, Overalls, Bloomers. Sun baths should be given to chil- dn. When the weather permits, and the sun is not too hot, arrange for the children to be outdoors in the sunshine as much as possible. Choose loosely woven fabrics for sun suits. The waist | may be made of marquisette, net or other fancy open-woven, cotton fabric. | The material for the trousers as well | as the waist for a little boy's outfit | should be as loosely woven as wearing | qualities will allow. The trousers should | button onto a net waist and can be | worn also with other | large armholes | boys are old-time overalls, brought up | | color as the dress are now often used. Emphasized by Parents Economically and ‘The design, color and material for a sun suit must be chosen to suit the child who is to wear it, if the result is to be becoming, but if it does not allow the sun to reach a hr{e part of the body it is not a sun suit. The boy's sun l'om‘rer is modeled after a track suit and has low neck, and straight, short pants, while the girl's garment is a romper with a fold between the legs. ‘The romper is a child’s overall and can be worn by both boys and girls up to six or eight years of age. It protects the underwear and keeps the soil on an outside layer which can be easily removed. During hot weather, fabrics which are too stiff and heavy should not be chosen, as they do not permit enough ventilation. Cotton fabrics that will | stand frequent washing and ironing are | best for rompers. Collars are not nec- | essary. The blouse of the romper legs should be in the width, not in the | length. Rompers should be generously long in the body and wide between the legs to assure freedom of movement. A great variety of patterns is dis- played for children's Summer play suifs. Choose a loose, sleeveless play suit pattern that allows access to light and air and one which is cut in two pleces and fastens on the shoulders. Many mothers like the Dutch romper pattern that is fastened at the shoul- ders instead of down the back, with | the front cut in one piece. Two roomy | pockets add to the wearer’s happiness and leg bands large enough to slip up | to her thighs without binding add to a | little girl's comfort. A good fabric for such a suit is light-weight cretonne with a floral de- | sign, the edges bound in a matching color. A perky little sunbonnet should | complete this outfit, the sides and the back being shorter than the old-fash- | ioned sunbonnet, but affording the de- sired shade for the eyes. The new overall patterns for little to date and abbreviated into sun suits. | Some of them are made from bright cretonne, much more porous and com- | fortable ‘than the heavy materials so | often used for overalls. The trouser legs are short. Wide shoulder straps may cross in the back or a one-piece | back is_even more comfortable. For little girls bloomers of black | sateen or of the same material and They take the place of panties and | underskirt, reduce the amount of clothing needed, reduce the amount of Jaundry and at the same time give pro- tection and a well dressed appearance. If bloomers are worn, use comfortable | bands around the waist and knees, rather than elastic. If petticoats are used they are better made as a slip hanging from the shoulder. If panties or bloomers and underskirt are both to be used they may both be buttoned to a single waist. Infant Clothes. When planning clothes for an in- fant remember that ‘the garments should be simple. They should be suffi- ciently loose to permit freedom of move- | ment. The materials must be soft and dainty. The garments must be fin- ished so as not to irritate the sensitive skin of the baby. Simple trimmings | and stitches should be used. The baby f should be clothed according to season. For infants it is well to make a few simple garments at first, as these are quickly outgrown. | The laundering problem is closely allied to the clothes problem with in- | fants. The garments require frequent | and careful washing if they are to be | kept sweet and clean. The work is re- ' THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, duced if the garments are soaped with a mild white soap and soaked in luke- warm water for an hour or two before washing. Do not use lye or any strong alkalies when washing infants’ cloth- ng. Take care that the water is not hot, as stains may become set. Tepid water and soap loosen the dirt and less rubbing will be required. Boiling in soapsuds usually takes out any remain- ing stains and kills any bacterial de- posit which may be present. Finally, two thorough rinsings in clean water and drying outdoors in the sun when- ever possible will do much to keep the garments sweet and clean. The clothing should not be blued. Colored cotton fabrics should be washed in warm water and white soapsuds, but never boiled. It is best to hang them in the shade outdoors and to iron them before they are entirely dry. ‘Woolen garments such as stockings, vests and jackets should be washed with castile or Ivory soapsuds in tepid water with a little borax or ammonia added. Rinse them in water of the same tem- perature and squeeze out the water without wringing the articles. Wool- ens should be dried where there is no extreme of heat or cold if they are to be kept white and soft. Baby shirts, sweaters and stockings keep their shape well if they are dried on a little wooden form. This prevents shrinking and stretching and keeps a garment in its original s N\ Nowhere are there so many possibili- ties for remodeling as in children's clothes, but care must be taken that the material is suitable and worth the labor of remaking. Very often adult garments are of material too old in color and weave to make over into chil- dren’s garments. Part of this diffi- culty may be overcome by the use of a bit of brighter color in braid or a few fancy hand or machine stitchez. Darning is the replacing of worn material with a weaving stitch. It is the best method of repairing stockings, sweaters and other knit articles. Cot- ton, silk, linen or woolen threads are all used for this work. The material in the garment should be matched as nearly as possible both in color and kind. Use as fine a needle as will carry the thread so that the darn may be as_inconspicuous as possible. Patching is a method of repairing which is used when a hole is too large to be darned. It is better to take an old piece of the same kind of material than a new piece, as the new piece is apt to be so much stronger than the garment to be repaired that it wil tear away the fabric. If a piece of the old material cannot be obtained use a plece of the new material in a lighter weight than the material in the gar- ment that is to be pacthed. Vegetarian Diet Must Be Carefully Chosen BY SALLY MONROE. I was much interested to read re- cently an account of two beautiful and sturdy English children who had been brought up on a vegetarian diet. They no‘tlkonly have no meat, but seldom any milk. Breakfast consists of wholemeal cereal with cream, brown bread and butter, raw fruit—and a glass of water either a half hour before or two hours after breakfast. Luncheon consists of steamed or stewed vegetables, salad and fresh fruit. Dinner is the same as luncheon with the addition of wheat or oat biscuits. Water is never taken with meals— but a half hour before or two hours after. Twice a week they have a soft- boiled egg. The parents for some reason object to milk—saying that half a pound of watercress is as good as milk. Thx:y do allow cream and butter once a day. One of the advantages of this diet, according to the fond father, who ap- parently supervises his children’s is_that it is most inexpensiv Play-days are Hey-days —when good food and fresh air build permanent health andstrengt®. 4 chindlers Peanut Butter “That fresh roasted Flavor” Vegetarians usually use this argument of economy in their efforts to win con- | verts to their food theories. | My first impression on reading this list of meals was not so much that the | food was inadequate, but that it would, through sheer monotony, prove distaste- ful to the average child. My own ex- perience with children has proved to| my own satisfaction that variety is the | best of all tonics and it is hard to| imagine any normally self.willed young- sters sitting down day after day to a luncheon consisting of stewed or | steamed vegetables, salad and raw fruit, without uttering words of pro- | test.” And it requires a very keen im- | agination to think of a child eating half | a pound of watercress with anything | like the willingness that she would | drink a glass of milk! Even if children could be persuaded | to eat these meatless, milkless, fishless | meals—and even if they proved per- fectly adequate from a nutritional | point of view—don't you still feel that | this sort of diet is a mistake? rging A New-Day Brea long these little girls will have to mingle with other girls of their own age— they may go away to school or to col- lege, they will visit friends, they will travel, and everywhere they will be forced to have special food prepared for them or else to eat dishes to which they are unaccustomed. A charming 6-year-old boy named Cherry—or at least the other children called him “Cherry” though his name may have been Jerry—was a fellow passenger of mine on a nine-day trip to Europe a few years ago. The re- markable thing about Cherry, aside from his deep, round blue eyes and shock of golden hair, was the fact that he was brought up on a strictly vegetarian diet. Special arrangements had to be made with dining rosm stewards to have Cherry provided with soups and’ other foods free from meat, egg or milk. Cherry became something of a curi- osity and mothers who allowed their children to eat pretty much what was set before them, and who would ordi- narily have considered Cherry a nor- mally developed, healthy little boy, went out of their way to learn that he was somewhat underweight and ob. served that despite his rosy cheeks, he wasn't quite so sturdy as their own | darlings. My own most lasting impression of Cherry was as he stood on the sun deck in an unfrequented section of the boat eagerly inhaling the not very savory air that rose from the exhaust from the kitchens far below. There was something very attractive to his keen little nostrils about the smell of roasting meats and simmering soup meat. I have no bone to pick with vege- tarians. I am thoroughly convinced that most people—especially in this country—eat too much meat, and that when strict economy is necessary a de- cided advantage is to be gained by cut- ting down on meats. But it is quite impossible for me to ignore the figures and statistics gained by unprejudiced | scientists concerning the comparative growth development and general well being of children who drink milk and those who do not. McCollum and Simmonds, the trition experts of Johns Hopkins, say that there is “nothing in vegetarianism per se which makes it impossible for an animal of the omnivorous type to be satisfactorily nourished on this kind of diet.” But they also say that “it is by no means a simple matter to derive the diet entirely from the vege- table foods and secure the optimum of well being.” And again: “It is sible to make a fairly satisfactory diet of foods derived entirely from vegetable sources, but it is not easy to do so.” Among this week's interesting letters are these: “You published a letter from a reader asking for the potato reducing diet. Here it is: A large baked potato for breakfast with a glass of milk— nothing more. For luncheon and din- ner two baked potatoes and milk, also nu- i FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1929. Home in Good Taste BY SARA HILAND. | There are few things that a child enjoys more than a cat or dog, but in these days of apartment-living this Jjoy is often denied the little ones, and in its place there must be a substitute. In the illustration is shown a very lovely and gentle pottery cat, with one of those satisfied smiles which might indicate that there had just been served a very delicious dinner of cream —maybe some that was stolen, for that FOOD-P oysters are an important food. Oyster cocktails taken at regular intervals consist of ‘three raw oysters with the juice of half a lemon. I suppose it would be possible to take an oyster cure anywhere in cool weather where fresh oysters were obtainable, but be- fore doing so I should advise you to ask your Hoctor about it. “Is there any helpful diet epileptics?” Proper diet is very important in the treatment of epilepsy. Persons suffer- ing from this malady very often have an abnormal craving for food and for this reason it is especially important to direct their choice of food very care- fully. Stimulating foods should be omitted from the diet—and, of course, tea, coffee and intoxicating drinks should be withheld. Spices, fried foods and sweets generally should be omitted and fresh fruits and vegetables, both cooked and raw, should be given abundantly. The standard gauge rallroad of the United States measured from the inside edges of the rails is 4 feet 81, inches wide. This standard gauge prevails in many other countries. fo» AGE. Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON. Words often misused: ever use “ain’ as a contraction for “am I not,” or “is not.” Often mispronounced: Insulate. Pro- nounce in-soo-late, not in-shoo. Often misspelled: Boundary; not ery. Synonyms: _‘Talkative, ary, loquacious, b. .and it is your: vocabulary by mastering one word each day. ‘Today’s word: Approving; com- mending; sanctioning. “Her approving | smile inspired him.” ol MR v Eggs With Asparagus. Boil six eggs until hard and when {cold remove the shells and slice the | eggs. Place a layer of asparagus in a | baking dish, cover with a layer of | cream sauce, then a layer of eggs and | repeat until all the ingredients are used | Cover the top with cracker crumbs and | dots of butter and bake for 20 minutes. No Kitchen Work Today! Save Health and Strength—Serve would be sweetest. This cat and shade trimmed with | the little kittens stand just 13 inches | high, and you may have your choice of colors. Of course, you never saw a | rose, green, orchid or blue cat running | around, yet you would find him perfect- | |1y fascinating in a pottery lamp base, | |and when the shade was painted to | | match, the combination would be a jvefi’ delightful addition to a nursery | e. Besides: the colors already mentioned, | this cat is also made in ivory or yel- | low, which might make it more realistic. 1929.) | afternoon if you like. The diet is not | followed every day—only once or twice | a week, and I have heard of some good | results.” | Thank you. “I have heard of an oyster cure for | nervous people. Can you tell me about | |it and can it be taken at home.” ‘The well known oyster cure is given at Arcachon, a resort at the north | end of the Cote d'Argent in France. I belleve the cure is especially bene- | ficial to those suffering from arthritis and nephritis—still it might be helpful in nervous disorders. 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