Milk and Sugar. 1 cupful Milk to Drink 5 ounces Fuel Value, 1892 Calories; Calories derived from protein, 261.6; Cost, $0.1496. Substitutes or Additions : For Rolled Oats : Other cereals, as suggested on previous page. For Onions and Peas : Strained dried beans ; other^vegetables care- fully cooked ; fresh lettuce. For Prunes : Fresh ripe apples, baked bananas, other mild fruits well cooked. For Rice Pudding: Junkets, custards, blancmanges, bread puddings, and other very simple desserts. For Cookies : Gingerbread, sponge cake, or very plain cookies. Breakfast : Child 8-12 Years Old Oatmeal Mush Top Milk Stewed Prunes Toast Milk to Drink 1J ounces dry cereal 6 ounces 6 or 7 2 slices 6 ounces DIET FOR CHILDREN AND INFANTS 387 Luncheon : Pea Soup 1 cupful Boiled Onions 2 small Baked Potato 1 large Bread and Butter 2 slices bread Molasses Cookies 3 cookies Dinner : Baked Haddock small serving (2 ounces) Creamed Hashed Potato f cupful Spinach \ cupful Bread and Butter 2 slices Rice Pudding — Milk and Sugar 1 cupful Fuel Value, 2420 Calories; Calories derived from protein, 345.6; Cost, $0.1875. Substitutes or Additions : For Rolled Oats : Other cereals thoroughly cooked. For Haddock : Rare beefsteak, roast beef, or mutton chops ; other fish, especially white varieties. For Prunes : Any mild ripe fruit uncooked or cooked. For Onions : String beans, stewed celery, beets, squash. Peas or Spinach : Turnips or cauliflower. Suggestive Dietary for Child who will not drink Milk, Age 5 Years (1 quart milk concealed in the menu.) Breakfast : 7 a.m. Oatmeal \ cup cereal cooked in 1 cupful milk Creamy Egg on Toast 1 egg yolk with \ slice bread and \ cupful milk Cocoa 1 teaspoonful cocoa and \ cup- ful milk 10 a.m. Zwieback and Cream 1 piece zwieback and 1 table- spoonful cream 1:30 p.m. Spinach Soup 4 ounces Baked Potato with 1 potato and 2 tablespoonfuls Cream cream Bread and Butter 1 slice Caramel Junket 1£ cupfuls 5 : 30 p.m. Rice and Prunes 2 tablespoonfuls rice cooked in \ cupful milk and 5 prunes Zwieback 1 slice Total Calories, 1431 ; Calories from protein, 207,6 ; Cost, $0.1570. 388 THE PLANNING AND SERVING OP MEAU3 FOOD FOR INFANTS Perfect Food for Infants. — Nature in her unfailing wisdom provides ideal food for the infant, — mother's milk. No perfect substitute has been found for it. It is most unfor- tunate when a child is denied this food. In case it is necessary to give the infant other food, the greatest care should be taken to provide food similar in com- position to mother's milk. Cow's milk is the basis of the food invariably chosen. Comparison of the composition of cow's milk and of human milk shows the need of changing or modifying cow's milk when it is to be used as infant's food. The water and fat content of the two are about the same. Human milk contains more sugar than cow's milk, while cow's milk contains more protein and ash than human milk. Cow's milk is acid in reaction, mother's milk is faintly alka- line or neutral. Cow's milk is more or less contaminated with germs ; human milk is practically sterile. The fat and protein of cow's milk are more difficult to digest than these constituents of mother's milk.

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Milk and Sugar. 1 cupful Milk to Drink 5 ounces Fuel Value, 1892 Calories; Calories derived from protein, 261.6; Cost, $0.1496. Substitutes or Additions : For Rolled Oats : Other cereals, as suggested on previous page. For Onions and Peas : Strained dried beans ; other^vegetables carefully cooked ; fresh lettuce. For Prunes : Fresh ripe apples, baked bananas, other mild fruits well cooked. For Rice Pudding: Junkets, custards, blancmanges, bread puddings, and other very simple desserts. For Cookies : Gingerbread, sponge cake, or very plain cookies. Breakfast : Child 8-12 Years Old Oatmeal Mush Top Milk Stewed Prunes Toast Milk to Drink 1J ounces dry cereal 6 ounces 6 or 7 2 slices 6 ounces Luncheon : Pea Soup 1 cupful Boiled Onions 2 small Baked Potato 1 large Bread and Butter 2 slices bread Molasses Cookies 3 cookies Dinner : Baked Haddock small serving (2 ounces) Creamed Hashed Potato f cupful Spinach \ cupful Bread and Butter 2 slices Rice Pudding — Milk and Sugar 1 cupful Fuel Value, 2420 Calories; Calories derived from protein, 345.6; Cost, $0.1875. Substitutes or Additions : For Rolled Oats : Other cereals thoroughly cooked. For Haddock : Rare beefsteak, roast beef, or mutton chops ; other fish, especially white varieties. For Prunes : Any mild ripe fruit uncooked or cooked. For Onions : String beans, stewed celery, beets, squash. Peas or Spinach : Turnips or cauliflower. Suggestive Dietary for Child who will not drink Milk, Age 5 Years (1 quart milk concealed in the menu.) Breakfast : 7 a.m. Oatmeal \ cup cereal cooked in 1 cupful milk Creamy Egg on Toast 1 egg yolk with \ slice bread and \ cupful milk Cocoa 1 teaspoonful cocoa and \ cupful milk 10 a.m. Zwieback and Cream 1 piece zwieback and 1 tablespoonful cream 1:30 p.m. Spinach Soup 4 ounces Baked Potato with 1 potato and 2 tablespoonfuls Cream cream Bread and Butter 1 slice Caramel Junket 1£ cupfuls 5 : 30 p.m. Rice and Prunes 2 tablespoonfuls rice cooked in \ cupful milk and 5 prunes Zwieback 1 slice Total Calories, 1431 ; Calories from protein, 207,6 ; Cost, $0.1570. FOOD FOR INFANTS Perfect Food for Infants. — Nature in her unfailing wisdom provides ideal food for the infant, — mother's milk. No perfect substitute has been found for it. It is most unfortunate when a child is denied this food. In case it is necessary to give the infant other food, the greatest care should be taken to provide food similar in composition to mother's milk. Cow's milk is the basis of the food invariably chosen. Comparison of the composition of cow's milk and of human milk shows the need of changing or modifying cow's milk when it is to be used as infant's food. The water and fat content of the two are about the same. Human milk contains more sugar than cow's milk, while cow's milk contains more protein and ash than human milk. Cow's milk is acid in reaction, mother's milk is faintly alkaline or neutral. Cow's milk is more or less contaminated with germs ; human milk is practically sterile. The fat and protein of cow's milk are more difficult to digest than these constituents of mother's milk.

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