child
should not eat any of these until after the tenth year.

Are gravies healthy and nutritious? Beef juice or so-called "platter
gravy" from a roast is very nourishing and desirable, but many of the
gravies that are thickened are harder to digest and too much is given.
Only a small quantity should be allowed.

What about vegetables? Baked, boiled or mashed potatoes may be given
first, but never fried. After the sixth or seventh year baked sweet
potato, turnips, boiled onions and cauliflower, all well cooked, may be
given moderately. They must be thoroughly cooked and mashed. This is the
great trouble.

Can I give canned vegetables? Peas, and asparagus of the best brands can
be used. They are often better than stale green vegetables.

What vegetables should be prohibited? Any that are eaten raw such as
celery, radishes, onions, cucumbers, tomatoes or lettuce; corn, lima
beans, cabbage, egg plant, even when well cooked; none of these should be
given to a child under ten years old.

Can I give vegetable salads? As a rule none should be allowed at this
period. They are difficult to digest and create great disturbances in
children of all ages.

CEREALS.

What points should I consider in selecting and preparing these? They must
be properly cooked and not used in excess. He should not make a meal of
them because he is fond of them, and eat two or three saucerfuls at once.
Proper cooking is essential. Oatmeal, hominy, rice, wheaten grits need two
hours' cooking at least, in a double boiler; cornstarch, arrow-root, and
barley should be cooked twenty minutes or more. All the market
preparations need cooking.

How should they be eaten? Usually with milk or milk and cream; plenty of
salt, no sugar or very little--one-half teaspoonful to a saucer--syrups or
butter and sugar are prohibited.

What broths and soup do you recommend? Meat broths are generally to be
preferred to vegetable broths, mutton and chicken usually being the best
liked. Almost all plain broths can be given. Those thickened with rice,
barley or cornstarch make a good variety, especially with milk added.
Tomato soup should not be given to young children.

BREAD, CRACKERS, AND CHEESE.

What forms of bread can I give? Stale bread cut thin and freshly dried in
the oven until it is crisp is very useful, also the unsweetened zwieback.
Fresh bread should not be eaten. Gluten, oatmeal, or graham crackers, or
the Huntley and Palmer breakfast biscui