The Archive · 1924

Feeding up the Sick Child

THE YOUNG CON- VALESCENT

Unlike that of a grown-up, the appetite of @ child cannot be tempted by the rarity, the out-of the fare provid-the piquancy of its sonices, But there are other things to which the normal unsophisticated child responds. For instance, there is the clement_of ise. A new cup and saltter mug with gay little pictures of animals on them help down many a-drink of milk; the contents of the new bowl will often be speedly eaten up so that the bright fowerspray painted inside down at the bottom may reveal itself. Then, too, the child's love of the miniature must be remembered. A plateful sent up from the family dish is dull compared with a pudding in.its own tiny dish to. which the child, if old wJenough and well enough, can

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