_Dinner_, 12-1: Soups; creamed vegetables--tomato, corn, peas, and celery; any two of potatoes--creamed, mashed, or baked--carrots, beets, spinach, peas, cornlet, squash, cauliflower, asparagus tips, string beans; protein dish--the puree of dried beans, peas, or lentils; macaroni or carefully selected meats; dessert--apples, baked or sauce--or other fruits, junket, custard, milk. _Supper_, 5-6 P. M.: Fruit, bread (bran bread if constipated); milk; porridge, with rich milk or milk toast; sweetened graham crackers. FOODS ALLOWED CHILDREN OF FOUR YEARS AND OLDER _Protein Dishes_: Purees of dried peas; lentils; beans; macaroni; eggs--soft boiled, poached, scrambled, or omelette; meats--steak, chops, chicken, turkey, broiled fish. _Cereals_: All the toasted-flake foods; toasted and not too fresh bread, including both graham and bran; hominy; corn meal; oatmeal; farina; rice; barley; tapioca; sago, etc. _Soups_: Creamed vegetable soups of all kinds and broths. _Vegetables_: Potatoes; all the small green vegetables; lettuce; stewed celery; beets; squash; cauliflower, etc. _Fruits_: All, if stewed or baked. Raw fruits--pears, peaches, ripe apples, berries, oranges, persimmons, grape-pulp without seeds, etc. _Desserts_: Custard; jellos; junkets; home-made ice cream; sponge cake; baked fruits with whipped cream, etc. FOODS TO BE AVOIDED BY YOUNG CHILDREN 1. _Doughy breads_, griddle cakes, insides of muffins, hot biscuits, etc. 2. _Fried meats_, such as sausage, oysters, pork, ham, veal, salt fish, corned beef, dried beef, etc. 3. _Foods that are hot when they are cold_--such as catsup, horse radish, mustard, highly spiced pickles, sauces, etc. 4. _Rich pastries_, puddings, unripe fruit, salted peanuts, and highly concocted dishes. 5. _Certain salads_, containing coarse but easily swallowed foods, with highly seasoned sauces. 6. _Tea, coffee, and all alcoholic beverages._ 7. _Soft candies_, chocolate creams, bon-bons, patties, etc. Average normal children crave sweets, and since their normal food is about seven per cent sugar it is not to be wondered at. There are many forms of pure, hard candies which may be taken by the three-year-old child. They are stick candy, fruit tablets, sunshine candies, and other varieties which may be sucked. All soft candies, such as chocolate creams, bon-bons, patties, etc., are to be avoided. Hard candies, taken along with the desserts at meal time, in no wise injure the normal stomach of the healthy child. The other members of the family should set a correct example by sucking the hard candies rather than chewing them; for if the hard candies are allowed to dissolve slowly in the mouth they produce a weak solution of sugar, which does not interfere with digestion as do the strong and concentrated sugar solutions which result from chewing chocolate creams, bon-bons, etc. Candy, cookies, sandwiches, or bits of cake should never be allowed between the meals. EATING BETWEEN MEALS