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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1942
Page
5
The article urges mothers to involve daughters in meal planning and cooking from a young age. It provides beginner friendly recipes such as Fruit Ice Box Dessert Ambrosia Dessert and Maple Nut Cream, with steps for whipping, folding, and chilling, yielding servings for six to seven.
A vintage recipe outlines making strawberry tapioca cream using egg yolks milk tapioca and sugar. It details cooking in a double boiler stirring, beating egg whites to stiff peaks, then folding into the hot tapioca before chilling.
A simple recipe mixes 144 cup flour with 1 4 teaspoon salt and 3 egg yolks, then adds 2 cups milk and 1 3 cup maple syrup. Cook until thick, cool, add vanilla and almond extract with broken pecans. Fill sherbet cups, chill, top with vanilla ice cream and pecan halves. Serves four or five.
A short plea on table manners urging early training for children to avoid grabbing food from near dishes. Emphasizes that the first use of a spoon marks the start of self feeding and proper etiquette.
A child should receive ample milk daily with about a quart being suitable. Milk is described as a nearly perfect food supplying energy, growth, strong bones and teeth, and protection for health.
The Children's Bureau notes rapid population growth in defense areas harms maternal and child health. Shortages in obstetric care, nurses, clinics, and clean water threaten mothers and babies. In 1940, maternal deaths reached a record 876, with stillbirths and infant mortality clustering in rural areas and the South. Despite progress, an estimated 86,000 lives could have been saved with better care.
The text emphasizes smallpox and diphtheria vaccination as essential for child health, detailing schedules and booster practices. It notes the role of doctors in prenatal care and early family health education, urging parental reliance on professional guidance and national leadership promoting immunization.
Authorities urge a steady meat supply in a child's diet not for harm in meat but to curb intake of less essential foods. Meat provides growth-promoting protein while liver and kidneys offer vitamins A B and G. The doctor specializing in children guides suitable foods, checks health, advises on habits and disease protection, and administers immunizations and necessary medical care.
Guidance on protecting children's vision stresses cleanliness, periodic eye examinations, and proper lighting. Eyes should be examined before school entry to detect vision or health issues, with full exams including general health and external eye inspection. Emphasizes anemia prevention through diet such as weekly liver servings.
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