Breakfast (6:30-7:30 A. M.): Warm milk with lightly buttered bread; or cereal with thin cream, glass of warm milk; or lightly cooked egg, lightly buttered bread, glass of warm milk.

Mid-morning meal (10 A. M.): Glass of milk with slice of bread.

Dinner (1-2 P. M.): Mashed potato with dish gravy, bread and milk, very small serving baked apple or prune pulp; or lightly cooked egg, bread and milk, small serving baked apple or prune; or mashed spinach, carrots, or similar vegetable, bread and milk, small serving very simple junket or rice pudding or similar simple dessert.

Mid-afternoon meal: tablespoon of orange juice or scraped apple.

Supper (5-6 P. M.): Bread and milk or milk toast.

Although the child may be at the family table from about the third year, he should not be allowed the freedom of the family dietary. It is far better for the child to learn that certain foods are not for his consumption. There is no better lesson in self-control or temperance than the one that may be taught in this simple way.