How to give Children an Appetite.
GIVE children an abundance of out-door exercise, fun and frolic. Make them regular in their habits, and feed them upon plain, nourishing food, and they will seldom, if ever, complain of a lack of appetite. But keep them over-tasked in school, confined closely to the house the rest of the time, frowning on every attempt at play; feed them upon rich or high-seasoned food, candies, nuts, etc. Allow them to eat between meals, and in the evening, and you need not expect them to have good appetites. On the contrary, you may expect they will be pale, weak, and sickly. Don't cram them with food when they don't want or have no appetite for it—such a course is slow murder. If they have no appetite, encourage, and if need be, command them to take exercise in the open air. Don't allow them to study too much, and especially keep them from reading the exciting light literature which so much abounds in our book stores and circulating libraries. In addition to securing exercise for the children, as above, change their diet somewhat, especially if they have been eating fine flour, change to coarse or graham flour.