Word: meals
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Baltimore two young Chinese, dressed in department store clothes, entered a restaurant, ordered a meal of rice and soup. The cook, one Charley Lee, withdrew to prepare it. To the proprietor, who sat beaming behind his counter, one of the men beckoned with a rolled newspaper; he approached. When he had come to within a yard of the table, the fellow dropped his paper; the other fired. Lee rushed from the kitchen; the murderers were gone, his employer was dead. A bubble of blood from his lips incarnadined the newspaper...
Fred B. Smith of Manhattan, explained to the guests-(.bishops, priests, laymen of nearly every country, and of every Christian faith except the Roman Catholic) - that with just such a meal, the U. S. would celebrate Golden Rule Sunday on Dec. 6. By as much as rice and prunes would reduce the U. S. family budget on that day, by so much would Armenia, Syria, Palestine, Greece profit...
Imitation. Older members of the family should be enthusiastic about foods and eat what is set before them. A child will imitate them. Younger children will follow the older ones. In the case of an only child, a "party" helps him eat. Many families get together only at meal time, and therefore meal time should be a happy time...
Deprivation. Deprive a child of dessert or some food of which he is very fond if he does not eat the rest of his meal. Be firm but not cross. If you decide to do a thing, do not change your mind, no matter how much the child teases. (Children soon discover that it is possible to make you change your mind...
Relaxation. Often a child does not eat because he is excited from play. A half hour of rest before meal time is a great help in such cases...