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WOMAN'S PAGE (CONTD.)
THE BEST SOUP.
A RED ONE FROM RUSSIA BEFORE SHE WAS
"RED."
[BY ROTHAY REYNOLDS.]
The best soup in the world is Bertach. It is made of beetroot, and you may have had a refined variety in one of the more elegant restaurants, or perhaps have tasted a red consommé which the Russians. call Borsbchock and which they swore was made of reindeers' blood
the first time I had it in what was then St. Petersburg.
In Bygone Days In St. Petersburg.
varieties of Bortsch and the ridicu- "You can have all the refined lously fragile bits of pastry which they serve with them, but leave a the genuine Malorossyski Bartsch, the Little Russian Bortsch, which I used to eat surreptitiously in an obscure restaurant in St. Peters burg,
To Be Relishid In Solitude Bartsch is, as you may have
grasped, one of these dishes which it is desirable to eat alone. You
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JUNE 8th, 1928.
THE ENEMY.
HOW TO ROUTE. THE MOSQUITO AND
HIS FRIENDS.
a
YOUTHFUL ENERGY.
THAT QUESTION ·
HABIT.
CHILDISH MISCHIEF CAUSED BY IDLE HANDS.
"
[BY M. JANE RRANTY, D.Sc., Lecturer in Science Furzedown College, Author of "The Place of Blay in Education."]
I remember a friend of mine who was romantically humane telling me that the mosquito was "a brother and Christian." She spent six months in Italy, and, when she i buckwheat and cream into the soups returned, I asked her about "bre-
Children come into the world with seized A knife, fork," and spoon,
ther the mosquito. She confessed plenty of curiosity and a desire to and got to work,
that he had fallen in her esteem experiment. A baby will smack a вроод оп the table to try his and the now regarded him as
strength and to find out how much noise he can make." This is quite It is a legitimate amusement.
naughty," only because the noise
Some forms of curiosity, such as happens to irritate the grown-up. investigating a red-hot coal, lead the baby into danger. Satisfy the curiosity by giving him something red and shining to play with. But if the child persists in finding the fire interesting, he must be prevent
cannot toy with it, and pretend that eating is a matter of in- difference and that what you really enjoy is the brilliant table-talk of
fectly well if you are merely eating your neighbours, as you can per foie gras or caviar, or even a quail, Bortsch requires thought and method,
—And For Hearty Appetites. With Bartsch, in that obscure restaurant at St. Petersburg, they used to serve substantial pies made
creation of the devil. There is no doubt which point of view members of this Colony would take. "The mosquito and his pal the cockroach
such.. are enemies and must be treated as
Protect Your Home.
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The sanitary department does its share in the battle against these Pests, but it is a duty which we each of us owe to the community and to ourselves to do our part, and the
HOW TO COPE WITH CHILD-
REN'S "
CATECHISMS."
[BY A HARLEY-STREET WOMAN DOCTOR]
"Don't ask silly questions!" were the words I heard as I took astroll through a park recently, The questioner was a boy of about five years,
Every parent has at some time. chiam from a young hopeful. One of her been subjected to a cate question follows another till the adult becomes bored by having to find suitable answers. Sometimes he becomes stumped" and cannot reply.
It is at this climax, that Don't ask such a reprimand as silly questions!" is given.
The waiter brought a bowl of the crimson soup, in which, besides the of indestructible pastry and stuff first round in the encounter is ed. With a baby as with a little to him He questions why and shreds of beetroot, were a coupleed with cabbage or egg or meat. of sausages, a slice of ham, and a A second course was out of the thick slice of meat the nature of question. That is why I would
cleanliness.
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which I was never able to deter- carnestly call the attention of quitoes and cockroaches, but even usually the only method of checking true sign of 'his dissatisfaction, is encouraged. A reply like "Don't..
of large numbers ct mine. He also brought an earthen parents pot containing kasha, which is ravenous children, home for holi- baked buckwheat, and a dish of days, to the satisfying qualities of thick, sour cream. One stirred the this king of soups-Daily Mail.
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Dirt is the element of both mos
cleanliness is not enough; active steps must be taken to make our
Georgette and lace are used for this youthful afternoon ensemble, which is intended to be made in one of the new peach beiges.
Persistence That Becomes A Tortare, Questioning is the only means to knowledge that a child possesses.
Correct Els Replies It Necessary. The opening of a green leaf or the
When he has volunteered his in- bursting of a bad are all wonders wherefore. Endless time is spent formation it can be corrected and By this animal, there is no method of answering him. Sometimes be is increased if necessary. reasoning, so that a light smack is satisfied; at other times not. The both imagination and interest are that he will continue to aak ask silly questions puts an in- the same questions persistently, hibition on his abundant and need- persistence.
Despotic discipline should be and the elder tries to fortify his to-be-expressed energy. He thinks lack of knowledge by reference to he has struck n forbidden topic and avoided always. I think, however, some vade-mecum. Life can become it arouses his suspicion. that unless automatic obedience is learned in the first year a child does not easily acquire it later.
Els Curiosity is Educative. Only in the cradle can the habit of
First, remember that the mind- obedience be thoroughly instilled.energy of a questioning child is Disobedience, on the other hand, is bubbling over. His imaginative a habit hard to change.
The Age Of Reason.
As soon as the child can reason "spare-the-ro" policy is usually successful. Give him the true reason for a command, where it is pos- sible, and the child will learn an implicit trust in your judgment. This means that in an emergency a brusque command will be obeyed straightway, because he reasons that you are usually right,
A child protests. "But why must I do so, and so" out of natural curiosity.. Because I say so," is an infuriating reply, calculated to make naughtiness desirable and obedience detestable. A small boy once informed
I don't want me, to be good I want to be haughty!"
"Satan Finds Mischief.
If goodness means quietacas, then naughtiners is the natural outlet for a child's energy. That "Satin finds mischief for idle hands to do is a psychological fact. Whip- pings and constant, prohibitions brings repressions and mental dis- tress in their train, but study a child's play, and you will be able to provide the mean of absorbing his special type of energy."
How often does a "kind." grown- uplift a toddler on to the chair which he is vainly trying to climbl Yells casue from the ungrateful baby, who has been trying to do the trick by himself and is natural- ly furious that the experiment has been ended. A baby's games are usually of this experimental kind. Then the child tries to imitats, and every action of the parent or nurse is nimicked-this often being con sidered "naughty."
Kissing The Butcher." Afterwards imagination enters, nod adults ought to realise the stage and enter into it. A small hoy was engrossed in a game of
hop" when his mother came into the nursery and kissed him. Mother," he said reprovingly, you mustn't kiss the butcher!
homes as far as possible untenable by these pests, and for this the use of a good insecticide is necessary. Lilacko, A Pleasant Insecticide. There are a good many insec ticides on the market, all somewhat similar in composition and effect. Bono for which Whiteaway's are the local agents is a well catablished and excellent make, Flit and Fly-o san are very similar, but they all bave the disadvantage of a rather unpleasant petroleum smell. The Colonial Dispenzary are now agents for a new mixture (besides for Flit and Fly-o-san) which, unlike the other preparations, is perfumed
«No Need To Organise. with lilas, and contains a strong
Over-enthusiasm about children's insecticide made from Pyrethum 4 games sometimes leads to their plant which is found in Czecho-being organised too early. The Slavacia. Like other similar pre wildly energetic hunting and fight seven-to-nine-years-old will play parations it can be used for ing games such as "cowboys and cleaning, and is excellent for polish ing windows or waxed floors.
For Your Wardrobe,
The danger at this stage is that the child is coerced out of supposed lying" habits which are really imaginative play.
Indians." But such games are com pletely individual, though they are played with other children. The team spirit only begins to The pleasant freth smell is an evolve at the age of about nine. incentive to its constant use, both, Teaching experience in a public in the rooms and sprayed among school showed me that the highly corporate game of cricket is un- your clothes. Lilacko, cannot hurtutterably boring to most boys under anything, and daily use all over the eleven or twelve. Games such as house with a fortnightly spraying in tennis and net-ball, which allow the wardrobes and chests, will keep your side instead of possibly sclding the individual to play actively for his home free from moth, cock-roaches, whole afternoon, are a better outlet flys, mosquitoca, and all their for riotous energy at this age unpleasant kindred pests. If you have not tried Lilačko you should get a trial bottle."
Problem Of The Only Child. Parents of a naughty" "child should ask themselves?" Does he
Have You Been Bitten?" get enough exercise? Has he suf Another excellent preparation ficient play for his own special slocked by the same shop is Mac, kind of energy?" And as it takes kenzie's Mosquito Lotion. It con- two to make a game, an only child tains among other ingredients oil should, if possible, attend a Montes- of citronella, which is a great deter- sori school from the age of three, rant to flies and mosquitoes while That children are more easily dis having a pleasant scent, and a ciplined in the mass is partly ac- counter irritant which is very sooth counted for by the fact that games ing if you have already been stung. absorb much superfluous energy.
From
a periodical torture by the continu- this, he may become a day-dreamer, ed questioning of a growing child.and his pictorial representations So what is the remedy?
are possibly far removed from the truth.
faculty is at. a high pitch. This desire for knowledge arises from his instinctive urge of curiosity. It shows a healthy mind and is as important as his desire to touch and examine things. Therefore it is an excellent plan to ask him what he thinks about the very thing he wants to know. One is thus able to judge his trend of thought.
(Continued on next Column),
Need For Good Hamour. Secondly, teach him that even the adult is a daily learner, so that they are both pupils. This lends the child to feel that he is being treated as an equal-a valuable basis for the study of child psycho- logy which the adult is unwilling to accept.
Finally, be good-tempered and answer all his questions sincerely and truthfully-in a manner suit- abit to the comprehension of the child.
Hints
about
Baby
MACH meal for Baby
Eshould be freshly
prepared and given
at a temperature of about 100. Use a Feeder that, can be easily and efficiently oleansed. Never give Baby a "Comforter" which infects the mouth with gorma, and *Its shape.
apolle
The Food must be conveyed Into Baby's mouth without fear of garm contamination: and at proper rate of flow.
Allenburys Foods
the
are easy to prepare, Eras from ganna, arid provide complete nourishment i Allenburys' Feeder the
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