WE ARE EIGHT
"H
URRAHI
and what
We Arc eight to-day!"
Twin girls, fair- haired, blue-eyed, boisterous, are shouting this news to the boy next door.
Mother, who writes to tell me she wants to give her win daughters a good time instead of the regular type of birthday party, wants some advice.
Well, I don't know what the weather will be like (the aun s brillant as I write this), but I'm going to take a chance and sug- gest a plenic.
There is always lots of fun to be had at plenica - chances of adventure, that someday will be pleasant memories when the twin girls grow up and have chil- dren of their own.
For this first picnic of the year let the twins invite three special friends.
Grand Treat
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Most of your preparations can Inde overnight (sandwiches cut and wrapped in grease-proof puper with a danip cloth over that).
You could elther provide for an early mid-day meal, at home, and tes in the open, or else for the dinner meal c of-doors and a "high-ten return.
on your
That is always a great treat to chil- dren of this age, especially if they are allowed to help with the preparation of the feast.
Don't forget to include slenty of bread and butter among your prepara- LIDIN Most youngsters prefer this to a lot of aweet cakes, and their appetites will be kern after a day in the open.
It is a good plan at this time of year to make up your rations in a number of packages so that the load is fairly shared.
Growing Up
I always feel the eighth birthday
marks a very definite stage in the fe
of most chalictren.
At five the child is still a "tiny." though his or her school life begins then. At eight the age to reached when the character begins to form.
At this age your children will give evidence of Interests in life. Reading will have opened the realm of books This is when milk-teeth begin to como out, and the proper growth of the second iceth will claim your close attention.
To-day we are going to give all our attention to the problems of the eight- year-olds, ng nent to me by mother,
Second Teeth
their
Afy eight-year-old son has a targe tooth coming through the pum right in the front. He has not yet lost any of his milk teeth. Will this second
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problems
we are to our mothers
tooth turk into its right place once the milk-teeth drop out? This might happen, but your wisest plan would be to corult a pri vate dentist. or the school dentist. right away.
It is very simple to have such extrae- Tats mate under a whiff of me at the School Dental Clinic, and the child will feel no pain.
Children face the dentist with com- plate confidence If their parents have treated the situation sensibly
Makes Pares
afy little daughter has become jerky in her movements during the past fite meters, and pulls dreadful faces, ! have tried puitabiny kri, but it seemed anly in make matters worse.
THINK the secret
your daughter's frusibles lew to the post- seript of your letter, in which you singe that you have always suffered so much from rheumatism.
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Chorra 431 Vilus Dunce) often de- velops n this age in children whos! parete have suffered from rheumat
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She cannot control the tare ar Jerky movements. They must be completely ignored for the present.
Make her tend ʼn quiet life, free from all excitement and fatigue.
Send her to bed not later than
Bright New Colours
UNGARIAN styles are popular.
and shown in the photograph Is an easily katted, yet gay and colourful, Jumper,
The ground colouring is in a natural shade, and the border design is in brilliant scarlet, green and blue tones. Cordings and tas- nels hdd further to the attractive- ness of this design.
Knit this in three-ply "Femina " Botany Fingering for Easter; it will
By our Nursery Expert
o'clock. Consult the doctor so that he can keep a careful cyo on her.
It is best to keep her away from the company of other children when slic is not at school. The doctor may advile keeping her from school for i thine.
Of course it may be that her eyes. need attention. Faulty sight often has the symptoms you describe.
Thin a common trouble with children who are otherwise healthy but who give way to sudden flta of *nerves" and restlessness of move- ment, caused by batf eyesight.
Jealous Boy
My eight-year-old daughter appears to be brighter at school than my son cged wine and he Ands dificult to keep a cluas uhrad of ker. Lately he has become jealous of her and on acp- eral occasions i have had to check him for bullying her.
PERHAPS you have made the min- take of dawing too much atten- tion to the case with which sister lensun ber lessons.
It only natural that she should boust to her brother when you are But prenent.
Boys develop more slowly than girls. But they have the advantage later on by retaining what it cost so much to len at school. Your son may make a name for himself inter un.
Think of John Hunter, a star of the first magnitude in the medical world whe could not read At the age of seventeeni
Your boy should be shown syntpathy and his efforts should receive plenty ut prine.
There is sure to be one subject in which he is interested und it would be well to notice this so that his sister
any take some pride in hin
Rivalry between two children can be a healthy stimulus providing it never leada 10 an inferiority complex in the ease of one of them and to self- satisfaction in the other.
Bad Reports
I have been having unsatisfactory reports from school about my BOH Teacher complains of his untidy appearance and stovenly work dough he apreca he is above the average Bitel ligence.
7 in diapppointing when a mother setids her children to school pent and clean, to receive reports of flik klad.
The majority of small boys through this "cureless" stage.
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His It is a revolt against restraint, father is the best person to deal with this phase. My advis to you is not tu
worry.
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night, usbuy some mild disinfectant
soap, and dress him in strong clathes
that will not apoll cantly. It is a waste until he has learnt to take an interest
of money to buy good clothes for him
In his own appearance.
Run Away
My eight-year-old son has already run away from home twice: on the last occasion it, was five days before the police brought him back from a
town 200 miles from herc.
Is this due to n love of adventure or
to an inability to settle present home conditions?
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I would be wise for you and hla father to consider the question from these two view-polats.
If you think that his life la dull, try to provide outlets for his energy. Let ham Join boys' club, one with a summer camp, or else arrange for him to get country holidays where he con And occupations to interest him,
It there are conditions at homeo
against which he is in open revolt, special readjustment will be necessary. In that case you night have a talk about your problem with either the School Attendance Officer or your local Probation meer.
These officials have good Judgment and tact. I feel sure you will find their help valuable.
Stepfather
My husband died when John waa five years old, and i have now married apatri. My boy refuses to mnko friends with his stepfather, and never talks to him unless he is forced to do so. When I asked him to call his step Jather
Dud," he refused to obey.
YOUNGSTERS are loyal to memories
and it is not easy for them to readjust their lives to new conditions.
If you give John time, he will conte to regard his stepfather, who, you say, in fond of him, as a good friend,
John's confidence must be won step by step. Leave the advances to your
He will ramic, in time, to accep his stepfather as a friend.
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Is It Infectious?
In extarrh infectious? My daughter, aften goes to spend a too days with a coustu nad shares her bedroom. She is developing symptoms of catarrh.
THE general opinion of doctors now.
a-daya ia that catarrh is infectious and, although there should be no great riak when the giris meet in an ordin nry way, I feel that it would be Inggi- vizable for them to sleep together,
If this is unavoidable your daughter should have the bed nearest to the open window and should gargle with some sultable disinfectant last thing at night and again on rising.
I have a special chart dealing with the treatment of entarrh which I Anl be pleased to send you.-N. E.
Can't Afford It
My nephew 13 consing from the North to spend Easter with me. He must crora London, but I cannot afford the jare to go up to meet him. Have you any suggestions to offer?
HAVE the ad met by a London Messenger boy. You have only to state the time at which is trun from the North arrives and when the train leaves again for the West,
The messenger will take charge of the boy from the first train, wil con- duct him across London, and will put him in care of the second guard, keep- ing an exact account of any expenses. The feo charged is reasonabic.
NEGLECTED
STOMACH PAINS
may end in
DANGEROUS OPERATIONS!
Many a stomach sufferer has had to submit to the surgeon's knife-because he dismissed those little twinges that came after eating as nothing more than ordinary indigestion-and has paid. the price of liis neglect.
For those little pains after cating mean that your food is fermenting and forming corrosivo aclu to burn away the lining of your stomach wolts Gradually the scared flesh may forus an ulcer which must be cut away, if you are to get batter at all.
Don't let your stomach develop an ulcer Directly you feel pain after eating, take a dose of Maclean' Brand Stomachi Powder. It will innko the stomach acid harmless, and clear the fermenting food right out of the atomuch. Hundreds of men and women, somo who had suffered unbelievable tortures after every meal, have completely cured their stomachi troubles this casy way! Get a bottle of Maclean Brand Stomach Powder today, but be sure you do get the genuino Maclean Brand Stomach Powder bearing tho signature "ALEX. C. MACLEAN" on carton and bottle. Never sold loose. Powder or Tablets. Cheap imitations aro useless and may only make your troubles work, If you have any diffi culty in oltaissing it from your local chemist or story, write to Baker & Co.. P. O. Box 766, Hong Kong.
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CHARM
or
EFFICIENCY.
Do charm and efficiency
ever go together? So often they do not!
How many charming people can cope with an emergency? A burst pipe, a chimney on fire, any of the minor catastrophes of life seem to prostrate them, and even in the ordinary routine, things do not run smoothly. Perhaps they count too much on "charm"; and while charm can do a lot fit cannot clean a room
cook a dinner.
or
the
As for efflciency, even most inveterate woman-hater must admit that in this year of grace there are some efficient women. But have they sacri- ficed their charm for the sake of efficiency? So
many capable people-the Marthas of to-day- do not seem to have time to be charming. But they are the people to whom we turn when we want things done; they are the people who come to the res. cue when the maid leaves or the entire household collapses with influenza.
When it comes to business, too, they are the people with whom we like to deal. "Charm- ing people" are so often vague and promise what they cannot perform, for charming people hate saying "No." It is not a word in their vocabulary. They may say, "We'll do our best," or "We'll see," but never. "It can't [be done." Efficient people do not seem to mind saying, "No." In fact some of them appear to enjoy asserting their authority
this way.
But when they
in
say "Yes," they mean it.
Is chari an exclusively feminine virtue and efficiency a trasculine idol? If so, we can- not expect them to unite. Per- haps the efficient men have run the business, and left their wives time to be charming, until the idea of the need for eficiency never even dawns on them. If that is all, a few generations should right mat. ters,
ገ
career
Nowadays, most women "do something," and most girls take for granted. Most careers demand something more than charm. Perhaps when that fact is roalised, we may get charm and efficiency combined. Or is that asking too much
this imperfect world?
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in
M. F. M.
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Cooking Hints
COLOUR some lumps of sugar
with cochineal and store in a tin when dry. When you want n quick and attractive decoration for a tride or cake, grate one or two of the lumps over the top.
When making pastry in warm weather, use either a glass rolling pin or, better still, a bottle filled with cold water.
After lighting the oven, the door should be left slightly open for three minutes to allow steam to cscape, and then kept shut for fif- teen minutes.
ting Baking sheets and cake ahould be kept about two inches from the oven sides, so that hot air may circulate freely,
Slightly warm baking sheets and cake tins before use. It greatly nusint turning out.
Small cream cartona make useful cooking containers for small cakes. They do not require greasing, but larger ones should be cut down a little.
When making marzipan or nl- mond icing, use equal quantities of grated sponge crumbs and ground Imonds. The sponge crumbs make the feing go much further while making it less rich and heavy,
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