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OU can tell by the eager Idok in Johnny's eyca that he is excited about his first outing in the
country.
Ho is the little chap being dressed by big brother Bill.
Big brother is excited, too, but at his age it is not tho thing to let the kids know.
Because he wants his mother, two sisters, Hittlo Johnny and himself to get an early start on the excursion, he offered to play nurse to the "baby."
Now hero is a moral for mothers. Let the older children help you with the youngsters. They love to
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chlidren enjoy "mothering" and "fathering."
do
It gives them a ́sense of respon- sibility, and makes them feel im- portant in the family scheme of things.
Johnny's mother has written to ask my help in planning Johnny's Arst day out in the country.
"He is an excitable Ittle fellow," she writes, and I want to give him a good time, yet az afraid to exhaust him. I had planned a day at Southend
for us all.TM*
I say by all means take the family to Southend Johnny will not be
over-tired, as you plan to take him to the beach.
Give him a leisurely midday meal. hot soup out of a flask in good, and make him lie down wrapped up in a rue for at least half an hour.
If the weather in chilly, keep him out of the water. Don't let him ride
on roundabouts at the fair just before
or just after he has eaten.
It in niways a good idea to take along a small Arst-aid kit in case of minor cuta and bruisen. Take n change of socks in case he gets wet feci.
Dress im comfortably in his usual pinytime clothes and leave by Alk early train to avoid the home-going rush.
Bleep in train, cup of cacon, and so to bed,
Now for other mothers' problems. When Easter falls late, as it dues this year, it serves as an occasion for a seaside or country holiday for many who are anxious to profit by the special charms of this time of 'year.
Often this means baby's introduc» tion to railway travelling. and mothers are anxious to know how to carry on with as lttle disturbance of routine
possibic. Seme have
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toldiers to take with them and, in order that the mother may derive some betreft from the change, there will have to be a careful planning in
advance.
If not melter is likely to return. from the holiday more tired than when he went away.
I hope you will write to he quickly if you have problems with which I have not deall so that you may receive advice in time to profit by 11. Address
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Keep Him Safe
I shall be travelling with a sturdy toddler of 20 months who has been realking since he was nine months of age. He is too heavy to carry for tong, but we have two tedious changes on our journey, and I am wondering how to keep him safe.
A PAIR of reins would be a boon,
and I recommend these to all mothers who аго travelling with toddlers up to the age of about four yours. With reins on, and your arm passed through the "ribbons," there can be no chance of your toddler dart- ing away into danger, and yet he will be having liberty to stretch his legs. Reliable leather reins can be bought At any toysktop.
For
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Use More
Mushrooms
The hot water can be used to IF you want to brighten up
warm Baby's food. Dining car stowards can be good friends to those travelling with young chil- dren. Otherwise take a vacuum flask of hot water and your own jug.
Clothes Problem
How should I dress my six-months. old baby for a long night journey which entalis a, aca-crossing?-EIRE.
RECOMMEND a baby bag in wool fabric.complete with long sleeves, hood, zipp fasteners and waterproof sheet attached to the inner side. ";
Olothed in that you can rest asstited that Baby will be well protected from chills, and for you it will be more con- venlout than ordinary shawls. I shall bo pleased to give you further details about these baby bags.
Detachable Car-Seat
I remember that you once recom mended a detachable car-seat that could be used for a 'toddler to save an adult having to carry the child, Now that we have a toddler of our oten to you would repeat those dictatis.
THE Car-sent I mentioned is out- abic for children from the age of nine months to four years.
It keeps
the child well secured and prevents any tendency to car-sickness.
At the same time the child can see out of the windows and is thus kept amused. The seats are upholstered in washable leather fabric in dark blue. green or maroon.
The seat folds perfectly flat when not in use and can be attached to the back of any car-sent and a detachable food-tray can also be supplied.
COOKING TIPS
your menus, try using more mushrooms. They are appetis- ing and good for you.
Here are some excellent ways of using them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Incidentally, did you know that mushrooms, stewed gently for ten minutes in a milk sauce, are excellent when served up with grilled bacon? Break the mushrooms into small pieces and place into a pan with a little but- tor. Then make the sauce by adding a small spoonful of corn- flour to a teacupful of milk. Pour over the mushrooms und stir till thick. Add salt and pepper.
If you have an odd rasher of cold bacon, try stuffed tomatoes with mushrooms. First scoop out the pulp of the tomatoes and mix with a hard-boiled
egg, chopped cooked mushrooms, and very small pieces of bacon.
Replace in the tomato shell with a and put in a casserole little butter. Cook in a hot
oven, and Berve with a thin, white sauce to which a teaspoon- ful of Worcester sauce has been added. Garnish with parsley.
On Toast
"Something on toast" can be made original und" appetising If you put a punched egg on the toast, ringed with mushrooms which have first bren fried in a little butter. Here again, parsley adds piquancy to the dish.
For stuffed mushrooms, prepare a tin of sardines by heating them up with a lile vinegar, fresh cream, cayenne pepper, and teaspoonful of
Make anchovy essence.
this very hot while you stew some large mushi- rooms, first removing the stuks. of Now place two mushrooms on top colour,
one another on a slice of toast and the hollow with a heaped spoun- Garnish Tul of the sandine mixture.
with a few fresh green peas, For Flavouring Soups
RTICHOKES are best peeled to- Ader water in which a little vinc- gar has been stirred, for they will then cook a much better especially if a few drops of vinegar are also added to the water in which they are boiled.
Before pulting bacon in the larder, spread a plece of greaseproof paper between every two rashers, for keeps them fresh for at least a week. To make a cake light and spongy, first beat and add the yolks of the eggs, and finally fold in the white, previously beaten to a froth.
If a cupful of warm milk is added to half a pound of butter and beaten well until thoroughly mixed, the but- ter is increased in bulk without uf- fecting its quality,
To boll a cracked egg without los- ing any of its white, smear the crock with butter and sprinkle some salt Jon it. Then wrap the egg in grease- proof paper and boil in the ordinary
way.
White of egg can be beaten to a stiff meringue more quickly if a pinch of salt is added. Stand in a current of cold air away from any heat.
When dates have become dry, tie them in a clean piece of muslin and steam for five minutes, but allow to cool before using.
New bread can be easily cut if the
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GOLFER
fushion. You can have
YOU'VE Just taken up golf, have pensive pair-they cost 42s-have a and you want some soft vamp made of leather pialled in advice on the kind of sports clothes criss-cross you will be needing? Well, remem- them in navy ber that golf is an all-the-year-round and white reversed calf, game, so your wardrobe must in-
clude clothes for all weathers. Make
a note of these suggestions and you
and white or brown
Storm-proof
will always be up to scratch in your WHEN you play golf in wet and
appearance. If not quite
scratch in your handicap.
Divided Skirt
down
to
windy weather you'll need storm- proof clothing. Choose un outfit that wil roll up into the smallest pos- sible bundle so that you can carry it with you on the course in your Tall, of course, THE basis of your golfing wardrobe bag of clubs when the weather looks
be a skirt and threatening. jumper. In choosing a skirt be sure
A very good soup can be made by adding small mushrooms, cut
into four, to your usual Scotch broth or ketear consomme. A point to note is that the mushrooms should be cooked and well-seasoned before being solder to the soup.
When in season, a celery soup has the flavour much improved mush- rooms are added, the celery beng left in the soup and not straincl.
Do not forget, when making stews and hotpots, that a few chopped mushrooms add a delicious flavour.
And here is something really ex- thick piece of citing:-Buy a very steak, slit open to the centre, and stuff with pected mushrooms. Stitch up the sides and grill quickly.
Finally, an interesting Gernun dish 19 prepared by stewing the mush- rooms in an ordinary white sauce to which half a bay leaf has been add- 'ed.
Remove this leaf before serving. Serve each dish individually by mak- ing a ring of the mushrooms and Alling the centre with a ltk steamed green peas,
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Banishing Sea
Stains
IF stitched leather shoes are worn on the beach it is worth spend- ing a few pence un oak copal varnish. A little of this applied between the soles and uppers prevents the salt; water from rotting the stitches.
Sea-water is apt to cause white marks on black boots and shoes. These can usually be removed with a paste of black lead and lemon juice, which should be spread over the af- fected part, left on for an hour, then gently brushed of.
On brown Bitoes se stains are ugiter and more difficult to remove. The only way really effective is to. dissolve a small lump of washing tablespoonfuls of hot
milk, and dab it over the stain with a soft rag. Allow It to dry, then re- peat the process. When the second coat has dried, clean the shoes with
soda in two Proofed poplin-better known us you buy one which is wide enough storm cloth"is the best material to allow for comfortable walking. A for the outfit. A jacket made of it trouser skirt is ideal; you can buy costs 399. 6d., in navy, brown, gren, one that looks like an ordinary wrap or biege, and you can buy trousers over skirt, but is actually divid- to match for £2 23., made with a ed in the leg. Price 57s. 6d, in green neatly belted walst. and other colours.
Skirt For Rain
Your Blouse YOUR blouse should be plain, with IF you don't fancy yourself in trou-
sers you can have a skirt Instead, no fussy pleces to dap in the also made of poplin. It buttons, all breeze and distract you when you down the front so you can slip it are about to play your shot. A plain over your tweed skirt in a moment tailored shirt-blouse. In matt weave when the rain begins. To complete wool material with long sleeves from the cutfit wear a jaunty peaked cap the same shop costs 156., und has two to match. It has an adjustable brim neat pockets to hold your tees. at the back to prevent the rain from
Golf Shoes
trickling down your neck. Ci 18.
Tailored Frock the summer sally on to the course
in a trimly. tafiored frock. It
CHOES are Important. You must be able to grip the ground Arm- ly with your feet if you are to swing your club well. For winter weather should be of uncrushable materiul, spiked shoes are best. Your shot of fairly heavy weight, so that it maker will put spikes in the voles of
hangs stiffly. There are few
things
a pair of ordinary walking shoes for more annoying for the folfer than you, but it is really
better to buy skirt which flaps round her legs. special golf shoes,
Worsted flannel is a light-weight
A smari pair in brown leather has material which is excellent for huma
can buy & spikes which fit into metal sockets mer golf frocks. You and can be removed when the shoes smart short-sleeved dress made of need resoling. They cost 639. and it in a delightful shade of Air Force fit overy foot as they can be had in blue. The dress has a neat turn- four different widths for each half down collar, a belted waistline, and
deep plents in the skirt. It size.
40s. Od.
For Summer
FOR summer golf you need lighter
costs
Of if you prefer a jumper kult shoes with crepe soles. For 258. there is one in a gay plaid checked you can buy a very comfortable pair flannel with flared skirt and jacket in navy blue with a whito buckskin buttoning all down the front, £3
vamp punched with large holes--a 108,
cool idea for a hot day. A more ex-
Joya Henderson
ordinary polish,
As prevention is better than cure, a wise course is not to wear leather shoes on the bench. Sometimes, however, one has to cross a beach unexpectedly during an ordinary
walk. If it is a sandy beach and the ilde happens to be high, wet shoes can hardly be avoided,
W. B.
knife is frequently dipped into a jug of hot water and dried before using. Fruit should never, be steamed in an iron saucepan, for the colour and flavour is spoilt by the action of its acid on the iron.
To measure half a cupful of butler so that it does not adhere to the sides of the cup, half All a cup with water and add the butter till the water is level with the top, when it. can be drained off.
Cups without handles make excel- small basins when lent substitutes for making puddings; while a tumbler will serve as a cutter when cooking biscuits or fam tarta,
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