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LET THE CHILDREN ARGUE

TEETHING TROUBLES OFTEN IMAGINARY

WE HAVE now departed from ty before the first word of the my uncle had read any of these

the ancient tradition of ailenco question is lisped.

books himself, he ordered me sum for our children upon all except

Of course, in allowing children inarily to bed-whither I went, privileged occasions.

We. permit to argue, one must be prepared amused, unconvinced, and feeling I PROPOSE to-day that you and I them to be heard much more free that they may, in the classic that somehow or other I had gott of ing Infant Clinic, and th's should make another imaginary ly in the general sense, but I phrase, become inebriated with I should hate to think that any of (some of the babies-if they will the best of the argument. I know time we will look into the mouths doubt whether we have even yet the exuberance of their own verbo child had as little respect for my let us and see what we can learn come to the point of allowing them sity," and at this point the wise intelligence as I had for that of from doing so. to make themselves heard to the parent will, editorial fashion, intimy august relative. extent of axpressing individual mate that the correspondence is opinions and rejecting time-hon-discontinued; but before such a oured customs. In short, we do not suffer contradiction gladly,

Dr. Elizabeth Sloan Chesser, at a recent School Council, advised mothers to allow their children to argue, and justified her advice by saying that argument in children is not rudeness but merely the satisfying of curiosity.

Intelligence Needs Satisfying. point is reached the little mind

Suumed up, and taking all the can have done a good deal of gropi pros and cons into consideration, ing and received both stimulus and it secina to me that we must accept enlightenment.

the fact that when a child is intel You'll know all about that | telligent enough to be worth put ligent enough to argue, it is in when the time comes" is feeble answer to make to childish the earlier this is done the bottes most ting in the right direction, and questions, since the "time" has for all concerned. obviously come for explanation

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when the question is propounded.

Now I am prepared to admit Father William's Tactics, that however much the average mother may respect the pronounce.

Admitted that an argumentative ments of experts, she will exper

child can be intensely irritating, enes a reaction of slight shock at there comes at some time or an the idea that she should tolerate other to the most tolerant of us the for one instant a form of conver impulse to fall back on Father aation known colloquially in fami- William's tactics and say: "" haya lies as "back answers. It seems, answered three questions and that contrary to all ideas of maternal is enough.......

But we must re dignity and discipline.

member that the fourth question; time the problem that is buzzing may be intended to settle for all about in the small brain,

When my child started to ques-, tion the infallible wisdom of may words and to jib against establish ed traditions I felt that the world, was coming to an end, but I soon found myself adopting what I now know to be Dr. Sloan Chasser's views.

A child has as much right to exercise its brain as its body. Any mildly discerning mother is able to distinguish rudeness from curiosi.

WIDOW WITH A TOWN TO SELL

Tired of Running It Alone

NIGHTS OF SHOOTING LIONS AND SCARING RAIDERS

A WIDOW is in London to sell a

whole town..

Her identity is concealed in this announcement:

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All sorts of variations are pos sible with teeth. Quite a fow babies are born with one or two; some cut them at three months; some cut their two upper front teeth first in- stead of the two lower ones, and

80 un,

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It is a good rule, however, that if no teeth have appeared by ton a doctor's advice should be sought

months.

three words how you take care of baby's mouth. These three words In conclusion I will explain in

are: Leave it alone. The young We will bogin with this tiny or touched inside save in exception- baby's mouth should not be cleaned baby, aged only three weeks, when circumstances,

a losing weight because he will not take his feeds. His granny says he mother that we know he cannot have bastongue-tie." We tell his

nuuth confirms that he is not suffer- tongue-tie because there is not auch a condition, and a glance in baby's from this non-existent com- plaint,

Knowledge cannot be put into

Luckily it is baby's feeding time niches; the demand for it comes to and we are soon able, after watch some sooner than to others, anding him, to tell mother where she person of any age has asked we must remember that when the trouble can be overcome.

(and not he) is at fault and how question, he or she will not rest until the answer to that question has been discovered.

A

ance of childish curiosity is not On the other hand, this accept meant to imply that one should in- dulge in interminable argument. cantankerousness is introduced by For my part, when any element of the other side, I shrug my shoul- ders and turn the conversation

have much wrong with her; she Baby No. does not appear to smiles at us and gurgles with joy

whether she is getting her teeth months old, and mother, wonders when we speak to her. She is three-

because she has reached the "drib: bling" stage.

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We explain that, all babies begin this tiresome habit when they are

Whenever I am tempted to take up an imperious adult attitude more in sorrow than in anger. ten or twelve weeks of age, and it have subsequently received from a

As a result of these tactice Is not a sign that the teeth will soon appear. We look inside baby's young secker after truth

mouth, but there are no signs of what more healthy manifestation apology for being "idiotic." And teeth just yet. could any parent demand in return for patient explanation and slight

remind myself of a relative who forbide me to read the works of a certain authoress then in great hooks wore "rubbish that only an vogue because so he asserted the idiot would read."

When I meekly inquired whether ly frayed nerves!

The The Schoolgirl's

An

The next baby, too, has no teeth, although she is eleven months old, and her mother is naturally wor riad. Has she got ricketer ?" she asks. But baby, we are glad to find, has no signs of rickets; her soft

on her

Uniform---lead-in closing well; her forehead,

Why It Is The Ideal Dress:

By A HEAD MISTRESS

ANY mother who rebels at having, working clothes and are conducive to buy, school uniform might to work as much as party frocks help herself and her daughter by are to merriment. explaining to her that the wear ing of school uniform is based up on psychological" law..

very much helped by not feeling The introspective and shy girl is

peculiar or noticeable in her unt One's attention generally wan form. She feels that she is not Kenya Colony (about 100 miles from Kakamega Goldfields).-The

ders from a person's words to her parading her mother's taste, but 19 ORTLEP P TOWNSHIP (500 clothes. A badly-dressed woman one with her schoolmates, and is ACRES FREEHOLD) in its en- unconsciously tirety is to be SOLD for £30,000 against her, while a well-dressed consciousness.

prejudices you thus helped to overcome her self- net, owner retiring. The Township stands 7,000 feet above sea level, one has probably set you wondering │· glorious climate of perpetual "how she does it" or mads you to prevent spring-time. River divides Ortlepp feel envious.

No Distractions.

Appearance affects. children as

from Eldoret Government Town- ship. Gold has been found on ad- joining farm. Income from this small area approximately £200 yearly. Two churches. Town well laid out. Large cinema, fully much as, or even more than, equipped, standing in three acres adults. The dress sense is develop of ground; two tennis courts, ed very early; babies are attracted swimming bath, houses.

Uniform dress, also, does much petty jealousy in schools. Rich mothers can afford expensive clothes, and often send their children to school most ex- pensively and unauitably dressed. pain is often given to both them Poor mothers cannot do this. Much

and their sensitive children, while

The owner of the town, is Mrs by bright-coloured clothes and re- snobbish, ideas are induced in the

Anna Alida Margaretha Ortlepp. She settled in Kenya as a bride 28 years ago. She is now 47, a widow. Here is her story as she told it to a reporter in London:

"I was 19 when my husband and I decided to join the party of South African white, settlers who journeyed to Kenya at the reques of the British Government, just after the Boer War,

There were 2,000 of us on the steamer that sailed for Delagon Bay. We were given the province f Naivasha and settled on a farm, where we grew coffee, fax, maize, and wattle We alan bred large herds of cattle,

Bagged Lions and Tigers. "My husband, an engineer, was often away from home for long periods. So it fell to my lot to scare away the natives and the wild animals who raided our cattle.

"Before I was 21 I was a crack shot and had bagged lions, ele. phants, and tigers. I have since shot almost every kind of wild animal in Konya.

"In those early days I never had much sleep; for on moonlight nights the lions would come for my cattle; when it was dark the na- tives would come cattle-stealing.

"Five years ago my husband died. Since then I have been sole ly responsible for the good beha- viour of the town. It has been an exciting experience, but running a town is not work for a woman. 1 have tired of it.

expensively dressed children,

The Time for Mufti.

pelled by black. When the girl reaches school age she needs help to enable her to concentrate every

an her work. Lack of concentre- tion is the cause of many a child's The uniform "levels up" the two poor progress. at lessons. One of extremes, as it also does the plain the great advantages of uniform is girl and the pretty girl, and those that is does not cause distraction, who have the dress sense well deve either to the wearer or to her loped and those who are indiffer- classmates.

ent about how they look. It les sens the unpleasant tendency to School, uniforme are hygienically pass the personal remarks which made. When light-coloured "tops, some so ready to the lips of young ars worn they give a feeling clean-girls and give so much unnecessary liness and are easily, and frequent pain to the unfortunate victim. ly washed. The garments are also scientifically made, giving freedom Thoughts about dress should be of limb. Hanging from the shoul- an out-of-school occupation, when ders, they prevent any undue pres the wearing of "multi" can be sure round the body. All this thorougly enjoyed and appreciated helps the free circulation of the both by the girls and their mothers. blood in the body, including the In addition to the advantages to brain, and gives that sense of the individual pupil, the pupils as freedom that is so desirable with a whole look much smarter, and young folk.

any deformity in the physique is seen quickly and can be remedied

They are essentially comfortable at an early- age."

Coday's

Menu

Boiled Gammon of Ham,

Parsley Sauce, D

Butter Beans, Mashed Potatoes. Stewed. Rhubarb and Custard. Coffeðr

WASHABLE GOWNS

Economy works strange wonders Washable gowns, which were intro duced into the West End recently by a strong-minded Scottish de signer, are having a definite vogue. At a display given to day 40 out of 54 gowns shown were, guaranteed to, face, reasonable rinsing. Subur ban fashion parades have featur Boiled Gammon of Ham-Soaked such garments for years, but The discovery of gold at Eldo- the gammon in cold water over they were seldom, seen within the ret, part of which is occupied by night. Drain off, place in pan, magic circle, Jounded by Park my town, may make Ortlepp and cover with cold water, Simmer, |Lane, Oxford Street, Regent Eldoret the Johannesburg of the allowing twenty minutes to each Street, und Piccadilly. Now that future, as it is the ingot central pound af ham, and serve hot-with-the-elhage tray sheen nude, how. "town in the new gold district out parsley sauce If carrots and ever, it is thorough, evening crea

side the native reserve at Kaka turnips are boiled in with the tions and even bridesmaids' models mega.

liquid the stock may be used for being made for more wear than of {: When I left Ortlepp a fortnight

yore. Perhaps the most striking ago to come to London the gold

venture at the latest showing was rush was at its height.

an evening dress with detachable fur and brocade sewa upon a prac tical foundation, which could pass through soapsuds and emerge un-

It is now the turn of the young people to carry on, and I am leav ing Ortlopp to live in South Afri:

soup.

This is a tasty luncheon dish, and may be served cold for the evening meal, with salad and now

potatoes

southed.

and chest are of normal size and shape, her face is bonnie and her muscles firm.

We can therefore tell her mother that there is nothing to worry about. She must continue giving baby plenty of milk and the daily ration of cod liver oil, and await developments.

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