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What do prayers mean to children?

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Runabout Clothes

By

Susan Gay

HERE'S some more of the John-and-Mary designs that have proved so popular. For the benefit of those who haven't seen these John-and-Mary styles before per- haps I had better explain that they can be used to make clothes both for small boys and small girls.

flannel.

LOOK first at the small boy at the top right of Angrave's drawing. He's got his two-piece made up in saxe olue

First there's the sun-auit, consisting of shorts attached to a bib-top in front. The shorts button at the side. The shoulder straps, which button on to the bib in front, cross over his back and are stitched to the waistline, which is slightly gathered on to clastic. There's a button and buttonhole at each side and straps through which a narrow belt is threaded. Both belt and straps are navy blue in this case. And of course there's a pocket, His blazer is edged with navy blue all round-and has two pockets. So there are three pockets in all-almost as many as father has.

His blue linen aun-helmet is made at home, too, from sec- tions included in the same pattern. The crown is made from six gores of fabric all stitched together. The narrow brim is of double fabric. The whole is lined and mounted on an inside band. Cotton fabrics, linens or wool jersey would be equally suitable for this outfit. If the fabric is 36in. wide you will need the fol- lowing quantities of material for sun-suit. jacket and hat: Size 20 and 21, 1 yards; size 22, 23, 1% yards; size 23%, 2 yards; size 24, 25, 21 yards. Plus three-eighths yards of 35-inch con- trast fabric for the trimmings.

Another view of the same suit is shown on the second boy in the drawing. In this case the jacket is made up in striped flannel as a regulation blazer. For the jacket only you would need from three-quarters to one yard of 35-inch fabric. You can see in this view exactly how the crown of the hat looks.

NOW look at little sister Mary, at the top left of the group. Her sunny weather outfit is made up in checked gingham, but lightweight flannel, wool jersey or linen would be suitable also. Or wool delaine, which can be bought now in some very pretty floral designs.

The bodice is stitched on to the shorts in front and extends, rather like a brassiere, to fasten at the centre back. The shoulder straps button on at the back, are crossed, then drawn over the shoulders and slotted through the bodice front to tie in a bow. You can see the back view clearly on the second girl in the drawing.

The sunbonnet is very smart and new-style, and wonderfully easy for washing and ironing. Brim and crown are quite separate. The top end of the crown first buttons on to the brim, is then folded in half and again buttoned to the brim at the two corners. That may sound a bit complicated, but you'll find it's as simple being as adding one and one.

A chin strap ties it in position.

Again you'll find the back view on the second girl.

For sunsuit and hat you will need from 1% to 1% yards of

"OUR father charge in correctly repeat and memorise tinguishes the

heaven, hell-o be thy religious aayings, creeds and from the animal being.

psalms; while EL completely Now the ritual of prayer and name." Such is the opening wrong-headed rendering, such praise which provides the fit- of the Lord's Prayer ac- as the above, would qualify any ting expression of reverence 35-inch fabric with 4 yard of contrast fabric. For sunsuit alone, and worship should surely not from 1 yard to 1 yards. For sunhat alone, five-eighths of a cording to my daughter, child for the flames of Hell.

Then came our Twentieth be denied to the child on the yard. aged five.

Century reaction, when every ground that the words are quite Hearing her say this on re thing has been called in ques beyond youthful intelligence. turn from the nursery school, I tion, and most things found For the facial meaning of the was confronted in the proper wanting. The secret detesta- words is not the most important way that is in the practical tion of humbug followed by the thing. They are sounds. Holy and not theoretical way--with the problem of when and how open revolt against it have soundsor, if you don't like the

holy, then created an atmosphere in which word

children.

reverend

Use Of

Old Books

For bedroom

in

one should teach religion to it is easy for a great many sounds. If uttered as such by A present which is at the same

or drawing-rooms time novel and attractive, is a there are waste

paper receptacles parents to bring up their chil- the clergyman or schoolmaster, waste paper basket seen in Landon which show a more delicate design. She said the words in all in- dren without any obscrvance of most children will respond recently.

They are, actually, tins, made nocence and sincerity, and it religion whatever, and to send sooner or later. (My "bunch word, because these receptacles are led in delicate colours.

Perhaps "basket" is not the right oval or cylindrical shapes, enamel. was perfectly clear, that the them to schools where the same of spiders" remark can be put square in shape, and are made from phrase was meaningless to her policy is adopted.

down to the inefficiency of the the leather covers of old books sides, showing floral or scenic de- Some have prints stuck to the or at any rate bore quite a That is the new situation. clergyman as much as to my two pairs of covers being opened, signs, while others have the design different meaning from the Many people-undogmatic easy-

own flippant nature.)

and placed edge-to-edge to form painted upon them. official one.

cach: waste paper box.

Be-ribboned, floral designs of goers don't like the new at-

Old books are also made Into Victorian origin are popular just mosphere much, but can't find

boxes to hold playing counters, and now and coats-of-arms, and old there ате ink-stands which cleverly made from book covers.

are heraldic designs

also to be found.

any adequate answer to those SOME people may object PERSONALLY, at a later who ask what good it is for a

that the deliberate in- age I remember saying child to mumble words which it culcation of worship into chil- to my parents after church- doesn't understand.

dren is not a good thing, that it "Poor Jesus." They asked why. They don't like it because breeds superstition or what not, "Because," I replied, he sat they instinctively feel that But reverence for the Mystery upon a bunch of spiders" there is something wrong about of Creation is not superstition, for that is what I thought the it but they can't put their it is realism-far more realistic clergyman had said when he finger on the snag.

at bottom than irreverence. uttered the words, "suffered

That should be obvious. under Pontius Pilate."

My parents should not have

been scandalised at this inter-

pretation. The clergyman did

*

One thing is certain. Parents who take the negative line will WELL, I think there is later on find that their children something wrong and are as fed-up with them on this For surely score as they themselves were

not read well, and I could hard- there is a snag.

ly have been expected to follow very important emotional need fed-up with their Victorian the Creed-or, for that matter, of the child has been left out parents.

any of the utterances from the of account: I mean the need to Why go to these extremes? Bible or Prayer Book.

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