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have dono without your ad- vico, Nurso?" Csaid a grateful parant recently to a motherly- faced Health Visitor at a busy toddlers clinto. "I was in despair about Baby's habit of sucking her pram strap, but she has dropped it entirely now."
Nurse ‘laughed. Certainly all the problems that are brought to mo do not refer to bodily all- monts," she said to me. these troublesome habits in child- bood generally yield to a little wise treatment if only the mother bas time and patience to carry out the suggestions that experience bas taught me to make.
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Actually, all that was the matter with int'apociat:baby was that she wan terribly worried with cutting back teeth, and aho found the strap helpful ana teething-tool.
Teething Tip
"In that spesial caso wo found it u good plan to sit Lilia Jean in her play pen with a thick piece of cooked meat firmly attached to a string round her wrist, and to let her suck away at it Bho enjoyed the taste and found the novel teaching-tool just hard enough to ghaw on with inflamed gums without causing pala.”
This was a "tip" which I have tried out myself with many babies who were fretty through testhing, and it works exceedingly well.
Provided the meat is carved in the length of tho fibres, and tot across them, there is ittle or no danger of the child separating a larga piece, and the juices which are extracted by steady chewing are most nourishing.
Spoon Time
Then there is the habit practised by hundreds of bables of spitting back food when the first at- tempts are made to feed them with a 20000.
A little calm thought will show that this is a perfectly natural reaction to the sensation of strange substances La baby's mouth and nothing is to be gained by getting either impatient with the of- fendor or by giving up in despair and substituting botife-feeding, v
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with the work of weeks undone because in the excitement of watching the screen, they have forgotten their good resolves and have sat steadily gnawing their finger-tipal
I have also met an excellent treat- ment for the curs of this habit; and atiall be glad to pass on the informa tion if desired.
It has led to a permanent euro in the vast majority of casca for which I have recommended it, and in equally suitable for children and adults.
Many youngsters retain unsellable habita of bygiene long after the average ago for their conquest.
BABY
I am a frin believer in the method of wennhag
early on to cup and spoon foeds, seeing that this method of feeding is much more easily acquired if it is introduced carly in life.
*Playing Up"
Patient perseverance almost invari- ably wins the day, but if weaning has been delayed and the mother geta die heartened over her fallure, it is best to hand baby over to a stranger at meal-times.
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"Babies are very "knowing" realise quite early that there can be no" playing up" with nurse or Auntle
Black Magic
Black magic that casts a spell of loveliness is revealed in this girl's low eut gówn of silk taf. feta and velvet. She wears a double-strand · nocklace of a- quamarines and carries a black fan for sheer charm.
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-in training
or Ursuinte, however successful they may have been whers mother was con- cerned.
Once good habits have been so- quired it only remains for mother to continue to enforce them.
This should never be regarded na a real failure on mother's part, has probably been too anxious to nee the child take a full meat and this has temporarily affected her calm and her methods of teaching.
Nail-Biter
"How shall I cure my child of the unsiglitly habit of nail-biting?" This la a query which I recolve constantly, and the writer goes on to explain that bitter aloes and similar unpleasant taates have only proved temporary de- terrents; and that once the child be came accustomed to the taste the habit persisted as badly as ever.
The cure really lles deeper, for the nail-biter is almost invariably highly strung and excitable in temperament
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and seems to find a soothing outlet in the habit of biting the nails often almost down to the quick.
The disturbed nervos must therefore receive treatment in the first place. The daily routine should be revised no that it is made perfectly regular and free from disturbance, and time should be given for extra rest; or an earlier bedtime should be arranged.
Meals should be strengthening but without any tax on the digestion, and the parent must insist on regular habits of elimination,
I shall be very pleased to send par- ticulars of a simple tonic which I have found excellent for highly-strung chil- dren if you are interested.
The nails themselves should be pared very short, then filed so that there are no ragged edges, and older children should wear gloves when reading or when sitting in a cinema.
On more than one occasion I have seen children who have been trying hard to get their nails right again come back from a vialt to the pictures
For Our Junior Readers
T
IME for bed, old watryhead -- "Yes, but first let me and a place where I won't be dis- turbed for Ave months." That's not
easy, thinks horny-skinned, golden-eyed Mr. Toad.
Ho's been stuming hard these last few weeks, storing Int into speckled body to tide him over his great snore through the winter.
I shall be glad to write privately in detail it baby is causing worry on this accoust. I niso have charts for both day and night training which I shall be pleased to send to any reader who cares to write to me on this matter.
I am giving below letters from readers con- cerning the training of children, and my replies. Left-Handed
My little girl of four appears to be left-handed, What can I do to correct this? Dunstable. ABSOLUTELY nothing.
Doctors are agreed that to interfere in canes of this kind simply upsets certain nerve itkets tropi the brain and is likely to lead to serious disorders such as stammering and corrhoea.
Let your little girls her left hand quie happily; there is nothing really ungainly in this bobit once the child has proper control of the muscles; it is only fashion that keeps most people to using the right hand mainly.
Suck o'Thumb
Nothing will break my little girl of three of the habit of thumb-sucking→ Greystones.
HERE again I do not advise undue
interference with this habit. She will probably outgrow it entirely when she goes to school and when other children remind her frequently of what she is doing.
To tie up the hand or to make ber wear a stiff glove would probably lead to considerable nervous distress.
If her bands are kept occupied with playthings or simple constructiva craft for several hours daily she will prob ably forget about her thumb mora quickly. I suggest a doll or soft toy to cuddle when she goes to bed at night.
MR. TOAD'S BED-TIME STORY
underground to a depth of 18 inches. Those labours may take him two or three days or a week. But, at last, he stopa, considers ho's gone far enough, and with aigh relaxes all bis
muscles and pops into dreamland.
His greed, indeed, is staggering. Epidors, waspa, analis (shell and ali). Bix-inch long earthworms and beetlea al vanish into his toothless mouth,
While ho sleeps, he doesn't mind With a flick of his long tongue cit
being frozen stiff! His oddly made shoots from its socket in
body thawa readily. a split
Nor will he second) ho can pick a caterpillar Awaken if someone pops a stone over off a leaf, lying three inches away from
his head, or the gardener heaves A him, with magic case.
mound of earth or rubbish over him Hey presto-- and It's gone!
He still breathes, suficiently for his modest needs, through the soil's pores. Despite their power of living without fresh air, toads just don't live for hum dreds of years or even hundreds of days embedded, inside a solid piece of coal or amber.
But now, plamp and partly, he's sort. ously worried about his bedroom,
Goes Underground
Shall it be under moss-covered at ine, down a stuffy rat hole, beneath a pile of bricks, inside a rotting stump. or shall he and a patch of soft earth and dig his own bed? Ah, that's a tip- top notiont
So, by moonlight (aluggish by day, nearly all tonda prefer to eat, drink and ramble by night), he crawls to a shady patch of garden waste ground.
Putting a bit, he begins to dig, dig, dig. Using his hind legs na shovels, he slowly buries himself, and if the soll is not too clayey or heavy, diga himself
THREE BRITONS SHOT
When Sepoy Runs Amuck On Frontier Post
Peshawar, Nov, 24. Three British officers were killed and three wounded when a sepoy sentry ran amuck last night at military station on the North-west frontier.
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The officers belonged to the fourth battalion, second Punjab Regiment. Among those killed was the com- manding officer who was shot in his tont-Reuter Bulletin.
also Two Indian soldiers
were killed.
After the sepoy brandishing a ride, had shot dead Lieut.-Cəl, E. H. Gray, the others rushed from their tents and were attacked, Captain R. Tyndall and L. C. W. Roderick were killed and Major E. Curnow end A. N. Rea among the wounded.
The sepoy was shot dead. Reuter;"
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sects who come secking shelter in the came hidey hole.
Truly, Mr. Toad, so far from being loathsome and spiceful, i R. most blameless old gentleman, who deserves all praise, from gardeners, for his anail- killing and insect eating ways. wwwwww
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Diabellove those "toad rock" stories They're mytha na siliy nas the idea, which our ancestors had, that toads had the " evil eye "—that is, the mythical power to cast spells on men and beasts.
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When tiny, a toad sometimes crawls into a rock chink, and grows too big" to escape, but manages to live on in-
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Curtain
Laundering
THE success with which not cur-
tains may be washed depends to no small extent on how they have bren made. All too often they shrink. That is why It pays, when they are being made, to baste in on It is Inconspicuous tuck at the top, cabler to take this out than to change hems before or after laun- dering.
After the curtains are taken down they should be shaken to remove the loose dust. Then their dimensiona
should be measured to forestall
doubt about the right length later. Next the rucks should be taken out and any holes or tears mended.
water.
If the curtains are
are of white luont or cotton, they should be put to soak in lukewarm подру This preliminary treatment loosens the dirt, but it cannot be used with coloured
window hangings or white onea with coloured trimmings, be cause the colour may run.
Lukewarm wash and rinse waters should also be used and rich suds always desirable. This cleans and more rapidly. First add of laundry favourite kind soap to a small quantity of hot water.
dissolved has add more water to make the desired amount and to obtain the corn
correct temperature.
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Very thin curtains may be soused
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up down in the soupy water by hand. At least two rinses in clear epid water are desirable: tree will do no harm. (Rings, by the way, should be removed from the fingers: and fingernalis smoothly fled, for these are often the cause of broken threads and runs in fine curtain) fabrics.)
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All cotton net curiolus are im- proved by the use of a thin starch
imparts
Anish solution. This which resembles thai of new fabrics. From one or two teaspoons of starch to a quart of water will give a satis factory result.
When curtains are placed on the line to dry they should be hung! straight across and the corners should Le squared. If they are hung out of dours it is important that there
hould be little wind.
Some housekeepers like to hang curtains at the window to dry. A brass curtain rod is inserted in the hem at the bottom to furnish enough weight to hold the curtain straight. Curtains dried by this method will be more attractive I pressed with a warm iron when dry.
Hints on Ironing
Ironing curtains is a dreaded task In many households. You must have patience to achieve the results you desire. Nets, laces and thin rayons
be may dried on stretchers which measure slightly less than the cur- tains before washing. When
they
sro dry, some of the edges may have 1 "looped" appearance, as the fabric stretched a little more in the places where it is attached to the frame. This condition may be over- come with a warm but not hot iron, You pull and press the curtain until the edges are even.
When ironing net curtains have This them slightly damp all over. is best accomplished by sprinkling hem thoroughly and allowing them to stand tightly rolled for thirty minutes or more. It takes time to shake out every curtain, to square its corners and put it on the iron- Then ng-board straight, but it pays. ron parallel with the selvedge edges.
There is
certain knack in anding loosely woven fabrics which are easily pulled out of shape with the iron. Pull and pat the curtain with
your hands as you iron to make It take the shape and size desired. Always compare the measurement of The froned curtain with that of its measurement before washing. Some- times a little tuck needs to be taken before it is hung.
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Wool Odds
And Ends
HOW TO MAKE USE OF THEM
IF you do a lot of knitting or crochet in wool often quite a number of small balla get left, and usually there is not enough of any one colour to complete a garment.
These odds and ends can be put to good use, and many of the ideas below make an easy and pleasant needlework task.
Thore is now a vogue for em- broidered knitted garments. Fow people realise how effective a little
rauchery is on knitting. It is
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easier to do a little embroidery
a knitted garment when finished than to work in different colours during the making, and it uses up xmall
pieces of wool.
Of course, this only applies to the plainer Imitted garments, lacy patterns do not need embroidering,
Many simple embroidery stitchos can be used for embellishing either
home-made or bought knitted gar- ments; lazy-dalsy, chain-stitch, feather-stitch, cross-stitch and out- line-stitch, to mention just a few,
"Tell me,
doctor
Are you sure? I can't believe that all this should havo started. with a thay cut on the finger! There must be some way of provando ing such awful rosalts *** Tell me, what ought I to do ?'
The smallest cut or scratch is enough for the, germs of blood-poisoning to enter. There is only one way to prevent their invasion: they must be killed-at once. Dettol,' the Modem Antiseptic, can be applied im- mediately. Dettal' is gentle and tender on human tissues, non-poisonous and non-staining to the skin- yet death to germ. Your chemist has "Dettol
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A pattern carried out in bold off children's jumpers and coats, and square. or oblong. They can be
cross-stitch in wools makes a pretty gay border to a jumper.
Initials and Flowers
Uttia crocheted buttons for allied in garter or moss-stitch, but practically any outside garment. garlor-sulch is better becauBE - EDU
Scarves can be falshed off with a work lies so flat.ʼn
and contrasting colours, fringe of Embroidered inlttals or a posy of girdies and berets can be decorated flowers on the front of Jumpers, awith woollen tassels, tiny chicken, gay butterly or bird
back
string.
A colour schema can be used if your remnants of wool allow you to have one, but a riot of colour looks
wool, by leather stitching, stitch, et p
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Pompons are ideal for tiny child- effective as a whole, The joining of on the front of children's dresses, ren's clothing, either on cans or at patches can be carried out in suita and simple designs on the corners the end of a crochet-chain, to make of collars and on pockets are effec-a walit or tive. Children love u fow bright
a knitted Awoollen fringe or
border can be made of crochet colours worked into their Crocks and edging for curtains is another idea...... if desired Patchwork, knitting can be Perhaps the easiest way to use up used for cot ruga, pektri bilaɔleming Remnants of wool make pretty wool remnants is to do some patch- cushion-covers, work-bage, and bot- fancy top for socks and stockings, work. Imiting. / Al patches are water bottle;covers.{UPER NEEDS A duinly collars and cuffs for finishing better knitted: the same size, eithér
costs.
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