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SELECTED BOOKS

Long Shorts

Pre-view of a summer brach suli (below) features *tong shorts," wind breaker and hood combined and straw sandale with platform moles

FOR CHILDREN

By CARRY CLEVELAND MEYERS, Ph.D.

WITHIN recent years, great progress has been made in production of books for chil dren, especially 'for young children. The biggest advance has been in the beauty of thean books, their print and illustra- tions.

Stories, Rudyard

Louis Stevenson: The Golden Goose Book, Leslie Brooks; Alice in Won-

Carroll: derland, Lewis

Just-So Kipling: Black Beauty, Ann Sewell; A Small Child's Bible (Catholic and Protes tant eds. Pelagic Doane; English Fairy Tales, Joseph Jacobs; Aesop's Fables; Adventures of Finnocchio, Carlo Lorenzini; Story of

Doctor Doolittle, Hugh Lofting.

Altu Heldi, Johanna Spyrl; Fairy Tales, Hans Anderson; · Arabian Nights, Padraic Cofum; Robinson Though from time to time Rome Crusec, Daniel Defoe; Hans Brinker, books have appeared whose con- Mary M. Dodge; Rip Van Winkle. tent is of very high order, nol so Washington Irving: The Jungle many of these modern books for Hook, Rudyard Kipling; Merry Ad- children will live long. The greatest

ventures of Robin Hood, Howard boon to children's literature has Pyle; King of the Golden River, been the attractive reprints of many Joh

John Ruskin; Swiss Family Robin- of the books which have stood the

son, Johann Wyss; Little

Women, test of time, made available at modern prices.

Beautiful editions of many of the classics for the preschool as well ns school-age child may be hud for very little expense. is wonder-

It ful if parents stort when the child is a tot to build up a library for him and then induce him as 11 grows older. to save his money find keep building this

library. The books can be very beautiful and of the best of literature. They will in- clude such books as these:

u

List of Books

Mother Goose, Guatny, Tengeren: When We Were Very Young, and Now We Are Six, “bỹ - A. A. Milne;

Child's Gordes of Verses, Robert

HANDSOME U-Neck Frock HEADBOARD BEDS

By ELEANOR ROSS

RECENTLY we visited an ex-

hibit of sleeping equipment and came away filled with grati- tude for the handsome beds of today.

We gazed upon the huge mon- strosities of the Middle Ages, or nately carved and heavily encrusted with jewels. We saw models of beds and couches used by the An- cient Greeks and Romars, in which much use was rande of Ivory, gold and silver. And we didn't care so much for the big five-to-seven- plece bedroom sets that were the style until a comparatively Lew years ago. Today it is the la enrie style of bedroom furnishings that appeals to most of us, the scheme of which starts off with a headboard bed.

Simple and Attractive

I would seein "that" of all the bed" styles in history, the headboard bed is the simplest, yet the most attrav tive. It requires a minimum of.

bedroom space, in marked contrast to the beds of yesteryear. And since il lends itself to any type of fabric

or material for upholstery, it offers.

a good nucleus for the decorating

scheme.

Navy blue frock with plaid taffels anderskirt.

By GRACE THORNCUFFE

of the mony

new

Successful Home Shampoo.

Courtesy Dre

'After thoroughly wolting the hair, pour on shampoo and work up z good lather. Do this twice, then zirise.

By HELEN FOLLET

too fussy, about the Louisa Alcotti Christmas Carol, CONSIDERING the mistreat particular, Charles Dickens. Story of King Ar- ment some girls give their shampoo medium.

Why your troubles on one's head? thur and His Knights, Howard Pyle; glory crests. it is a wonder that

Cosmetic counters offer a wide Wild Animals I have Known, Ernest human woot can stand the

assortment of shampoos: Robert Istund, Seton. Treasure

liquid will won't do any soaps, creams and oils that of strain. If one Adventures Louis Stevenson; Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain.

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thing to help keep the hair make a perfect job of putting the healthy, lustrous and beautiful, silky strands in fine condition.

Start with a ringing with a bath one can at least, refrain from, spray and a strong current of water. read doing it injury. The structure Have three sonpings, as many rins-

of a hair shaft is delicate, but Ings. it has marvellous endurance. Still, there is a limit.

children

Some wisc parents have aloud nearly all these and mony other good books to their before they were eight or ten. Any child hearing such music of litera- ture over and over in his early year will acquire pretty good literary taste. He also will have acquired speech Rood patterns of effective

and writing.

Many teachers are doing much to Inspire children to read good books and to borrow such from the public such library. More and more of teachers are reading hloud to chil- dren at school not only in the kin- dergarten and early grades but also in high school.

A final rinsing with vinegar OF lernon juice will make coch single hair stand away from its neighbour; the growth will appear more abun dant.

Add two tablespoonfuls of vinegar

wash bowltu! of wort

over dis-

High school girls, reluctant, to dig into the weekly allowance for pro- fessional attentions, are likely to use any soap that happens to be around to a when they give their locks a sudsy water. Using a cup, slosh t ducking. More than one mother has the head so it is thoroughly heen horrified to find daughter tributed.

with If Jemonis are preferred-and washing her precious tresses sonic household eleaning agent. The blonden prefer them-use the strain- practice of adding a little ammonia ed juice of three, adding two quarts as a water softener is deplorable. of water. Pour over the head, let- wash- A bit too much and the hinir shafts ting the rinse now into the are scorched, One

be too bowi,

cannot

BOYS AND GIRLS MAGAZINE

Mr. Punch's Soap-Bubble

-It Flew Around Like an Aeroplane

By MAX TRELL

J

(COME folka," sald Mr Punch,

"have taken

on

trips on trains. Some have gone on ships, or airplanes. But I doubt," he said in 1 Koleman voice an be looked

Knert

and Hanid, the shadow- children with the turned-around samez, "I doubt if any of them have ever taken # trip on bubble!"

soap-

Knart exclaimed in astonishment: "Did you ever take a trip on a SOUD bubble?"

Mr Punch nodded, smiled winked at the same time.

"But you couldn't,

"You're too big!"

and

said Hanid.

"Ah, my dear-I'm only too big now. There was a time when wasn't too big at all."

"When was that?"-

Wonderful Trip

Mr. Punch took off in his balloon,

MIRROR

TRICKS

To get an indirect lighting effect, you will have to ex- neriment with reflectors on wall or ceiling lights. Bright metals and mirrors make the best re- 'fectors.

the Try shielding bulb with home-made reflectors. You can extend the idea by placing a mirror or bit of de- corative metals on the wall above the light.

An ugly, old-fashioned fix- ture can be concealed by bulk- ing a cabinet or frame entirely--- "You'll see In a minute." repiled around and under the bulb.

"Just then Mr Punch.

another Then place a bit of bright metal bubble came floating over the wall. on smaller Instantly I threw the cob-web or mirror inside the frame,

buttercup When I was young, I was. lan of it, then tied the small enough to ride with the isom in the coh-web strands that angling it towards walls or ceil- greatest of case on a soap bubble. lung down over the bubble, so that ing. You may get some weird

tor for

book and starting to rend in. Then I stepped Into the butter-

"When I was small, of course. The younger you are. the You are.

For example, we have seen head-IS LITTLE frock Incorporatesne of these days," he anid, rench- I now had a little gondolo to stand results, at first, but that's part fashion | it," "Til tell you all about my won- cup blossom. and away I went!of the fun. Even the best de- boards upholstered in soil cloth, features and so is worth more than | derful trip on a soap-bubble.. But Arst I took the bag of clover signers use the built-it-up, tear- monks cloth, corduroy, chintz, ging- a cursory glance. It is of navy blue But Kharf and Hanld insisted, seeds and the dandelion fluft.

It-down method. A famous ham, satin, inffeta and velvet, not

crepe, a most popular cholee this toudly that he tell them about this

recently to mention leather, leatherette and

успг. The

"It was like sailing in a balloont lamp manufacturer underskirt, another wonderful trip immediately. They plastles. Florals, stripes, plaids, fashion feature, is of plaid taffeta.finally made him

Never did I have such a wonderful devoted two years to research shut his book checks, polka dots all have been

A little gilet of the taffeta filla

trip! Well, that's the story of my in developing a light-within-a- адев. used. Bedspreads, druperles and the neckline, cut in

deep U line.

"Well" he said. "as 1 mentioned sonn-bubble adventures," said dressing table skirt can be made to The snur bodice is buttoned to the hefore, I was quite small wort Punch, and he reached for his book picture idea, which hangs on a bedroom wall and supplies light colourful waist and the sleeves are gathered say I was as small as a pin, but

again. to give push-up effect. Unpressed vill n I was much smaller than the bad of clover seeds was for!" illumination.

""No. Wait! You didn't tell us what for reading in bed or general plents give the skirt its fullness: a telephone pole. At any rate,

was sitting on the back steps of our cried Knart.

match or blend, giving continuity to the decorative scheme.

Small Bedroom

Once the headboard bed or beds have been selected, even a sranil bedroom can be made charming as well as functional, Sectional pieces,

ODD FACTS

If obliged to sit in an insufficient

as many as needed, may be grouped ly heated room, you can warm up together to save space. And the by invisible exercise," scientists

race thus saved makes room for a

say, describing this as an unobtrus deak, perhaps an easy chair or other sive flexing and relaxing of the furnishings which provided greater muscles. liveability and add churm to 41

room.

While feeding his chickens, a Lon- A glance at model displays work- don farmer was kicked from the ed out by department and furniture | rear by one of his roosters and was stores would indicate that the hospitalised for four days. colourless drobness and uniformity.

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Mr

little house, thinking about nothing, "And the dandelion fluff!" added in particular, when all at once a Hanid.

beautiful, allvery soap-bubble came

Toating over the garden wall, It

had hardly floated of behind the

Clover Seeds

You can do

with other tricks mirrors. Placing one or two mir- rors at strategic points can make a small room look larger. If your room is very narrow, try placing a wolls.

Many

hedges on the other side of the gar "Dear me, I did forget, didn't 17 mirror on one of the long den when another one came over Well, the clover seeds were just to preferably near a window.

mirror the wall-then another, and another, throw over the site when the soap-familles have at least one

silvery and shining with sun- bubble started sinking. When I athering dust in the attic. Haul

threw them over the soap-bubble

put out, give it a new trim and became lighter. That's how I got over it to work the hedge. And as for the dandelion

Direct lighting should be used for ending or desk lamps.

beams.

"And suddenly," continued

"Yes?" sald Knarf and Hanld,

Mr Punch, "I had an Idea! Why fluff-" shouldn't I go for a sall on one of these soap-bubbles? No sooner had thought of doing this, than I set

"That was for getting down again about getting together what I need- of bedrooms in the not-too-far-

ed for my sobp-bubble trip. I got when the soap-bubbit burst. The Ustant past is just as passe us tha A thief who successfully looted a some lengths of cub-web from a dandelion fluff was like a parachute. Rupert helps Dr. Lion-33 laborate ornamentation of the bed-number of slot machines in Chicago friendly spider who lived in the I floated down on. It as gently as a room of yesteryear. The simplicity, put police who arrested him on the comer of our garden-gate; then I feather. You can't go sailing on a harm and individuality of modern spot by telling them that he could not a buttercup blossom, a little bag soap-bubble without bit of den- fesign la deânitely taking over, and

because of clover seeds, and a bit of while delion fluff. Just remember that!" we do not think that in this phace

And Mr Punch nodded again, smiled if the home, there will be a turning

again, and winked again, all at the Jack.

same time.

not legally be prosecuted the machines were themselves But from the top of a dandelion." illegal so it was not illigal to rob "What were all those things for?" them.'

Knarf demanded esporly,

RED RYDER

DAWN

RED'S HUNTIN'A TRAIN ROBBER NEAR HAIRPIN

PAINTEDĄ CURVE-DUCHESS/HE SAID YOU VALLEY SHOULD GET LITTLE BEAVER

RANCH OFF TO SCHOOL

TODAY!

AT THE

OKAY?

'Gone!

THAT.NE

ALLUS GALL

AROUND

LITTLE BEAVER,

ARE YOU

UP

By Fred Harman

HIS BED AIN'T BEEN'SLEPT IN/ {GOLLY! I'VE GOT TO FIND RED-

RIGHT AWAYS:

To Rupert's surprise the Wise Old Goat does not put him down when they are in the lowest part of the forest. Fixing long strips of hide under his skis, he starts to trudge steadily up the opposite slope untit he has felt all the trees behind. say, look at that great mountain ahead of us." calls Rupert. Alf the other mountains are covered in snow, but that one is just bare rock. You'll soon find out the reason for that," says the old Goat. That's just where we're going." ALL RIGHTS RZEKAVID,