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SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1048.
GOOD MEDICINE
· OAB and FLOUNDER
mby Walte
IN
THE HOME
Informative
Entertaining Exclusive
Preparing Child
For School
By GARRY CLEVELAND MYERS, PH.D.
of
VISE parents who have children,
old enough to begin school next
thinking now September are what they might do to prepare the child best for this experience. Still wiser parents begin thinking of this matter as soon as the child in barn, if not before.
The attention of many parents of cused early five or six has been
around this time of year on the physical fitness of the little chlid
for entering
school. Accordingly, many children soon old enough to school would be best if they enter have a physical check up.
When children are thus found to need medical care of the physician or dentist the parents should at once see to their health. Also this programme has spread to emphasise social and emotional preparation of the young chlid for entering school.
ADVICE
To a greater degree than ever be- fore at this time of year, parents have been asking me for advice on psychological preparation of the child who will enter school in Sep- tember. Even in the few remaining months these parents should be able
PRINCE- SPEAKING!
Prince Carl Gustaf, 2, only son of the late Prince Gustaf Adolf and Princess Sibylla of Sweden, tries out the tela- phone at Blookholm. He is in direct line to the Swedish throne after King Gustaf and Crown Prince Gustar Adolf.
to accomplish much in this direction. Here let me offer a few suggestions. child has o 1. See that your
Guro thorough physical check. Be his hearing and vision are tested. Carry out the advice of your phys!- and dentist faithfully cion
and promptly. If any remedial work is once. Don't advised have it done at wait till July or August.
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2. Foster good sleep habits your child. Provide him with family atmosphere of love; necurity and poise. See that he is not over- excited.
child's social
3. Conelder your readiness, Does he play normally readiness with other children of his own ago?
The better he does ko the more easily he will get along with other children at school and on the way to and from school.
4. Muke him self-reliant. doing for himself everything he is reason-
do. Also help him ably able to grow in emotional Independence, weakening the apronatrings which have led him too close to you. Help him to be happy in your absence.
5. Cultivate in him responsibility not only for doing some things he likes to do but also for doing a few desirable things he would rather not
du.
6. Train him to respect the rights and passessions of others and to have
for due regard
constituted thortly.
CREATIVE PLAY
ait-
7. Encourage him at self-amuse- ment and creative play with paper, scissors, crayons, paste and other simple playthings. Enjoy his tion with things or words.
crea-
0. Answer his questions kindly, converse with him companionably. Help him enjoy achievement at work and play.
0. Read 10 him daily. No better way to practise him in ease of expression, in good habits of con- centration and readiness, to listen well to what he should hear at school.
10. Instill in hlm hopeful, happy expectation of his first days at school.
Household Hints
If your windows stick, rubbing paraffin on the cords will help them Riide up and down more easily.
Make a point to have your gar- den tools, especially hoes and rakes with their sharp pointed edges, hung on a wall when not in use,
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If you glue narrow strips of felt on the bottoms of the rockers of rocking chairs that "travel," chairs will stay put.
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Bread can be kept from getting mouldy by being wrapped in mois- ture proof paper and placed in the refrigerator.
How To Remove Stains From Wood Surface
By ELEANOR ROSS
JERE we go again, taking up a oily cloth in the other hand, rub the H further consideration of stains
on wood surfaces, without further Introduction
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During house painting time, matter how well furniture is pro- tected, one piece or another may suffer a paint apattering. Fresh paint stains may be wiped up with n cloth molstened in turpentine. Use a second clean turpentine cloth to remove all traces of the paint.
Paint Spots
Paint spots that have dried will have to be softened with turpentine or scraped off. Scraping, however, will mar a painted or
varnished
on.
the the too
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cloth gently ammonia stain, and instantly rub with viled cloth. Do not handic large surfaces at a time. Finally, rub over with a little oll, such lemon oil or a good furniture oll. The main thing in not to let the am- monla soften the varnish.
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dining-room
Water spots on table are often accompanied by heat spots or by
the lint spots from silence cloth. For the heat spot use a piece of flannel lightly moistened with spirits of comphor (cam- phoreater oil) or essence of pepper- mint Work quickly and lightly, then polish with furniture polish or
surface. Paint spots on unfinished lemon oil. Lint spots may be re-
or olled wood dry very fast becausa the wood absorbs the liquid. Hence, such woods must be well protected and any chanco spots wiped up im- mediately.
moved by rubbing with röltenstone' and lemon oll. Then polish with a int, and oil. clean cloth, one that does not shed.
Ink Staini
Water spots on varnished fumi- ture, may usually be recognised as As for ink stains on wood, a fresh a light film. If this Alm does not stain usually can be wiped from disappear, some process of wiping it finished surfaces with a damp cloth. off must be found. If it is a very. Ink on a baro surface will penetrate thin Alm it may be wiped off with and have to be bleached out. Usc," a drop or two of oll on the cushiony oxalic acid solution and ammonia
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part of the thumb. Of course, that or Javelle water as for ink stains on is for a small spot. One may also fabrics. The bleached spot should use cold water with drop of then be treated according to the Bur- vinegar. Sometimes n water spot rounding surface, stained, alled, may be removed with a blotter and waxed or polished. a warm iron.
Work Rapidly
In summer, when fogs and rains. produce sweat on the water pipes and boller, the piano. a
and highly glazed woods will harn over, A good rub with furniture polish and a woollen cloth generally turns the trick. Or try washing the haze with
If one works rapidly, ammonia and hot water may do the trick. Use a singlo thickness of cheesecloth wrung out of hot water. Tip the top of the ammonia bottle Just once on the hot cloth. Then, with an afterwards, then pollah.
a tablespoon of strong cider vinegar in a quart of water, Wipe dry. Rub-
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THE DAILY
DIET
By HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, M. D.
THE body uses certain substances
-chiefly minerals and chemicals -in infinitesimal amounts. To those of us who are used to dealing in ouncer and pounds, the term "speck" would best describo the quantities needed. Since these are so small. the average man or woman might reason that, going without them altogether could do no great harm. But depriving the body of only few grains of an essential substance on the long run can often be harm- ful.
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tho You could, for instance, put necessary 'daily ration of loding on the head of a pln. But trying to do without it would result in all soris of disorders.
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Iodine is particularly needed one of the ingredients used by the thyroid gland to form the secretion which regulates the speed at which body all chemical activities of the are carried out.
Food and Water
In many parts of the world,.food and water may be lacking in lodine. Such ares are known as goltre dis- the tricts, because
deficiency of lodine leads to enlargement of the thyroid gland or goitre. The Great Lakes arca is one of the largest goitre districts in the world.
Studies have been carried out on large numbers of children which have indicated that those living on arcas receiving chough iodine grow almost a half inch taller than those Their who do not get the iodine. weight also is greater,
These studies have also indicated infants that the birth
weight of whose mothers
received lodine during pregnancy was greater than those of mothers who did not get this mineral. Then, too, it has been shown that the feeding of milk with sight iodine content to children lly- Ing in the goitre areas resulted in more rapid and regular growth.
Another Study
Another interesting study was carried out, comparing the number of stillbirths which occurred in women who received lodine during pregnancy and those who did not. During a Ave-year period, in a group of almost 20,000 women, there were six times as many stillbirths in the women who did not receive loding prenatally as in the women who re- ceived lodine. From these studies, it was concluded that atllībirths in human beings may be due in many cases to iodine deficiency.
It seems definite that the addi- tion of iodine to the diet of young children living in the goitre belta la necessary for their normal growth and development.
As I said before, the human re- quirements of iodine is small, the daily amount having been calculated дв 200 micrograms for a person weighing 150 pounds. A micro- gram is one-thousandth of a gramine and fi takes 30 grammes to make an ounce. Since the amount needed is 50 small, a convenient way of get- ting it is through the use of table
salt to which lodine has been added, Iodized salt can be bought in any grocery store and its use is to be encouraged as a means of making sure that everybody gets suficient jodine in the daily diet,
WASHING
COLOURED
SILKS
Bobbie Barton's emergency operation was a success except that he lost his appetlio afterward. Then his Los Angeles doctor heard that Bobbie's dog "Frisky” had been sent away during, the youngster's illness. The doctor's prescription: Bring “Frisky” back. Now overything's all right,
Let's Eat
BY
IDA BAILEY ALLEN
Serve Strawberry
Shortcake
- If You Can't Get Fresh Ones Jam Is A Good Substitute
dish
FROM the testing kitchen had him and gazed sorrowfully at came the sound of subdued the cake he had so joyfully prepar- singing, always a sign that the ed. Chef was finishing up
"Don't worry, Chef," I said. of with which he was much That cake will have a place pleased. I went in to investi- honour at our tea party this after- проп. After all, it is the European he gate. And there
was, cousin of our own American straw- pastry-tubing a beautiful, berry shortcake." fluffy, whipped cream topping onto a big three-layer cake set "on a shining silver platter.
"Madame. the strawberry shortcake is finished," he an- nounced with a flourish.
"It looks just grand, Chef," I exclaimed.
"Now it remains only to put a few strawberries on top. for the final garnish," he said.
Dinner
French Onion Soup Croutons Beans with Ham Spinach Buttered Beets Dark Bread Butter or Margarine
Old Fashioned Strawberry Short-
cake
Coffee or Tea Milk (Children)
All Measurements Are Level Recipes Serve Four
String Beans with Ham
"'Let's see. You made three
Pick over, wash and plain boil or layers of sponge cake. Put pressure cook 1 lb. string beans in them together with crushed salted water; then drain, and save sugared strawberries. And you 1 c. of the liquid, Make 2 c. white covered the top with whipped sauce by combining this bean liquid
with I
c. milk, and thickening with cream. I'm sure it's going to 2 tbsp. each flour and margarine or taste simply delicious but it's ham fat which have been blended. not strawberry shortenke." Add to the beans. Add tsp. table mustard. Next, oil a 3-pt. sized casserole. Rub with fat; put in a 2 Sponge Not Short Cake
In deep layer of the beans and white C. cooked The Chef looked disappointed. sauce mixed. Sprinkle over 4 "But that's what people get
when minced
ham. Put they go to the best restaurants and another layer of beans, and one of ham; continue in this way until the ask for strawberry shortcake."
ingredients are used, making the "That's quite irue; but it's really top layer beans. Cover with
I insisted. a strawberry shortcake,"
A light began to dawn on Chet's face. "Ah,
under- now I stand! When you say shortcake you mean a short cake, that is, a coke
c.
a strawberry sponge cake, and not ne dry bread crumbs mixed with
tbsp, melted margarine or ham fat. Brown in a moderate oven, 350 allowing about 25 min.
the
made with shortening, yes?""
"Exactly, Chef. And *# you
Old-Fashioned Shortcako
Shantungs, jap silks, etc., aro easier to wash but care is neces- sary especially when they bear a pattern. First soak for half an hour in cold water to which a generous handful of salt has been added. This sets the colour. Make a good lather of
Sift together 2 c. flour, 4 tsp. bak- tepid water and pure soap jelly, know, sponge cake has no shorten- ing powder, tsp. salt and 1 tbsp.
Add Avoid rubbing soap into thoing. Real old-fashioned strawberry sugar.
c. shortening, any a traditional food in kind. Chop it in garment and be careful not to shortcake is
with a pastry America. It was first made in New blender till the mixture looks flaky, wring it,
England from wild strawberries, and like bran. Bioisten with 4 c. milk a plain rich biscult dough, that con- or milk and water mixed. Make the tained very little, if any, sugar. The dough as soft as can be handled. biscuit dough was baked in a thin Divide in 2 ports. Press half into
thickly buttered, oiled layer cake pan. Then brush it layer, split and put tocation with
slightly over with melted butter or marga- warmed sliced sugared berries. A rine; shape the second portion of thick layer of berries was spread on dough round, and place it on top of lop. Then the strawberry juice was the first. Bake in a hot oven, 400 poured over."
F., about 30 min. When done the 2 "It was served at once, while layers can easily be separated and warm?" asked the Chef.
the shortcake put together. Serve at
Rinse in tepld water. Hold un- der the cold water tap and let the water run through the garment for thrco minutes. Make sure that every particle of soap has been washed away.
Give a final rinsa in cold water. to which salt has been added. то brighten the colours that appear to have become faded, add a teaspoon- ful of vinegar. Shantung or tussore are the better for being given a final rinse in cold ten. Let the colour of
the
ten Book Into the garment to the shade desired. If you wish to add gloss to the material you are wash- ing, add a tablespoonful of methy iated spirit to a plat of cold water and pass the garment through this after the rinsing in water and salt.
Silk such as tuasore should not ba hung out to dry. Press out as much water as possible without drastic wringing. Fold the garment even- ly. Wrap it in a soft clean towel. Beat well. Put through a clothes- wringer twice at least. Change. the towel as it gels zoaked.. Be careful not to allow the garment to get too dry for water must not be sprinkled on it before ironing.
Rich Cream
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Putting the Shortcake Together: "Yes, and always accompanied Prepare the strawberries befora with a pilcher of rich cream; whip- starting to make
the
shortcake. ped cream was never used. This Reserve 3 large berries for garnish- dellelous old-fashioned shortcake is ing), Do not cook them. Put the to substantial it was often served shortcake together as soon as baked. for a main breakfast dish. And I To do this, separate the layers, and think it would be delightful to spread the uncrusted sides with soft serve it. I'd suggest making three butter. On the bottom layer spread or four times the recipe; bake the half the prepared strawberries. Turn shortcake in thin layers in two big the second layer upside down roasting pans; spread it with plenty this (so the berries won't allde off:) of butter; put the layers together cover with the remaining · straw- with lots of strawberries;
heap berries. Pour over any remaining
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berries on top; cut it in big squares, juice so it will soak in. Serve with and serve it in deep plates, Pass the cream. Or top with sweetened heavy cream. Pour plenty of coffee, whipped cream and garniki with It's the greatest of all the treats.”- the reserved, strawberrios, cut in The Chef Histoped attentively to halves lengthwise and dusted with my, plan. He clasped his hands bo-, a little granulated sugar..
Seen By
England,
Taylor Caldwell
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enormous number of Yorkshire is really not much bet
Frank's grandmother keeps an
people are going to read ter
lodging-houso in Leeds. But there, Taylor Caldwell's novel There too, unaware that they have crossed was a Time (Collins, 10s. 6d.), the county boundary, the dread
penetrated.
An enormous number have read Kerms of Lancashire catarrh have each of the previous nine books *** of this Scottish-American novelist. There is no reason. In the world why the tenth should be an exception.
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No possible harm be done, therefore, if I report that There was a Time is distinguished by some notably bad writ- Ing, that Frank Clair, its here, is a self-centred and Kresome humbug, and that his spiritual pil- whining grimage is a
chronicle of self-inflicted misery.
Frank, at a tender age,
is snatched from England
by his
parents. He
United
America is a little brighter. There
DO seems to be
catarrh in the schools. And Frank hears the tree- tones, "as if some invisible choli,ADS-
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grows up in the States, on which republic, in duo course, he confers the doubtful benefit of his allegianco.
Yet, throughout life, the poor boy is cursed by a limey accent and haunted by lively, if
sombre, memories of life in the fearful con- ditions of lower-middle-class Lan cashire. AD 1904.
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ter had lifted baton," etc., etc. His eyes fill with tears. He says to him- self, "Thank you God." From this it is step (to be pro- cise, 14 lines of print) to writing poetry.
but o
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good start. But Frank cannot keep it up. Not so Taylor Caldwell. She keeps to it for 512 pages (approx. 100,000 words of the President's English),
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Over this verbal prairie she pur sucs Frank, who gets steadily more "sensitive," more frustrated" more seedy, and more dismal as the years wear on. In the end he writes
vel and feels beiter. novel
Taylor Caldwell is entitled write as she pleases. But what in the world does alis mean by this sentence, taken from a description of the Kentucky mountains: "Gulfs of silence fumed everywhere?”
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Children of ten tolled in the cot- ton mills,
for those fortunate enough to go to school"cach wizened face was completely palid, Another Year (Heinemann, Da. every nose ran with Lancashire dd) is R. C. Sherriff's story of a catarrh, or colds, every thin throat country parson who, at the age of coughed incessantly. Suppressed, 58, decides it is time ha realised poorly
fed, constantly shivering with his life's ideal: the charge of a parish cold...all were ardent cnobs, all in the London slums. carefully elegant of speech."
He finds the East End a certing place: colder, quieter, mor evasive
Not that the scene was wholly black. For here is a sturdy working
than he bargained for, man
of the period, brooding "ten struggles to gain a foothold on its derly over the photographs of the Indifferent and
silppery shores Royal family!" How well one re- maintain contact with reality. They members the type of this honest are gently humorous. proletarian, who does not quite trust Up to the point, in fact. Another the Kaiser even though he is "the Year is a satisfactory novel of its old Queen's grandson. Ah, It's not kind. Up to what point? Up to the been the same since she died. God point where Mr Sherrif cheats by bless her."
taking his parson off to Hollywood on the shallow pretext that his dull macabre-caste daughter Rosemary is the heaven- ridden Lancashire, with its snobs, sent choice for some part in a new chip-shops and catarrhi
The general impresalon is, how ever, middling
fim.
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