The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-10
BY Dorothy Garfield Fisher.


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encourage use OF hahs.
For as the children advance be-
yond real babyhood and the mere
need for constant romping and
climbing and running like little ami
mails, their instructive desire to use
their hands increases, and this is an
instinct which should be encour-
aged in every possible way. uSt
as the wise mother sees to it that
they are provided when babies with
ample chance to roll and kick and
tumble, so when they are older she
IS never more pleased than when
The yare doing something with their
hands; and she has all around her
ample material for beginning this
handwork. a pan OF beans or shelled |
cQrn, with wide-mouthed bottle |
aud a spoon, will keep two or three
NHar old happy and absorbed Tor
9ng time. a pack OF cards to be
quilted or used 10 build houses IS
another 'piaything which does not
sed to be specially bought. \ pan
Y bran and handful OF clothespins
oscupr even baby OF fourteen
months as he pushes them into the
cpseIy packed bran and pulls them
alt \ big rag doll the size OF
mall chlld, As easy to make and stuit
With cotton. The most rudimen-
tNY scratches serve to indicate the
eyes, nose and mouth. and the II pS
and cheeks can be colored realistic
ally with any red Jelly. All children
love a big doll OF this sort and de
light TO dress it and undress 1t IN .,
thelr own clothes. They learn III
ms way TO handle buttons and but
inn-holes and to master the dliilcul-
ties or shoes and belts and sleeves. y
4 new corn-cob pipe and small ',
towl OF soapsude means harmless u
iun tor the tlve-year-old, which IS =
uWayS watched with rapture by the :
ittler ones. :
Md then there are blocks, peren- =
nai blocks which need not at all /
- brought from a store. y father y
Yth plane and saw can plane - -
a'coupIe OF two-by-tour stocks and l1 Il,
. about haIt an hour make as many -
auare or oblong blocks (ZN4X6 m u u
hes IS good Slze), as any child u, ~
leeds to play with. These large p
'.nckS not only cost practically %
-,lhin@, but are much better tor the 81
F1I children to use than the smaller
expensive KIND that are sold; ana
e. SET WlII outIast iamily OF most Fl
uenuouN children. OF
E collection OF empty Spoools oI oy
l1lerent sizes Is treasure Tor the cit
md OF three VINO VIII reJoice III II;
plnShg them on a cord passed ra
trough bodkin. Nhen he Is -
tlle Older and has learned Sklil III
as exercise he may graduate 20
buttons with real needle
I'd thread. On baking day smail
imp OF dough lmade less sticky by
.erklng more Hour INTO it) which 3;
AN be rolled and played with on =
It OF smooth board IS great tun Tor n
tile folks; and let the mother con E
antly remember that any tun E
hich IS secured by using the hands IE
oes not only make the child III
lppy. but IS OF educational value. III
I Bowl OF Soapsuds Useful. III
ON washinP day basin OF soapy lM
IDS and some blth OF cloth to be H