Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-12
Pictures for the Children
Parents Have Learned That Education and
81 Entertainment May Be Combined
in the Playroom,

! cupant for the boat. use a tiny doll,
or make little clay man and put a
| used match stem in each hand to re
! present oars. This clay boat will float
well if the sides are not made too
| thick 1t should be broad. especially If
doll is to be put into it.
A little doh that will dance to music
is quite easily made. Cut out the head
and upper part of the body from a
bottle cork. Two small pieces of wood
or two matches should be fixed in
position to form the arms. into the
bottom of tho cork push four long stiff
bristles such as could be cut from a
brush. These bristles should be of
equal length. Paint a face on the
head of the doll, Dress it in bright
paper clothes, which can be held to-
gether with a little gum. When the
doll is made. stand it on the top of n
piano and play n brisk tune. 1t will
then dance around in lively manner.
The doll may also be made to dance by
standing it on the table and strum-
ming with the fingers.
Two small boys watched their
mother with breathless interest as she
tapped the top of an egg. Don't
break the shell more than you can
help" they begged. why not?" ask
ed their mother. Because we want
the shells for making boats" she was
told. Some time afterward the mother
was shown a real fairy fleet. floating
in a shallow pan of water in the play
room. The boys were seated at the
table making other boats from the
shells left at breakfast that morning
To make the little boats they first
cut the shell carefully in halves by the
help of pair of sharp scissors, then
they pasted paper over the rough edge
to secure it. When all. was dry they
painted the outside of the shell ac-
cording to their fancy, with enamel,
of which they had several tiny cans.
Then with sail cut out of paper ana
a match stuck through it for mast,
a dab Of hot sealing wax was dropped
into the center of the boat and the
mast fixed into it. 1t occurred to the
mother that the fleet, with it's many
colors, floating on the water would
make a pretty table decoration for
q children's party. so she used the
idea for that purpose later on.
Amusing Sick Children.
"When the children We're recovering
from scarlet fever" said mother,
they could not have their toys to
play with, as that would have made
the playthings dangerous to other
children in the future, and for the
same reason they were denied their
story books. Little visitors. of
course, were not allowed. and we
were having a sorry time of it until
I brought into use what l knew of
kindergarten work.
This is what we did. l got stiff
wrapping paper and taught the chill
dren how to make small paper boxes
not more than two inches square. 1t
was light work for weak little hands,
although we called the boxes bricks
and built a church with them. We
made columns by rolling several thick
nesses of paper around round stick
and gluing each layer in place until
the rolls were as stout as mailing
tubes. We made miniature cones to
embellish the columns, which gave
the church a fine architectural air.
We used paste instead of glue to keep
the bricks together and it dried so
quickly that in one day we had fin
ished our church. We got much en-
joyment from selecting colorS for
little stores and houses. Our concrete
walks we made of heavy cardboard
cut in squares, and our trees were
evergreen twigs set in little pots made
of ordinary bread dough.
"At the end of the first week we
had tiny village, with a station
and with a railway track made of
hat braid. and l believe the children
enjoyed it more than any other toy
they ever owned"
Children's Money Accounts.
Gifts of money come to children on
birthdays and special holidays, and
they usually spend the money in their
own way. Some children save it,
others buy a definite article, while
still others merely fritter it away. A
good deal depends upon how the child
has been taught to value money. It
is because they were allowed to spend
money aimlessly in childhood that
many men and women have no idea
Of the value of money.
Give a child pocket money at an
early age, increasing it as he or she
grows older. AS soon as sufficient
knowledge Of figures has been ac-
quired, the child will take an absorb
ing delight in entering debts and
credits in his own account book and
proudly producing the balance for in
spection. From the time when they
first received pocket money, one father
required his children to give monthly
account of their expenditures. They
were given reasonable allowances, the
only restriction being that they must
buy a few personal articles. They are
grown up now, with a shrewd and
correct knowledge of the value of