The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-10
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Do your children go to school
 after Q he1ter-skelter breakfast,
 or have you been able to estab-
 fish U routine that provides some
 leisure? In this third article of a
 special series of six, Olive Rob-
 erts Barton offers some sugges-
 tions about organizing the fam
 ily's activities so the day can be
 started right for all.
 When school begins it is not only the children who must revamp rou- tine schedules, but home life too should conform. No one says it is easy for a mother to awake at the stroke of dawn and cook a handsome breakfast, particularly if she is not well or has too much to do. Perhaps she has been up all night with the baby, or couldn't ness has habt of routing Nor pheus.
 Yet there it is. The children must get up, must be fed and hur- ried off to school.
 What is to be done if they are to get the start they need for a good day and not have to run the four blocks every morning, break fastless, and arranging their ties and buttons as they go?
 Find That Half Hour
 The answer is the Magic Half Hour. The magic half hour on which the success of the whole day depends, the real lineup before the gunshot that starts the race. the extra morning time that pre- vents hysterical rushing.
 To obtain the secret of extra time, some prospecting must be done. so we shall have to go back to the day before.
 When baby was asleep yesterday afternoon did his mother lie down too and lose herself in a deep dreamless slumber? Of course not. There were the dishes to do, the clothes to hang out, the porch to scrub. She worked doubly hard to make the minutes count while the house was quiet.
 Or. perhaps, she did lie down and have nice nap. But Harry likes bridge so well she had the Austins over. When they got to bed it was, one-thirty. Every night there has been bridge, and twelve o'clock is considered early.
 Father Often at Fault
 It cannot be done if a mother is doing her own work. It cannot be done any time regularly. if the family is to be started off we'll in the morning. Husbands and fath- CTS will have to learn sooner or later that raising a family call3 for several kinds of sacrifice be- sides the daily grind. Bridge can begin early and end early.
 The dishes and clothes and porches will fall in line with a new routine eventually. There will be times, of course, and emer- gencies of every sort when things won't run smoothly. and the ris- ing hour gets out of step. But if that magic half hour, or even hour. is to be obtained in the morning it has to be planned for.
 Children need nourishing breakfast eaten slowly. They should walk to school, not run. At noon they need more nourish- ing food. They need milk with their meals. They should not have friend foods or greasy foods.
 Must Have Good Lunches
 They cannot thrive or think or study on mustard-pickles and a banana as 8 steady luncheon diet. They should, above all, have a satisfying breakfast. The bright est child becomes dull if his stom- oh is empty.
 Schools that have been able to supplant the home feeding Of needy and undernourished chil- dren are doing a work far beyond the measure of charity. It is one of the first perquisites of educa- tions that the body be fed first.
 Children need a background of many things if they are to suc- ceed. But the early morning start. their own early bedtime and an even and happy routine at home are more than background. They are the very foundation of happy school life.
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