Evening star., 1937-02-10
South Comes Our Rescue With Fresh Fruits Vegetables
All Kinds
Of Weather
Enjoyable
N a ture's V arying 6
Moods Provide Ad-
venture and Fun.
BY ANGELO PATRI.


CHILDREN can have great fun with
the weather. It can be COM
panion and playfellow. the most
healthful imaginable. This can be
readily established in any child's life
simply by allowing him to get out and
enjoy what's going on in the sky and
In the air and under his feet.
The wind is great playfellow. 1t
comes rushing down from the clear
clean heights to renew the vigor of
earth, send fresh draughts of air into
the lungs of the children and the
plants and the animals. Fresh air is
food for all growing things. Let them
enjoy the tang and the sparkle of it
on windy days. Tie down their hats,
button them into their coats and send
them out for an airing and race with
the speeding wind.
Rain is wholesome. There is moth
ing like misty morning to brighten
the color in child's skin, set the
sparkle in his eyes and the crisp in
his hair. It won't hurt him. Show
him the beauty of wet stones. 1t is on
a misty morning they show their colors
and textures best. Notice the tree
trunks, how much lovelier is their color
In the wet. And the foliage beaded
with jewels, edged in silver, shining
and sweetly perfumed. Rain is lovely,
and children need to enjoy it as it
falls on their faces and freshens them
as it does the flowers and the birds,
especially rushes and reeds and ducks
and geese.
Nothing IS so lovely as a snow
storm. When the snow falls softly
and the children slip along, over
coated, shod with rubber, they are
alert and alive in the stiffness of
earth. Now they hear clearly the
voice OF a chickadee. the honk of a
wild goose flying high and fast, be-
lated for some reason beyond his sea-
son. The feeling, sounds and sights
OF snowstorm that falls gently to
cover the baroness of Winters face
are experiences Of beauty no child
should miss
Rain, snow, wind and weather all
together should hold no terrors for
children or their mothers. Dressed
Tor the occasion they can go out and
get the best there is out of it. Get
ting wet hurts nobody. Staying wet
and sitting still is not good at all, but
why do that? Keep moving in the
wet, change when home is reached
and well-being fills both mind and
body. The storm excites and stim-
ulates the children, and only good can
come to them out of it if they are
properly prepared for it and properly
cared for afterward. It is a mistake
to keep children home because it
threatens rain or snow or the wind
blows unless they are definitely i'll.
Then they must wait and get out the
very first day they are able
The study of the weather is fas-
cinating for the older children. A
thermometer. a barometer, a globe, a
weather map in the newspaper, and
there Is a world of interest opened to
the observant child. He can follow
the fate of the crops. the fortunes of
the Summer resorts, the trials of the
ships at sea. He can adventure over
the world, staying close to his own
little corner of maps and instruments.
He can feel the pulse of the world and
End that his own beats with it in time
and tune Of the weather. Weather is
the face time bears. Let the chill
dren know it generously.
MIR. Patri will give personal atten-
tion to inquiries from parents and
school teachers on the care and de-
vel0pment Of children. Write him in
care Of this paper, inclosing a Scent
stamped, self addressed envelope for
reply.
tCopyright. 1872