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sponsibility. Even if you are certain
your two-year-old is the worlds
prodigy, something designed for a
four-year-old is not for him. A toy
that is too advanced for child is
very frustrating. so don't figure
that he can grow into it, like his
too-big sweater or play suit.
The problem of child's play
things has been approached from
the angle of modern, psychological
research. Well-known educators
child psychiatriSts and pediatri-
clans have helped to build up a toy
program that is carefully planned
and graded to meet the needs OF
various age groups. Toys are a
child's tools to power-the power
to manipulate and appraiSe OBJ
jectS. the power to make things
move. the power to initiate, to in
veStigate, imagine - powers that
lead to knowledge.
ColOrful and Light
In general, toys suitable from in
fancy to two years of age are bright
colored. lightweight, washable and
of varied textures. These should be
too big for baby to swallow and free
of sharp corners or rough edges.
They include soft stuffed animals
and dolls. Beads to bite. Rattle and
chime toys to develop his sense OF
hearing. Soft balls and push and
pull toys to encourage him to creep
and learn to walk. Lightweight.
round-cornered blocks.
The very first toy which baby will
enjoy is a colorful dangling object.
Hang one over his crib and he soon
will learn to recognize it. This is an
aid in focusing his eyes. When
made of unbreakable plastic. such
q toy makes distinctive gift. Also
made Of this Serviceable and hygi-
enic material are attractive teeth
ing beads and expertly shaped rat
ties that come in pairs.
A new important toy for the first
year is cradle gym that was in
vented by an eX-Army officer. A
baby learns through his senses and
at three or four months will reach
for and grasp an object. In the past
mothers have met this develop
ment phase by improvising some
sort of gadget to be strapped across
the top Of the crib-anything from
dads old suspenders to discarded
necktie. The cradle gym consists of
a horizontal bar strapped across
the top Of the crib. from which are
suspended a trapeze. climbing
rope and rings.
Trains His Fingers
At two the child is about 10 enter
the more complex world Of discov-
cry and he is no longer satisfied
with simple manipulative toys. He
is builder and wants magma
lively to create and construct his
own world. He now is ready for
building blocks with an object.
color cones. nested blocks. peg
board. a pounding set. to teach
fumbling little fingers manipula-
tive skill. To encourage the impulse
for exercise. push and pull toys and
pedal toys are needed.
Toys for the youngster from two
to four should be large and simple
to avoid strain on the eyes and the
muscles. At this age children take
pleasure in using crayons and
chalk on large surfaces. They de-
light in picture books tthese should
have large lettering and pictures)
Toys such as miniature housekeep-
ing equipment give them chance
to dramatic their play.
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PRIORITY COLORS

Individual taste may still dictate
the color of your costume. Except
ing a few shades Of yellow and
brown, needed by the armed forces.
textile colors will remain practi-
cally the same. Quality Of dyes
compares favorably with peace
time products too.
Limitations may appear In the
home where there'll be fewer heavy
colors for your blankets. slip COW
ers, etc. Cheerful news when we
remember the burned blacks and
faded browns of the first world
war!
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Do
Wonders With
A Costume
BY ELEANOR GUM

NEW YORK - With everyone
~ working overtime, 1t is only
common sense to expect clothes to
work overtime too. do double duty.
work longer hours. be in the quick
change class.
At a recent Presto Change"
fashion show at the Ritz Carlton.
all sorts of tricks were pulled to
prove that a basic costume Is Moth
ing short of inexhaustible when
changed in the twinkling Of an eye
by the use of different accessories.
And what a sweater can do
without the aid Of a Lana Turner.
figuratively speaking-turned out
to be one Of the neatest tricks Of
the week. as. for instance. an over
size sheer cardigan Is worn tuck-in
across the back, folded in neat
crossbar surplice folds hiding all
buttons and worn jacket-effect
over the skirt in front. Magic. in
deed!
Sweaters did some cute dress-up
tricks again when a fringe-border
red jerkin was worked up with Jet
beads and a big fat beret and slim
black skirt for gala evening. One
of many oversize fat muffs was the
all-fringed black wool muff that
went with the sequin- jerkin sweat
er. Head shawls. especially with Sc
quin borders. carried through with
many of the coy winter schemes
like the quilted. corduroy. or red
flannel Stacks outfits.
Before dismissing the all-impor-
tant matter of sweaters, did you
know that it was one Of fashions
whims. as interpreted by the COL
lege set, to wear diversified sweat
ers? Yes. indeed, they are being
chosen in larger sizes than the
dress one wearS-don't ask me why.
Just another word about pront0-
fashions; the tunic Is among the
things that can be worn with q
change of skirts, or one can have q
change Of tunics. Get the idea? It's
rather fun really to see what one
can do about camouflaging ones
one and only costume. It seems log
ical enough that one war fashion
should be reflected or actually re-
vived at the time Of another war.
and the tunic was going strong
during the first World War.
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"Boy" Beveridge
Plans Future
OF Britain
By TALBOT LAKE

THERE has been a great deal O.
1 talk about what this war is for
so far as the common people arr
concerned. One of the most impor.
tant documents to come out of it i.
the monumental report Of Sir Viii.
liam Beveridge to the people Of
England, in which he outlines 9
plan for insurance that will take
care of everything from birth tc
death. sickness and health, EN-.
ployment and unemployment. Fa-
vorable comment has come from
all quarters. save the insurance
companies. who would find them
selves hard hit by such a plan.
Beveridge received his knight
hood in 1919 for bis work in the
last war. He is white haired, rosy
checked and full of vigor. He was
born in Bengal in 1879. Churchill
and others still refer to him as
that boy Beveridge." He keeps the
hoy" part Of it because of his
Douglas Fairbanks flair for bound
ing all about the place in athletic
leaps.
Brilliant he is noted for his sense
of humor. A bachelor until recent
ly. he threw aside single life by
taking as his wife Mrs. Janet MAR.
his secretary during the last war
and now Secretary to the London
School of Economics. Like her hus-
band. Mrs. Beveridge also comes
from Scottish stock. and is about
his age.
The economist got his political
start 33 years ago when Churchill
summoned him to Whitehall. just
as he summoned him year ago to
draw up this plan to abolish pow
erty. At that time Britain faced q
serious unemployment pro b e m
and he was president Of the Board
of Trade. Send for that boy Bev-
eridge." Churchill said at the time.
Since that time. that boy" has
been sent for repeatedly and his re-
cent report, long as two big novels,
ION Social Insurance and Allied
Services" will probably be one of
the great documents in this war.
Put into practice 1t will mean a new
and better England.
He was thirty years old when he
made his first report to the Gov
eminent on unemployment. A stu
dent of Beatrice and Sidney Webb.
social economists. he proposed Ia
Dor exchanges to relieve the un-
employment situation. His ideas
were used in part. He worked for
the government throughout the
last war. then became director Of
the London School Of Economics
and later went to oxford. where he
became a university college master.
Beveridge is responsible for the
scheme to use Britain's manpower.
the filter" scheme Of army Selec-
ton and the fuel rationing system.
After that. he wrote out his $780,
000-word report on insurance for
all. 1t is plainly and easily written.
almost entirely in Beveridge's own
hand.
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thence. No matter whether one
marries on furlough or decides to
wait until the war is won, youth Is
being cheated and youth is openly
rebellious. Obviously. the thing to
do Is to keep so busy that one has
no time for lamentS. Laments are
distinctly out Of order, anyway. In
TACT. 1t isn't exactly cricket. since,
compared to what others are en-
during. our own annoyances or
problems may be relatively unim-
portant, certainly to anyone but
ourselves.
Every One Affected
1t stands to reason that q global
war Is so tremendous In its scope
that scarcely q family escapes
its effect. We are all. young and
old, going through a reconditioning
process that can hardly be consid-
cred pleasant. True. many families
are richer because Of an increase in
wages and an increase In working
members. but it's wise family that
recognizes that this very condition
Is unstable. therefore brings its
own problems and headaches.
Don't complain. and for this very
good reason. The complaining wo-
man Is usually the one who has less
to complain about: the women who
don't complain are the heroic ones
who give their men and best effort
and say little or nothing because
they know that they are only doing
what millions Of others are doing.
1t takes pretty low grade moron
to complain because of the incon-
venience of rationed foods. or be-
cause she can't have q new this or
new that. or because she cannot
entertain because Of the servant
problem and so on. We all grumble
over nothing. possibly from habit.
over nothing. possibly from habit.
But it's the vital things that war
deprives us Of. the things that
make for happy family life. for q
happy girlhood and boyhood free
of problems other than those youth
naturally accumulates. about
which we grumble inaudibly and
in our secret hearts.
Youth on Balance
Parents naturally want their
children to be happy and free; they
do not want to see their young
years clouded. their education in
terrupted. their young loves made
any more painful than young love
naturally is. They do not want to
see their sons and daughters emo
tionally disturbed. thrown on bal
ance so that they commit acts that
may mar their chances for future
happiness. These are the cruel
things war does to youth. the
things we are rightfully resentful
Of. far bigger things than the lack
of a second cup Of coffee or the cur
tailment of luxuries.
To the woman whose son or hus-
band is in the service. the plight OF
the beau-less girl does not seem q
very desperate one. but to the girl
whose yardstick isn't sufficiently
long to measure anything deeper.
it Is q sorry plight. The war has
slashed into her life. cutting away
a good deal Of the sugar-coating
that is. putting her on drastic
sugar ration at a time when lie
without sweetness Is pretty unpal.
atable and hard to take.
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SUIT FOR SHOPPING

Hollywood. Calif.-Jane Wyman.
film player. went Christmas-shop-
ping recently in a smart blue ga
bardine suit styled with military
flap pockets buttoned down with
brown alligator buttons. A brown
silk blouse had q turned down coll
lar solidly sewn with rows OF ma.
chine stitching. Brown accessories
which included q hair-bow OF gros.
grain ribbon instead Of hat. COM
pleted the ensemble. Among some
Of the unique gifts Jane purchased
was q chess set that fits into Q Wal.
let-sized leather case. making IL
easy to carry.
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MILK CLEANSER

Ida Lupino sugge using
cleansing milk for gals who have
double-duty lives now. Besides act
ing in the movies, Ida serves with
the Women's Ambulance Drivers
Corps. Ida says it's quick-all you
have to do is cover your face with
this cream, then wash 1t off with
water on your own washcloth. It
washes away every bit Of dirt, SCOT.
all dried flakes of skin, stale secre-
tons. makeup.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09
PRACTICAL GIFT

A gift that Is q sure delight every
time and . practical. lovely one is q
manicure case. They're made to
give lasting. super-service and are
filled with polish (your favorite
shade-newest color Of the hour Is
Mr.. Miniver Rose. named after the
picture). oily remover. basecoat
adhefun. nail cream. cuticle oil.
These are excellent for home mani
cures. o. for necessary homework
betveen weekly manicures.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09

except tNe real
o n e. Chronic
Bright's di S.
ease often fol-
lows an acute
attack and is
d | S c o v e red
e a r y. Acute
attacks Of in
hanm a t ry
rheumatism or
attacks of ton
sillitis, sinus
tits q n d in
hammat l o n S
of the gums, as
/ n pyorrhea.
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WHEN ENTERTAINING

Hollywood, Calf. - Joan Leslie
entertained with some OF her mi.
tations at the Hollywood Canteen
recently. Joan wore q suit OF ger.
anium-r wool jersey. The soi!
jacket had q cutaway front ana
collar and lapels faced with piack
velveteen. The skirt featured iront
drapery. Accessories and puln0x.
beret Of velveteen were black. wnile
q crepe gilet with bow trim pro-
vided 4 single note Of white.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09

dlid VI lCA yOul
h a / r d r eSser
h a S helpful
hints on how
to keep y GU r
hairdo lovely
between visits.
even on how to
set it yourself
/ n a n emer-
gency.
Lura de GeZ,
on e Of Fifth
Avenues best
k n ow n hair
styliStS, & oe S
so far as to
" " q a real
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09

q QeCdQe a II u
doting rel a
tiveS who pay
t r / b u t e to
A m e &c a S
blessed events
with e v e r "
t h in g from
] e e p S to jim
giles.
A child's toy
Is more t h a n
] u S t a play
t h 1 n g, a n d
selecting h e
right kind of
toys is an i'm
~Orforf w
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09
Beets Are Popular
If You Serve Them
In These New Ways
BY JUDITH WILSON

REETS may be an everyday
- winter vegetable, but that's
no reason for always serving
them in the same old way. If
you don't want your family to
tire Of this vegetable-which, in
cidentally. should be served often.
as 1t is good protective food-you
must try introducing it in new
ways.
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Be Sure Toy Is
Suitable to
Tots Age

BY JANE HERBERT COWARD
THERE'LL be thousands
more babies this year than
last year - more babies for
Christmas and more excited
mothers, fathers, auntS, uncleS
and grandmothers buying millions
Of toys. There will of course. be the
crop Of proud young daddieS who
rush out to buy their newborn son
a football he couldn't play with for
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v ~ Z
S e v e n ID a y
W eek variety
She m a y b e
said to sample
m a t r imony.
that's all.
That youth
Is impatient Is
no new discov-
e ry; b e l n &
married for q
few d a y S or
W e e k S, then
b e 1 n g Sept
rated isn't 60
ing to do much
IN Oilo11 iuno-
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life and beauty Of a wave. OF course,
you should go to the hairdresSer as
often as possible. especially if you
wear a definitely tailored couture.
Your hair needs regular shaping
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09
Girls Roll Curls at Home;
Brushing Prolongs a Wave
BY JACQUELINE HUNT

IT'S smart to roll your own these dayswe mean
cur There less time for visits to the hairdresSer for
weekly semweeky wavesetS brush There is less
money spend permanentS Keeping hair in
good condition with lots brushing will actually proong
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WodBe Santa Clauses Advised Payngs
Chronic Bright's Disease
Damages Heart and Kidneys
BY CLAUD NORTH CHRISMAN, MD.

CHRONIC NEPHRITIS, BghtS disease often referred to
heart kidney disease is becoming in
this country There for this One hurry
existence overeatng overwok and lack of
exercise Obesity go
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09
Heroic Women Grumble
Least at War Sacrifices
BY MARIAN MAYS MARTIN

OF the great troubles this war has brought upon world
the slice of youth 1t Is taking those who desired
normal life and normal chance for happiness War makes
youth play waiting else it mpes it to force crcum
that much the better and most certainly the
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09

BOkSCHT
I cup beets
cup strained tomatoes
4 cups water
small onion, chopped
u Id. beef cut in small pieces
tablespoon lemon juice
IA cup sugar
II teaspoon salt
4 beaten eggs
Pare and cut beets in strips. Add
tomatoes, water, onion. meat and
simmer 80 minutes. Add lemon
juice, sugar, salt and boil 30 min
utes longer. Add the hot borscht to
beaten eggs, a little at a time, STIR
ring to prevent separation of eggs.
Serve at once very hot. If 1t curdles,
beat hard. Serves 6.
BEET CASSEROLE
medium sized beets
2 tablespoons dry bread crumbs
IA cup sugar
teaspoon salt
cup orange juice
tablespoon lemon juice
Il cup buttered bread crumbs
Peel and slice uncooked beets.
Arrange in alternate layers in cas-
serole with crumbs, sugar and salt.
Pour over fruit juices. Cover; bake
in moderate oven $3.50 degrees F.
until tender - about As minutes.
Uncover, sprinkle with buttered
crumbs and brown.
COTTAGE CHEESE BEET SALAD
3tO 4 tablespoons vinegar
u teaspoon sugar
Salt and pepper
2 cups grated or ground raw
beets
Lettuce or other green's
cup cottage cheese
Add the vinegar, sugar and salt
and pepper to taste, to the beets,
mix we'll and chill. Arrange beets
on lettuce or other green's on indi-
vidual salad plates. Pile cottage
cheese on beetS. Serves 6.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09

Self-SerVice course on the nome
care and training of the hair. At
her salon all the common mistakes
are reviewed and you are taught
how to avoid them. You are taught
the correct way of rolling pin curl
with the ends of the hair twisted
tightly on the inside Of the ringlet:
how to take even strands of hair
and arrange them in regular rows
so the curls are not piled one on top
of the other.
Depends on Texture
The size of the strands that go
into the making of pin-curl varies
with the texture and condition Of
your hair. If your hair Is coarse.
has a natural curl or takes per-
manent easily. then you can work
with rather large strands of hair.
Finer hair that is hard TO work
with should be divided into small
strands.
Decide where the curls are to go
before you begin making your
curls. Part your hair where the
part belongs in the finished Golf
fure. Be sure to extend it back two
or three inches below the crown Of
the head. This makes the hair east
er to brush and reset later. and
brings out the graceful contours OF
the head. Then section of the top
and sides of the hair and set in
even rows. If you want waves in
stead Of curls. you must be espe-
cially careful to have every pin curl
in its place. If you want fluffy curls,
the sections of hair may be larger
and the curls less precise.
To make the individual curl, pull
your section of hair up and away
from the scalp. Then wind 1t per-
fectly smooth over finger OF the
other hand. When you have fin
ished winding. carefully slip out
your finger. but as you do so care
fully maneuver the ends OF the
strand of hair into the center Of the
curl where your finger was. Now
fasten each curl into place with
two smooth hairpins. The front
and sides of the hair are not so diff
ficult to set. but the back requires
more practice. Follow the same
technique there.
Curls Must BE Dry
When every ringlet is in its place.
anchor with a hairnet. fishnet or.
If YOU have plenty of time to allow
for drying. a pretty turban. Your
curls must be perfectly dry before
they are loosened with comb and
arranged with q hairbrush.
Don't forget that q nice. man.
ageable couture depends on snap
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hand. This Is q sneaking trouble.
gradually increasing in severity
while the patient feels that he is
well. He may not be quite up to par.
but offers many excuses for this,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09

Sweeter for not being forced. A girl
mas to wait for her chance of mar
rage. or II she is not wise enough
70 walt. she has to rush into a sort
OF marriage that is a poor substi-
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cradle GYM left is scientifically toy which helps
develop the larger muscles Of the little body and aids in self
confidence and The bar which may be strapped
the top Of the crib play acquered hardwood
From it rapeze climbing and rings which
Of plastic Pen peyhne: right for the play period
before the baby walking They provide action for baby without
moving away from him.
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GIRL WORKERS

Girls from le to 20 make the best
arms plant workers, Q Canadian
survey shows. Women excel ct
routine jooC they're more dexter.
80 t6eo ue4: they can perform
- . el&sront var plant Jobs
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Beauty Tips

QUESTION: 81 haze been read
ing your columns closely for some
time but hare seen nothing that
coUers my problem. One breast is
considerably larger than the other,
Which is tlaoby and says. What
could cause this? Is there anything
can do to deUelop the small one?
Troubled"
I do not know the cause for the
condition you describe. You might
ask your doctor the next time you
have occasion to see him. The only
thing / can suggest is that you do
arm and shoulder exercises on one
side only. Here's simple one: Hold
a weight in the hand on the small
side. Raise the arm slowly upward.
keeping the elbow stiff. Slowly
lower-10 times the first day, 40 or
SO after the muscles become strong
er. A good uplift bra will help make
the breasts appear more equal in
size. You might even use bit OF
cotton filler in the pocket on the
small side, IL necessary, so your
clothes will At better. incidentally.
you can get bathing suits with
built-in bras, so no one need guess
your secret even on the beach.
Pretty. brilliant Lillian Gish.
who can eat all she wants and still
keep her slim waistline. attributes
at least portion Of her health and
hardness to the fact that she exer-
cises with her favorite white SCOT
tie around parks, up streets and
down. The rest, she says, Is due
to her ancestors-a long line OF
skinny ones.
To any girl in any walk Of life.
knowing how to meet people con-
fidently and graciously is a big
asset. Practice your gestures and
smiles as you say "how-do-you-do"
in front of q mirror until you can
do 1t without looking at your poise
or looking stiff and unnatural. Ac-
tresses may spend hours rehearsing
such q simple act until they get the
knack of doing 1t charmingly and
convincingly.
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Copyright. Iyfz. 0V FdhcHfId.
The glove above. is developed
without side seams and none on
the back Of the fingers. giving .
slenderizine effect TO The hand.
The hand part Of the glove is
made in one piece. only the
thumb cut separately. and no fit-
tinQs are vsed.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-05-14

1t was guest night in the mess,
and the Irish colonel was telling an
exciting story of an encounter with
wounded elephant which charged
at him and bore him to the ground.
At the critical moment an orderly
entered to say the colonel was
wanted on the telephone.
He was absent for some minutes,
and on his return had forgotten
which of his favorite stories he had
been telling.
What happened, colonel?" asked
one of the guests. you we're tell
ing us of your dangerous situation.
"Oh, kissed her." said the colo
mel airily ''She simply couldn't re-
sist me, and we dined together that
evening. Her husband never knew"