Evening star., 1946-03-04
Readers Clearing House

Christmas cards? sent my Christ.
mas cards to the GIG, but have
miSlaid the address. rather thinl
others might like to send these a,
they did the Christmas cards.
NONTALKER.
From Mrs. r. w.,
T1Eona Park, Md.)
Mrs. ]. E. p, Washington: Donr
chivvy your three-year-old any more
to try to get him to talk. He sounds
like such nice child. II he's nor
NAL mentally, he will learn to tall
when he's ready to. I know It'll
hard for adults to realize how many
things are happening to a small
child as he grows-I know how hare
it is because I have two of them
You can't teach him what he cant
learn. By all means say more pud.
ding" when you know he means that
but do give him more pudding! A
friend of mine has similar problem
with her very bright boy, but sht
didn't think of it as a problem. He
learned to talk when he was foul
and though he did stumble ano
sound babyish at first, within a few
months, he talked just as well as any
child his age.
No two children grow alike. Some
walk late, some teethe late, some
have poor coordination and some
talk late. BY the time they are six OF
seven, things even out a good deal
Naturally, some are capable of diff
ferent developments from others
But you don't expect your child to
be blond because the neighbor's baby
is blond. Don't tease him for not
being a talker. Talking is a cheap
gift. Leave your boy alone, love
him. Maybe he will grow up to be
doer and have the greater salts
faction for it.
(From M. F. O'S., Washington
There is no doubt but that your
three-year-old child can talk and
will talk, given time and somewhat
different handling, so your first job
is to relax and Immediately give up
such direct attack on the child's
silences. To talk is a spontaneous
pleasure for baby, and you will
hurt this natural spontaneity by
forcing him to speak for things he
needs. That will surely make him
glum and silent the rest of the time
He obviously doesn't understand
what you want Of him, nor the con-
nection between more cookie
words and the cookie itself, but what
he does feel Is that you are thwart-
ing him and that will spoil his re-
lation to you, make him negative
and defeat any hope Of his under
standing. From now on, why don't
you make a game in which he may
join or not as he chooses?
Suggestions: Chat to him gaily
as often during the day as you can,
when you go into his room in the
morning, during preparation of
breakfast and as you feed it to him
and at other melas. Talk to him as
If he understood every word, and let
your talk and expression be obvious
enjoyment Of him; see that your
husband and yourself talk together
when the baby Is present, so that he
will want to join In, look at him and
smile frequently. Do the same
when friends are in. Have him sit
beside you as you leaf through
magazines or children's books, and
as you talk about the pictures.
Avoid reading at length, just chatty,
gay conversation about the pictures.
If you seem to enjoy it enough, he
won't be able to resist joining in.
This is very important, though it
may not seem to have very direct
connection with speech. Do not keep
the child in too constructing clothes,
be sure he can move freely and
easily, do not keep him closed in, in
small areas, be sure he has a chance
to move about and circulate from
one room to another, is certainly in
a large room when not out of doors,
which is important SO that he can
see other children. And since your
child hasn't playmates, you have a
great deal to make up to him. Never
become so engrossed in your house.
work that he Is left alone for long
periods, even if you just say hello,
how's everything going?" frequently,
he'll feel your there and learn to be
more responsive. Try to keep his
playroom free, so that you need say
mo, no" very rarely.
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OLD-FASHIONED APPLE PIE.
From M. E. M, Washington.)
You need not be a pastry expert
to make real, old-fashioned apple
pie If you use modern pastry mix
for crust. Old-Fashioned Apple
Pie: Package pastry mix, four cups
peeled, cored, very thin sliced tart
apples, "a cup each sugar and sirup,
2 tablespoons butter or substitute,
Il teaspoon nutmeg, u teaspoon
cinnamon. Mix dough according to
directions, roll out. Line deep
creased pie plate with pastry, cut 1
inch larger, fold around plate edge.
Crimp withg fork prongs. Fill with
the apple slices, sprinkling with the
sugar. Pour sirup over, dot with
the butter. sprinkle with the spices,
cover with top crust, prick with big
A. Cut deep 2-inch cut in center.
Bake As minutes, 30 at $50 degrees
to blend without burning, Is at 375
degrees to brown. This slow bak-
ing is the secret Of perfect pie fill
ing.
REMOVING SALT FROM BACON.
(Fron, r. A. j., Winchester, Va.)
I recently noticed request from
Mrs. E. j. NJ, Washington, regard
ing the removal of salt from bacon.
When on survey trip in Northern
Ontario some years ago, we were
faced with similar problem, re-
garding some salt pork, and found
that by simmering it for Is to 20
minutes in about / inch of water, in
a frying pan to which some sugar
had been added, sufficient salt was
removed to make it quite palatable.
After simmering, the water is dis
carded and we continued with the
ordinary frying procedure.
.p;$ Risiin
eaten then and there with blissful
enjoyment.