Evening star., 1948-04-19
COMMENT.


am so grateful to Mrs. K. w. C..
of Alexandria for her long and
understanding letter concerning the
treatment of small children. par
ticuiarly in regard to their normal
curiosity concerning their surround
ings.
I was very panied to read some
earlier letters recommending slap
ping and other forms OF punish
ment for the ingrained instinct OF
small child to touch and other
wise explore. I wonder how some
of these mothers so versed in the
art of frustrating their children
would feel If their children entered
a room in state of apathy, showing
no interest in anything. That would
be something to worry aboutl
All parents Gathers, tool should
read 1.-The First Five Years" by Ges-
ell ct al, and its successor "The
Child From Five to Ten" In this
way the parents will find out, not
what the adult expects of the child,
but what the child does do within
certain age bracket.
FOR SHUT-IN.
from Mrs J. E. S., Arlington.)
Many friends have written In
asking for rainy day and sick-in-
bed entertainment for children.
Having had entirely too much ex-
perience in this line with my child,
now 5, I should like to make a few
suggestions.
Choice of toys is extremely i'm
portant. Most mechanical toys
that leave nothing to the imagina-
ton of the child are almost worth
less. The following toys keep my
child busy by the hour:
/. Small electric phonograph with
children's records. This should be
small enough to be put in bed with
child during recuperation.
2. Building blocks. Be sure there
are plenty of long ones and large
ones. Also furnish sturdy cardboard
for upper story floors and roof. A
drop-leaf table that protrudes over
the bed furnishes fiat work sur
face for building.
8. Erector set.
4. Tinker toys.
S. Set of building bricks.
6. Shirt cards, scissors, pencil,
paper, crayons, boxes and Scotch
tape. You will be amazed at the
things a child will learn to make.
7. Dry beans.
8. Blackboard and chalk.
Be sure to allow child to play with
only one type of toy at time. Help
him put the others away neatly, 80
that they will not get lost or mixed
up. When child is i'll, help him
tstraighten his bed and table occa-
sionally. 1t helps his morale.
~ ~' PLANT EXCHANGE?
(Fron, Mrs. J. D. S., Washington
I would be glad to exchange Afri-
can purple violets, long and short
stems, for white violet and glox-
inia plants.
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CHOCOLATE PUDDING?
CLOCK PROBLEM?
(Fron1 Mrs. J. M. j., Siluer Spring.
Years ago I had a recipe for a
delicious chocolate pudding and ]
have lost it. 1t was much like the
packaged pudding that we buy, but
somewhat thinner. I do remember
that it contained both white and
brown sugar, and I am not posi-
tive, but I think it had an egg or
two. Maybe some of you readers
have a similar one.
| l also have another problem. ]
have small china clock-quite old
The works are not complete and
consequently it will not run. A jew
eler with whom we trade sent it
to a clockmaker to see if he could
make the works to fit the case, and
he could not. I would love to have
the clock in working order, but
hardly know what else to do with It.
Any suggestions on that score?
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LOVERS KNOT?
PACKAGE FOR ENGLAND?
SUGGESTION.
From Miss M. L. M, Washington
To the lady requesting instruc-
tions for the lovers knot stitch:
You will find these directions in
Beginners Manual, Star Book AZ
If you cannot obtain this at crochet
goods counters, write to the Amer
ican Thread Co., Department AZ
260 West Broadway, New York 13
N. Y.
And now, I would like to send q
package to a 15-year-old girl ir
England. Can some one please tel
me what would be appreciated by a
young English girl? Goodies, cos
metics, ETC.?
In regard to this, if you have a
young friend in a foreign country
why not send her subscription tc
one of our leading girls magazines?
This will tell her more about Amer
lean girls than you could in vol
IlInes of letters