Evening star., 1948-07-23
CHILD PROBLEM.

10 Mrs. II. N. G. who wants tt
know how to teach her little boy
to come downstairs, / should like tt
pass along my experience. For the
first three years of my daughters
life, I was i'll and unable to walk
much or lift her. At eight months
she was creeping everywhere ano
soon tried the stairs. She woulC
climb few steps and then, unable
to come down, would cry. OF course
some one was always there to help
but I realized there would be times
when I would be alone with her
helpless to keep her from falling
The only thing to do was to teach
her to come down carefully.
sat with her at the foot of the
stairs, let her climb a few steps and
then, while she was still in the up
ward climbing position, I guided hel
feet downward so she could feel the
firm step under her as she went
down backwards. She was very
quick to catch on and in no time at
all could climb all the way up and
down. She never one had a tumble
Since then I have helped many of
my friends teach their babies to
come down, with equal success.
CARE OF DOG.
(From Mrs. H. G., Washington.)
In reply to Mrs. A. L. M. of
Washington who inquiries If any one
can tell her a remedy for what she
calls dog mango. In the first place
the condition she described, skin
irritation which recurs every sum-
mer, should not be described as
mango which is a contagious all
ment more correctly known as
scabes. This summer itch which
affects so many dogs In Washing
ton is in my opinion connected both
with the hot humid weather, and
the lack Of vitamins in their diet
1 am no expert, just one who has
successfully kept dogs all my life
and at present the owner Of two
cookers. one 13 years old, and the
other 7. The first summer we
lived in Washington, both my dogs
had a bad case of summer itch
Never having met it before, I also
had them in and out of the hos
pital, without, may say, any very
lasting success. Finally, my hus-
band, who is q physician, suggested
trying vitamins, and for two weeks
we gave them q teaspoonful Of cod
liver oil one day and q teaspoonful
Of Ntamin B the next. Both cases
cleared up beautifully, and since
then I have given them a teaspoon
full of cod liver oil every day all
the year round. They have never
had a recurrence in seven years, SC
I feel that we have found the secret
They both have lovely shiny coats
and hardly ever shed hair around
the house. Their diet is also care
fully regulated. No highly seasoned
meats, but meat cooked without
salt once q day Chalf a pound each
dog. Also they have cupful OF
milk on shredded wheat for break
fast, as I think the diet should
include some milk. I also give
them bone-shaped dog biscuits every
evening.
In the summer time dogs should
be brushed fairly regularly, al.
though I am afraid that I only
brush mine once or twice week
As q mother of two small children
cannot devote as much time tt
the dogs as I used to do.
hope that these suggestions may
prove helpful.
X II +
FENCING HIM IN.
(From Mrs. J. L. G., Washington.)
am afraid Mrs. L. T. F. has hae
little or no experience with children
of that age. Her last paragraph
clearly illustrates this. Speaking o.
legal and moral obligations wher
dealing with a 2-year-old child!
In the first place, Mrs. w. P
only asked for an inexpensive ane
temporary means Of fencing in he
child. My husband made a small
picket fence out of orange and cab
bage crates. He cut the sides al
one size, nailed them to a frame
made from 2 parallel boards, theI
nailed this to the posts and painted
it white. We let our young so,
play out front where we can watch
him from the porch. This help
give him the freedom all children
need to become independent and h,