Evening star., 1949-03-11
EMOTIONAL CHILDREN

(From Mrs. C. c. p. Alexandria,
Readers of this column may be
interested to know of the exist
ence in this area OF a center for
emotionally disturbed children Of
NORMAL intelligence.
Known as Children's House. this
Organization works with children
who have such difficulties as ner-
vouS manneriSms. extreme Shyness,
extreme aggressiveneSS. inability
to get along in a group, etc.
For these children who cannot
adjust In school, there is a daily
program. 8 to 3 designed to help
them adjust so that they can re-
turn to regular school. Learn
ing is taken care of by individ-
ual tutoring, at the child's own
level.
Play therapy-usually an hour q
weeks given to those children
who need this additional treat
ment; many children who are not
in the daily groups come to Chill
dren's House for play therapy.
Psychiatric social workers on the
staff conduct parent counseling,
either in groups or individually.
This, too, is usually one hour
week.
An after-school program of shop
work and games is available daily,
$3.50 to $50.
All the work at Children's House
is done under psychiatric' super
vision. Before it can be deter
mined which of the varied services
offered by Children's House will be
most effective, each child is seen
by one of the psychiatrists who
act as consultants. The entire
program is flexible, and can be
adapted to suit the needs Of the
individual child.
Any one wishing further infor-
nation should call Children's
House. Woodley 2407.
SEATTLE.
From B. II. McC., Chevy Chase.J
For Mrs. D. M. B., Washington
re Seattle weather. The following
are accurate Weather Bureau sta
tistics for Seattle. Average Janu-
ary temperature. 39.5; average
July temperature 631: average
date for last killing frost in spring,
! March IA; first in fall. November
"a; growing season 255 days; an
nual precipitation 31.80 inches.
Comparative statistics for Takoma
Park. Md, are as follows. average
January temperature 1913; aver
age July temperature 75.5; aver
age date for last frost, April Is;
first frost in fall, October 27;
growing season 1875 days: annual
precipitation. Ais inches. You
will notice that there are 10 inches
more annual precipitation here
than in Seattle, but that does not
tell the whole story. The heavier
rainfall here is due to sudden
heavy rains in the summer months.
In Seattle. the rain fall is mild,
easy drizzle spread out over most
of the year except for four sum-
mer months that are very dry.
During eight months of the year
there Is much gray. cloudy or
foggy weather, but the summers
are ideal. The climate is mild and
a true Seattleite just ignores the
gentle drizzle. If you were raised
In a warm, sunny climate. or have
particular aversion to rain. you
probably would not like Seattle
I have lived 20 years in Seattle.
and 20 years in Chevy Chase and
still prefer Seattle for its pictur-
esque setting, its beautiful and
scenic surroundings, and its mild
climate.
ECONOMIES;
BORER?
(From Mrs. J. E. p, Washington
I, too, have been extremely in
terested in the discussions on food
economies. I feed three adults
and one child on about S18 per
week dncluding what spend for
soups, etc. and we are heavy milk
drinkers. try to alternate meal
containing meat with one made up
of protein meat substitute or
with very little meat in it. And
my meat meals are the variety
meats diver or kidneys, franks,
hamburger, inexpensive stew meat.
etc. However. so much depends
on the individual families and
their likes and dislikes that all
the members Of the family ought
to be willing to try the inexpen-
sive and often new to them dishes.
or I'm afraid the resulting
arguments might not be worth
the effort to economic. Also re-
member for the working wife that
the economical food dishes often
take much more time to prepare
than steaks. chops, etc. Actually.
it seems to me, spend practically
all my waking hours in the
kitchen, what with the meal plan /
ming Il plan my dinners week in
advance with plenty of help from
my recipe collection, preparing
and cleaning up afterWard. In
the line of general suggestions,
1 would like to offer these not
already mentioned. Make a hobby
of collecting inexpensive recipes
and suggestions and really try
ing them out and, of course, use
your imagination a good deal in
adopting the recipes. Some of the
best places I have found for in
expensive recipes are our own
RICH and Woman's Page, the
monthly magazine for sale at
chain grocery, "Woman's Day,
and the United States Department
of Agriculture publication. Money
Saving Main Dishes" My copy
says: Issued by Office for Food
and Feed Conservation. United
States Department of Agriculture,
Washington Is, D. c., and I imag-