Evening star., 1950-10-12
Readers
Clearing House
Conducted by BETSY CASWELL
TRIP TO CALIFORNIA


For Mrs. D. j. A., Alexandria:
In regard to your auto trip to
Southern California, would like
to offer some advice.
We spent some time out there
two years ago in June living in
Monterey most of the time. You
didn't mention where you were
going but any coast town or city
may be damp and foggy some of
the time. I wore shorts in thet
day time, but the nights were so
chilly that I sometimes wore a
suit and coat both. Friends have
told me that in San Diego they
had to wear their fur coats at
night in the middle Of the sum-
mer. Nevertheless, I have trav-
eled all over the States and Can
ada and have yet to find a place
as wonderful as California. The
most friendly people in the world
live there.
Am hoping I can help you in
regard to your children as we
have just returned from Mime
sofa with a five months old baby.
Upon her pediatrician's advice, I
prepared her formula as follows:
Boil the water twenty minutes
and put proportionate amount
in bottles. Seal them and then
while you are travelling you can
add the correct amount of dextro
maltese and milk. Your having
an ice box will aid you very much
with the baby's food. We man
aged without one.
We were in very much Of a
hurry so fed the baby while driv-
ing to save time. To mix her pre-
pared cereal I used discarded pea
nut butter jars with a large
mouth. I also stored enough
cereal in another one to last for
the trip, thus saving space.
If you don't already have one,
would advise you to buy bottle
warmer. They are sold at the
local mail order house and can
be found in the auto accessories"
department. We couldn't have
travelled without one.
kept medium sized suitcase
right in the front seat with me,
or rather by my feet where it was
handy but out Of the way. In it
I had:
1.-The baby's bottles of water.
canned milk and dextro maltese.
Baby foods and your own
spoons for feeding baby.
3-Prepared baby cereal and ex-
ira jar for mixing it.
Extra shirts, playsuits, over
alls, etc.
5-Some clean cloths for wiping
up any spilled foods, etc.
6-In a plastic bag, keep a
damp wash cloth. It's so handy
for sticky fingers and faces. n
used mine dozens of times.
We used the baby's mattress
which covered the backseat of the
car and baby never knew she left
home. OF course, you can't very
well use that for the 3-year-old.
Be thankful if your children eat
less than usual. 1t keeps them
from getting car sick.
For travelling, you will need both
heavy and lightweight clothes. The
mountains are very cool while the
desert is terrific. Wear blouses.
then you merely add a sweater
when it is cool. Temperatures vary
so much that the children may
wear sunsuits one day and heavy
clothes the next. You will need
both kinds on the coast, I can
assure you.
If you travel via Salt Lake City,
be sure you travel on the salt flats
at night. It was los degrees dur
ing the day when we travelled
through there.
If you have any further ques-
tions I will be glad to answer them.
Write to me through RICH.
BLACKBOARD.
From Mrs B. S., Washington
In answer to Mrs. j. M. E.,
Washington, regarding i, a slate
blackboard. We, too, hunted for
a long time to find one large
enough, but last week found one
at the large department store at
the corner of F street and Seventh
street NV.
From Mrs. E. F. S., Washington
For Mrs. j. M. E., Washington:
This suggestion may not be of help
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