Evening star., 1953-06-23
| SUGGESTIONS AND QUERIES

AICef reading this wonderful
Clearing House for years, let
me say, never change it! The
variety has won me over even
to getting interested in African
violetS!
I have several questions to
ask but I'll start with a few
contributions first.
To the lady who long ago
asked about entertaining a
toddler: When my middle one
was little I had a few tricks
which I intend to use on my
young one One of the best
was, let him paint outdoors
with water. Plain water! Get a
small brush in the ten cent
store suitable for painting
chairs, etc., let him have a
sand pail or coffee can of
water (refill often or let him,
from a scrub paiD. He can
paint cement or wooden out
door furniture without harm
ing 1t and it satisfies that
messing with water urge. In
doors you could spread news
papers in the kitchen and give
him an old chair to paint.
Keep extra brushes for his or
her little friends. Like Mark
Twain's proverbial fence it at
tracts helpers.
Another idea is get at least
once a month a big cardboard
box (the kind that holds
toilet tisSue). cut small win
dow on one side for air and
just give it to him. What funr
My baby was seven months old
when first put one in his play
pen, lying it on its side so he
could weave in and out and
I let the older two children
Zone at a time) get in the pen
awhile with him to give him
the idea Of it. It won't hurt
the play pen and as long as
they are clean and shoeless
and old enough to be careful
it gives hours of happy laugh
ter and contentment.
Here are a few short house.
hold hints. !. Keep a waste
chart as they do in the Army.
For instance. If you have one
chop, one potato left. next
time make chat much less.
You can really save by watch
ing the garbage. We all feel
that we must set out a lot so
the children will eat enough.
That doesn't work most of the
time. Remember how good hot
dogs taste out at 20 or Is
cents apiece? So if a child
only wants one Lnop and we
/, out two and he pushes it (the
!. eXtra), around on his nlate
, End we throw it out or eat it
+ left,ver no one is satisfied.
Whereas if you give MIN one
less the day will come when
nell say. Nom, I want more,
you don't give me enough"
What a Joy to hear! How Cften
I myself have forced food that
I prepared over the amount
down when I wasn't actually
hungry so as to keep from
wasting it. The waste chart
eliminates this.
2. Get in the habit of using,
as directed, a good hospital
brand disinfectant in all your
cleaning. 1t doesn't harm
finishes as bleach would and
it cleans and combats germs.
I've felt we cut down on colds
and other minor but annoying
illnesses SO much by this rrac-
tice.
Now for some help from you!
I notice in the store windows
bedroom furniture that is
white but not glossy, sort of a
dull white, not modern in de-
sign and finished off with gold
drawer pulls. etc. We have a
chest not matching and I
would love to get that effect.
I have a hand electric sander
I'm anxious to use.
My children have an asth-
matte condition. One is aller-
gic to ragweed. We just moved
to the country and want to
know a weed killer to elimi-
nate it without killing off
everything else. Also. a good
method of killing off COM
pletely poison ivy in the back
area of our property. Any hints
or experiences on country
living will be appreciated.
Pumps, wells. water. care of
outdoor furniture, what to do
with all the kittens the cat
keeps having when you run
out of friends to give them to.
Has any one had any ex-
perience with glass panel heat
ing? Let me know the pros and
cons
would love to know the
words to two old songs. One
my mother used to sing to me
in the morning when I was
little, Lazy Mary will you
get up" The other was a
school poem song and part of
it went on this order:
The little boys asked the
girl for kiss and she said no
Then she said she would give
him a kiss when apples grew
on the lilac trees. In the morn
ing when she awoke she found
him tying apples on the lilac
tree.
C0-OP SCHOOLS.
IL. w. w., Springfield
Membership Chairma a n
! Helen Kimper of the AMMAN
I dale Cooperative Pre-school
indicates that applications are
being accepted for the waiting
lists for both nursery and
kindergarten groups for the
/ fall 1853 term. At present, en-
roQlment is full, but changed
plans sometimes create vacan-
cies near the beginning Of the