Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-03-25

sure looks nice when she's done.
To you women folk, I'd like to
say that l know you'll agree that
you're tired but happy when it's
all over, but then comes the nerve
wracking but ceaSeless task of try
ing to get your offspring to wipe
off their feet when they come in
! the house or to put away their
toys and hang up their clothes.
Did you read about the method
| that certain house wife used to
get her family to put their things
away? She had been to the hos
pital for major surgery, and her
! doctor told her when she arrived
home that she had to be very care
, full and not overdo. Since most of
the work of keeping house was
the picking up of the belongings
of her family, she told them that
hereafter if they left anything ly-
ing around the house, they'd find
it at the bottom of the basement
stairs.
The first week there was quite
an accumulation on the steps, her
teen-age daughter had left her
ironing on the ironing board for
day and half, and she found her
freshly ironed clothes on the floor
making it necessary for her to
wash them over. Her husband left
some business papers on the dining
room table, which he had to sal
wage from the heap She said it
took about a week to cure them,
and there we're occasional temper
flare-ups, too. I'll but there was, it
really takes nerve to try something
like that
Do you have a child in your
family who is going to have
birthday soon, and to whom you
have promised a birthday party?
Maybe you've been wracking your
brain to think of games the child
rem can play that won't make your
house look as though a tornado
has gone through it. Our Joyce
had a party year ago this month
and the little girls seemed to get
a lot of enjoyment out Of tehse
activities: We started out by drop
ping 6 clothespins in a fruit jar.
Have the child sit on her knees on
chair, with her wrist resting on
the back of the chair. This gives
all of them an equal chance, their
hands are the same height from
the floor Next they we're given
a piece of paper and a pencil, and
were instructed to draw a picture
of Joyce, afterward she judged |
them, and prize was given to the !
child who had drawn the one she
picked.
Another game they enjoy is
tossing small candies into muffin /
pan placed a certain distance away.
Since it was springtime, we used |
jelly beans, but for a Halloween
party you could use candy corn
A prize goes to the youngster get
ting the most candies into the
little pans.
Another .dea you might like to
use is having the children line up
on each side of the living room
Taking turns, each one kneels on
the floor at one end of the room
and blows ping-pong ball across
the floor, the one blowing it the
farthest of course, gets a prize.
Today's Bit Of Nonsense:
In All summer camp, the boys
turned up neatly scrubbed, brush
ed, and shining for Sunday dinner. |
The polish soon wore off in horse
play and games, however. So be-
fore dinner the counselor remind
ed them of camp procedure and |
sent them to the Washrooom with !
the usual stern advice about kaSh-
ing hands and combing hair.
One small boy, among the last |
to return, passed inspection on
hands, but his hair was in violent
disarray and the counselor pointed |
out his omission.
I'm sure | combed it," the boy |
insisted. Then, pausing reflective
ly, he added: But there were so
many heads in that mirror l could |
have combed the wrong one"