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REST IS AS NECESSARY FOR THE GROWING YOUNGSTER AS PLAY AND EXERCISE
Pastimes for Each Child Must Be
Chosen According to Needs
And Temperament
By MARTHA WINSLOW
The question of exercise for the child must be decided
•n hie individual needs.
The thin, nervous child needs to be held down. He should
be given toys that will keep him quiet part of the time and
not encourage him to romp and play too vigorously.
On the other hand the slow,
heavy child needs to be urged
to do more. He may prefer
spending the hours he should
be out romping in the sunshine
indoors, with his books or toys.
Too Strenuous
He is not “lazy” but he lacks
the pep that keeps the more
highly strung child on the go
from morning until night.
In a large family the very
small child may be Inclined to
overdo in his desire to keep up
with his older and stronger
brothers and sisters.
He should be given an oppor
tunity to play more frequently
with children of his own age
and strength.
The average healthy young
ster will need very little encour
agement to play. And seldom
will he admit that he is tired.
Beware Fatigue
He will be more likely to
show fatigue by becoming cross
and irritable than by wanting
to slow up or lie down.
Mothers should be on the
alert to catch signs of fatigue.
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The irritable youngster who
runs and romps too strenuously
should be encouraged to play
quietly even when out of doors.
His mother should, if she finds
it difficult to interest him in
less active play, Join him out
doors for a half hour or so and
read to him or tell him stories.
Anything that will mean a break
in his running, screaming and
Jumping.
Particular Needs
Much harm can be done the
growing child by too much ex
ercise or the unwise use of mus
cles.
Every mother wants her child
to develop a well balanced,
healthy strong body, and this
can be done only if he has the
exercise and rest suited to his
own particular needs.
Rest is as necessary to
strength as exercise.
Let the child use his larger
muscles as much as he will but
do not try to train his smaller
muscles until these larger ones
have grown strong and skillful.
Child Health
Questions
WANTS CHANGE
Question —My child has grown
tired of orange juice and
oranges. He used to eat them
gladly but now he objects.
MRS. K. L.
Answer—Try tomato juice. It
contains the same food elements
and the child will enjoy the
change.
FLAT PILLOW
Question — Should a child
sleep with a pillow? My baby
likes one but I have heard they
make children round shouldered.
MRS. G. F.
Answer —Let him have a flat
hair pillow. It is better for a
child to sleep without a pillow
but if he insists upon one let
him have a small one.
NEEDS PLAYMATES
Question — When should a
child begin playing with other
children? MRS. F. D.
Answer —By the time he is
two years old. The earlier the
better, of course, but he really
needs companions of his own
age beginning with that period.
BITES FINGERNAILS
Question —My little girl, age
9, bites her finger nails. How
can I break her of the habit?
MRS. F. D.
Answer—By making her want
to overcome the habit. Pun
ishment will have little effect.
Cut her nails short and keep
them Immaculate. If you teach
a child to. notice well-kept
hands and nails they will take
pride in their own.
Martha Winslow is prepared
to assist in solving your child’s
problems—physical or psycho
logical.
Send self-addressed, stamped
envelope to her, care of The
Washington T’mes. 1317 H St.
Rain Protectors Are
Serviceable
And Gay
By VICTORIA GAINES
Special Correspondent of The W«ih.
Inrton Times in New York,
America's Style Center
NEW YORK, Jan. 26.—One
of the best ways of providing
for that well known rainy day
is a smart, serviceable rainy
day outfit.
Banks may fail and bonds
may pass their dividends, but
a really good raincoat is a
never-failing safeguard, both
fashionably and financially
speaking.
Ensemble
Raincoats in this case include
the complete ensemble coat, hat
and umbrella—for a dull day
Is no excuse for a dull costume
this season.
No spring shower can dampen
the spirit of a girl who is wear
ing one of the new checked or
dotted coats, with hat and um
brella to match, in blue, brown
or black with white. And we
defy the gloomiest day to with
stand a gay get-up like this—
a red and white plaid cape
coat with a beret and ruberella
in plain red. Rubbdrellas, you
know, are those clever umbrellas
with room for your rubbers in
the handle.
There’s a cute outfit for the
collegienne, too, in slicker style,
but made of rubberized silk in
stead of the traditional oilskins.
It includes a sea-going coat and
sou’wester hat of yellow silk—
and here’s the surprise—both
have contrasting colored linings
of blue!
Bright Side
This business of turning a
bright side to a dark world is
carried out in innumerable
color combinations —red and
blue, blue and gold, green and
orange, as well as the more
conventional white, beige or
black.
One clever coat that features
the popular cowl hood—this is
strictly for 16-year-olds or
younger!--combines both types
in a demure white exterior with
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a bold blue-and-red checked
lining for the coat and cowl.
Wet Weather Fabric
If you’ve ever struggled,
during a summer shower, with
the problem of getting soaked
or sweltering in a hot, heavy
raincoat, there’s good news for
you in a new waterproof fabric.
It’s an Oriental silk, thin as
tissue peper, yet so treated that
it is as water-resistant as the
toughest tweeds. And its lus
trous, pearly finish will make
it popular in fair weather, too,
for beach and golf wear.
Besides this new wet-weather
fabric, the goold old stand-bys
are still with us this spring—
rubberized crepes, rubberized
* cottons and the cravenetted
tweeds.
Household
Hints
Pour or Drop
When a batter is made of
equal measures or parts of
flour and liquid, it may be
poured from the dish in a con
tinuous stream, and is known
as a thin or pour batter. When
it is made of one measure of
liquid to two measures of flour,
it breaks while being turned
from a dish and is known as
a or drop batter.
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VIVID TONES and gay stripes are two new fashion
contributions from Mexico. Both are found in this smart
printed frock.
Rust, red or blue predominates, apd the arrangement
of the stripes is interesting. This frock is in misses’
sizes. For more information call Wilma Laville.
Slender and Shapely Ankles May
Be Secured by Exercising
And Dancing
By LISA DUMONT
We have just learned of some fine exercises for giving
the legs and ankles a symmetrical appearance—and every
woman in the world knows that trim and shapely legs and
ankles are even more than a distinct asset to her beauty.
Try this form of muscle play: '<
Start from a “crouchng” posi
tion, sitting on your heels with
your arms folded across your
chest (you have seen Russian
dancers do it). Slowly rise to
your tiptoes and then drop back
to the original position.
Don’t Overdo
Five times will be a plenty
the first day. If you do it more
your leg muscles will feel very
stiff. Later you may increase
the number of times you do it.
If your balance is not good
at first, try holding on to the
back of a chair. As you gain
muscle control you may go a
step farther; while you are
crouched on your heels try
thrusting forward first one foot
and then the other, with a little
hop in between. You may get
a tumble now and then if you
are not careful, but it is good
fun and will bring results.
Dancing
A slower way to trim down
the ankles and make the calves
more shapely is this: Stand
erect in your stocking feet, arms
down at the sides, and slowly
lift up and down five times on
your toes without moving your
arms. This is good for lifting
and strengthening the arches, .
too.
These exercises are more or
less in the line of work. But
there is something under the
heading of pleasure which is a
great help and that is danc
ing.
There is nothing like dancing
for slimming down fatted calves
and ankles, or rounding out
thin ones. If you can’t dance
to soft music with your friends,
don’t let that stop you; turn
on the radio or hum to yourself
while you improve a few gay
steps by yourself.
Shun Elevator
Did you know that walking
upstairs or around the house
on tiptoes while going about
your regular household duties
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is likewise a most effective leg
and ankle beautifier.
If you work in an office,
walk up and down a flight or
two whenever possible, instead
of taking the elevator. Take
10 minutes out every night and
morning to walk back and
forth part of the way to work
’ Instead of riding. This is fine
for pepping up soft, lazy leg
muscles, and, Incidentally, bring
ing the roses back to your
cheeks.
Fur for Lining
One very smart society matron
wears a dashing evening cape of
black velvet lined with snowy
ermine. For day wear there are
cloth or woolen capes lined with
seal or nutria.
TA« National Daily
Select Spring Prints With Care,
Considering Figure
And Coloring
* By WILMA LAVILLE
Printa are one of the fashions you must think about be
fore you indulge in them.
If you’re young and slim you can wear any of them,
most likely. But if you’re neither, you must choose your
patterns with care.
No matter what your figure, thinking and planning will
make your printed frocks twice as effective.
There are many type designs '
that are smart this year, ranging
all the way from the tiniest
checks and conventional pat
terns, to big flowery splashes
full of color and life.
The general system is to use
the small prints for daytime,
the larger flowery designs for
evening, but this is not a rille.
For a Slender Look
The woman of larger propor
tions has the greatest difficulty
in finding the right prints,
though it is by no means impos
sible to find printed dresses that
make her look slim and small.
If a large pattern is used, it
should be broken by pleats or
tucks, or should have something
like a stripe that goes up and
down, to take away a wide lode.
Small Figure* Best
Small geometric figures may
have a slender look, if they’re
treated right. Tiny figures of al
most any kind are usually slen
derizing.
Black and white or navy and
white are usually not obstrusive,
though you can find designs
with a good deal of color in
them, which are likewise slim
looking.
Mexico Sends Stripes
Mexican colors, wide or nar
now plaids or stripes, big de
signs, these are all the privil
ege of the slender person, and
Homemaker Outlines an Easy Plan
By NANCY CAREY
Let’s be easy with this week-end planning. True, Sunday
dinner is the big meal of the week, hut it can still be the
big meal and be simple.
I’m still a bit weary after all that Christmas and New Year
cooking and I fancy you may feel the same way.
Anyhow, roast beef sounds <
good to me for Sunday, since
it can be popped into the oven
—a hot one—and just cook
Itself. And —oh, well, I sup-
pose a touch of Yorkshire pud
ding won’t be amiss served with
the roast beef.
1 give in, one way or another,
no matter what happens. And
here I am with a trimmin’ on
the roast beef, to say nothing
of the fact th&t a cake is
about to be suggested for Sat
urday’s supper. A surprise cake
made with soup, if you please.
But now to the menus, for
we’ve lots to do today.
Saturday’s Supper
Braised Frankfurters
Baked Beans
Stewed Tomatoes with Onions
Old-fashioned Muffins
Apricot Whip
Surprise Cake
Coffee
Sunday’s Dinner
Cream of Tomato Soup
Celery Hearts Olives
Roast Rib Roast of Beef
Yorkshire Pudding
Mashed Potatoes
Shredded String Beans
. Endive with French Dressing
Maple Pudding
Cake Squares
Coffee
Our baked beans may, to be
sure, be purchased in a can
and very easily served at the
last moment, but in case any
one wishes to make them at
home, here’s a recipe which is
sure fire and was given us by
a column friend:
Boston Baked Beans
2 cupfuls California pea beans
1 tablespoonful salt '
1 pound salt pork—cut in two
pieces
1 cupful molasses
• */ 2 teaspoonful dry mustard
Soak the beans overnight in
cold water. Drain well and
cook in fresh water, to which
the salt has been added, for
about two hours. Put one
piece of the salt pork in the
bottom of the bean pot, add
the beans which have been
drained and place the second
piece of pork on top of them,
nestling it down into them well.
• Add the molasses and mus
tard to the water in which the
beans were boiled and pour it
over all, reserving enough
liquid for two bastings during
the baking. Bake for eight
hours in a moderate oven.
Apricot Whip
2 egg whites.
1 cupful powdered sugar.
1 tablespoonful lemon juice.
iy 2 cupfuls apricot puree.
Dash of salt.
Beat the egg whites until
stiff and add the sugar, salt
and lemon Juice. Beat well
with rotary egg beater. Add
the apricot puree, beat again
and serve in parfait glasses
garnished with whipped cream
and maraschino cherries.
The puree of apricot is made
by soaking the dried apricots,
simmering them until tender
and then passing them through
a sieve.
Old-Fashioned Muffins
iVa cujtfuls flour.
For Main Week-End Menus
FRIDAY—JANUARY 15—1934
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they’re all extremely smart this
year.
* Patterns may be used pretty
much as you please, though of
course, some will be more be
coming than others.
Larger Women
We’ve photographed two smart
dresses which are very decided
ly suggested for certain peo
ple. The geometric design
you see is in taupe and white,
and the dress is in women’s
sizes. You can see how slim
it looks, however.
The waistcoat blouse is good,
and the wide revers break the
plainness. This dress comes In
sizes 36 to 42, is 116.95, and
also is available in navy and
white.
Slender Types
The striped dress shows the
new use of Mexican colon, and
it comes in three choices, with
red, rust or blue predomina
ting.
The stripes running in va
rious ways make it interesting,
but it can only be worn by
a fairly slim person. It comes in
sizes 14 to 20, is 110.95, and the
bow on the shoulder is of cire
ribbon.
For the name of the store
showing these dresses, call Dis
trict 5260, extension 199, or
write, enclosing self-addressed,
stamped envelope.
3 teaspoonfuls butter, melted.
2 eggs.
’/ 2 cupful milk.
2 teaspoonfuls baking powder,
teaspoonful salt.
Sift the dry ingredients to
gether. Add the butter, the
well-beaten eggs, then the milk
and stir well. Heat a griddle
(the old-fashioned recipe calls
for a soapstone griddle!) and
put muffin rings on it. W’hen
very hot pour in the mixtures
and bake for five minutes.
Serve hot.
Surprise Cake
2 tablespoonfuls shortening.
1 cupful sugar.
2 cupfuls flour.
1 teaspoonful baking powder.
1 teaspoonful cinnamon.
’/ 2 teaspoonful cloves, ground.
y 2 teaspoonful nutmeg.
1 teaspoonful baking soda.
1 can tomato soup.
1 cupful raisins.
Cream the shortening and
gradually add the sugar.- Add
the tomato soup with the baking
soda dissolved in it. Then add
the flour, baking powder and
spices, sifted together. Flour the
raisins and add to the mixture.
Beat well and bake in loaf tin
in a moderate oven. Cake may
be iced if desired. This cake im
proves with aging for several
days.
Yorkshire Pudding
2 eggs.
l'/ 4 cupfuls milk.
1 cupful flour.
y 4 teaspoonful salt.
Mix salt and flour. Add the
milk slowly, mixing until
smooth, and then the eggs. Beat
for two minutes with a rotary
egg beater. Place drippings from
roast in bottom of two hot bread
pans or in muffin tins and pour
batter into a depth of a half
inch.
Bake in a hot oven for from
20 to 30 minutes, decreasing the
heat gradually. The pudding
should be crisp and light. If
desired it may be baked in the
roasting pan in which the meat
was cooked.
. Maple Pudding
2 eggs.
1 quart milk.
Yt cupful sugar.
*/ 2 cupful maple sirup.
2 tablespoonfuls cornstarch.
Pinch of salt.
Beat the eggs and dissolve
cornstarch in a half cupful of
milk.. Add to the eggs with the
rest of the ingredients in order
given. Cook in a double boiler
until the mixture thickens. Serve
cold in stemmed glasses with
plain or whipped cream or with
a partially cooked maple fudge
which has been stirred until the
consistency of a thin sauce.
Sea Shell Motif
Sea shells have been the in
spiration for some of the smart
Southern resort evening shoes.
The shell surface is suggested by
mottled satin and the shoe, in
pale green with soft shell pink,
is available in either sandals or
pumps. Tiny gold shells are
used as trimming.
Sea shells have been the in
spiration for some of the smart
Southern resort evening shoes.
The shell surface is suggested by
mottled satin and the shoe, in
pale green with soft shell pink,
is available in either sandals or
pumps. Tiny gold shells are
used as trimming.
SLENDERIZING DESIGN
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THE LARGER WOMAN can wear this dress well, for
the geometric pattern in taupe and white has a very
slimming effect.
The waistcoat bodice is in taupe material. This dress
comes in women’s sizes, and is also available in navy and
white. For more information, see Wilma Laville’s article
today.
Beauty Queries
And Answers
MACARONI
To prevent macaroni from
sticking to the pan in which it
is cooked, try placing your wire
basket in the kettle and put
ting the macaroni in that. You
can easily drain it this way
without removing the basket.
HORSERADISH SAUCE
A quick and easy way to make
horseradish sauce is by cream
ing one-fourth cup butter (4
level tablespoons) very light
and adding 4 tablespoons grated
horseradish, with one table
spoon of very thick cream and
one-half teaspoon tarragon vin
egar.
BANANAS AND CHOPS
A dish you’ll enjoy! Broil
lamb chops in the usual way.
At the same time dip quarters
of peeled green-tipped bananas
in beaten fgg and crumbs. Fry
in deep hot fat. Drain and
serve surrounded by chops gar
nished with parsley. Allow one
banana to one chop.
CHAPEAUX
Question: I wear glasses and
I’m also short. What type of
hat do you suggest for me to
wear?—C. N.
Answer: Since you wear
glasses, a tiny brimmed hat with
a not too shallow crown will
probably be most becoming to
you. If your glasses are rim
less, some brimless hats will be
attractive, particularly those
with an ornament built high on
the crown, as, naturally enough,
these will give the desired ef
fect of height.
Send Your Queries
If you have any beauty prob
lems to be solved, write to Liza
Diunont, The Washington Times,
1317 H St. N. W., enclosing self
addressed, stamped envelope,
and your questions will be
answered PERSONALLY.
Child’s Food
Chart Free
Your copy of the Food Chart,
compiled by the Children’s Bu
reau of the United States De
partment of Labor for The
Washington Times, will be sent
you upon receipt of three
cent stamp to cover postage.
The chart shows foods in
which are found the various
elements needed by the child
and the purposes for which they
are needed. It will be invain
able in planning their menu.
Address Martha Winslow,
care of The Washington Times.
Martha Winslow is prepared
to assist in solving your child’s
problems — physical or psycho
logical.
Send self-addressed, stamped
envelope to her, care of Thq
Washington Times, 1317 H St.
N. W.
The Rhyming
Optimist
To Sing Anew
Song must come welling
From out the heart,
There’s no compelling
Glad notes to start.
Lyrics must bubble
Like limpid streams,
No sigh to trouble
Their shining dreams.
No carols cover
A spirit’s moan,
Quick ears discover
Pain’s undertone.
So you, when bringing
Gladness again,
Set my lips singing
Their old refrain.
Yes, you have taught ma /
To sing anew,
Dear, since you brought SM
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