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How Children Grow

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Chart Measures

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Youngsters’ Growth

RIGHT TRACK —The girl being measured is traveling righ

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t down her

"BI pattern." But only one of the four patterns of child growth represented by graphs in the right background is correct. First line on left is too rapid: second is normal: third ‘is slow, and fourth is dwarfed.

~ . ” Ry NEA Servies CLEVELAND, Sept. 30.—An inexpensive grid chart pay make the present generation of Amerjean children (and their children after them) bigger, healthier and brighter The U. 8 state of its national health when millions of American men and boys had to be rejected by draft boards during the war. There has been little or no improvement since, Today, 13,000,000 of the nation’s 40,000,000 children are falling to grow properly, according to J. D. Ratcliff, writing in the current Bcience Illustrated. Growth, he says, is the most sensitive indicator of body health, Those 13,000,000 are not necessarfly slum children. They come from all strata of soclety and every section of the ceuntry. Dr. Norman C. Wetzel, Clevelarid child spécialist, developed

_the grid chart after years of re-

search on growth patterns. It is published and distributed by NEA Service, ~" » » AFTER graduation from med! cal school and post-graduate work in London, Berlin and Vienna, Dr. Wetzel returned home to teach pediatrics at Western Reserve Medical college. He found, however, that he and all other doctors knew little about the growth of children. He knew all about the “average” child. that a chunky child of stocky parents could be healthy and

learned the sorry | ‘

But he also knew |

still not approximate the aver-

age child's measurements, And, by the same token, a child that fell right in with his national average might be underweight and his growth stunted Dr, Wetzel studied growth patterns In cells, animals and children He measured thousands and plotted the results, But he found that, because he was a physician and not a mathematician, he couldn't adequately interpret the results: 80 he sat up night after night teaching himself ‘calculus,

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' i ry bs LL UAE A BENEFACTOR-—Dr. Norman C. Waetzel's super arithmetic

will benefit generations.of chil dren.

into nine general body types, from very fat to very thin, and that each of these nine has its

own pattern of growth, its own |

schedule, Each child stays in its own channel until illness or some other factor intervenes. Dr. Wetzel labeled the channels on his chart with A for the ones on the fat side, M for the average and B for the thin.

Among adults A2's are star ath- | like Bob Feller and Joe |

letes Louis. A4's are weight-lifters, the shot-put men; A3's the heavy linesmen on football teams; Al's the backfield stars. Tennis players and high jum-< pers usually fall in the thinner Bl's, the thin man at the circus well over into B4's. Miss Americas are M-Bl's; professional models,

| because clothes hang better on a

har- |

monic analysis and othér super

arithmetic. Then he went back to measuring chiliren, He discovered that children fall

Teen Topics— Now, About That Job...

By SALLY AN AFTER-SCHOOL job can be a handy thing. It keeps you out of trouble and in funds

But, before you plan a spot of stenography or clerking, a Jag of lawn-mowing or babysitting, consider this: Will it interfere with vour school work or with vour family's plans? Maybe a job will. steal too much of your study time. How about home - chores? Outside work may make you shirk your family duties. ¥ ” ” ” IF EVERYTHING'S 0. k and

you decide to take a job, do it

right, pal. Don't expect special favors because you're young. Give a full hour's work for an hour's pay Learn to take ore ders without sulking Last but not least, take pride in doing jour job well You

won't get a diploma from your boss, but your grades will be re membered. record will stand by vou in the years to come. A poor one will haunt you, believe me!

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thin frame, B1-B2. He found that the growth pat terns which produce these adult results are determined when the embryo life is no bigger than a pea. As long as an individual remains healthy he” stays in the channel in which he was born;

- ~ n Thus, with Dr. Wetzel's grid | charts, it Is possible to forecast

| that a

normal

with astonishing accuracy the

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| NEW YORK, Sept. 30.—THere is| “iis grave concern these days about our) children. age center not so long ago where id | youngsters were running a show of their own and seemed to be happy in doing so, I received a horrified!

Eo My Day—

‘U.S. Can Do |Herbs From Summer's

Even Better

By Children’

_ Congern Might Cut Delinquency Rate By ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

When 1 praised a teen-

| letter of protest,

It came from someone who must

tJ be living back in the dark ages)

{when entertainment of any kind]

V 'was considered sinful, and when

\children, girls especially, were| {chaperoned from morning till night! | These teen-age centers, in ac-

{tuality, are among the things that many of our educators feel have contributed

largely to helping us|

.icut down juvenile delinquency.

Here in New York there is an|

organization, headed by Mrs. Da-

vid M. Levy, which is concerned wns primarily with small children and with. schools from through high school.

nursery grade

Recently this committee . held a

meeting to discuss problems per-| taining to public schools in New| York. Ordinarily I would say that)

our

schools everywhere in this)

country need many improvements

same difficulties. % size and build today's five-year" Some Things Needed ia

varying, of course, with the 1o- | ality, but basically meeting the)

old will have 15 years from now. For Our Children

But the grid charts perform a far more important function: Using any child's height, Weight and age, the charts can tell in a

month or two of checking when |

normal growth is interrupted.

When a child wanders from its

growth pattern mean glandular trouble, malnutrition, tooth trouble or dozens of other things that affect growth pattern,

it may |

But I am almost afraid, in view f some of the things that have

been said during the past few days) in my committee at the U. N., to| acknowledge that anything in the] United States needs improvement!

Every speaker has insisted that

institutions in his own country are) well-nigh perfect, or at least have been improving with astonishing! ped.

I think the United States has

been broken, a physician can o ud n EACH grid chart is a continuous record of a single child which

constantly compares the

{our more quickly “detect hidden lis. {a chers: better training and pay| method to for our ents

against himself and does not try | to force a comparison with a schools can profit much from what national average. The charts are (was learned during the war by those who tried to help our serve icemen improve their level of eduIn schools where they now are cation. The school health program| should he watched with great care. |

so simple a child can keep his own record,

being used, school physicians can

tell whether each individual child is growing normally. Those that are, need not concern the doctor. He can concen-

trate on the ones the charts show (idly.

are in trouble, even if they don't realise it. In one case, the charts revealed 12-year-old had been falling steadily behind his pattern

since he was 6. The doctor dis- | covered diabetes which had not |

before been suspected.

Treatment for diabetes started normal | he nearly |

the boy back in his growth pattern and doubled his weight and grew seven inches in the next 13 months. . The growth channel of another youngster was determined while he was recovering from a serious

illness and he was fed 3500 calories a day while still bedridden. ‘This mainfained his

growth as he recovered.

Today, a number of medical in- |

stitutions like the Ford hospital in Detroit and several systems have adopted the grid charts. The cost, over the growing-up period of a child's life, comes to about 1-cewnt a year.

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CUSTARDY SQUASH (For Wednesday luncheon) PERS ! c. mashed squash (winter) ¢. rich milk or thin cream thsp. fine dry bread crumbs Salt and pepper caraway seed if desired) OR 1 to 2 tbsps. sherry Chives or parsley, chopped Beat eggs and stir well into the

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3 tsp

squash. Then stir in milk and crumbs. Add salt and pepper-to taste, If caraway flavor is desired, crush seed lightly before

adding and add gradually, tasting to determine when suits family requirements, If sherry is preferred, add it gradually, tasting as: you add. Turn into buttered nine-inch

flavor

glass pie plate or a shell or glass |

dish of similar capacity. a moderate oven (375 degrees Fahrenheit) until top is browned

Bake in |

and custard is set. (Test by in- | serting knife in center. If it comes out clean, custard has

cooked sufficiently.) Serves four to five. ~ . - APPLE BUTTER (For Thursday luncheon) | 1 gal. sliced apples 3 qts. cider 6 c. sugar 15 tsp. salt | 1 stick cinnamon 1 tsp. whole cloves 12 tsp. cassia buds Select only firm, tart, just ripe apples, Pare thinly, Cut in quarters, core and slice thin. Measure firmly packed, turn into preserving kettle, add cider, cover and cook until apples are soft (about 45 minutes), shaking pan | occasionally to prevent sticking,

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Put apples food mill. Stir in sugar and salt. Turn into flat roasting pan and place in .a moderately slow oven (325 degrees Fahrenheit). Cook

until thickened and butter has a

brilliant, reddish brown cast. Tie spices loosely in a cheese cloth bag, put into apple butter the last half hour of cooking. Stir frequently, When done, remove

school |

through sieve or |

spice bag, pour into hot sterilized *

Jars, filling to within one quartér inch of the top. Have paraffin melted and cover butter. Seal with sterile lids.

vr ” ” BANANA PUDDING (For Friday dinner) 1 tbsp. butter 1 tbsp. flour 1% c. milk J eggs 1 c. sugar va i tsp. salt 13 tsp. vanilla 6 ripe bananas 1 1b. vanilla wafers or macaroons Melt butter in saucepan, blend in flour, then add milk slowly and stir constantly until mixture boils and thickens. Beat eggs, add

children. We need better]

teachers, We need par-

who are

closer to the teachers swith whom

child their children spend so much time.

Strange though it may seem our|

If all these things could be done!

—and done all over our country, I

think

our juvenile delinquency

problem would decrease very rap-

Sis or Bub

By SUE BURNETT What could be simpler or more practical than these play togs for tiny tots! The outfit features a gay jacket and overalls combination for brother or sis—plus a pert suspender skirt. The jacket can have short or long sleeves, Simple to make, Pattern 8238 is designed for sizes 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 years. Size

|~3, jacket, 1% yards of 35 or 39-

| sugar, then pour hot sauce over |

egr-sugar mixture, stirring slowly.

Return to heat and cook two |

minutes stantly. salt and vanilla. Put a layer of

lgnger, stirring con-

inch; overalls, 1% 1 yard For this pattern, send 25 cents, in coins, your name, address, size desired, and the pattern number to Sue Burnett, The Indianapolis Times Pattern Service, 214 W. Maryland st., Indianapolis 9. It's ready now--the new fall and ‘winter Fashion. Fifty-two pages of color, style, sewable clothes. Free pattern printed in book-—25 cents.

yards; skirt,

rectangular glass baking dish, then a layer of sliced bananas and custard until all are used. Cover and let stand in refrig-

| erator three hours. Serve sliced

Remove from heat, add |

broken wafers-in a square or |

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES _ \Gardening— =

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By MARGUERITE SMITH * INSOMNIACS, HERE'S YOUR prescription for pleasant dreams! Mrs. PF. E. Artist, 4250 E. 34th st., took time out the other day from winning an additional dozen or so of garden prizes to give me some pointers on herbs for winter use, Among them, she says, “A cup of hot mint tea at bedtime is not only a tonic, but how it makes you sleep! I brew it’ she went on, “just as you would any other tea. Add sugar and lemon if you want it, We like salty crackers with it, too.” To dry mint (or any other herb -~parsley, basil, savory, for example) so that it retains its fresh green color, Mrs. Artist plunges the freshly cut leaves into salt water (about a teaspoon to a quart). “I let it stand about half an hour, then drain the leaves in a towel, and put them in a slightly warm oven to dry slowly.” Using ‘the same method she dries a mixture of home-raised vegetables for quick addition to winter soups and stews, This mixture may include carrots, onions, peppers, celery, parsley and any other herbs you fancy She gathers her own fresh tarragon to make tarragon vinegar, that delight of epicures. The tar-

ragon goes into-a jar of vinegar |

along with home-raised garlic, chives, a small onion and sometimes a plece of horseradish root. “Just let it stand a while, It's ready in no time to use in making mayonnaise or however you want

| » to use vinegar.”

Even the vinegar is a home product, made from the apples Mr. Artist raises as one of his garden specialties along with giant dahlias, roses and small fruits. Mrs. Artist, “can be practically a farm if you manage it well.” ~ ” » THEN although it's a little late to suggest saving rose leaves, I can't pass over the really elegant potpourri Mrs. Artist makes from dried herbs. - “Rose leaves are the base of most potpourris,” Mrs, Artist said, “but you can apply this same whatever scented leaves you can gather before frost

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Garden Se

LOTS OF HERBS—Pride of the garden for Mrs. F. E. Artist, 4250 E. 34th st., is the wide variety of herbs she grows,

—lavender mint, true lavender, rose geranium, camphor and lemon balm and bergamot. I layer the freshly gathered leaves with salt, about a heaping teaspoon to a plate full of material. “There's more danger in using too little salt than too much. for you want plenty of moisture to be drawn from the leaves. I dry the mixture slowly, stirring it often enough so it doesn't mildew. While it is still moist I add the spices. I use powdered cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg in mine. “I never throw out old potpourri,” she said .as she let me sniff the seven-year-old mixture she keeps in an antique jewel box on her dressing table. “All you

need to do to freshen it is stir it up and add a little fresh material. Sontetimes just stirring the matted petals will be enough. This particular potpourri has never had fresh material added. “I don’t have much extra time so I make sachets by a quick method, I cut circles of brightly colored thin material with my pinking shears, put a dab of the dried mixture on each one and

tie it at the top with bits of rib- |

bon.

Mrs. Artist's herb garden includes some of the more tender perennial herbs such as true English lavender which needs protection during our winters: So the whole little garden of oddly

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rove Variety of Uses |

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scented plants—germander, cumin and Lad’s love; agrimony, burnet and Culver’s physic; rue, skirret, and Colt's foot—all go to bed under a blanket of straw before really cold weather arrives. » » » SAID a gardener the other day, “My pepper plants are hanging full of little peppers and still have a lot of blossoms. If frost comes early I won't have a pepper to can.”

Perhaps some of you have ale |

ready lost tender plants in the after-hurricane cold spell. If not, and you want to prolong this shortest of summers, pick out your still producing peppers and especially a few good tomato plants, Then get ready an old sheet or burlap bags or a blanket. When the temperature sags, cover whole plants or sections of row. For we always have good warm days after the first light frosts. If you spend a few minutes on chilly evenings you can pick vine« ripened tomatoes offen into late: November. And they'll taste a lot better than those you pick to ripen indoors. » Ld ” REMINDERS on houseplants going indoors: Pot geraniums in a heavy soil mixture. Ferns wand just the opposite—loose peaty woodsy dirt. Begonias like sand

and peat added to their potting soil.

For amaryllis add a tablespoon of bone meal to each pot, set the bulb only half way into the soil, Take in slips of coleus to root in water, pot them up later if you're rushed for time now.

Examine carefully every plant you take indoors, to see it's free from disease and insects, especiale ly mealy bug. These white cote tony pests that live on fleshy stemmed plants, once inside, can multiply to ruin a whole plant window.

Michigan Trip Mr. and Mrs. Duncan W. Maoe donald, 1011 Tecumseh st., have ree turned from a two-weeks’' stay af the Straits of Mackinac and Mackie nac island, Michigan.

IN INDIANA

® Enough new facilities will be added to the Indiana Bell system by the middle of next year to provide ser-

vice for 50,000 new telephones. This is part of our

$50,000,000 program to extend and improve your

telephone service.

Long-awaited new facilities are now arriying in

greater and greater qiantities and we’re hurrying their

installation all over Indiana.”

Equipment installations to be completed during the coming months should provide enough facilities in

most communities to care for all who are now waiting,

plus a large share of the new applications we expect

to receive during that period.

We shall continue to do our utmost to bring tele.

phones to all who want them . .'. and to provide better

. INDIANA BELL

service than Indiana has ever had before..

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