South Bend News-Times, Volume 35, Number 90, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 31 March 1918 — Page 22

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TRAINING LITTLE CHILDREN (Suggestions for mothers r.ifl by the United states Bureau of Käu cation and the National Kindergarten Association.)

Consider Effects of Child's Action Upon Self and Others.

1y MISS ILAKKIITT IltANCKS CAItl'KXTKH-

It was suggested to a charming mother that the companionship of ct.her children would help prevent f f I: :shn -s.s in her only son. "Oh," i-ho said, "I won't allow him to hecome selfish. That I will prevent above everything else! A few days later this hoy was asked to give up the front sent in the auto I ' 'in who h a !o..k of sullen j mobile to a litt! visiting him. Wit U termination he refused. Tears hlbd tip- -y-s of the other little fellow who stood waiting in the r'ad, hut when the mother started the rar, as if to leave him, he jumped in. glad to take the hack seat rather than have no ride at all. Thi.s was good training1 for him, but what of the fjr.-t boy sitting in self.sh enjoyment of the prized place? His mother's naturally kind heart cauM-d htr to jue.stion what the had done. "I must see that ho takes the hack seat s--oiTietiri.es," .-he said tin-d-r her breath, with a serious look. J'ut the time to give him power v( r himself was then. She had lot t the opportunity pass, and with each p.4 pone -merit the struggle for un-si:i-h surrender would become more diihcult. "I want my child to loe me," protested a father, refusing to chffk wrongdoing in his son. And liter, when the test of love came, the child failed heraus" of a weak, selfish will. A mother, f-oling the .necessity of teaching her child to take care of his tos, was very sever? when she f.'imd that a playmate had broken some of them. "You should not have "allowed him to play with your tos!" she said reprovingly, not realizing that she was missing a splendid opportunity to rncourage the love that forgive freely. Could s.Kh an attitude he nd hered to without marring a child's 1 ih natter'.' If it had been, the other child's mother who had acted in such a manner, would she not have h.-en considered unkind? And if a great many mothers were like that, would it be well for the social w hole? Thoso( and many other questions a mother must ponder. Some things children do the must forbid altogether, as unproductive of good; .ctivities she will permit because of their value as steps in growth even though they annoy her. Yet she should not permit thom simply because the child likes to do tnem. "P.ecause little boys like to act liko monkeys is no -eason that they should act like monkeys-; monkeys arc only beast-: they are boys," remarks Kingshy. The wise mother carefully eliminates the coarse and debasing in pictures, choosing to set before her child ideals commensurate with trie serious mutter of living. An unwise mother gave her children a

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hook illustrated with grotesque caricatures of a little colored boy. .She also told them the story which was offensive to pood taste. "They like it," was her comment. "I wouldn't do without it for anything! Whenever they misbehave I can always control them with this book."

i control my tnii'jren wnn pi turts of chivalry," said anoth molhf,r -They like them bett "I control my children with picer y liKe them better than anything else; and no matter how restless they may be, they soon become manageable, 'trying to be knights. " It has been pointed out by I'roebel in his "Mother Play Book." that children grow along lines that are nade attractive to them. The tirst mother w a encouraging buffoonery and ridicule; the second, self-control and thoughtfulness for others. The first had failed to rise, as did the second, to spiritual motherhood; for the device of the moment satisfied her, simply because it was an easy form of entertainment. If you find this series of articles helpful to you, cut them out and pass them on to other mothers, and thus help l'nclt Sam in reaching all the mothers of the country. . I-1 f 1 1 I i . it. ami in v I)M). It is ti ne that we all realize tho country is at war. The railroads found themselves relieve of the management of their properties overnight. Prices have been Ret for food anil steel and coal. The draft is in full operation. It is no longer a question of patriotism In support"V ,n""niL' " 13 "alier of I'sloll,le, necessity. j n me souuers reruse to ngnt trie war is lost. If we at home refuse to buy bonds, the war is lost because the government will be unable to finance the operation. The man who refuses to buy bonds in this great crisis is in a class with the soldior who refuses to fight. what voru noxn wilt. do. The farmer who purchases a J 1,000 Liberty bond need not think he has not done anything toward directly providing the war department with the means to defeat the kaiser and his nrmies. When the war department gets $1,000 it has the funds wherewith to equip 25 soldiers and equip them with two rifles each. These 25 men may, by holding a shell hole or a section of a trench, decide a battle that will decide this war in our favor. Thrift and War Savings stamps to the amount of $24,023.7! have been sold by the North Manchester postoffice up to Feb. 27th. Spaces are added at the end of a row by chaining two and long treble in base of last bar: the secorA 5I,ac(, hy chaining two and long

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I. Yellow linen, bound with blue, sounds poetic, and it more than looks the part on this wide brimmed outing hat (upper left), designed for wear with a yellow sweater or a yellow gingham gown. Blue ribbon is tied around the crown. II. Hose leghorn in that lovely

CLEVER IDEAS IN LAMPS

She was a most attr.active person, this hoop-skirted lady, with the powdered hair, and she flaunted her ribbons and laces, with quaint ;race, on a most attractive dressing table. One might have expected her to dislike being a boudoir lamp, instead of serying purely In a decorative capacity, but even the story of how she was made at home not seem to daunt her. To. besin with, her head and shoulders were bought at a department store, where they are sohl already mounted on a wire frame about eiht inches high, and lltted to hold an electric H-;ht bulb. Thin pink silk formed the full skirt which covered this frame, and narrow lace ruching, the narrowest that can be bought, formed the little . lady's sleeves and her surplice bodice. The skirt was trimmed with alternate flounces of white lace, an inch and a half wide, edged with narrow pink satin ribbon, and flounces of the ruching. trimmed with bands of the drinty little ribbon flowers that may be bousht by the yard where trimmings are sold. At one side of the skirt, the flounces had been so draped that a pocket could be concealed beneath them, and in it a powder puff was tucked. When the lisht was turned on, there was a delightfully soft ;low' from beneath the skirts of the lady fair, justfying her claims to usefulness in these days of universal efficiency. Quite different, but qually unusual, was a lamp made by a woman who feels tha it is unwise to let new inventions be placed in old backgrounds. For example, she considers it lack of progress to convert large vase? or ornamental jars Into drop lishts, or to let such lights take the form of the old gas or oil lamps. Nearly everyone has c:me to realize that it is advisable to use several drop lights in a room, even to place one near each chair, rather than to let one larse light in the middle of the ceiling suthce; and. with but little ingenuity anyone may have unusual and original drop lights. An interesting lamp which carries out this woman's theory, is one whose foundation is made of two upright wooden bars, some 12 inches hih, across which is placed a flat bar whose end. pro.iect slight ly; this foundation is modeled on I the desi'-rn of the Japanese torrt. j which those familiar with Japanese scenery will recognize as resembling the shape of the Greek letter pi. From the two ends of the cross bar hung lantern-like shades of heavily glazed paper, tinted with peacock blue and gr ten. The lamp Is re-

Rose Leghorn and

Gray Straw Compose These Hats

shade which seems to satisfy the color sense in every one of us is the background (lower center) for a wreath of wool embroidery, wrought in shades of yellow, green and blue on a band of rose georgette satin. The hat is faced with the Fame lustrous satin. barkably ornament, gives good light, and is interesting because of the suggestion which it carries for newdevelopments in tho designing of drop lights. The use of parchmentlike paper, instead of glass, for shades is particularly good. A delightful little "over-night lamp" carries a world of good advice in its name "Write it down and go to sleep". And ajiy amateur electrician can make one, for one needs only a .small, round battery, a small electric light bulb, its cord and a tablet of paper and pencil. The heavy back of the tablet was covered with cretonne, for which ribbon could be effctively substituted, and the pencil tied to this tablet back. The battery and bulb were attached, placed on a small board, and the tablet also fastened to this board, which measured nine by six inches. With one's bedside table thus equipped, those fleeting reminders of what must be Jotted down when escape is out of the question, and the thoughtful hostess will welcome this addition to the equipment of her ,;ucst room. The charm of candle light has long been recognized, but the ancient oil lamp, dating from the days of Rome's sovereignty, is even more pfc-turesque than candlesticks. Some of these lamps are of brass, others of "silver or are nickel plated, the latter being imitations of the old lamps. A popular form is the pitcher-like shape, used by the Greeks; a later one is the tall, slender standard on which an oil bowl, with three or four spouts, is fastened. This is usually equipped with a chain bearing snuffers and pin- j cers, and a lamp of this type is nearlv alwavs made cf bra.es. While ! 1 orignals are extremely ditficult to obtain, one bometimes finds them in old curiosity shops or brass shops, and the design Is becoming more common nowaday?, since it is being much copied. While the decorative value of such lamps is appreciated by many people, comparatively few realize that a really beautiful light is given by them. Ordinary' wicks can be burned in them, the narrowest width being the proper or.e to use, and either cotton-seed or olive oil will burn well. When the wicks burn low, there will be an unpleasant odor unless a perfumed oil is combined with the corton-seed oil. a few drops being enough to give a j most pleasant scent. j A cert.ain woman, whose daugh- ! ter longed for a floor lamp for her dainty blue-and-white bedroom, recently made one which justified an old adage, to the efifect that some

III. Pale gray straw, faced with felt in the same shade, merges into the unusual lines of this picturesque hat (upper right), designed for wear with a dinner gown of gray georgette crepe. Lovely indeed is a hat which shows the sweep of the neck where it meets lovely shoulders.

women can "make whistles out of pigs' tails and make the whistles blow!" Feeling that it was inadvisable to buy a lloor lamp for the room in question, yet longing to see tho dainty bedroom complete, she rummaged about in a second-hand furniture store until she found a simple hat rack; one with a slender, rather graceful center rod, and but a few cross bars on which hats were supposed to be hung. All of these cross bars but one were sawed off, and the whole rack was then scrubbed, sandpapered and painted black. Touches of dull blue were added, and an enamel paint used on the black portions, tto give an appeararjee similar to that of lacquered furniture. From the two ends of the cross bar were hung silk Chinese, lanterns, the long, btraightedged ones; the cords for the electric lights were wound with black ribbon and brought cons-piouously 11 P the back of the lamp, and being fastened at the top with large, painted carpet tacks to hold them in place. These cords hung over each cross bar into the lantern, the bulbs being hung just below the lanterns' edges, and a most attractive and comparatively inexpensive floor lamp was the result, its coloring adding a decidedly effective touch to thw bedroom's blue and white. TRAVELING BOOK CASE A ANDY PIECE OF FURNITURE Of course, they would call it something eis in the shops, a less complicated and elongated name, but that is what it is, a piece of furniture for readers. Just imagine having a favorite book case, or rather, to put it more correctly, a case for your favorite books, that you could trundle around thev house, upstairs and down, indoors and out in summer and so have your particular book friends at hand, wherever you might be. This is just what you may buy these days, or make for yourself, if you are clever at simple carpentry. This traveling book case i3 built on the order of the dinner wagon, but is a few inches longer and more inches narrower than the former convenience. T? top shelf is hardly a ehelf at all, as it is made of two pieces of wcod, put together at right angles, the apex of the angle being in the middle of the shelf space and parallel with the two lower shelves which are perfectly straight, fiat, ordinary affairs. This sort of crib arrangement for the upper shelf makes it possible so to place the books that one may re-ad tho titles at a glance, without hain tj twist

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The average woman and her drees allowance havo been the subject cf much controversy, for as rapidly as tailors, modistes, and various women of prominence have advanced theories as to the proper amount of rnoney to be srent on a year's wearing apparel, and the relative value of style nr.d wear, others have put these theories to rout with new and more advanced ones. Perhaps the ditficulty lies in the fact that nobody wants' to pose as the averag? woman; most of us relegate such budgets to the waste basket with a feeling that they are quite suitable for almost anyone but ourselves. Under these circumstances, it is interesting to 3nd that one womai has planned what might be called an average wardrobe, rather than . wardrobe for the average woman. With but little adaptation, the same gown may be worn at either :v formal function or a "tailor mad. occasion;" and the years, with their varying styles, cannot bring down upon it the dread pronouncement, "out of style," since beauty, rather than conventional dressmaking, is the basis upon which this wardrobe is founded. To replace the custom of dressing much as every one else does, with the idea of wearing garments which are lovely because of line and coloring, rather than because of fashion, might seem to imply a tendency toward dress reform; but the designer of this practical set of costumes urges that she has always rejected such a tendency. She has merelj' tried to make clothes that are practical; clothes that are in fashion because they are beautiful, comfortable, and suited to all needs, and not garments that call forth comments from all beholders and make their wearers conspicuous. A one-piece dress, or slip, is the first thing mad?. It is not a slip at all, in the ordinary sense, but rather a draped dress, the manner of its making being largely determined by tho wearer's figure and preference. Thus it may be severely simple or rather elaborate mav be plain or metal threads, and may be of liner., serge, silk, velvet, or any other material. It is always fashioned of an unfigured fabric, and is made without sleeves, low enough in the neck to allow wearing a separate yoke. Various nndfrtunics are then selected to wear with this slip, some being long sleeved and rather high in the neck, others made with shorter sleeves and lower necks. Upon these depends much of the one's head even sideways. And the books themselves have a secure position, from which they cannot slip. The second and third shelves, the flat ones, are useful for holding magazines, more books, writing case and other treasures that one likes to have at hand. A handle at each end and a set of four wheels make it an easy matter to move the case about at will. These traveling book cases. book wagons, some people call them are made in mahogany and other woods, also In wicker, and they are as neat and trim as they are useful. rtumt itimntn inn 1 1 ii i mt n iur

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effect of the costume, since they determine whether it is to be best adapted to morning, afternoon or evening wear. For example, a slip of midnight blue velvet may be worn with a long sleeved undr-l tunic of dark blue chiffon in the afternoon, thus assuming the guise of a "daytime frock;" the same slip, with a short sleeved and low necked undertunic of peach colored georgette, becomes an attractive dinner gown. Of course, one may have many undertunics, varying the appearance of a single slip so that it takes the place of several frocks. A more elaborate costume is easily obtained by adding an overtunic to one's wardrobe. The overtunic is a draped garment, fashioned of chiffon or georgette, and worn over the slip. It is usually hand painted or embroidered, but, because of the color harmony which can le obtained, the overtunic i3 effective, even when it depends merely on the color of its material and the lines of its drapery for its beauty. By starting with a slip, an undertunic and an overtunic, one has four dresses as the foundation of a wardrobe. The slip may be worn with the undertunic, with the overtunic, with both or without either one. Xearly every woman has decided preferences in the matter cf color, and, by choosing at the outset the general range of colorings W'hich she wishes to follow, and from time to time adding a tunic or a slip which comes within this range, she can acquire a wardrobe whose parts are interchangeable. Fo: example the various orchid and purple Fhades give wid variety, and are suitable both for winter and summer, as are the browns, oranges, yellows and tans. One may have mufh the same drapery in a comparatively inexpensive garment as in a rather costly one, since the fabric is the determining factor. An interesting coat, which is remarkably adaptable, may be chosen to go with these gowns. It is made on cape lines, one side being of velvet and the other of cloth of gold, and the belt, a removable one, being of these same materials. Nothing could be simpler than to wear a velvet coat uptown in the afternoon, change the undertunic of one's frock and add an overtunic. when evening came, and go forth in a loo.-e coat of cloth of gold with a velvet lining. Spring Flowers Owing to the scarcity of azaleas and some other plants usually sold in large numbers in the extern part of the United States, at Kister time, there will be an increased sale this season of spiraeas, genistas, and other flowers not so well known. Spiraeas, or more properly astilbes, will not prove satisfactory house plants unless the fact is remembered that they require a great amount of water. Most plants are seriously injured if the pots are allowed to stand in a saucer of water. The spiraeas or astilbes. on the contrary 1 1 um i ii ti ni utnüfT!Pjrtn 1 1 1 mi n nun i i

are benefited, by thi.s treatment. If florists would make t!ut fact pi un to their customers. th-re would b fewer complaints. Twir.- a day is none too often to w;ter thee plants in an ordinary living room. The flowers wil li.st longr. of course, if the plants can be liept in a rather tool room. The newer rink .x::d lavender varieties are extremely handsome, but the colors are delicate and will certainly fade if exposed to direct sunlight. It i b'st to keep them out of a sunny window. Astilbes are perfectly hardy, and there is no reai-on why they should riot be set in the garden border, after they have lir.ish.ed lowering in the house. They will sm estabii.-h themselves and go on flowering for years. At the end of two years. the can be taken up and forced in the house again, if that is deemed desirable. Genistas require much th f.inie treatment, although they do not demand as much water. They will thrive only if kept in a cool room, and the soil in the. pot should 1 e kept moist. If handled like Uaster lilies, the flowers will droop in a very few days; but, if genistas are cared for proper they make reasonably good house plants. Among the other flowers which will be sold this year in large numbers are ericas and acacias. All of them must be kept well watered and not too hot. They will disappoint their owners, if allowed to dry out at any time. French hydrangeas promise to find favor this reason. Some varieties are exceedingly beautiful. It is true that their reputation of beir.i: rather hard to handle is somewhat justitied, yet they will keep in good condition for a long time, if watered freely, and kept in a room wh j h is not too dry or too warm. These hydrangeas are not very hardy. y-t. In any section where the temperature does not fall beiow K degree, they will ordinarily go through the winter out of doors if muk h"d v 11. Kaster lilies. planted out after they have finished blooming. will often flower a second time. Sometimes buds appear just befcie fro-t in the fall, in which event the plants may be taken indoors again to flower. Azaleas being scare, it i well to cany over all good young plant-. Tliis is easily done, if they are watered freely and kept growing well until the middle of the summ!. This is an important point, because they begin to start after blooming The secret of making azaleas keep in flower a long time is to keep thplants in a cool loom and to wati-r them freely. No water must be allowed to stand around their rootr however, for they, unlike the astilbes, dislike wet feet.

Fvidence of what mail carri-r can do to promote War Saving stamp sales is to be founc in tb activities of Charles Hutchison. John M. Taggart and .'. M. Calvin, rural carriers. Notwithstanding Brown county, is cue of the most sparsely populated and barren territories in the state Hutchisrn sold 5100 worth of stamps. Taggart J :" and Calvin $ 1." K.'o. tun mimiumtm m i m 1 1 n 1 1 n iTfcl