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Show On Rearing Children from CRIB to COLLEGE 1! IT Compiled by the Editors of "CHILDREN, The Maeaiiae for PARENTS" The one sure cure tor a cold Is ao-solute ao-solute res-t in bed. A well regulated, routine life for a child is absolutely essential to his liliysical and menral welfare, llugn-lar llugn-lar habits can be formed only if the child learns from experience that he is to do the same thing every day at the same hour. Il is only alter the habit has become well established that we can afford lo make any exceptions, liveu llien it is? with danser for witn each exception from t lie routine come new interests. Thus we form the habit of irregularity. The amount of iron contained In a serving of vegetablrs depends to a large extent on llie tnel.hud of preparation. prepara-tion. It will all he conserved if the vegetables can be served raw. steamed or baked, or cooked in a waterless cooker; little will be lost if the vegetable vege-table Is cooked in a small amount of waier, and the juice used in soups or gravies. One-half to ono-fourih of the Iron content or vegetables may be lost if they are cooked in much water and Dip water discarded. If your child has hives, look for a fault in his diet. Applications of calamine cal-amine lotion two or three times daily over the siren involved are usually effective in relieving the itching. Imaginary hide-and-seek Is lots o fun for the convalescent child. Oue person Imagines? himself hidden in a certain place and the other guesses where that place is. Ai.olber good guessing game is one plnyert in the form of rhymes. The person who Is "it," says "I am thinking of a word that rhymes with 'call.'" Then the i-others ask, "Is it 'tall'?" "Is it Moll'i" and so on until I hey discover that brother's red ball Is the answer. When you rospn-l the child's Ideus which are at variance with your mvn. he gradually senses it and in return he learns to observe your point of view with due regard. It Is a lirt. lesson in understanding and tolerance. Inevitably It will save both you and him an enormous amount of nervous wear and will help .on along to h smooth-running existence, which will make rearing a family not a burden but a job so Jolly that I he "career"' you once thoURlH so wonderful pales by comparison. ((c;. H28, by Chliar.n. the MnKuzltie for Pnr'nt-.l |