Show v YOUR BABY AND MINE MINERy MINEI I I By Ry MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED 0 LEFT LEFT HANDEDNESS HANDEDNESS It 1 Is a universal characteristic of ot S human beings to feel foot inferior I if they S differ dller noticeably from everyone else S Feeling Inferior brings about a lot lotof lotof S of oC problems we know but just why should parents feel that a n. child is inferior because he refuses to use his right hand Many of my readers readers readers read read- ers do and one parent admitted that the childs child's left handedness reduced her ber a to state of distraction Obviously left-handed left people are somewhat handicapped in a a. right right- handed world They look took awkward and right-handed right people suffer suler for them They cant can't bear to see them eating with the left let hand for they feel that In some somo way they are arc not enjoying themselves it looks so difficult dif cUt and all out of ot kilter and yet some left handed persons persons whose habits of ot writing have bave not been tampered with write beautifully ItIs Itis It Itis is then the right handed d person who inevitably makes the left handed one ono feel queer Just why we are a n. right-handed right race has never been adequately ex ex- ex Some feel that it is en entirely entirely en- en habit Others have more ad- ad entitle explanations ns But it remains obvious that despite parents' parents most strenuous efforts to force some children children chil chil- dren G-en to use their right hands they persist in using their left lert ones They may accept a spoon or a toy with Inc right hand but when they begin begin begin be be- gin to use a a. hammer or saw or hold hotd holda a pencil they will do It most naturally naturally nat nat- with their left leU hands If H HOU you OU find your child persistently persistent persistent- I ly Iy accepting things in his left hand handor 01 or holding them there after chan changing chang chang- ing lug from the right be sensible and dont don't force Corce him to be he otherwise He may seem awkward a to you but his awkwardness is ag as nothing to the situation you ou would force upon him if it you ou forced him to use his isis right hand You saddle him with a a. real handicap It has been found that his chances of stammering will be bo increased t twelve ehe times if It he is made to write with his right hand i Dont Don't do it Dont Don't let his teacher do It There Is nothing Inferior or disgraceful about being left-handed left so beware of oC attaching such a feelIng feel feel- Ing to it Mrs Eldred will be glad to send leaflets to her readers on the following following fol lot lowing subjects Eczema Weaning Weaning Wean Wean- ing arid Feeding From Six Weeks to Six Years Prenatal Care and Diet for for the Nursing Mother The Baby's Constipation Airing the Baby Baoy Periods of ot Nursing Sleep Sitting Walking Teeth Weights and Measures Lime Water Yater Orange Orang-e Juice Prune Juice Cod Liver Lh-er Oil OH Water and Bad Habits A self self- addressed stamped envelope in In- In closed with your request mailed to rUe Myrtle Meyer Eldred in care of ot tho the Your Baby and Mine Ine Dept o of this I newspaper win bring a a. prompt re re- re pt ply |