Show Your Baby Judging by the Table Linens S Child Should It'll Be Bea a White Winter Exercise to Improve Feet By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED I IFor For more information about I shoes for children write for a copy of my free leaflet W Winter I and Summer Dress and enclose a three-cent three stamped self ad dressed envelope with your request re re- re- re quest Address your letter to Your Baby and Mine department depart depart- department mt ment nt in care of the Salt Lake Telegram Because shoes are so much a apart apart part of our everyday attire we weare weare weare are prone prone to attribute to them virtue virtues which our savage ancestors ancestors ancestors ances ances- tors would have scorned Shoes do not make the foot strong The ankles do not need support in n order for the child to walk Shoes protect the foot from the heat and cold cod of our seasons and from the hard wood and ce cement cement ce- ce ment surfaces on which the modera modern modern mod mod- ern era ern child must w walk lk O One e of the ways to strengthen a e. weak foot is to take some exercises exercises ex ex- ex- ex with bare feet Let the I Ie child walk around the house on tiptoe Let him try to grasp marbles with his bare toes and grip them hard Let him rum walk barefoot on yielding sand Get him interested in turning his foot in wide circles first to the right and then to the left bearing bearing bearing bear bear- I ing down forcibly on the turn The fact th that t these exercises are to be taken with bare feet t I t would seem to indicate if indication indication indication in- in were needed that there is is no particular harm in letting children go barefoot if the temperature tern tern- is mild and if the surfaces surfaces surfaces sur- sur faces on which they walk would not be a punishment to their delicate delicate- soles a Mrs J. J V. V M. M as asks When a A. achild achild child is Li learning t to walk and goes around the room barefoot or with bedroom slippers will vilI there ther be any harm to his feet At what age is it wise to put the child in low shoes shoes' Would a sleeping bag help to discourage age a child from thumb sucking Is ready-cooked ready cereal all right to substitute for home cooked types types' The baby's feet might be made wider if he walked overmuch in bare feet but he wont won't harm his feet Since the best shoes for small children do not come comein in low styles one must assume that low shoes are undesirable Usually at about four years children begin to wear oxfords Up to that time the lacings make it easier to keep in place the wide long shoes shoes' children have to wear The sleeping ping bag would not only discourage thumb-sucking thumb but it is the best around all-around winter winter win winter win win- ter covering for restless chil chil- dren Some pre cooked cereals are made just for babies The flaked puffed cereals not so designed may nay contain less nourishment tablespoon for tablespoon than the breakfast gruels you men men- It dE depends entirely on the cereals chosen so that no blanket statE statement ment will cover all of them T iVd Atol this rare dower chest made macic for a bride who lived in Connecticut 41 about 1750 are heirloom linens lin un- Wa i ens for 1940 s fall bride brice Included s l satin band band damask r P. P i are white satin cloths more cloths more popular this year S than dark shades and pastels S S 'S tJ S 4 r S 5 5 L K U UBy By MARIAN YOUNG NEW YORK YORK After After seasons of dar and pastels white table linens regain their old time popularity among this falls fall's brides and among homemakers who have decided that now is is the time to get a supply of fine linens Satin-band Satin linen damask tablecloths tablecloths plain plain plainly ly woven but decorated with stunning monograms mono mono- grams grams are are considered just about the finest type of background for silver and crystal Huge monograms are used in the center of some of the smartest cloths On others two medium size monograms are used used one one on either end about 12 inches from the center Its It's new to have the monogram on a napkin placed along ut the side instead of across the corner For buffet suppers and for buffet teas where bridge guests serve themselves from the dining room table instead of being served at the bridge tables in in the living room modern cloths are popular There are smart white ones woven with geometric and stylized floral patterns And of course pastel and colorful printed ones that lend themselves particularly well to informal in informal in- in informal formal entertaining According to a famous expert on household linens altogether too few brides measure the width and length of their dining room table before before before be be- fore buying table linens He says that a tablecloth tablecloth tablecloth table table- cloth should hang about 15 inches from the table edge edge all all the way around |