Show YOUR BABY AND MINE You Can Travel Comfortably With Children By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED Now that the season for traveling traveling traveling trav trav- eling is on us here are some valuable suggestions for it Mrs C C. C H If D. D has traveled with three children as much as six hundred miles in a day and pleasantly She writes Children sleep better with something familiar near them so we manage this thisby thisby thisby by fixing up the back seat with their mattresses We Ve put two blankets on the back seat stand the play pen against the front seat fill the floor space with boxes and nighttime essentials lay two crib mattresses on top and cover with a piece of awning awning awning awn awn- ing cloth This gives them a wide place on which to play to sit and see out easily and to sleep Cardboard Cardboard Cardboard Card Card- board is put in front of the doors so the they wont won't play with the door handles The boxes and the blankets bring the mattresses to a level position At night the baby sleeps in inthe inthe inthe the play pen the children on their mattresses and every ery night they pull up the sheets to look at the familiar pattern on them We Ve avoid the sun by letting it rise beyond eye level if we weare weare weare are traveling eastward and stop when it gets eye level at night when we are going west west- ward This policy staggers the hours in restaurants off the peak hours prevents feeling rushed getting in crowds gives us better better better bet bet- ter service from waitresses and less competition in restrooms We Ve always choose a place to eat where there are tables as these have high chairs for children I sterilize the baby's bottles each night fill with boiled water and and then add the milk at feeding time from small cans of evaporated milk If there is some left the children drink it but even if it is wasted it is convenient convenient convenient con con- and worth it We carry a minimum of clothing doing our traveling in seersucker corduroy or knits Daddy and I wear T shirts and slacks which we have pressed occasionally and we can wash the shirts and wear them next day without ironing When the children want to nap in the car we slip a cardboard cardboard card eard- board between them and the sun We Ve let them have a noisy toy some time each day which prevents whining and kicking the door with their feet When U we stop we let them run around In circles or turn somersaults if the spirit moves them which it usually does Maybe all persons couldn't manage the way we wc have but we do a lot of traveling and its it's worked well for us I feel sure less seasoned travelers travelers travelers trav trav- elers will be grateful for these suggestions We Ve offer a leaflet No 82 Traveling W V With i t h Children which may be had by sending a stamped self-addressed self envelope with your request to Myrtle Meyer Eldred in care of Salt Lake Lalie Telegram Home Service Bureau Salt Lake City 10 Utah |