Show Baby Jand M e sy MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED I Are you OU Worried because your our thUd refuses to eat Study Phy steal leal and Psychological Reason for the lea leaflet leaf leaf- l let t Mrs Eldred has prepared for mothers You may obtain a 1 copy by sending a 3 self addressed three cent stamped envelope with withy y your ur request to the Your Baby a and id Mine department of this newspaper April I rains may mean May flowers I 4 t they also mean grumpy housed housed- 4 children hildren who cant can't think or of one oll ogle solitary thing to do except Stand at the wIndow and wish ey ey could go out The first firt portion of a rainy day dayI dayes I es j blithely Its Ils snug nu in the warm use luse and dAmp and dark outdoors outdoor l le diminutive housekeeper thinks think new hew dresses she can sew cw for h her hern r n young youn hopeful the dark attic ly brIng brIng- forth outmoded clothing to dress dres up and play lady romp on an improvised stage The Thede de of the household may take talce to toe toe e e basement wh rc he does doC much and hammering and sawIng an n ambItious effort to finish sortie some evious rainy day project The mother seldom need have ich concern for the child who isi is i enough to Invent games for hIm rand and welcomes a rainy day like housewife as an opportunity to things one cannot tackle at any ter time gut But the small runabout used to play times In the open air grows and hard to manage after whole day in the house It is al lys possible to put on overshoes and cap and take the ild for lor a 1 walk but playing in the then n Is a rather messy business and 1st mothers prefer to keep their all children indoors the mother with forethought will that not all days are out out- or pIa play days even in the spring i. i will vill concoct some gome interesting whIch will keep the child inactive CleanIng out Esser ser drawers for lor even the year 3 to l' is a pastime few children wm will jot of The drawer may be placed the floor a clean newspaper ced beside it and the child told take out each garment or toilet idle ide as the case may be and lay m neatly on the paper When j i whole drawer is cleared outi out out- 1 i what fun handling aU all of moth moth- things will the be-the drawer should wIped out it if the lining happens be oilcloth or a fresh clean zed fed paper lining fitted into it b by mother and the articles article should folded neatly and put back in the Iwer os which have no use except for forny ny fly days can be put on the shelf shel ram rainy da days s 's and brought th to delight the child with their sh ih newness These may be old oved toys toys' which have been dig dis- ded In favor lavor ot of newer ones or orY ory Y may have been purchased for fort t such emergencies as rainy days occasional days das in bed Any moth w who o. o knows her c childs child's ild's preferences LL elect to fill the box wIth the he likes to do but doesn't all the time Making paper doll asses color coloring ng books and carving p Ip are arc all indoor sitting down ac ac- that should keep the child and the adults adult's nerves from ng k frayed to bits |