Show I MOTHERS SHOULD FIX OUTLET FOR OUTDOOR I ACTIVITIES FOR BROOD BROOD Leaflet Will fill Help Parent Parent Furnish Attractive j i Playground MEYER ELDRED Bring your problems to Mrs El- El died dred in care of the Your Baby and Mine department of this thi newspaper Your questions about diet general care and management manage manage- ment of chIldren will be tn- tn promptly it if you OU will in in- close f a self addressed cent 3 stamped envelope with your our let let- ter The desire of oC nil all mothers is to dress the child in his outdoor garments J give Je e him a fond ond kiss and send him out to play he healthfully and content cont edly in the front yard where a mater mater- nat glance cm can spear him at any moment mo mo- ment The fault with this delightful picture pie pie- ture is that the child refuses to fit h into to it placidly He runs outdoors with every evidence of pleasure and andin andin in 10 minutes is back at the thc door clamoring to be let in The delights of the swing are exhausted he no longer wants to 0 sift sand he can only stand disconsolately at the front door begging that it be opened or hie himself him him- self seI to neighboring pastures letting mother do the worrying Sometimes it is lack or of suitable play equipment which causes such a dearth of ideas of what to do outdoors Our leaflet Simple Outdoor Play Equipment Equipment Equip Equip- ment will help any jn ingenious enious father to furnish a backyard that will un be the magnet for all the neighborhood children It ma may be ob tamed by sending a self addressed cent 3 st with your request for or Il it In a well equipped backyard there will be a s in some apparatus upon which to hang such as a turning pole or rings and for smaller children l a series of ladders upon which they can satisfy their desire to climb A satisfactory satisfactory satis- satis factory sand pile will have pans or of orall all kinds a sieve shovel pail and some stone blocks for architectural I schemes No play outdoors Is complete without with lout out some wagon or toy upon which the child can ride When he can this simple feat b by lugging about with him some unwieldy object his delight is increased Small playmates furnish inspiration for the lonely child art an inspiration no assortment o of toyS can duplicate Barring Barring Bar ring playmates the mother should be beable beable able to devise work for lor the child which seems like pIa play but to which his energies can be harnessed Give him a broom with which to sweep the porch or walk Give him a damp cloth or a pail of water and cloth with which to wash the basement windows That's a joyous task that should consume con con- sume hours Never mind the results GIve him a sharpened stick with which to prod stray papers and put them in a basket This is the season when packages or of seeds can be delegated to the small member of the family for use in his on o plot of ground A diminutive rake and hoe will offer him the incentive in in- for enthusiastic gardening gardenin Play ought to have an objective even for the small child It is impossible to turn him loose and say Run and play His ideas are not ferUle fertile enough to bloom into suc successful ity it- |