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Show WOMAN'S WORLD Fit Toys to Children's Needs and Choices Ertta Haley By rOU'VE HEARD about the father a fancy electric who bring train to the hospital for hia newborn son, and have probably thought It quite a joke. Experts, however, tell us the sanne type of things happens practically all the time when parents buy toys for children, and then the story ceases to be a Joke and becomes somewhat pitiful. Mother buys a fancy doll for the three year old daughter, probably thinking this is the doll she would have wanted and never always had. Result? She gets frantic every time the precious doll Is dragged along the sidewalk or goes Into the wash bow for a dunking. Another question bewildered parents often ask takes the following form: "Jackie has so many toys, and such nice things, too, but he never seems Interested In Choose Safe Toys them. True, the child may have a lot of toys as well as the instinct for play, but the toys are probably above his age level It's natural for parents to think their youngsters smarter than they are, and this Is particularly true In purchasing toys. Those who know say the adults who buy toys overestimate their youngsters ability by about two years. If a toy is too advanced for the child, it gets relegated to the bottom of the bin, no matter how pretty or Rattlea of different sizes and shapes with varied grips add Interest to babys ambitious efforts to learn to use his muscles. Like all properly chosen babys toys, these are lightweight, washable and safe for sucking, and Interest which Is strongest dnrlng the first year. There should be no loose parts which the child can swallow. watching daddy maneuver a balloon or a quacking duck. Within a very Out-"Tha- t Tenting in the Subdivision The restrictions in a new subdivision forbade the erection ot any "building" worth less than $10,000. One man who had bought a lot found that he couldn't spend that much money, so he decided to pitch a tent instead! But no sooner had he done so than he was haled into court for violating the X SMALL CONTINUE TO CHU. IT A & C--r U TENT restrictions. At the trial, he argued that a tent was not a "building" and therefore was not covered by the restrictions. However, the court disagreed and ordered the tent re moved. The judge said that a build ing is a "covered structure enclos lng space within its walls" and that certainly includes a tent! May a Henpecked Husband Suddenly Launch a "Get Tough" Policy? For 10 long years a man led the life of a henpecked husband, yielding to every whim of his domineering spouse. One day, after a quarrel, she ordered him out of the house expecting nim to come back and beg her forgiveness. But he didn't. Instead he changed his tactics completely He not only stayed away from his wife but also cursed May a Salesgirl Forcibly Retake From a Customer? A Garment A housewife went to a neighbor hood store one morning to buy a topcoat. While she was trying one on, the manager rushed up and cried: You dont want to buy any thing! You are just spying for our competitor across the street!" At the managers orders, the sales-gir- l pulled the coat off the astonished woman's shoulders. A few days later, the housewife sued the store for damages. The company admitted its mistake, but insisted that merely removing somebody's coat was "not such a terrible thing." However, the court disagreed and granted the woman's claim. The judge said that the circumstances and the manner of removal wera a wrong and an Indignity I" her lustily every time they met Soon she was ready for a reconcilia t:on, but her rampaging husband made no move m that direction. To top it all. he finally filed a divorce action charging his wife with breaking up the marriage. But the court refused to grant the decree, saying that the husband should have made lome effort to patch things up. The judge said it wasnt fair for the man to make such a sudden change, after spoiling his wife for so longl There's plenty of newness In the constantly growing fashion coats. First, the d for and finger-ti- p new three-quartlengths come In for a portion of the fashion spotlight. The second news is color, gorgeous ly colored woolens, with many of the browns, grays, and blacks with furs to harmonize closely. In other cases, the Jewel-lik- e reds and wonderful fall greens are In deliberate contrast to the furs. Thirdly, the fashion treatment Is at the d other extreme of the coats of yesteryear. The richest furs, such as mink, now are used in coat and suit ensembles. fur-line- WOW 3 package at a time. Keep it handy on your pantry shelf. Stays strong and active always right there when you want it. er Buy j SraNKLEOiTCPa. LUKEWARM LET STAND 10 minutes then 7 STIR WEIL if 3 times as many women Prcfcr FLEISCHLlAfIll'S YEAS! fur-line- Noted Throat Specialists Report Test of Camel Smokers., on 30-Da- y bom in Hungary. Tell us what to do. My dear Mary, this is really a predicament; your mother as well as your father is failing you. True, she did carry you youngsters through the hardest years, sacrificing and working for you, but she has no right now to Impose this disreputable and disagreeable man upon you. If he will not pull himself together, brace up, get a job any sort of job, and treat his children with the consideration they have so well earned, then I think you four are quite justified in asking that he live somewhere else. And yet, easy as that is to say, it is quite different to put into effect. Your mother will object strenuously to such a change; and you are all too young to feel free yourselves. So my advice is to take your mother into your councils, and tell her how disturbed you are that the loved home she did so much to save is threatened by this irresponsible man. Nag them both steadily and constantly. He did not help to raise you; now you get together and raise him. Stop being unreasonable, Dad. Dont use that tone, Dad. Say thank you to Mom, Dad. Go put on a clean shirt. Dad. Thats enough crabbing, Dad. He'll try not to pay attention. Hell have to. Fossils Awe Ocu Indians Panama Find Expected To Push Back History Will Bernard, LL.- BThe mother of a boy told him to come home for lunch every day, instead of eating at the school cafeteria. this Although was against the rules of the school, the boy decided to obey his mother. After a few days, the youngster was suspended from his classes. His enraged mother thereupon sued the school board, charging that a child's parents are the ones to decide where he will eat. But the court upheld the boards rule and told the mother she would just have to give in. C5 into Reform Nag Unregenerate us PLEASE thirty-apartme- Could You Get Around Building Restrictions By Pitching a Tent? ABOUT YEA5T SPOILING KATHLEEN NORRIS .... By NEVER HAVE TO WORK ITS FLEISCHMANN 5 NEW DRY YEAST FC. ME short time he'll enjoy brandishing rattles himself and will appreciate the varied shapes and sounds which American toy makers have been developing through a watchful study of infants activities. Sitting up is the next milestone; you may then introduce baby to cuddly animals and dolls. Then, when teething starts, the cherub be comes an enthusiastic customer for toys to bite. You'll find a variety of plastic and wood rings, beads and other shapes designed scientifically to meet this specific play need. Textures are the next interest. It's smart to have some of smooth plastic like a rattle, then a plush bear for contrast and a yielding rubber duck that's fun to squeeze. It's important, when choosing for these very young children, to avoid anything which might strain the baby's muscles. Make certain the toys are lightweight Never hava small parts that can be pried loose with baby fingers to be swallowed. American toy makers choose paints and dyes that are safe for inveterate suckers, so there's no danger of the child getting lead poisoning. tell TTILL YOU which is right, mother or pretty much of a necessity for the Mary five year old girl while the boy of ourselves?" writes three can fall pretty hard for a Kralisch of Minneapolis. "There tricycle. Most toys are pretty much are four of us. Joe, 20, Lisa 18, my standardized as to age groups, and twin brother Bill and myself. Ten years ago my father de you can't go wrong if you use well serted us. There was no trouble; tested information. no trouble, that is, that wasn't very common in the neighborhood where we lived. Everyone was poor, every flat was crowded, there were too many children screaming about; winters were one long nightmare of colds, fights, noise, money dirt, shortage, struggle of all sorts. Select toyi to jit We scrambled up as best we could, and the finest little mother in the expensive or clever it Is. When the world stood by us. She used to put toy is too nice such as an expensive doll, dishes, train or auto, parents the big bucket of suds in the mid die of the kitchen every night, and get spastic at what the child may do to injure it, and this may make everyone of us got scrubbed, alstrain at playtime which should be though mother was janitress of a a free and happy activity. building and had Scientific Study plenty of scrubbing to do without lined In Toy Making worrying about us. Our clothes the youngster's interests. The situation need not be as deswere clean, too, for school and perate as it sounds. Lots of study Why such a fuss about toys? To church, anyway, and even when a has gone into making toys and make you and the youngsters hap- meal was nothing but bread and fitting each age and activity group. pier. With proper toys you can par- milky tea. It was served in a tidy Consult the age group for your tially relegate them to their playkitchen. child and select from the suggested room when you have important "Bitter cold nights we had hot list Im going to give. Study your household duties and want to get cocoa in bed, and in the burning child and his activities and in- them out from underfoot. hot summers mother always let us terests and get further clues. If too, will be happier run pretty free, to find coolness and Youngsters, necessary, take him to the store with the right toys which add much baths and watermelon and summer and see what interests him. Let to intellectual and muscular de- camps wherever generous people sales people help you since theyre offered them. velopment. usually experienced and know pretPop Walks ty well what's popular with the Infant Appreciates was the woman Pop Rattles, Cuddly Tays , younger set. walked out on, ten years ago. When Play patterns do not change much By the time a baby Is three Joe and Lisa got their first jobs, over the years. A doll and buggy is months old, hell be interested In while still in high school, the first thing they did was move us away. THE READER'S COURTROOM We bought a double house near town, and mother had her own ground under her feet for the first time in her life. We all worked; In -- LAPS fR T ". . . the big bucket of suds ..." war time we made as much as $200 a week. Bills got paid, and my mother never stopped saying how grateful she was for the peace of mind her children had brought to her. Three months ago my father walked back into the kitchen. How he found us we dont know, but there he was. We were decent enough to him at first thinking he would get a job and contribute his share to the family finances and show by his attitude that he regretted his disgraceful abandonment of us years ago. He Doesnt Work But he hasnt done anything of the kind. He doesn't work, he criticizes everything, he wants the best of everything, he asks Joe and Lisa for money, and says openly that he is our father and that we ought to support him. This would be bad enough but mother's attitude makes it worse. She is a perfect slave to him, carrying in his coffee at ten oclock, expecting us to respect him, and reminding us every little while that he is our father, and that she promised to love and cherish him until death parts them. She washes his clothes, cooks what he likes, and won't let anyone murmur any criticism. Do you think we should put up with this? We have grown up without a father's help, protection or affection. We knew years of privation, while mother struggled day and night to support us. We have solgained happiness, vency, and the addition of this untidy, critical old man to our group ruins everything. Mother is 44, American born, my father is 50, t, A Smithsonian OCU, PANAMA Institution scientist is coming from Washington, D. C., to this little jungle village to examine a find of fossil bones that may extend knowledge of central America back a million years. The fossils are the first of their kind to be discovered in Panama or surrounding countries. Up to now, the rank growth of the tropical countries has hidden all traces of what the region was like before mankind appeared on the scene. While the find has attracted international interest among scientists, it has thrown the Indians of this out of the way community into a superstitious silence. They look with awe upon the ribs four feet long and the leg bones 15 times larger than human ones that have been uncovered. Some of the bones have been reasonably well identifed as belonging to a toxodbn, a beast which long ago disappeared from the worlds surface. It was about nine feet long and shaped like a rhinoceros. Other bones seem to be those of a giant ground sloth, which grew as much as 20 feet tall! Some of the bones have been completely turned to agate by their hundreds of thousands of years in the earth. They were found about six miles from here, in a spot known as Rincon Santo, which means in Spanish Sacred Corner. Possibly because of odd things that were found there in the forgotten past, the spot has always been looked upon by the Indians with reverence. Something in the soil of the land around the Sacred Corner acts upon buried objects to preserve them and turn them to stone. The actual discovery of the bones was made by Joaquin Carrizo, manager of a local hotel which has a unique facade made of petrified wood perhaps a million years old. 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