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Show SINGING AS A CHEST DEVELOPER (By Ida Howei. A few months ago 1 came across a little girl about 7 or 8 years of age. "She did not get on," her mother said There was nothing really the matter with her, except that she was too small for her age, and sho was terribly flat chested. I told the mother to try singing lessons, and the child took to them like the prov c-bial duck to the water She wae thus getting more oxygen; 8he was forced to use the upper part of her chest, to throw her head back and breathe properly, and she immediate ly improved in physique. There are many little boys and girls Just a little round shouldered, Just a little flat chested. These children chil-dren are, in a sense, In danger because be-cause the children who "don't get on" I are apt to become tubercular. A mother should remember that lassitude lassi-tude is a sign that something is the matter, and that the child requires special care. 1 believe in singing lessons, les-sons, because they help a child 10 breathe deeply and to exorcise Ihe apices of the lungs. The case of the little girl appealed to me because it was a practical il lustration of what can be done by teaching a child to breathe deeply, to inhale oxygen, and to exercise hpr lungs in a healthy and vital way. So If your children do not "get on," try what fifteen minutes singing will jo twice daily. I know a family of small hoys and girls who are constantly suffering from pimples They are very sensitive sensi-tive about it, and their mother says sh is constantly giving them medicine medi-cine and doing everything in her power pow-er to bring their complexion up to the standard of her neighbors. She doej not succeed. And why? Because all the time she is feeding the children in the wrong way Pimples are the result of improper diet, and I was curious enough to ask the mother, one day. what she gave the children to eat And I discovered that her poor family had five meals instead of three in twenty-four hours. There was no need to ask for further explanation with regard to the pimples. I told the mother she could solve her complexion problem In a fortnight if she would rigidly adhere to the three meals a day rule, with a tumbler tum-bler of milk at bedtime. If children are constantly eating, the digestive organs never have, a rest, poisons accumulate ac-cumulate in the system and, circulating circulat-ing in the blood, produce Irritation of the nervous system and irritation of the skin, which is endeavoring -o get rid of them through the poreH of the glands. The one thing the mother should remember is not to overfeed. It is of far less consequence how much children eat than how well they digest it RUST PREVENTED. To prevent the Inside of the oven from rusting, the door should always be left open after the food is removed re-moved until the heat is all gone, so that no steam will settle on the metal. Another preentiou is the gi easing of the inside of the oven occasionally, I! care is exercised to use only as much as will be absorbed by th? metal, met-al, as too much would smoke when the oven is heated. WAIST NOVELTY. So many years have elapsed sinte waists were worn outside of the skirts that the revival of this style, not only for the dress bodice but for the separate waists, is much of ;i elty The bottom of the waist, is finished in a variety of ways including includ-ing the various kinds of girdles and belts, waistcoat and surplice effects. HOT DESSERTS. This is the time of year when the family that enjoys desserts can have them served to their hearc's content, con-tent, for the bracing air counteracts any after effects which In less Invigorating Invig-orating weather are apt to wait on nervous digestions It is a 3plendid opportunity, too, for the housewife to offer a variety of hot desserts which top off a winter's dinner so satisfactorily satisfac-torily and for which the following ore reliable and appetizing recipes. New England Pudding. Mix together one cupful of pastry flour and one heaping teaspoonful of baking powder and sift thftn twice Now cream together one-half of a cup ci sugar and one tahlespoonful of butter and when they are smooth bdd one egg. Thin this mixture with one-half one-half cupful of milk and season with cne saltspoonful of Bait Make a cake batter by adding the flour and baking powder and turn into a rath-r derp oblong tin. Bake in a moderate oven for 26 minutes and serve hot with the following sauce Lemon Sauce. Mix one tahlespoonful of cornstarch in a little cold water and stir Into two cupfuls of boiling water To this I add three-quarters of a cup nf sugar and beat with a spoon until the mixture mix-ture becomes clear. Next put in one teaspoonful of butter and on? tea-spoonful tea-spoonful of lemon juice and push to the back of the stove until ready for use. This sauce should be served hot, and if it becomes too thick, dilute di-lute it with a small quantity of boiling boil-ing water. Baked Chocolate Pudding. Mix in a bowl three eggs, three tablespoon of grated chocrla two heaping tablespoons of sugar and cne quarter of a pound of raisins and currants, cur-rants, which ha e been picked and tried and mixed together Boil thre? cups of milk and add to the mixture. Put all in a pudding dish and bake for about L'O minutes or until an even brown. Serve hot |