Show RAINY DAY FUN 4 4 the mother of a brood of young children usually dreads the rainy day when the children must play indoors they become restless and peevish and do not know what to ido do with themselves nor the long hours such a day also has its effect on mothers nerves and the combination of restless children and nervous mother is a difficulty to put it mildly the mother of foresight and ingenuity can avoid this situation by providing against it in advance it if you have an attic or a dry basement in which the children may play when it is not fit to be outdoors you are fortunate A tub of water in which to sail boats or a box of sand for mud pies in the basement is very entertaining A box of sand may be taken to the attic especially if the household affords an old linoleum which may be used under the box lacking a basement or attic a nother may sometimes devote some rarely used room to rainy rain day activities here a piece of burlap stretched along the walls may be covered with pictures paste old magazines catalogues cataloguer catal ind scissors will account for many cappy hours the wise mother will save bits f colored paper old magazines uld ind odds and ends of things which nay lay prove interesting as an old lock a discarded doll or clothes chich are out of style for dross dress ng up or homespun theatricals ro fo make these successful as rainy day entertainment they should he kept from the children at other times and saved tor for the indoor emergency |