HOME AND EDUCATION

...Combine and chill...

...They simply need to be re-discovered, in some instances...

...Take any educational game which which appeals to YOU, or YOUR child, and then do what the ball-players are always shouting, "Play the game...

...It is in the work of medical inspection and general welfare work that England's school system has recently made the most notable development, according to Mr...

...Kandel...

...One can be lulled to fair visions during a transient spring shower, and gain the sense of Bharing the destiny of nature.—The Contributors' Club in The Atlantic Monthly...

...The latter, he declares, "is by nature more precocious, matures earlier, is by circumstances of his upbringing thrown more into the company of adults, with the consequence that he is less reserved and self-conscious and more alert than the former...

...The American high school receives its pupils after they have completed the elementary school course and builds up its curriculum on that foundation...

...I have seen one child learn the birds, the mythological characters, fifty-two famous paintings, castles of renown, flags of various nations, and many other important bits of general interest in a cultural sense, while playing in the most enthusiastic manner the games about famous people, places, animals, or objects...

...The series is designated Public Health Reports Supplements...

...They are not at all...

...The very first step in this forming the group into a playing unit is usually the settlement of the question, "WHAT shall we play...

...Allow two hours or more for the freezing...

...But our rugs sometimes have a lifetime of as much as five years...

...It has done research work of the most fundamental character...

...that it has more help to offer as to the care of pigs than of babies...

...he is more given to debating and discussing than the English child...

...Some humorist said that if a parent wanted to bring a child up in the way he should go, he (the parent) would HAVE to go that way himself, ONCE or TWICE} "MOW the parent knows fairly well the relative values of different forms of recreation, including games of many kinds...

...If that meant anything at all it must have meant that pleasure was necessary to make the knowledge of art "stay put" on that particular mind...

...Neither will ever have a better time than they did on those snowy days when *both were OBLIGED to remain indoors...

...But there are means of preventing the fading of either...

...Strea-tor, steward of the University of Wisconsin commons...

...Kandel finds it difficult to institute a detailed comparison of the standards of elementary school work in the two countries, because circumstances are so different...

...Posing to represent famous pictures has always been one of the most fascinating forms of recreation...

...Whoever forgets to say '' Thank you,'' upon receiving a card from another person, must forfeit all his cards to the one who first says "Pepper" to indicate that the polite acknowledgment has not been \ised...

...This is to prevent salt water from entering the can...

...But posing means careful observation, and that is also cultivated by the frequent handling of the pictures in the game mentioned...

...WALKING is not merely moving two legs rhythmically over certain intervals of ground...

...As a matter of fact, an immense amount has already been done...

...Do you sigh that grandmothers are scarce now-a-days...

...But our chief aid in securing sun resistant carpets and rugs lies simply in choosing the' very best material on the market and insisting on a guarantee...

...Playing the game consists of assembling the cards as in the old game of authors,—with this difference...

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...a DEVOTED grandmother played a game of *"* birds with her five-year-old granddaughter, and the way the child won the games was wonderful to sec...

...And Miss Eight-year-old has had the jolliest time quizzing her father, Harvard,-, on the mythological characters, pictured in another game...

...The same is certainly true of their knowledge of local and national government...

...is afforded in the playing of a game with the rather unprepossessing title of "Pepper...

...The English secondary schools receive their pupils from a variety of schools—special preparatory schools or elementary schools—and the pupils on entering may vary in age from 10 to 14...

...Harriet Taylor Upton, president of the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association, wires: "Ohio has its 104,000 names, the largest initiative petition ever secured in the world...

...On all sides are heard protests against the prevalent dances...

...THE QUESTION of equal suffrage will be submitted to the voters of Ohio in November...

...Turn the mixture in a tin mold, adjust cover and seal with strips of cheese cloth dipped in melted lard or butter, or seal with melted paraffine...

...Our health has been protected by our quarantine service, the aid of the Government has been sought by the States in epidemics of various sorts, and diseases have been carefully studied...

...Journal of Home Economics...

...That our government through its various branches, for instance, through the Department of Agriculture, really sends out a great deal of information of direct and indirect effect on the health of human beings is well known to the readers of this Journal...

...The very essence of the pleasure comes from the people whom Meredith described as having spiritual distilleries of their own...

...The titles of these publications as they appear will be found in our bibliography...

...If the objection is raised that these things age a child, I can only plead guilty to assisting Nature, with all the joy produced by one spiritual distillery...

...And it is much better to adapt the furnishings to the light than to shut the light out...

...Hints to Home-makers DESSERT RECIPES FOR MIDSUMMER These tested desserts, delicious and simple, with the added virtue of coolness, are suggested for the midsummer days by Miss Cora E. Bin-zel, instructor in home economies, University of Wisconsin Extension Division: Watermelon Cubes.—Remove the rind and cut the melon into cubes...

...The parents can always tell when the time to stop has arrived...

...Lest we forget that the most excellent reading MAY make people forgetful of the wonderful duty of being pleasant to our associates, try putting aside the charmer in book form, and make a social unit of the group around the reading lamp...

...Our parlors are open constantly and subjected to so much wear and tear that our furnishings usually wear out before the light factor has much chance to disturb us...

...The results of such investigations have reached the people most often through the medium of their own physicians whose training and knowledge were helped by the work...

...The necessary number of names has been secured to secure a popular vote under the initiative...

...The card players have proved the power of Bridge to fascinate and obsess its devotees...

...The game has been more useful in promoting the use of '' Thank you,'' than any amount of precept or example, and the merriment evoked in the process must have been an excellent tonic for all the players...

...An amusing instance of the absorption which makes one entirely oblivious of the most ordinary courtesy of saying, "Thank yo\t...

...In an incredibly short time the child KNEW every one of the fifty-two pictures of birds...

...But if the English elementary school has much to gain from the study of the American curriculum, American educational administration would profit as greatly from what is the strength of the English system—freedom of the individual school...

...If pleasurable association means so much as that to anyone, it may mean a great deal to everyone...

...It may be easier for the tired business man to play euchre or whist, but, all things considered, the final results of a concession to the muses or the Olympian gods are sure to be agreeable to contemplate...

...Uncle Sam s Health Bulletins ""THERE is a general impression that bur gov-eminent does very little to protect the health of its citizens...

...N CONCLUSION I would like to make this di-rect appeal to all who may read this article...

...Mousse.—1 cup heavy cream, 1 salt spoon salt, % cup powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla...

...Satiety is not recognized or avoided by children, and many times they learn to dislike games simply because the game has not ended at a proper moment...

...Kandel, is the inherent difference between the English and the American child...

...Now everybody has some' kind of a spiritual distillery, though it may be unused or positively misused...

...If you are not more than pleased with the result, your sense of duty has put the machinery of your distillery out of order, and if you repair the machinery, or oil it, the results are sure to be satisfactory...

...The parents, delightedly perusing the latest new book, COULD put into active operation a distillery which would afford untold pleasure to the children, also quietly (?) reading their favorite story-books...

...This is the same department which was known until a year and a half ago as the United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service...

...Fair play, courteous conversation, strict observance of the rules of the game, make a marvelous opportunity lor pleasantly coating with sugar some of the severest discipline known...

...In general Mr...

...SOMEONE, for pleasure or profit, or both, has ENJOYED these things, and has been able to kindle in others a similar enjoyment...

...In England the elementary school is just in the process of developing into •a national institution, a public service for national needs, instead of being regarded as a charity school for the education of the 'lower classes.' " Another factor that renders comparison difficult, according to Mr...

...The room's locality and exposure should be considered first in* choosing the carpet, If it is in a shady corner brighter colors may be chosen than if it receives a great deal of sunlight...

...The American elementary school has been for nearly a century the national school, the common school of all the people...

...Beat the cream, add the sugar, salt and vanilla...

...The manner of playing any game is something to be learned from older people, or from one having authority...

...Of course, if there should be grandmothers who insist on playing bridge all the time, they would not be of much more use to the child than the baby sister or brother who can not talk...

...The game has quaintly drawn, Thackeray-esque pictures, cleverly arranged in families...

...And then...

...Fill with water and test to see that they do not leak...

...A copy is-sent to anyone who requests it and the publications are also sold by the Superintendent of Documents at a uniform price of 5 cents a copy...

...Bulletin 56,' Milk in its Relation to Public Health is a mine of information on this important topic, and Public Health Reports Supplement 10, The Care of the Baby, should be in the hands of every mother...

...We find that drop shades of sun -proof fabric, drawn on the side of the most direct sun rays, will do a great deal toward preserving the freshness of the furnishings," says Mrs...

...R. II...

...How COULD they have been tolerated IP decorous forms had been properly taught to eager, enthusiastic, energetic, change-loving young people...

...The reason is not far to seek...

...Pack the mold in salt and ice, using two parts ice to one part salt...

...Then see what your children have gained from the process...

...The novelty of playing many of the games has gone, but children are not so keenly critical that they analyze uncomfortably closely the precise amount of ferver put into the game by the parents, so the parents can play in an easy way which is as acceptable as it is satisfying to the younger members of the circle...

...For variety flavor the cream with an ounce of melted chocolate or one-third cup maple syrup...

...American children have a far better knowledge of the history of their country and in some cases of general history than is to be found among English elementary school children...

...Monotonous dripping on thick-leaved trees soothes one's weariness, and makes the importunities of life seem easily resisted...

...During the winter the mould may be packed in a mixture of snow and salt...

...In English language the American child has better command of oral expression...

...chill before serving...

...There is an art game which will make the member of the Woman's Club go to the dictionary of Who's Who in post haste...

...It is the primal and the only way to know the world, the deliberate entering into an inheritance, whose parts are wind and weather, sky and prospect, men and animals, and all vital enjoyment.—Atlantic Monthly...

...It is less generally known that the United States Public Health Service under the charge of Surgeon General Blue has begun to issue a series of popular publications on health and hygiene designed for general distribution...

...Getting the cash value out of the play part of living has been left too much to the kindergarten folk, and the visible results of the freedom of the older young folks to choose a way of playing are not a credit to anyone concerned...

...sprinkle with powdered sugar and lemon juice...

...This a delicious, wholesome dessert, very easily prepared and does not require an ice cream freezer...

...THE SOFT THUD and patter of rain upon the roof are as musical to the imaginative listener as is any symphony...

...Carpets |F THE carpet or the children must fade let * it be the carpet...

...The reading of English literature is also more extensive in American schools, and in art work there is greater variety...

...A young woman once said, "I learned more about Art from playing an art game than I did in a whole course of lectures in college...

...English and American Schools M a RADICAL difference between English and American systems of school organization is in the relation of elementary and secondary schools," says I. L. Kandel, of Manchester, England, in a bulletin on English elementary education issued by the United States Bureau of Education...

...Apple Marshmallow.—1 cup pared apples, i/2 cup blanched almonds, 1 cup marshmallows cut in quarters, 2 cups whipped cream...

...Baking powder or cocoa cans may be used for molds...