NURSERY HINTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 206, 25 May 1908, Page 4

NURSERY HINTS.

NEW' PLAYTIIINGS. {■§&. Tho .maldng'.of'paper, dolls .'out ;of coloured' :j'■)'tZfasliioii-p]ates'' is.."a: work*', which'-'.-'will. 1 easily. . ; r selVo. to pass away/a- jvet: 'afternoon .in:tlio' - ' • nursery. Tho ,figures,'should.bo cut. neatly, ! j.• , round, pasted on/.b cardboard; and this in .turn; cut;-,out : sb;,as.;'to ■■■stiffen'tho; figures. ./The.'.annstand logs,'can.be iriadb ..to move 'if'. j,; 1 ,. i; those aro divided in tho" first mount-' KVk.-, ,";.ed 'separately, on, cardboard, and attached: to' tho dolls by; mean's 'bf / smallpaper-fasteners, j^vV;7 : the,heads./being ; treated in the' same way. CRYING AT NIGHT. j-ti'K- «'/.-;: Sometimes' niijht-terrors'; aro a purely;'nti'r-' >>*(&■ ■' ':- ; \ypns; affection,/, arid/ sometimes'.tliey; persist,'' K:-i. : ri';<-"like' a"'bad habit, / j after ;.tho '. existing - cause • . .. has been removed or/has disappeared;, '.The' !•:'/; j ; r child■;who. cries': out/-iri-tho/.nfeht; should ? 'iiot: : bo-:shaken or scolded, for-ir the-cause is !/: '?< i norvoiißness ■ this twill,, only make- the /trouble i .v- . i - worse, and if thoro.is any physical causo for '. : • ..the • trouble it • should■ be sought for [and- - .remedied. '"■■■"■■''•

renieuiou. ■ THE NURSERY' SCREEN. ife&ic '. ; ! a . screen seem in .;tho ; . nursery. . Its. uses v. are almost too numerous for detr.il.- .-iSor mS l''S■ ■•' ; stanee,va' screen."is ~practically a' neeos- | • sity wliilo the baby's toilette is in progress, ; , w ■). ...when an inrush , of . air . uiion the tmv, exf':■£''l■ posedt.botly may;oasily.:be attended,with dis-' g*js££.l; nstrous/coiisequcnces; ,'arid, 110 'less usc- !. 'V '. ful as a protection for the./little 'one's, crib, t/.-;,' : 'i;/.whero". v it"wiir serve either to: keep dangerousf{if.fl' 'draughts' atibay;:tb sub'duo the- too:ppnetrat-' "rays ;pf. light,' or. to' conceal - from-baby's' Wi'. ! inquisitive oyes tho. various objects of . in:\U;v..;atbrest( which jtend -to•.Kecsi'/lsim;,awnke when ' ho'.oiight .to be. asleep. ; . .'; •;•'•;• ' 1 ROTJND-SHOULDEPED CHILDREN . : ; • ,v ; If a voung child is round-shouldered, first i- of_, all seo that ; liis''general:health.;is gobd. . • Give him plenty of exercise m the open air ift/ -r^; : :>' >I > ut: : hinl. to:;bed aV an! carly Vhour,' arid'.insist i; ; upon Ins - sleemng -son a- -am.ill■ hair pillow -about ; an inch: 'high: inste'r.d of a soft-feather' : one;\;:'L:Night.and-morning iriassage' tho back ;••.... with-Jons, steady'strokes: .; •'" •, Remind ; him 'to.' " stand■, straight like : a v-- soldier." . Teach !'.im the correct; ■ foWit's - ' position,- with heels iosethbiV shoulders back, and Hnds to tho-. side Alto ';'•; teach him, pretty kindergarten:marches,'' with'. | j- :the various steps which accompany them.; ' CHILDREN'S NIGHT-CLOTHES. • .'Punng sleep,;anything which;.'cramps a -;child's cnost : and'liibb's is.detrimental' to free v': ; Y Oreatliing:'arid 'growth.-;. ;Atight* collar-hand .-■ ■ .••is especially harmful/ and; in'fact;: danger-'i ; .- ous. - It; should be remembered -'aiso- 1 tliat thoro is : greater-warmth from loose.:.than'l .':• from tight clothing.'. :■ ."■< . I ; —From the " World and His 'Wife." .