DAYS ON THE BEACH

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21399, 25 January 1933, Page 3

DAYS ON THE BEACH

SUNSTROKE DANGERS TAKING PRECAUTIONS All mothers cannot afford a holiday at the seaside, but every mother, no matter how economically hard pressed, makes a determined effort to let the children have some trips to the beaches during the school holidays. The trams and trains are crowded these mornings with happy youngsters with toy buckets and spades making for the beach. With the prospect of the wee things spending hours on a foreshore where there is no shade whatever, a hat with a brim that will keep the sun from striking directly on the child's neck is a necessity: If your child does not possess a shady hat get him one. Washing hats in sou'-wester shape are about the best type of hat for the puipose, being light, cool, comfortable, and the long brim protects that vulnerable part., the neck. A dangerous habit is that of allowing the children to paddle with the sunshine striking down on rubber caps. Let the children wear any old hat in preference to a bathing cap made of rubber when they are splashing about with the sun s rays beating on them. If before going sun-basking or paddling the exposed parts of the body are given a good coating of coconut oil the child may bo saved a lot of suffering. On the beach excursions take a bottle of carron oil in case the children, in spite of all precautions, get badly sunburned.