TWO PROBLEMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20006, 25 January 1927, Page 14

TWO PROBLEMS.

SOLVED BY A MOTHER. My little boy would start off to school each morning with a nice, clean handkerchief in his pocket, but rarely was that handkerchief brought home again. I was in despair over the number of handkerchiefs that were being lost, and realised th.it I must make them of more than passing interest to him. Therefore I made him a little set of five handkerchiefs, marking each one with the name of the school day—Monday, Tuesday, etc. —and each handkerchief contained some tiny figures representing himself and his friends at school and at play. These figures I made in skeleton form, using indelible ink. I am happy to say that very few handkerchiefs are now being lost. I found myself confronted with the problem of keeping the bathroom neat without spending too much time in performing that duty. It seemed an utterly hopeless task, with three little ones to throw towels down and only one pair of hands to pick them up. I decided to supply each child with four towels and two cloths, and gave each one a certain colour. The children liked the idea of having these as their very ow r n, and from that time they took particular pride in placing their towels and cloths on the individual racks with which they had also been provided. The appearance of the bathroom was greatly improved as to neatness, and the towels did not become so badly soiled as formerly. Another big advantage in this plan was that each child knew his own towel and cloth by the colour, and it was not necessary for them to learn to read a name that might have been put on towels of the same colouring and used for a distinguishing mark.