FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



HOME MAKING 



THREE CHILDREN WIN PRIZES 

 AT PRE-SCHOOL CLINIC 



Russell Riel, Clifton Sias and Helen 

 Tyler Found to be Most Normal 



The Young Married Woman's Club of 

 Northampton under the leadership of 

 Mrs. Sowersby ended their food selection 

 meetings in a different way from the 

 other groups. Having served a com- 

 munity meal at each of the previous meet- 

 ings they held a health clinic for the pre- 

 school child. During the project we 

 talked about physical defects as well as 

 food habits and these mothers, realizing 

 that it is often hard to see defects in 

 your own children, wanted to have the 

 advice of a physician so the clinic was 

 arranged. 



Dr. J. G. Hanson, the school physician, 

 assisted by Miss Dorothea Stewart of the 

 Hampshire County Public Health As- 

 sociation, examined seventeen children. 

 Prizes were awarded to the children con- 

 sidered most normal. The awarding of 

 prizes was based on the physical examina- 

 tion, weight, posture and general physi- 

 cal condition. 



The awards were as follows: First, 

 Russell Riel, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Earl 

 Riel, lOi We.st Street; second, Clifton 

 Ralph Sias, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph 

 Sias of Munroe Street; third, Helen 

 Tyler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank 

 Tyler of Ru.st Avenue. 



Doctor Stresses Obedience 



After the examination Dr. Hanson 

 spoke to the mothers on the care of the 

 small child. He said that 75'A of the 

 pre-school age children examined had 

 physical defects which should be cor- 

 rected immediately. These children are 

 pas.sed as normal by the average parent. 



"One thing which most mothers fail to 

 have is obedience," said Doctor Hanson. 

 "The child rules the home after it is a 

 few weeks old." His advice was to be 

 careful not to keep telling the child 

 "don't" but when you say the word, mean 

 it, and make the child mind if it takes all 

 day to do it. 



Most of the defects are found in the 

 mouth, ears and nose and should be at- 

 tended by a physician, but faulty posture 

 is also very common. The mother can 

 correct that by having the children go 

 through posture exercises and having 

 them stand correctly, that is, with 

 stomach pulled in and hips pulled down. 



If attention is given to shoulders alone, 

 very often it will exaggerate the pro- 

 truding stomach and the hollow back 

 which should be avoided. 



REMEMBER ? 



.June 9 is the date for the annual 

 Homemakers' Meeting at Laurel 

 Park. 



We have planned a treat of 

 treats for you this year in Dr. 

 Caroline Hedger, member of the 

 staff of the Elizabeth McCormick 

 Memorial Fund of Chicago. 



Those of you who heard Dr. 

 Hedger at Farm and Home Week 

 will not miss the meeting, I feel 

 sure. Those of you who have not 

 heard her, should make every effort 

 to take advantage of this oppor- 

 tunity, as Dr. Hedger may not be 

 in this county again. 



Remember the date, .June 9. 



Home Furnishing 



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lovely warm grays with much yellow in 

 them and they are admirable for all 

 treatment. But be sure, if you use gray, 

 that it is the warm gray you choose! 



When we have decided on the color of 

 our living room walls, then we need to 

 decide what sort of paper we are to use. 

 Some people may prefer to use the dull 

 glaze oil or water paint preparations. 

 But most of us prefer the texture of wall 

 paper for the living room walls, leaving 

 the paints for the kitchen, bathroom and 

 possibly the bedrooms. Shall we have 

 plain or pattern wall paper? Before 

 answering that question we need to know 

 if pictures and decorative textiles are to 

 be used on the walls to provide the pat- 

 tern or if the decoration is to be supplied 

 by the paper. If pictures are to be used, 

 then the walls should be unobtrusive, 

 they should appear flat. There is a type 

 of wall paper on the market with small, 

 conventionalized rather indi.stinct designs 

 which do not stand out away from the 

 paper, and shout at you, but which ap- 

 pear to lie flat against the wall. This 

 type of paper provides a very satisfactory 

 background for pictui-es and furniture as 

 well as for people and may be used if one 

 prefers it to an absolutely plain paper. 

 But it requires much more care and 

 thought to select this type if we are to 

 achieve a restful background which we 

 can enjoy for several years. And for 

 most of us the living room paper cannot 

 be changed oftener than every four or 

 five years. Frequently it has to last 

 much longer than that. The ceiling of 

 the room, like the sky, should be lightest 

 in value, but not white unless the wood- 

 work is white. It .should, of course 

 harmonize with the walls. It should 

 never have pattern. 



Most of us, if we have already ac- 

 quired rugs, must get along with them 

 even if they are not what we would 

 choose. If we are buying a new rug for 

 the living room it is well to remember 

 that while plain rugs make a perfect 

 j background, they are apt to show every 

 foot print. That is disastrous to the 

 ■ peace of mind of the mother in the home, 

 particularly if there are children. If a 

 rug with a pattern is purchased be sure 

 that the design is conventionalized, that 

 tlie .surface of the rug is evenly covered 

 by the pattern with no outstanding spots 

 or medallions. There should be a little 

 contrast between the colors used and be- 

 tween the lights and darks. 



The woodwork — the doors and door 

 casings, the window casings should har- 

 monize with the general color scheme for 

 the living room background. The general 

 rule is to have the .standing finish a 

 lighter value than for the floor and a 

 slightly darker value than for the walls. 

 In many of our old New England homes 

 the woodwork is white or ivory. When 

 the workmanship has been good and the 

 design for the doors and window casings 

 beautiful as it is in many of the old 

 Colonial houses, there is notliing lovelier. 

 But, in our more modern homes, where 

 the wood trim is quite ordinary, a color 

 similar to the wall background is less con- 

 spicuous than white. 



To be continued next month. 



WHAT WILL YOUR SPRING 



GARDEN CONTAIN? 



"I hear that milk and garden greens 

 Have snappy things called vitamins 

 That give us health and strength and pep 

 And put the ginger in our step." 



— Bob Adams. 



To the garden lover, a seed catalog at 

 this time of year is far more fascinating 

 than the latest novel. How alluring all 

 the new vegetables and many of the old 

 ones look. But do you ever stop to ask 

 yourself just what vegetables you should 

 plant to insure a supply — fresh, canned, 

 and stored for all the year round? 



The tomato is a vegetable liked by 

 most people, is easy to grow and gives a 

 good yield. And it is one of the best and 

 easiest vegetables to can for winter use. 

 Tomatoes furnish necessary minerals, but 

 are most valuable for vitamin C, the one 

 which prevents scurvy. Nearly everyone 

 knows that tomato may be substituted for 

 orange juice in the diet of the baby or 

 child, and the fact that it is ahnost as 

 valuable cooked as raw makes it one of 

 our best canning vegetables. And in the 

 winter time it adds variety, color and in- 

 terest to any menu. Since it is really a 

 fruit though usage makes it a vegetable, 

 it may be used in the diet as either. 



Green beans give good returns for time 



