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CHRISTMAS SHOPPING

_By VERA MORRIS

Looking around the stores, it’s
apparent that in most ranges
of toys this year there is a much
better selection than there has
been for years. This is just
as well, because in most stores,
side by side with well made at-
tractive articles, are some of
very poor material and shoddy
workmanship, at practically the
Same price.
for these items.

Best buy this years is the
“household” toy. There is an
excellent choice of attractive
dishes, pots and pans, toy irons,
mops, brooms and so on. For
years these toys were badly
made, of poor material and
very fragile, but this year there
@re some really superior ones.
I like the aluminum dish sets,
with tiny kettles and tea pots.

In general there is an
provement in the metal

So shop carefully

im-
toys.

‘Household’ toys best buy this year

planes, etc., and although a bit
on the expensive side, are a
better buy than the cheaper and
poorer plastic. Don't overlook
the tiny cars. These are a
must in every household with a
child from about one year up.
One English maker has some
fine ones on the market.

Dolls are expensive, but the
selection is good. A good buy is
the rubber “baby doll.” There
are several makes on the market,
but all. of them are life-like
babies that can be fed from a
small nursing bottle. These are
particularly good for the very
young, for they are almost in-
destructable and can be washed
with soap. Make certain the
older child wants a “baby” to
feed, bath, etc. before you buy
one of these, Many children like
dolls who look more like “little
girls.” ‘

Don’t overlook the hobby toys.

There are some good cars, trucks,

There are many this year, planes

and ships and cars to be built and
painted, and a better selection of
tools. But be careful. Make
certain the set you pick is one
that the child can handle, and
that there is enough to do. I
like the sets that give the child
a toy to play with when he’s
finished building .rather than a
pictures that he can do nothing
with.

Greatest disappointment is in
the building sets and the so-
called “educational” toys, which
are very limited. Block sets are
very poor. The new plastic block
is too expensive, too hard to
handle, and the fact that it is
interlocking is not important
to most children. They are too
inflexible in many instances.

We badly need a line of toys
carefully designed and made
that will give our children a
better chance to use their own
creative abilities, imagination
and ingenuity. :

Bottle music intrigues children

U
Students of St. Mary’s Hall girls
various

by tapping bottles filled to
tion of a note on the staff. Accompanied

one sitting.

ol
sige with colored water.

py the piano, the youngsters learn simple folk tunes at

in Burlington, N.J., take their first lessons in music

Each bottle represents the posi-

NURSERY SCHOOLS

~ Gordon House in West End example
of centers required for all districts

i

SOME kids in the crowded
West End are lucky. They have
& fleet of trikes to choose from,
Or they can take a turn at the
Sandbox, on the swings, te
teeter totter, or jungle sym. 0
course they have plenty of play-
mates too—about thirty-five other
‘youngsters of 2% to 5, all mem-
bers of the Gordon House Nurs-
€ry School. 3

Just llow one of them
through i day, and it’s obvious
‘ight off why more and more
Centers like Gordon House are
Needed jin every district of the
city,

Maybe the young
Starts off from one room in ia
ola Hotel Vancouver, oF ee
& small suite where normal no

is as popular as a raise in street
car fares,
He hurries up the steps of the

“student”

d approaches the teacher
See he mouth gaping like a
small bird waiting for a bad
throats are one of the ee
checked daily by the director me
the school, a graduate nurse, ¥
the kids cooperate automatically
before running out to the play-
ground for lusty noisy play.

n in for toileting, and play
awe “junior” or “senior aa!
with | plasticine, paints, nee
toys, blocks, etc. Each ¢! ee
chooses his own activity, a
returns the equipment to e
shelves when he wishes to change.

i g, and a
Then, usually, singing, :
little rest with quiet piano play:

ing before lunch. Fussy appetites
ryone else is

when evé
Bioko and drinking

eati ng vegetables

Then milk, and more _ outdoor
plays until mother comes at 3.

Every other Tuesday night mo-
ther goes to school, for lectures
and discussion with child ex-
perts, so that home-training
will be based on the same prin-
ciples as the nursery-school uses,
and no conflict created in the’
child’s mind. At the same time,
these sessions form a terrific re-
lease for the mother when she
poses a problem, finds that it’s
typical of the age, shared by
the other mothers—and is help-
ed to see the best way to work
it out.

Since these early years are the
most crucial of a child’s life—
more important than much of his
formal schooling—such facilities
should be every child’s right. But

ik. A nap, too, is accepted | only a tiny sample can be serv-

ae the two darkened|ed by Gordon House and the
readily in = until 2 o’clock.| ther nursery schools in Van-
sleeping room couver.’

ence

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mall for Every Need

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1947
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Both nursery schools and kind-
ergartens must become an ex-
tension of our public school sys-

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one of our local daily papers.
that is, except the money to

is our first “austerity” Christ-
mas, and the meaning of Prime
Minister King’s talk about sac-
rifices can be gauged’ by his
government’s refusal to reimpose
price controls:

I wonder, for instance, how
all the thousands of families ex-
isting on social allowance will
make out, and exactly what they
will be able to buy with that
very little bonus they receive for
Christmas ( a single. person re-
ceives $1.20 and a family, $3.20).

Many people receive
equal toamonth’s allowance given

of their own find themselves a
responsibility of the community.
Those on Mothers’ Allowance and
Old Age pension fare little bet-
ter, and I have a notion there
will be more than one empty
stocking this. year. :

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FOR THOSE who like to get
their shopping done in a hurry
(who doesn’t with crowds throng-:
ing the streets down down) here’s
a tip. The People’s Cooperative
Bookstore is sponsoring. a Book
Fair and will have a wide choice

of books as you will find any-
where.

Of special interest to mothers
is the children’s. film to. be
shown on Saturday, December 13,
at 2 p.m. at Pender Auditorium.
This is a film about a brother
and sister who go to the Land
of Toys to re-capture their much
abused toys. The children are
tried at Toyland Court and found
guilty—their sentence, to be-sold
as toys. ‘ ‘

You can take the family along
and while the youngsters . are
enjoying the show you can com-}
plete your’ Christmas shopping
and see the exhibit of child art
from. the Vancouver Art Gallery
and the demonstrations of sculp-
toring, weaving and painting. |

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WHILE OUT visiting the other’
day I was given some of the’
tastiest cookies I have had in a
long time. They will keep in-{
definitely, if well hidden. ‘

2 hard-cooked egg yolks
2raw egg yolks
% cup sugar
1 cup. butter
2 cups bread flour
% teaspoon vanilla
% teaspoon almond extract
For dipping:
Egg white
Sugar

Mash the hard-cooked yolks
and mix with the raw yolks and
sugar. Blend the: butter and flour
as for pie crust and combine

it with the egg )mixture. Add
the flavoring. Mix well. Take
small piéces of the dough, roll

into strips with hands and bring
the ends together to form cir-
cles or crescents. Dip in egg
white, then sprinkle with sugar.
‘Bake in a moderate oven _350
deg. F.) for about 10 to 15 min-
sutes, but do not brown.—B.G.

EVERYTHING is more plentiful this year, comments
Isn't it the truth? Everything,
buy the things that were hard
to get last Christmas when money was more plentiful. This

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