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Title: Woman's Home Journal
Issue Date: Volume XII (Issue No. 4) August 1936
Year: 1936
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extracted text: tamaifs Home OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN’S CLUBS OF THE PHILIPPINES —Photo by Matsura, Suu Studio (braprs August, 1936 20 CENTAVOS READ why the SILENCE of Electrolux is YOUR ASSURANCE of LONG SERVICE at LOW COST THE SILENCE of Electrolux is a definite advantage in itself. But it is also far more than that! It is constant proof of the basically differ ent method of Electrolux operation. Electrolux has no machinery. A tiny gas burner takes the place of all mov ing parts ... circulates the refrigerant, which is cooled by ordinary air. It is this utter simplicity which makes possible lasting Electrolux ef ficiency. It permits an unusually low operating cost. (A cost which will never be increased through the inefficiency of moving, wearing parts!) It insures perfect food protection every minute of every day. And it reduces repairs to a minimum. 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Guysayko Editor CHILD HEALTH NUMBER Mnmatt’js Ipmr dkninuil IaI * FEDERATION OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE NATIONAL’fedej OF WOMEN'S CLUBS OF THE PHILIPPINES Mrs. Geronima T. Pecson Business & Adv. Mgr. Published monthly. Entered as Second Class Matter at the Manila Post Office 1132 California St. Manila, Philippine Islands Telephone 5-77-31 SUBSCRIPTION RATES 1 Yenr.... P2.00 (P.I.), $1.50 (U.S.), P2.00 (Foreign) 6 Months.. 1.00 " .80 ” 1.10 Vol. XII—No. 4 August, 1936 20 Centavos TABLE OF CONTENTS PRESIDENT’S PAGE—By Pilar H. Lim..................... WITH US.......................................................................... .. THE PARENTS’ ROLE IN TIIE PRESERVATION OE CHILD HEALTH—By Dr. Honoria Acosta Sison............................................................ WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY ABOUT THESE? MEMORIES (A POEM)— By Rebecca Parish . . TIIE CHILDREN OBJECT LESSON (A POEM)—By Minnie Case Hopkins MENTAL HYGIENE AND HEALTH By Doreen Gamboa................................................ WHAT ABOUT THE CHILD’S FINANCIAL INSTRUCTION?.................................................... THE END OF THE PARTY (A Short Story) By Graham Greene................................................. LASZLO SCHWARTZ, AMBASSADOR OF HUMOR—By Jose F. Zaide............................... THE CHILD OF DON DIEGO (A Short Story) By Angel J. de Jesus ................ “BABY TALKS”—By Adelaida D. Seron..................... WOMAN’S REASON—By Isabel Artacho-Oeampo . . . . PLEA TO THE FILIPINO WOMEN By Sofia R. de Veyra........................................... LITTLE ANECDOTES ABOUT GREAT WOMEN ................................................................... JUNIOR EXPONENTS OF CHILD HEALTH .. .. FASHIONS IN REVIEW.................................................. NFWC NURSERY CLASSES........................................... HOME ECONOMICS—TAKEN FROM A NATIVE MENU—By Maria Fe Gonzales.......................... SHORT CUT TO BEAUTY................................................ HEALTH PAGE—CHILD HYGIENE By James Frederick Rogers................................ IT’S A WOMAN’S WORLD—By L. V. R....................... GRACIOUS LIVING—PARTIES FOR CHILDREN— ANp HOW THE CHILDREN CAN ENJOY THEM...................................................... HOME INSTITUTE—FOR MOTHERS (Adapted)................................................................ HAVE YOU READ............................................................. CLUB NEWS.......................................................................... WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD................................. SIXTH BIENNIAL CONVENTION OF NFWC SET FOR NOV. 26-30 ........................................ SCHEDULE OF NFWC LITERACY CLASSES IN MANILA........................................................... SOCIAL NOTES................................................................... (5 s 9 10 li 12 13 14 15 16 16 24 26 27 28 30 32 31-35 36 36 36 40 ffinarii nf Birrrtura NATIONAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN’S CLUBS OF THE PHILIPPINES President Mrs. PILAR HIDALGO LIM 1st Vice-President Mrs. SOFIA R. De VEYRA 2nd Vice-President Mrs. F. C. CADWALLADER Secretary Mrs. JOSEFA LLANES ESCODA Treasurer Mrs. GERONIMA T. PECSON Assistant Treasurer Mrs. JULIA V. VDA. DE ORTIGAS Members 1. Miss BESSIE A. DWYER 2. Mrs. NATIVIDAD ALMEDA LOPEZ 3. Miss ROSARIO OCAMPO 4. Mrs. ALICIA S. QUIRINO 5. Mrs. LAURA SHUMAN 2 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, August, 11)36 this tasty vegetable soup CAMPBELL’S Vegetable Soup—a whole meal in itself—brings you the rare flavor and the rich nourishment of fifteen choice, specially selected gar den vegetables. What an appetizing soup it is! How the children like it! As often as you serve it, you can be sure it will be appreciated. It’s economical, too. 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Warm it up with vegetables or rice, or use it to make appetiz ing corned beef hash. There are many pleasing ways of serving Libby’s Corned Beef. T^\EPEND on Libby’s Corned Beef for your U meat supply. When fresh meat is not avail able, this nourishing, wholesome tinned beef is always welcome. It appeals to hearty appetites— to those who are engaged in vigorous occupations and who require plenty of strength-building food, especially meat. Look for the Libby name and trade-mark when you buy corned Beef. It is guaranteed of fine quality—solid, lean meat of excellent flavor. For sale at your dealer’s Ask for Libby’s At your dealer’s Manila, August, 1936 WOMAN’S HOME- JOURNAL 3 WANTED: POOR SLEEPERS Keeping up-to-date does not only mean wearing smart clothes or knowing smarter talk It means keeping, up with the Times—with modern trends and modern thoughts. Keep time with the world through the Mninatt’a ijnmr Sfnurnal The magazine that sees current events with YOUR eyes. 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WOMAN’S HOME JOjURNAL Manila, August, 1936 Delicious—Healthful Orange Juice from tree-ripened golden oranges, with the frag rance of the lovely orange blossoms— Every bottle of ROYAL TRU®RANLE comes to you sealed— with the fresh fruit juice and pulp ready at any time— It is delicious—tempting and healthful Serve it slightly chilled— Another Quality Products of the X\X MIC I 1I BREWERY Manila, August, 1936 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 5 MEMBERS Board of Directors I National Wderatinn nt Wnnten’s (Clubs Miss BESSIE A. DWYER Mrs. N. ALMEDA-LOPEZ Miss ROSARIO OCAMPO Mrs. LAURA SHUMAN Mrs. ALICIA QUIRINO nt tbr HEADQUARTERS: 1132 CALIFORNIA, CORNER SAN MARCELINO P. 0. Box 30 MANILA TEL. 5-77-31 OFFICERS Mrs. PILAR H. LIM President Mrs. SOFIA R. DE VEYRA 1st Tier-President Mrs. F. C. CADWALLADER 2nd, Vice-President Mrs. JOSEFA LL. ESCODA Secretary Mrs. GERONIMA T. PECSON Treasurer Mrs. JULIA V. ORTIGAS Asst. Treasurer Dear Friends: Child Health Day comes on September first of this year. Of course to those who have children in their homes, every day is Child Health Day, but these are individual affairs. The children s health is also the community's concern, and to have every child in the community happy and healthy, be he rich or poor, is the aim of Child Health Day. We can all have a share in fulfilling this worthy task. The women, especially, can gladly concern themselves with the welfare of children. They realize the tribulations of caring for children and the benefits that cooperative motherhood can bring not only to the little children but also to themselves. This cooperative motherhood can be accom plished through nursery classes to which the busy mother can bring her little toddlers for instruction and safekeeping. These classes are easily established, and any woman in the community with sufficient interest can launch the project. The Federation has founded a number of nursery classes in the hope of increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the health centers to which poor mothers go for help. University girls volunteered as teachers, and the fathers of the children, merchants and other members of these communities where we established the classes donated labor, meat and other material contributions that encouraged the operation of these classes. We have supplemented some of them with nutrition service, and now the children are given soup or milk before they go to their homes. Our adventure into these nursery classes has been so interesting, and there is no rea son why it should not be so to those who have the welfare of children in their hearts. There is a real need for such simple stations where young children can learn the rudi ments of health, of work and play and the principles of living harmoniously with others. So I appeal to the women of the provincial towns and the crowded cities of the Philip pines. I am sure that in each of these places there are women who are equipped, mentally and physically, to undertake the supervision of such classes. They only need the coopera tion of the other mothers to get together the simple necessities of the classroom, like mats on which the children may sit, a few playthings for object lessons, a blackboard or two made of oilcloth, a few magazines and books. The nutrition service can be handled by others who need only appeal'to the merchants or market vendors to enlist their aid in this enterprise. I conclude with the promise of the Federation’s cooperation and assistance to who ever would help us carry out the extension of this project. The well-being of young children, the comfort and efficiency of motherhood, the reduction of infant mortality in the community itself are worthy accomplishments which require the joint effort of all those who love children. Sincerely, WOMAN’S HOME Manila, August, 1936 Wtl| Ils...' An incensed parent tells the world through the FREE PRESS that '‘Child Health” Day is all blah. We think otherwise, hence our earnestness about it all. It takes some experience in working for the welfare of children to arouse in the breast that spark of enthusiasm with regards the observance described by our .critic as an annual agitation. We are even enthusiastic about his criticism of our seeming lack of attention to the child mendicant, a thorn long hurting our and the government's side. What was not mentioned was the fact that the eradication of this menace to child health and welfare is not a job for just one or two organizations but for the public as well. Unfortunately, the public denies its cooperation. The average man prefers to let his contribution to the sustenance of such victims dribble in centavos rather than grow into a lump sum which will mean material aid for organized welfare agencies which can more competently care for them. These agencies can best determine what to do with these delinquents. They can discriminate between the deserving cases and those which are un deserving. For many beggars, if properly investigated, will be found spending their alms for liquor or for gambling. It is not just money that they need—they need guidance and understanding quite as greatly. With the financial as well as the moral support of the public, organized welfare agencies can take the proper steps towards the investigation, the sheltering and the care of the poor children and other beggars who haunt our streets and our churches begging for their keep. If every time a child mendicant approaches a better-situated citizen, the latter refers him or her to the police who will show the way to the Associated Charities, the Gota de Leche, the Asociacion de Damas Filipinos, etc., the good work will push itself forward through very lack of disastrous encouragement. This, of course, means that the citizen must identify himself with the government and its burden of eradicating the sores of our land and not hold himself aloof but cooperate with the agencies and the organiza tions which cannot succeed entirely without his active help. * * * We wish to put in our two cents’ worth of commendation on the success of the Arnacal flight. We wish to congratulate the two unassuming heroes of this expedition, Antonio Arnaiz and Juan Calvo, who list their names among the conquerors of the sky with this daring exploit. They have gloriously returned the compliment which Spain had paid us when two of her sons, Gallarza and Loriga, braved the dangers of a protracted aerial expedition to bring us the warm greetings of their motherland. We share in the reflected glory which Arnaiz and Calvo shed upon the entire Philippines and with sin cere hopes for their successful return, we say to them ‘‘Happy Landing!” Manila, August, 1936 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 7 I The Parents’ Role in the Preservation of Child Health HEALTH denotes well being in the physical, the mental, the moral and the spiritual make-up of the individual. These four aspects of personality are so closely interrelated that neg lect in the development of any one of them seriously af fects the complete develop ment of the others. Man begins his existence equipped with these four as pects of individuality. He has inherited structures and ten dencies that may tend to good or to bad development. These are strengthened or weaken ed according to the environ ment that surrounds him. Herein enters the parents’ share in building up healthy manhood or womanhood for their young child. It is their duty to give him such an environment that he can best thrive in it. Early Training In the beginning, the baby should not be handicapped by disease or faults in struc ture. Then his food should be not only sufficient but re gular. He should have enough fresh air, clean dry clothing to protect his body from the extremes of temperature, and regular daily baths to cleanse and refresh him. Good habits can be incul cated in the child as he real izes that he has growing pow ers that can be exercised. What the child will become later on is largely determin ed by the success of this early training, so the guardians of his health should guard against the formation of such bad habits as masturbation and others. Should the child tend to handle his delicate parts, his hands should be gently removed and his at tention diverted. Too much cuddling and irritation through noisy surroundings should be avoided while the child is growing. When able to play, he should be allowed to do so at regular hours, thus training him to use his na tural powers of action. The child is a potential By j. Dr. Honoria Acosta Sison Dr. Acosta-Sison genius, valuable citizen or vile criminal. His final status depends on both his her edity and environment. His tastes, his attitudes and ideals are shaped by these two fac tors. Good food, fresh air, and clean clothing, though TO BEAUTIFY YOUR SKIN • Besides revealing new beauty and making the skin admirably soft and smooth, Hinds has precious pro tective qualities. Use if every day. basic and essential for his normal development, are not enough to complete his healthy growth. There must be, in addition, the proper psychologic atmosphere con ducive to the implantation, growth and realization of the ideals that will constitute the guide and bulwark of his growth into adulthood. Home Atmosphere What chances for hap piness has a young child who is placed in a home where adults quarrel frequently re gardless of h i s presence? Where obscene language is made the vehicle of humor and a harsh tone the predo minant note in all conversa tions? There are men who can seem fautless examples of gentlemanliness in society but who are selfish brutes at home. Their very presence can make their families quake with fear. Their irascible tempers are released by the flimsiest causes. The wife of such a man once confided to the writer the difficulties which these qualities of her husband raised in the bring ing up of her children. She had enjoined her children to respect their father and to look upon him as an ideal man. But this objective is hard to accomplish when the father comes home scolding without discrimination and without the slightest consid eration of his wife’s or his children’s feelings. The mo ther tries to retain the chil dren’s respect for their fa ther by explaining to them that their father was that way because of overwork, but between such a losing attempt and her own heart blows, the poor woman’s soul is almost crushed. Childhood Impressions Are Lasting Such a man is lucky in the possession of a patient wo man. How much more dif ficult it would be for the chil dren if their mother started a quarrel every time their fa ther came home! For this happens in some families, and the parents do not even have the thoughtfulness to air their differences away from the observation of others, especially of their children. Children, no matter how young, can observe and feel keenly. They can sense jus tice and injustice, kindness and unkindness. Is it a won der, therefore, that some girls turn man haters and some boys into woman haters, or that children grow up believ ing that quarreling and thoughtlessness a c c 0 mpany the normal home life? It has been said with truth that happenings during the early years of life leave the most lasting impressions. I recall the case of a girl who grew up in the custody of an aunt whose method of train ing was based solely on scold ings and corporal punishment. (Continued on page 37) Manila, August, 1936 8 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL I What Does the Law Say About These? Here Are Instances of Exploitation of Children That Cry Shame on the “Pearl of the Orient” IT was almost midnight. Night life was on. The or chestra flourished a noisy introduction to the evening’s floor show. An expectant audience stared. And stared the more when three little tots, two boys whose ages could not be over twelve and a girl about six or seven years old, came out for their num ber. The girl was highly painted. Her dress was pat terned after the tawdry at tire of women in the trade. These three performed a cer tainly not delectable imita tion of the vulgar exhibitions of more seasoned and older vaudeville artists. These children performed three acts, each bringing on them a shower of red and sil ver coins. A little later, they passed among the tables a platter where patrons once more tossed coins for the chil dren. * * * At a vaudeville show down town, a little girl scarcely out of her infancy appears every evening. She shares the his ses, boos and vulgar acclaims of an audience whose low tastes her troupe caters to. She has for her education cheap jokes and cheaper ex hibitions whose lewd mean ings are far too obvious to be misunderstood. * * * Down at Plaza Goiti, a thirteen-year-old girl sells news papers daily. Oh, yes, she says that woman who crou ches over her bundle of newsDon’t run risks with baby’s health. Guard against infection —prevent irritation—soothe chafing. Mennen Borated Powder will do it for you. Silkysoft, cooling, refreshing, it’s everything a fine baby powder should be! Use it generously—after every bath—after every diaper change. See how sweet and comfortable it makes baby! BORrtT^P TdL^UM KI M Ml M HIM Dill BORftT^b TfllXUI * ! —“oMEMORIES”— By Rebecca Parish There’s a little old church and a little old school On a much-traveled country highway; And the world dashes by as it ever will do But the little old buildings must stay. Time was, when the little old places were nexv, And the joy of the whole country-side: Folks worshipped on Sundays, devout and sincere, And the school was the ivhole country’s pride. The fathers and mothers and their broods Filled the petvs each and every Lord’s Day; The old-fashioned preachers, with consciences strict, Pointed plainly to all the straight way. And the musical man marched up to the front Of the church, ivith his old tuning fork, And he pitched the tunes true, as song-leaders do, From the old Bethel church to Neto York. In memory I see the little school room— The rostrum, the benches, mid-aisles, The teacher so trim, so ivise to the brim That she might e’en the dullest beguile. Near the small middle window on the left—“the Girls’ side” Sat a little brown-curly-haircd maid: And “I” was that one in the long long ago When foundations for learning were laid. But noxv these old buildings so fraught with siveet thoughts Are used for old barns and for stores: It pains one’s heart deeply to see the decay, And machinery barring the doors. So fragrant with memories of days long gone by, And the whispering spirits of friends, Are the little old church and the little old school— Memories that ivill last till life ends. papers is her aunt. We have heard that story before. Any way, she peddles her news papers and daily comes in contact with unscrupulous in dividuals ready to prey on gullible and innocent thirteenyear-old females. * * * Poor child with the dis hevelled hair. She takes care of her mistress’ baby, washes infant clothes and diapers, mops the floor, and every so often goes to the Chinese store to buy some things for the house. She is twelve years old, and has already been sold into practical slavery by her parents in the province. She is clothed, and how poorly, and receives three pesos a month. All the three pesos are sent to her parents. Not a single centavo goes to her. Poor child with the dis hevelled hair. She is just one of an array of child-slaves. Slaves to the laziness and greed of their elders. * * * News report from Albay published in a Manila daily: Girls between 12 and 14 years are engaged as taxi-dancers in local cabarets. Employment agencies are also sending re cruiting agents all over the Bicol region for the regular “shipment” of young girls to Manila. * * * These are social problems that, of a necessity, concern the country. What does the law say to all these? Or are these obvious violations or flagrant evasions of the law? Be they what they may, they can bear the investigation of our law-makers and law enforcers. Manila, August, 1936 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 9 THE IN their early teens, chil dren attain a most critical outlook. Where before they had accepted unquestion ingly, they in their new-found wisdom now criticize and place their own values. Every thing is carefully weighed in the balance and judged ac cording to its measure. Even parents do not escape this re classification. They are no longer the irreproachables. They have become human beings with faults, glaring or otherwise. An insight into the adoles cent judgment on parents was had when a high school teach er asked his senior class— students of thirteen to nine teen years of age—to write on “My Parents”. What these adolescents wrote is a revela tion to their elders. Strangely, not one of them asked for nor desired “ideal parents”. They all seemed to agree that human, erring parents were far more desir able. “But,” revealed one seriousminded girl of seventeen, “I wish my parents would stick to good old-fashioned discip line. As modern believers of develop-the-individuality cult, my parents have succeeded only in raising an undiscip lined brood of children. A nice spanking will do a lot more good than toleration. The latter is such an incen tive to the imp in us.” The thirteen-year-old baby of the senior class reports: “My parents are too ambi tious. They believe that I have an unusually high intel ligence and will yet grow to be president of the Philip pines. They frighten me so. I am afraid that I may not live up to their expectations. That is why I study so hard. But I wish I can play more, Adolescents Present What They Consider The Most Objectionable Parental Traits LESSON By Minnie Case Hopkins HAVE YOU SEEN, anyzvhere, a tall little lad And a winsome wee lass of four? It was only today, barefooted and brown, That they played by my kitchen door. It zvas only today (or maybe a year; It could not be twenty, I knozv!) They were shouting for me to help in their game, But I was too busy to go, Too busy with sweeping and dusting to play, And now they have silently zoandered azvay. IF BY CHANCE you hear of a little slim lad And a small zvinsome lass of fozzr, I pray you to tell me! To find them again I zvould journey the wide world o’er. Somewhere, I am sure, they’ll be playing a game, And should they be calling for me To come out and help, oh, tell them, I beg, I’m coming as fast as can be! For there’s never a house might hold me today Cozild I hear them call me to share in their play. just like other boys of my age.” “One or the other of my parents keep on nagging us children that they practical ly drive us from the house,” was the complaint of another. He continues, “They both be lieve that they have to pound into our heads the do’s and don’ts of good manners and right conduct. Can’t they cre dit us children with more sense?” Writes one other: “My pa rents love each other, but per haps through force of habit, they are rude to each other. Otherwise, they are perfectly civil persons.” “I am very proud of my parents.” This was from a daughter of a lawyer and a woman government employee. “The trouble with them is that they don’t seem to have FOR OCEAN PEARL BUTTONS Made in Manila COME TO OUR STORE AT 460 Calle Dasmarinas MANILA BUTTON FACTORY, INC. anything in common. 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Mind is but the human being in action, and hand in hand with our Health Education must go also an understand ing of what causes the be havior underlying the various degrees of normality found among us. Just as the health of the child has a great bear ing upon the personality make-up so the behavior of the child has important bear ing upon his health and well being. Behavior Problems Teachers in schools, parents in the home, welfare agencies, nurses, doctors, can all testify that they daily meet children whose physical health seems to be well looked after but who are far from showing the stability necessary for meeting the daily strains of home and school. We well know today that those who are behavior problems in our schools, those who are join ing the ever lengthening list of juvenile delinquents, those who are the restless vaga bonds of our streets are those children who are being poorly understood and managed in their home, and even in their school, life. We know also that the adults who are al ways at or below the poverty line, who drift into depen dency, those who make up the dissatisfied portion of our in dustrial and agrarian popu lation, those who fail to meet the demands of the commun ity either as to economic pro ductiveness or social respon sibility are for the most part those whose home and school and vocational life have been devoid of opportunities for adequate s e 1 f-expression. Their impulses could find no legitimate outlet and when society does not provide the means for the satisfaction of the inner forces impelling the behavior of the child, society must pay the price when the child finds other means for satisfaction and when as an adult he crumbles under the strain of the vocational world. Our Commonwealth today is beset at every turn by pro blems arising out of such mental and emotional con flicts. We desperately need exper ienced workers in the field of mental hygiene and the neces sary public support to carry out an adequate program leading to the mental health of every child. Physical health alone will not equip the child for the larger plans of his country which will soon fall to his keeping. The stab ility of the Commonwealth depends upon how successful we are in meeting these sym ptoms of unhealthy mental or behavior reactions. Workers in the Field of Child Health And Education How shall we tackle this phase of our health problem? Where shall we find the work ers who can go into the homes as intelligent observers of the more subtle relationships and attitudes, ready to help inter pret the child’s behavior and make possible necessary ad justments? What can we do to assure a more efficient handling of behavior situa tions in the classroom? How can we provide a better meth od than the present trial and {Continued on page 31) FOR OCEAN PEARL BUTTONS Made in Manila COME TO OUR STORE AT 460 Calle Dasmarinas MANILA BUTTON FACTORY, INC. Manila, August, 1936 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 11 What About The Child’s Financial Instruction? SOONER or later, parents have to face this pro blem: How shall I teach my children the value of money ? This problem is solved to a certain extent in the schools. But teaching Juanito that two and two make four and that two pesetas make forty centavos does not comprise the whole of his financial edu cation. This is merely the process, the mechanics which will later help him in his evaluation of objects in terms for money. This does not teach him the most important thing about money—the worth of it, not in terms of cash but in the value received for it. Financial Education in Work This financial education must be undertaken mostly in the homes where it can be coupled with another vital factor, work. Work is the basic factor in youthful fin ancial instruction. Obvious ly, the father is unwise who gives freely of money to his children whenever they ask for it to buy certain unessen tial things for themselves. He is depriving his children of one great lesson: that of value received for services. He does not make his children xvork for their pleasures. He does not make them understand that money can be had only through the exertion of some effort. There was a father who re fused to spoil his children’s chances to earn for them selves. He made offers of work every time the children approached him for money for shows or for toys or luxu ries. He taught his eldest son that he could get a regular wage through expending some activity in keeping the yard in trim. His younger son got enough for his extra school expenses and money for an occasional show by transfering wood for fuel from the delivery truck to the house whenever the truck came for the household’s share of fire wood. This money could very easily be earned by workers in the truck, but the boy had offered to earn it for himself. The girl was entrusted with the lighter chores in the laundry, like helping her mo ther with the bleaching, the hanging and the ironing of the clothes in the wash. Even the baby of the family learn ed working for something be cause he was paid for his politeness, his punctuality and his helpfulness. These earnings, in addition to the regular allowance for other more important expenses net Her smile is brighter, bad breath gone, since changing to Colgate’s Dental Cream. Kill two birds with one stone this way! Avoid methods fail to remove them. Soon they cause mouth odors —in time lead to dull, dingy teeth and very often serious decay! bad breath—and get cleaner, brighter teeth! You can, say dentists—because most cases of bad breath come from teeth that are only “half way" cleaned! That is—food deposits lodge in hidden mouth crev ices, such as those between the teeth. 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Here is one important prin ciple, however, that the pa rent intent on the financial education of h i s children should observe: Whatever bargain you make with the child, be sure not only that you go through with it but also that the child goes through with his end of the bargain. Any letting down on either part will hinder suc cess. For it must be remem bered that in such bargains two things may be taught aside from the value of money. One of these is that agree ments are sacred obligations which must be carried out to the letter, arid the other is that agreements mean no thing, and that poor work is just as productive as good work. Children Work for a Furpose The parent has a powerful lever in the desires of the children and he should try, as much as possible, to stimu late them. How much easier it is for Juanito to work to earn a few pesos that will buy him a much coveted book or an airplane model. Children work more willingly for a purpose, and the parent should make it his business to understand what this is.' The parent, too, may make a generous gesture at the end of their bargain by adding a small bonus for promptness or willingness or general good behavior on the part of the child. The next step in the child’s financial instruction has to do with the starting of a small savings account. Every child should be encouraged to do this, for there is nothing like the fact of a few pesos saved to stimulate further saving in a child newly con scious of the delight of having money of his own. A wise parent did this for his young ster: He started the child’s (Continued on page 2G) 12 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 'Manila, August, 1936 THE END-OF THE PARTY pETER Morton woke with a start to face the first light. Through the window he could see a bare bough drooping across a frame of silver. Rain tapped against the glass with the sound of nervous fin gers. It was February the fifth. He looked across a table, on which a night light had guttered into a pool of water. At the other bed, Francis Morton was still as leep, and Peter lay down again with his eyes on his brother. It amused him to imagine that it was himself whom he watched, the same hair, the same eyes, the same lips and line of cheek. But the thought soon palled, and the mind went back to the fact which lent the day impor tance. It was the fifth of February. He could hardly believe that a year ENJOY the delightful fla vor of these choice suncured grapes, packed under the Sun-Maid trade-mark Healthful and nourishing, they are good to eat right from the package—an excel lent sweet for children. They are inexpensive, too—only a few centavos for the small package. Eat them often. They deserve an important place in your diet. Sun-Maid Seedless Raisins In the small package for eating—in 15-oz. package for cooking—at all dealer's. I A SHORT STORY By Graham Greene had passed since Mrs. Henne-Falcon had given her last children’s party. Francis turned suddenly upon his back and threw an arm across his face, blocking his mouth. Peter’s heart began to beat fast, not with pleasure now but with uneasiness. He sat up and called across the ta-. ble, “Wake up.” Francis's should ers shook and he waved a clenched fist in the air, but his eyes remain ed closed. To Peter Morton the whole room seemed suddenly to darken, and he had the impression of a great bird swooping. He cried again, “Wake up,” and once more there was silver light and the touch of rain on the windows. Francis rubbed his eyes. “Did you call out?” he asked. “You are having a bad dream,” Peter said with confidence. Al ready experience had taught him how far their minds reflected each other. But he was the elder, by a USE THEM IN COOKING Sun-Maid Raisins are used in mak ing the most delicious cakes and cookies, desserts and puddings. 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This quantity will serve 8 or 10 persons. matter of minutes, and that brief extra interval of light, while his brother still struggled in pain and darkness, had given him self-reliance and an instinct of protection to wards the other who was afraid of so many things. “1 dreamed that I was dead,” Francis said. “What was it like?” Peter asked with curiosity. “I can’t remember,” Francis said, and his eyes turned with relief to the silver of day, as he allowed fragmentary memories to fade. “You dreamed of a big bird.” “Did I?” Francis accepted his brother’s knowledge without ques tion, and for a little the two lay silent in bed facing each other, the same green eyes, the same nose tilting at the tip, the same firm lips parted, and the same premature mo deling of the chin. The fifth of February, Peter thought again, his mind drifting idly from the image of cakes to the prizes which might be won. Egg-and-spoon races, spearing apples in basins of water, blindman’s buff. “I don’t want to go,” Francis said suddenly. “I suppose Joyce will be there.... Mabel Warren.” Hateful to him the thought of a party shared with those two. They were older than he. Joyce was thir teen and Mabel Warren fifteen. Their long pigtails swung super ciliously to a masculine stride. Their sex humiliated him, as they watched him fumble with his egg, from under lowered, scornful lids. And last year. . .he turned his face away from Peter, his cheeks scarlet. “What’s the matter?” Peter ask ed. “Oh, nothing. I don’t think I’m well. I’ve got as cold. I oughtn’t to go to the party.” Peter was puzzled. “But, Fran cis, is it a bad cold?” “It will be a bad cold if I go to the party. Perhaps I shall die.” “Then you mustn’t go,” Peter said with decision, prepared to solve all difficulties with one plain sen tence, and Francis let his nerves relax in a delicious relief, ready to leave everything to Peter. But though he was grateful he did not yet turn his face towards his bro ther. His cheeks still bore the badge of a shameful memory, of the game of hide and seek last year in the darkened house, and of how he had screamed when Mabel Warren put her hand upon his arm. He had not heard her coming. Girls were like that. Their shoes never squeak ed. No boards whined under their tread. They slunk like cats on pad ded paws. When the nurse came in with hot water Francis lay tranquil, leaving everything to Peter. Peter said, “Nurse, Francis had got a cold.” (Continued on page S2) Manila, August, 1936 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 13 Laszlo Schwartz, Ambassador of Humor gerate her funny details.” Following * are typical Laszlo de ductions on three types of women as seen through the binoculars of a humorist 1 “There are three types of wo men,” he remarked, “the beautiful, the interesting, and the homely. The beautiful displays the least sense of (Continued on page 28} By Jose F. Zaide THE world’s strangest ambassador is now a Manila visitor. He caine along after a merry, laughing tour from Hungary. But he might have come elsewhere, Mt. Sinai for instance, then down to earth to preach a new gospel, a modern cult —the cult of humor. “You might tell your readers that there is a new mythical republic called ‘Humor’ and Laszlo is one of its ambassadors.” With that for a personal card, Laszlo Schwartz, world-famous vio linist and composer, caricaturist, humorist and raconteur bowed his way into the consciousness of sad eyed, completely bewildered mythi cal audiences. Humorous Adventures Commuting with Laszlo in his Manila Hotel suite the other after noon, we were struck by a faint sug gestion of incongruities about the man. A musical genius and an artist of real magnitude, there is visible, an element of ponderous ness about him, and this is not due to his size. 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We found him truly funny, his merry, formidable grin inescapably humo rous. In his eyes, we discovered humor in its malignant form. And we laughed at Laszlo’s laughing at himself in spite of the world. To be a humorist, according to Laszlo, is to be intensely, passion ately human. To prove this, he re peated an interesting anecdote about Charlie Chaplin and himself in their recent adventure together in Saigon early this year. “Charlie and I took a merry trip in one of Saigon's opium dens one evening. The place was enveloped in stupor, and littered about were ragged shapes of humanity sunk into a coma. On one side of the wall was drawn the pathetic pro file of a man. and beside him a dog. On the opposite wall, in similar circumstance, was another man and beside him was a child. Overcome by the grotesqueness of the sur roundings, Charlie made me a lit tle wager that I cannot guess what he was thinking of at that very mo ment. I guessed rightly: he, ra ther, ue, were thinking of the thoughts exchanged between the child and the dog.” Women’s Sense of Humor About the average-man’s sense of humor and that of a woman, Laszlo has this to say: “The average man has a better sense of humor than the average girl. The demands of com petitive life in a man who ordinar ily is the breadwinner will explain that discrepancy. Strip a man of his humor and he will get lost in the competition.” Fairly launched on a delightful account of intrigues with the wo men, there is no stopping Laszlo. “If women could see men as I see them, they would not be married to them,” he said after a while, as lightly as one would comment on the weather. “At the outset,” continued Lasz lo, “if woman were really funny it is because she is more anxious to hide her shortcomings. A woman’s face is her fortune. That is why she detest caricaturists who exag Now I Have Skin Beauty —All Over! 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Those were the old en days, the golden days, when anything could happen; and, yes! even this might have happened! Our islands slumbered then under the rule of Governor Don Geronimo de Silva. At that time, there lived a cer tain retired Captain, Don Diego de Montoro, who had engaged in commerce and thereby became very wealthy. His stone and wooden house was one of the biggest in the city and it was furnished with richness and elegance as be fitted such an august man. Besides, was it not the due setting for his young and beautiful wife? For Don Diego had married a very re ligious and beautiful lady whom he loved with all the proud love of his tough sol dier’s heart. As I have said, she was a good and beautiful lady; and even the servants were loud in praise of her goodness. She was a very excellent lady, worthy in every way of bear ing the doughty Captain’s name. Her name? The an cient chronicler enumerated all her virtues and graces , and then — manlike—forgot Short Story By Angel G. the most important thing: her name. Let us then cover his deficiency by supplying one. Dona Maria is beautiful enough. Now there came a time when Don Diego’s heart seem ed almost too full with hap piness; for by signs peculiar and incontrovertible, he knew that his wife would bear him a child. Daily he sang in his rough soldier’s voice and the “bankeros”, the paddlers of his trading “bancas”, wond ered why the “senor” was so happy. But then they, poor ignorant souls, did not know what was going to happen; for Doha Maria kept to her room as was the custom then, sewing her coming baby’s When you think of safety matches remember PHILIPPINE MADE MATCHES safest and most reliable Any of these brands are popular in the market—Today Rizal—Liwayway— Sunset—Guitar—Black Cat ON SALE EVERYWHERE Philippine Match Company, Ltd. Manila de Jesus clothes and, too, dreaming. Then came the day when it seemed his child was to come out into this world. That day, Don Diego was generous in his largess to the priests, for special masses,for the good outcome of his wife’s deli very. Not only that! Head bowed in supplication, though his heart was urging him to return to his suffering wife, he spent the morning in pray ers to the Virgin for her in tercession and help. For, so the Captain thought, if Queen Mary could not help, who could? Besides, in that utter ly feminine crisis, he felt completely helpless, he with his scarred chest and brawny arms. When he returned home, he was greeted by an unmistak able squeal from above and his heart suddenly leaped in his breast. Of course, the Captain was not so impracti cal as to leave his wife alone to the tender mercies of his servants; when he had gone, he had left behind a good neighbor of theirs, Dona Juana, a woman skilled in such things. The Captain was surprised —he had expected the crisis for the coming night; and im mediately he thought of his wife’s well-being. He went up the wide “narra” stairs in undignified bounds, shouting: “Doha J u a n a! Doha Juana!” Doha Juana met him at the door of his wife’s room and immediately he saw that something was wrong. Her usually placid and kind face was twisted into a grimace and he clutched her hands, his leathery-red face suddenly pale. “My wife! How is she?” he mumbled incoherently. “She is all right. And so is your son,” Doha Juana added. “The Virgin be praised!” the suddenly transformed Captain cried. “Thanks to Her! Thanks to Her! A boy, you said! Oh, what hap piness !” And he opened the door and bounded in while Doha Juana followed as fast as de corum would permit her. There was a series of happy greetings to his wife which suddenly stopped in a stran gled cry, to be followed by puzzled imprecations; and then the Captain was outside. “Dios mio!” he cried. “Dios mio! Malediction!” And he ran down the stairs and out side the house. You wonder at the Cap tain’s cries? At his sudden puzzled anger? Well, you shall know the cause of it. The baby that Doha Juana now so pityingly covered up was black as charcoal! As black as burned dried sar(Continued on page 38) Manila, August, 1936 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 15 “BABY TALKS” Superstitions about Babies and Babyhood By Adelaida D. Seron YEARS back, when smallpox epidemics still scourged the Philip pines, children were made to eat monkey meat. That, according to the village folk, was responsible for immunity against the dreaded plague. Faith or coincidence such as this strengthen belief in vil lage superstitions. No wonder, then, that lov ing but fearful mothers be come grovelling slaves to su perstitions about babies and babyhood. Schools and puericulture centers are gradually loosening the grip of false be liefs on the mothers. Still, there are hundreds who dare not “take the chance. . .just in case, you know”. And so they cling to old, while ac quiring new, practices. Thus, while mothers take their babies to the puericulture center to find out if ills during the teething period may have some other and more dangerous cause, they also hang strings of beads around the babies’ necks to make teething easier. Many a mother is glad when her months-old baby vomits. She considers this a sign of good health. Nothing could be further from the truth. Vomitting is an indication of discomfort. Either a baby’s feeding is too much, his feed ing given too often, or his position disturbs his digestion. The mother must find out what is the exact matter be fore it becomes more serious. If a fat baby becomes fret ful and thin, what would you do? Take him to the doctor, of course. There are a few mothers, however, who would select among their friends one who had admired their babies most. Then they would ask for a lock of their friend’s hair or a piece of clothing which they burn close to the child in the belief that this would restore him to his for mer chubbiness. There’s a farmer’s wife—a neighbor of mine—who would not have her husband work strenuously while her child is but an infant. She believes that the child is affected by the father’s work. When he works hard, the child cries continuously or becomes sick. Such belief, silly as it may sound to the rest of us, is only less common than one prevalent in many towns. Parents refuse to name their offspring after themselves. If they do, they think that the time will come when either the child or the parent after whom it is named be comes very sickly and some times even dies. Do you wish your baby to be intelligent? Then, the old village chronicle tells us, pick out an intelligent person to sponsor him at baptism. For children take after their god parents. No true-born Filipino is without birthmarks. 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Isabel Artacho-Ocampo JIIIS is a call to duty which can only be answered by voting for woman suffrage at the coining ple biscite to be held sometime next May, 1937. This plebiscite will be held exclusively for women voters, to give them an opportunity to de cide for themselves whether they really want to enjoy the right of suffrage or not. While formerly our Philippine Legislature was the only power who could grant woman suffrage, now Where nursing mother takes Scott’s Emulsion both she and her baby receive its strengthening, vitalising power. Mother’s milk is increased and enriched; her whole system is toned up and baby protected against rickets. Refuse substitutes... For better health take SCOTT’S EMULSION FORMULA OF SCOTT S EMULSION:-Cod Liver Oil, 29.032%; Glycerine, 12.097%; 1% solu tion of Hypophosphites of Lime and Soda, 56.937%; Excipient, 1.796%; Flavoring, .138%. Approved and Regi tiered by the Board of Pharmacy. it lies entirely in our hands to obtain or cast aside this privilege. We should fully realize the impor tance of this decisive step, for it will mark the dawn of a new era in the history of our struggles for political emancipation. If we secure woman suffrage, then we shall have attained full citizenship. This will put us on the same footing as the women of other nations, and enable us to serve not only our own families but also The real test for obtaining the much coveted vote for women of the Philippines is now a cer tainty according to the message of President Quezon to the zlssembly. It is time, then, to work in order that ice mag not only fill the quota assigned to ns by the Constitution, but if possible, that we may e.rceed it. Our women have never failed in whatever purpose they worked for wholehearted'y. .1 history of the Phil ippines wan’d not be complete unless it mentioned the heroic deeds of our women who work ed and fought with our men, risking their Hues for the honour of their country. Much less is being asked from us now. H'c are but called to go to the polls and vote in favor of woman suffrage. Let those who are blessed with education, ■not only go to the polls but help to enlighten their less fortunate sisters. Prom now until May 11th, every educated Filipino woman should use her influence the community in which we live and the country that gave us birth. If we desert our cause at this critical period of our struggle for final emancipation, we ought to be branded as traitors to our country, in as much as women’s participa tion in public affairs is a potential factor in the success of the Com monwealth. Imagine tin * tremendous respon sibility we base to shoulder when the time comes for our daughters to demand an accounting of the legacy we have inherited from our mothers, who, in their turn, have fought hard to obtain the right of enfranchisement. Then we would not hesitate for a single moment to go to the polls on the plebiscite day and cast our vote in favor of woman suffrage. Would it not be a travesty to lose the right to vote now that it is within our power to win it ? Would it not be a be trayal of trust not to transmit to our descendants the precious boon of suffrage? Constitutional Requirement Our Constitution requires but two qualifications of a woman voter— first, that she be at least 21 years old, and second, that she be able to read and write. A majority of the Filipino women possess these qualifications. I fervently hope that all the qualified women voters would rally under the same banner, for women the world over who do not enjoy political rights are never in a position to defend their civil rights. It must be borne in mind that an opportunity such as this will knock at our door only once, and if we let it go, it shall not come again. Mks. i> ; Vkyka in. her particular circle to win votes in order that tiie women of the Philippines may be grant ed suffrage. Sofia R. he Veyiia In leaving to Filipino women the choice to exercise the right of suf frage rather than provide for it as a constitutional mandate, the mak ers of our constitution hurled a challenge to us, Filipino women, to win it only and when, by tremen dous vote, we show unanimous de sire to enjoy it. Thus, in giving to us this right, they have given to us also the right of self-determina tion. A Challenge to Patriotism My country-women, let us not be discouraged by imaginary evils and the deep-rooted pessimism among some of us who believe that wo man’s suffrage is the forerunner of home-wrecking. On the contrary, we should consider it a blessing iliat will bring about real democracy, equality, freedom and happiness to the future generations of our woLet us not fail to answer the challenge to our patriotism and our sense of responsibility. Let us vin dicate our past grievances and mis givings. We are now at the cross roads and we should pray to God that we follow the right course. Women of the Philippines, to win the right of suffrage, 300,000 affirmative votes must be cast in the coming plebiscite. Surely, there there will be more than 300,000 women who, by their affirmative votes, will serve notice to the world that this blessed country, the Pearl of the Orient, where the culture and civilization of the East are blended with the culture and civil ization of the West, can boast of an enlightened and emancipated wo manhood. Manila, August, 1936 WOMAN'S HOME JOURNAL 17 Little Anecdotes About Great Women QUEEN ISABELLA (The Catholic Queen) Tomas de Torquemada was the dreaded Chief of the Holy Inquisition which, although founded by Queen Isabella with the best of intentions, degenerated into a weapon of persecution and cruelty. The following episode was the determining factor in caus ing Isabella to choose Tor quemada as head of that ins titution : The Queen went to confes sion to him one day, and upon reaching the confessional she knelt down, waiting for Tor quemada to do likewise, as was the custom in hearing confession of the royal fam ily. But to the Queen’s sur prise, he remained seated. Isabella, losing patience, said: “Do you not know that to hear a Queen’s confession you must kneel?” “This,” Torque mada answered coldly, “is God’s Court of Justice, and I am his Representative. God kneels before no one....’” Such a haughty demeanor based on his firm conviction of his divine mission, gained the Queen’s admiration and confidence, and shortly after wards, she designated him to direct the Inquisition. QUEEN VICTORIA (Exemplary Queen and Spouse) One of the facts which stands out most among the many things that made this Queen’s life beautiful, was the well-defined respect and intense love she bore her hus band, as shown by the follow ing incidents. It was an an cient custom in England to bestow the title of “Prince Consort * .to the Queen’s hus band. But Victoria did not find it quite right for her spouse, whom she wanted to see honored in every possible way. Summoning Melbourne to her, she asked him to ins truct Parliament to make her husband “King Consort”. It was then that Melbourne made the well-known reply: “Your Majesty! Remember that if we give Parliament the right to make a King, we shall also give it the right to unmake a Queen.” Victoria’s wishes were not carried out officially, but privately she al ways called her husband “King Consort”. Albert’s death was such a terrible blow for Victoria that her spirit was broken forever. She withdrew completely from Court life and took so little active interest in public affairs, that in her last years, in spite of the respect in which she was held, public opinion began to be very sharp in its criticism. But nothing could persuade her to re-enter the life of the Court, and she died in seclusion, without ever having found solace for her grief. MADAME ROLAND (Priestess of the French Re volution) In the Place de la Revolu tion, today the Place de la Concorde, where the execu tions took place, there was at that time a colossal statue of Liberty, modelled in clay. It was there, when the cart in which she was being brought to the lethal, platform stop ped, that Madame Roland, stretching her arms towards (Continued on page 39) Make each penny buy more real coffee flavor XT OU get better value from Chase U A Sanborn Coffee. It tastes better . . . gives you more real coffee flavor for every cent you spend. It’s reasonably priced because we buy choice coffees in such large quantities, and its delicious, rich flavor is assured by its fresh ness. Buy a can of Chase ft Sanborn Coffee and enjoy better coffee value for your money. 18 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, August, 1936 BABY OLYMPICS... not yet! A future super-human race may come to that. Babies do not know and do not care about a 100-yard dash. But they know what’s good for them— “BEAR BRAND” MILK THE natural milk, coming from the best breed of cattle, grazing on green, sunny meadows of Switzerland. RICH IN VITAMINS MISSING PAG E/P AGES Manila,, August, 1936 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 23 WHO WILL BE THE NESTLE JUBILEE BABY? If your baby is fed on MILKMAID Condensed MILK Send us a photograph. YOUR BABY MAY WIN P200.00. All the photographs of Milkmaid Babies sent to us before December 9th, 1936 will be sub mitted to a board of Judges who will select the NESTLE JUBILEE BABY Read the following rules very carefully. The T. V. T. Publishing Company has kindly consented to appoint an independent board of judges for the contest. Each photograph submitted must be accompanied by five labels from 14-oz. cans of Milkmaid Condensed Milk, and a certificate signed by a physician stating that the child has been fed on Milkmaid Condensed Milk and was not less than six months nor more than two years of age when the picture was taken. From all the photographs submitted the judges will choose three: 1. Nestle Silver Jubilee Baby who will receive a prize of.............................. P200.00 2. Second Prize winner who will receive a prize of........................................................................Pl 00.00 3. Third Prize winner who will receive a prize of........................................................................P 50.00 All photographs will become our property The contest will close on December 9th, Tribune on December 20th, 1936. for use as and when we desire. 1936 and the Nestle Jubilee Baby will appear in the-Sunday SEE THAT PHOTOGRAPHS ARE PRINTED ON SMOOTH SURFACE PAPER. Of Interest To Photographers To the photographer of the pic ture of the Nestle Jubilee Baby we will present P50.00. Name of Baby.................................................................................. Name and Address of Parent........................................................................................... How long has baby been fed on Milkmaid Condensed Milk . . . . I certify that the above is correct. w.h.,1. 8-36 Physician Nestle & Anglo-Swiss Milk Products Ltd. P. O. Box 155 974 Azcarraga MANILA 24 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, August, 1936 HOME ECONOMICS — TAKEN FROM A NATIVE MENU BRINJING MAIZ 6 or 8 young ears of corn 1 coconut 4 or 5 slices of ham 2/3 cup chicken Lard 6 cloves garlic (crushed) 1 onion minced package 2 small package Raisins Hard boiled eggs Salt to taste Scrape the corn from the cob, then extract the pure milk of the coconut. Slice the ham and white meat of the chicken fine. Saute (in lard) the onions, garlic, chicken, ham, and the raisins. Add the Del Monte Peaches—so aim* in their Golden Yellow Richness! EXQUISITE peaches, tree-ripened and perfect, are carefuly selected for can ning under the Del Monte label. All the na tural flavor and goodness are preserved for you in rich syrup, a canned fruit of finest quality. Either in halves or sliced Ask always for Del Monte Brand Del Monte brings you a large assort ment of canned fruits, vegetables and food products—each one conforming to the high Del Monte standards. Choose canned goods with the Del Monte label. You can be sure of the uni form quality and delicious flavor of every variety. Consult your dealer’s shelves for the complete assortment. Bt/ Maria Fe Gonzales Home Economics Teacher, Sta. Ana Elementary School, Manila salt and corn last, and just before removing, add the co conut milk. Mix well. Re move from fire and when serving, garnish top with sli ced hard-boiled eggs. BANANA HEART PANSIT Miki Banana heart 1 cup of shrimps % of an onion 1 cup pork 2 pieces of tokua 1 egg Boil the shrimp and the pork. Then cut the rest of the ingredients into thin sli ces. Blanche the banana heart in boiling water with little salt for 2 or 3 jninutes. Then saute the pork, shrimp and tokua with onion and taste with toyo. Fry the miki a lit tle and add 1 cup of shrimp broth. Place on a platter and on the top, arrange the sauted and pour the sauce. Garnish the blanched banana heart with the hard-boiled egg. BABOY NA SUNID-OY V2 kilo pork meat with fat. 2 ripe tomatoes 1 onion 5 calamansi 2 pieces pepper Camote leaves Pepper leaves Boil the meat until soft. Add the tomatoes and onion with the leaves. When all of them are cooked, add the ca lamansi juice. Serve with toyo or bagoong. BANANA BLOSSOM PICKLE 2 blossoms (regular size) V2 cup of vinegar 1 ginger root 5 pieces of garlic 2 tsp. salt 2 tbsp, lard Cut the banana blossom into small pieces and squeeze well in salt until all the juice is removed. Saute the garlic, add the banana blossom, then the vinegar. When the vine gar boils add the ginger root and the salt to flavor. This serves to stimulate appetite and is good for dinners. BAYE-BAYE This is made with pinipig, young coconut and sugar. Roast the pinipig in a hot carajay, taking care not to burn it. When brittle, remove from the fire and cool by stir ring. Then grind it in the meat or coffee grinder or pound in a mortar until very fine. Open the young coco nut, save the water, and scrape the meat from the shells. Mix with the pinipig. Sweeten with sugar accord ing to taste. Pound in a mor tar until the coconut becomes as fine as the pinipig and both have blended well. Mois ten with coconut water, while pounding if very dry. Remove from the mortar, transfer to a plate, shape into a mound, and leave for a while. When firm, slice with a knife. Baye-baye tastes well when made with plenty of coconut Manila, August, 1936 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 25 meat and when eaten after an hour or so after being made. It does not keep long. BUCO CHOCOLATE CANDY 1 cup finely chopped buco 34 cup milk 2/3 cup sugar 1 tbsp, cocoa Mix all ingredients and cook until very thick, stirring constantly to prevent burn ing. Transfer while hot on greased board and roll to about >4 inch thick. Cool and cut to desired pieces. * * * So You’re Going To Have A Party For A Five-Year-Old Cakes for children’s par ties should look as if they came straight from Fairyland, and in addition—to satisfy bothersome grow n-ups— should be easily digested. Here is a recipe that fills both requirements and doesn’t re quire very much cookery skill to make. It can be baked as a two-layer cake and served in slices, or it could be made in cup cake pans and each cake frosted separately with a tiny candle inserted in the center. If you follow the latter plan, better light the candles just before serving so that the wax will not have a chance to melt onto the cake. Coconut Marshmallow Cake Cream 1/3 cup of shorten ing, adding 1 cup of sugar slowly, beating in well. Add 2 eggs (unbeaten) one at a time, beating well after each egg is added. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Sift together two cups of pastry flour, 3 teaspoons Royal Baking Pow der and 14 teaspoon salt, and add alternately with 2/3 cup of milk to the first mixture. Bake in two greased layer cake pans in moderate oven about 25 minutes. Cool. Put layers together and cover top and sides with Marshmallow Filling and Frosting (recipe follows) and sprinkle thickly with coconut. Marshmallow Filling And Frosting Boil l1 2 cups granulated sugar and i/2 cup water until syrup spins a thread. Add 9 large marshmallows cut into small pieces. Do not stir into syrup. Pour slowly into the stiffly beaten whites of two eggs, beating until smooth and thick enough to spread without running. Add * 4 tea spoon Royal Baking Powder and 2 teaspoons lemon juice. Let’s Take Cookies To The Picnic And a very sensible choice that is, for picnics can be the best of meals—or the very worst—according to what you choose to take along. Cakes with elaborate frostings should be avoided. Even with careful packing, they are sure to look messy and unappetiz ing when they come out of the basket. Cookies <5n the other hand are excellent travelers, and they are §0 easy to make that there’s really no excuse for not taking several varieties alone. If you are clever at designing things, try cutting the dough in fancy shapes before baking. Stars, hearts, diamonds, and even chickens, leaping rabbits and ducks can be attained with a little prac tice. Here is a recipe that makes an excellent companion for a day in the country. Coffee And Molasses % cup shortening 14 cup sugar ’4 cup molasses 14 cup strong Chase and Sanborn’s Coffee i/j teaspoon Royal Baking Powder ’4 teaspoon soda ’4 teaspoon ginger 14 teaspoon cloves 2 cups flour Cream shortening; add sugar gradually, beating in well. Mix together molasses and coffee and add to first mixture. Sift together all dry ingredients and add. Use more flour if necessary to make dough right consistency to roll. Roll out thin on flour ed board and cut with small cookie cutter. Bake on greas ed pans in moderate oven at 375° F. about 10 minutes. Makes 3 dozens. 26 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, August, 1936 WHAT ABOUT THE. . . (Continued from page 11) savings account with a small gift of money. This he de posited in a reliable bank and told the child that having made a start, it was now left to him to add to this store of pesos. The child was so pleas ed with the gift that he wel come every opportunity to make the savings grow, until it grew to quite a sizable sum. In later years, the boy or girl may be given an allow ance. There is nothing like a reasonable allowance to in fuse into the young mind an idea of sensible budgeting and expense. With this al lowance, however, the parent should impose certain respon sibilities on the child, such, for example, as seeing to his own shoes, clothes and even paying certain school fees. This is especially important when the boy or girl is sent to the city to study. It must be understood that the allow ance is coming only at the settled date, and the boy or girl has no right to squander all the money before its time. In any case, he should be led to understand that any un necessary squandering would call for some sacrifice later on, either in the buying of clothes or shoes, or any other necessity. A boy who is very fond of shows runs the risk of skipping new shirts or shoes later on, and a girl who buys unimportant things count on doing without more necessary things later on. This step by step instruc tion of the child in the rudi ments of financial education aims towards a definite goal of accomplishment. This is the development of a vital knowledge: One should un derstand what he wants and be willing to pay the price for it. The thorough learning of this general principle helps immeasurably towards the at tainment of real happiness and contentment. To learn to think honestly, judge fairly and make safe conclusions, and solve individual problems, and to contribute to the needs of the times—that is what J leant educa tion to mean.—Mrs. George B. Sim mons. Short- Cut to Beauty PRETTY GIRL SHOULD NOT NEGLECT SKIN gEAUTY editors write so much about how to overcome blemishes and other beauty ills that a visitor from another planet might get the notion that we have no really pret ty girls with sparkling eyes, nice figures and good skins. Fortunately this isn’t true. There are thousands of girls who are bright, lively and attractive. They have perfectly normal skins on which they use nothing more than a cleansing agent, rouge and powder for make-up and a few “ex tras” for parties. They have nice hair; shampoo it themselves and set the waves and possibly have a fin ger wave for special occasions. Their figures are slender and grace ful. Although their beauty needs seem few, these fortunate girls should have a beauty routine the same as Yes—bright red lips belong to the past! Lips of chic women this year are softly subdued—natural in color —just as Tangee makes them. For Tangee isn’t paint! Instead, it changes color as you apply it to your own natural coloring, the one blush-rose shade so smart this year. Try Tangee. It’s kissproof, stays on for hours and its special cream base keeps your lips soft, smooth, youthful. For those who require more color, es pecially for evening use, there is Tangee Theatrical. E^lcIa thaJ- paj/wted Loeck • 4PIECE MIRACLE MAKEUP SET Muller, Mndenn & Co.. P. 0. Box 1345, Mnniln. Send Miracle Make-Up Set of inininture Tangeo Lipstick, Rouge Compact, Creme Rouge, Face Powder. the girl who has blemishes to cor-rcct. But their beauty treatments are of a protective rather than a corrective nature. If you belong to this group, spend a little time each week to keep yourself young, pretty and enviable. If the coloring and tex ture of your skin are good, you can keep them that way through the years by a little care that seems unnecessary right now. Take time once a week for a massage with a good softening cream or cold cream. Be leisurely. Have your hair pinned out of the way with a gauze band around it to protect it from the cream. Wash your face first with soap and water, rinse well and pat dry. While it is still slightly moist and warm, apply the cream, beginning low at the base of the throat and working with upward and outward strokes or rotary movements. ApI enclose 25 ctvos., to cover postage, .4 ildre * » .................................................... City ................................................. WH Loretta Young A pretty girl who keeps up her prettiness. ply cream around the eyes and massage with a light, swift touch, encircling them ten to twenty times. Give your hair an extra dozen strokes when you brush it at night. Once a week, massage the scalp for five minutes to exercise it and in sure a good supply of fresh, health giving blood. Shampoo as often as you need it. Most girls like to wash their hair about once every ten days, but if you live in clean, smokefree suburbs and brush your hair conscientiously, it probably will not be necessary to wash it that often. Your hands get their beauty care several times a day. Use hand lo tion freely and a good hand cream before you go to bed if you need it. Even if you do not need the night ly creaming, massage your hands and arms with a good softening cream when you have your weekly manicure. You slender, lively girls do not know how fortunate you are to pos sess such sylph-like figures. You do not have to go through any intri cate exercises and watch your diet to keep your figure lovely. If you can go in for sports like tennis, swimming or riding, then your exer cise is automatically taken care of. Even dancing, the common ballroom variety, is a splendid exercise for you. If you haven’t much time for these things, however, you should make it a practice to walk two miles daily even if you live or work in a crowded city. The fresh air and walking helps to keep the circula tion lively, and there is nothing like a lively circulation to keep away unwanted pounds. Besides it puts a sparkle in your eyes and gives you the enthusiasm that your busy life demands. Manila, August, 1936 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 27 HEALTH PAGE— JUE child passes through five per iods of existence, more sharply defined than Shakespeare’s seven ages of man. In each of these per iods there is need of hygiene if the child is to live, and live his life to the full. There is the prenatal period, in which, at a headlong pace, the child recapitulates in nine months the course which his ancestors covered in as many million years and in which 98 per cent of his energy for growth is expended. It is little won der that, throughout this first por tion of his career, the new being holds his breath lest something go wrong with the marvelous multipli cation and modification of his liv ing units. * * * The health of the unborn child is bound up with the welfare of the mother in all its phases. It is the business of hygiene to protect the mother during this period, by laws if need be, and to make the mother aware of the needs of the child. It would introduce her to the sources of information and aid for herself and child in the person of the private physician, the public clinic, and the printed page. The second phase of the child’s career begins and ends in a day. His day of birth is more beset with danger than any future day—even in our machine age—and the short journey the child must make is more fraught with peril than any later excursion of a million times the dis tance at a million times the speed. * * * Hygiene would reduce the many possible mishaps of this passage of the child from his marine to his terrestrial existence, mishaps, which, if they do not destroy him, may mar his mentality or cripple his body through all his future years. Hygiene would discover before hand menacing mechanical condi tions in the mother, or in the child himself, and take advantage of this knowledge for their safety. It would seek to improve the assistance offered by physician, midwife or nurse during this hazardous perfor mance. * * * The child enters the third period of existence, his infancy, with a cry of distress at finding himself bereft of steady warmth, of readyto-usc food materials, and a rela tive freedom from the pest of pa rasites which will prey upon him through all the remaining phases of his existence. Hygiene hears a helpless demand for more than something that will fill the infant’s belly without caus ing colic. There is a call for every thing which is needed to complete the human mechanism already so By James Frederick Rogers, M.D., Dr. P.H. nearly finished. There is also much need for cleanliness, for warmth, for quiet, for open air, and for opportunity to stretch and kick. Fortunately we arc nearly able to understand and to supply the child’s needs, but this understanding and supply are not yet for every child. * ' * * As toddler, runabout, preschool child or what-you-may-call-him, ex ploring the mental and physical world, and mixing more or less with his kind, there is further opportun ity for adding to his experiences with parasites. Thanks to hygiene the child may enter boldly into hu man contacts where death or dis ability were once nearly certain. By vaccination and isolation, hygiene has made this a much safer world for the child in the fourth stage Now!... Restore Natural Whiteness to Your Teeth! An Antiseptic Cleansing Dental Cream That’s Bringing New Attractiveness to Millions! There is now a way to restore the natural whiteness and brilliance to your teeth. It is called the Kolynos method. All you do is put just a half-inch of Kolynos on a dry brush. Quickly the antiseptic Kolynos foam reaches every tiny crevice and fissure. Mil lions of germs that cause stain, dis of his existence, and by better me dical and nursing care it has lessen ed the damage which may occur to him if he does not escape infection. Hygiene would not merely think of communicable diseases and their prevention and cure. The child is still developing and it would ask the opinion of the physician as to his present condition and future needs. Periodical examinations are, however, not sufficient. Life is a daily and hourly business and so is health. The child who appears per fect by today’s examination may be damaged or dead within a week. Those in direct charge should know the few conditions which the child needs for healthy growth and should be sensitized to the signs and sym ptoms that things are going well or ill. coloration and decay are destroyed and washed away. Soon your teeth lose their dullness. Natural white ness and brilliance are restored-your mouth feels clean and refreshed. Try Kolynos. Use it morning and night and you will be delighted and amazed at what it does. Hygiene would guide the child into the few daily practices which bear on his physical and mental welfare. It would encourage him in doing those things which it thinks he ought to do and discourage him in those things which it is evident be ought not to do. Hygiene would lend an attentive ear to the child’s researches in the realm of ideas and would answer his questions concern ing the fundamental facts of exis tence with seriousness and as much wisdom as it can muster. Finally, the child steps over the threshold of the school and enters on the last and longest lap of his journey. In school he mixes more generally with his kind and finds larger possibilities for experience with microbes which he may have missed elsewhere. Hygiene would reduce these experiences to a mini mum by belated vaccinations, and by cultivating the sympathy and wits of teachers and parents so that the danger of infection is reduced to a minimum and the care of the infected raised to maximum. * * * School hygiene seeks to establish healthful, physical and mental prac tices which likewise should have been formed at an earlier time. Hygiene hopes for an understand ing on the part of teachers and parents of every child so that his school tasks will be a stimulus ra ther than a source of depression to body and spirit. Finally along with a thirst for other knowledge, hy giene hopes to arouse, in at least a considerable proportion of pupils, an interest in hygiene which may help them to make the most of their own lives and to make healthier and happier the lives of children which are to be. In all its ambitions for the child, > hygiene is dependent on the help of workers in every other field of public health and medicine. It re ceives this assistance in ample meas ure. Even cold and impersonal vital statistics offers at least encourage ment, for its figures afford every evidence that hygiene has, in the brief period of its existence, made the life of the child far less pre carious and woeful than it was in past ages. The star of hygiene shines with increasing luster on the pathway of every child from his early prenatal to his last school days. Its influence is checked by conditions of the hour which make for poverty and neglect, the chief enemies of child welfare, but hy giene hopes that out of present eco nomic ills will come a better order of society in which the health of all children will be of first concern. —Excerpts from an article in the American Journal of Public Health. 28 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, August, 1936 LASZLO SCHWARTZ . . . (Continued from page 13} humor. Which is psychological, be cause a beautiful woman figures on gaining success with her beauty. She has the superior complex, too, not unlike that of a peacock. Peel her of her peacock-feathers and no picture could be more pathetic.” The interesting woman, on the other hand, who is neither beauti ful nor homely, is fairly equipped with a sense of humor which is phi losophical, resigned or embittered. “That is natural”, said Laszlo, “be cause she draws very little attention from the men.’’ If you are a homely woman, how ever, believe Laszlo or not, you “either is endowed with a keen sense of humor or tragically lacks it.” “The finest wits I have known in life,” bragged the humorist “are petrified old English maids with faces exuding a symphony of wrin kles.” Comparatively Speaking Initiate the women into the cult of humor, especially the married women and unless Laszlo is wrong, “pretty soon they will he donating the eternal rolling pin to a museum or an antique collector.” On the humor of nations and the spheres, laughing Laszlo could draw interesting cabala from his chest of travel impressions. “The average Oriental,” he said, “has a wealth of humor that the occidental has not. Apparently this may not be so. Strictly speaking, the humor of the white man is standardized, professionalized. The oriental, how ever, does not have to look for pro fessional gagmen to be entertained. Humor is widespread in the race. And while it is embittered, rather the humor of a man about to be hanged, it lias its quaint whimsical aspects.” People living in the country has a more cultivated sense of humor than people in the city. And while the humor of the country mouse may be crude and vulgar, it is also strong, exuberant. The folk songs emanating from the countrysides will bear this out. The sense of humor of the young is emasculate compared with the old. Youth is superficial, lacks balance and one ness. Old age is scientific, goes in for details, explores life and its iniquities. “I am well past fifty and just about feeling younger,” concluded Laszlo. “Tomorrow I start on an adventure with the E ernal Child.” It’s A Woman’s World— Where aiot of things can happen! By L. V. R. fHE sweepstakes excitement is over, but we cannot help bemoan ing the fact that sweepstakes have come and gone without grazing us with the slightest golden touch. Lady Luck, and the horses and the huge “machine of fate” seemed to be of one mind: to leave us alone. We believe that this is very unfair, but unfortunately, we are alone in our belief—that is, not counting the friends and relatives who, failing to win, had looked upon us as their last hope. To make matters worse, we cannot say “There’s always a next time” with as much confidence as we said it last December. Councilor Herrera, however, has raised our hopes a little higher. He is all for another sweepstakes which will help build a factory to turn out plates, cups, glasses, and other household accessories, one such fac tory being operated by the people, of the P. I. for the people of China, Japan, and other points west, south and north. We are all for the idea. Personally, we are getting a little tired of turning the backs of gleam TUNGSRAM ing disks of cherry blossoms and sundry other flowers and finding the inevitable mark: Made in Japan. * * * The city’s ambition to annex neighboring towns of Rizal seems destined to come to naught. In the first place, the towns are not will ing to lose their provincial identity. In the second place, Manila seems overburdened enough without tak ing on new responsibilities. It has been pointed out that the slums and the sewage problems of the city are enough to occupy the city fathers for several election shifts to come without requiring them to see to the government of such thickly populat ed and vast territories as San Juan, Caloocan and Pasay. The subur banites have suggested that if Ma nila is seeking additional capitol site, it can acquire McKinley short ly after the vacation of the place by the Army. We believe with thou sands of others that the annexation which was contemplated (for San Juan, Pasay, etc.,) would upset not only land values but district gov ernment and municipal powers as well. * * * The Rizal Rural Credit Federa tion has prepared a memorial seek ing the aid of Assemblymen Pedro Magsalin and Emiilo de la Paz as regards the Perez Bill No. 158. The bill would convert the revolving fund known as the Rice and Corn fund, into a permanent fund that may be available for loans to agri cultural credit associations and to small farmers. The expiration of the act which had created the re volving fund has placed the far mers in a panic. Almost every one of them had borrowed from this fund, and unless something is done, the loans have to be paid—a thing which, the farmers claim, is impos sible in view of the calamities and other things. The Perez Bill will prove of tremendous benefit to the farmers and therefore to all of us, so here’s hoping that it gains smooth passage. Let’s give every bit of encouragement that can be given to any bill which would help along corn and rice—things that we can’t go without no matter how civil ized we get. General McClellan conducted a waiting campaign, being so careful not to make a mistake that he made little headway. President Lincoln once sent him this brief but ex ceedingly pertinent letter: My Dear McClellan: If you don’t want to use the army, I should like to borrow it for a while. Yours respectfully, .1. I.-iicoln. Freckles Secretly and Quickly Removedl Stillman’s Freckle Cream bleaches them out while you sleep. Leaves the skin soft and white—the com plexion fresh, clear and nctural. For 37 years thousands of users have endorsed it. So easy to use. The first jar proves its magic worth. Stillman's Freckle Cream Removes T Whitens Freckles 1 The Skin Mercolized Wax Will Beautify Your Skin Now is the time to begirt the Mercolized Wax treatment that leads to natural sk;n beauty. 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We rate grown-up parties successful when the appointments are correct, when the courses, be they of food or of entertainment, glide off to the end without any embarrassing hitches. Children’s parties are rated off mainly on one point—enjoyability. There is no sense in giving a chil dren’s party if the children will not enjoy it. No party can be more dreary than one in which children comport themselves with perfunc tory stiffness, while the grown-up hostesses yawn covertly and hope that the party would soon end. Informality should be the key note of the party which children will enjoy. Whenever possible, the child or children of the house should play host or hostesses to their little guests. This playing as host should be done naturally by the child, with very little grown-up interference or rules. The parent or guardian should first instill the sense of hos pitality into the young mind, then SneciojUfyunja u/v cuti Magazine/ " New/paperz Catalog/ And College Annual/ EREE PRESS bLDG. GTd. 1-11 * 1O 680 RIZAL AVE. P O.box AA A N IL A !▲▲▲▲▲▲▲ let nature take its course. Stilted formality on both the parts of host and guests makes for uneasiness in the party atmosphere. This informality, however, may tend towards rowdiness later, and this possibility requires a large part of the parent's share in keeping the party a success. Rowdiness might •live way to quarrels, and quarrels to tears, so the grown up should see to it that the party is gay but not rowdy. Tact should be employed, for an exhibition of irascibility or sharpness may cast a dampening in. fluence upon the children and spoil what can remain a good time for them. The mapping of a definite pro gram of activities eases along the procedure in party-giving. Interest ing devices can be employed in doing this. If the host feels like taking his guests into his confidence and acquainting them with the entertainment schedule, he may em ploy a bulletin board, decked out to suit the party spirit, wherein a list of the activities for the day (or the afternoon, or the morning) is given. The games may be des cribed briefly together with some of their rules in this list. This can whet the children’s anticipation as well as help in the smoothness of the party routine. Of course, the host can reserve knowledge of the games and spring them later on as surprises. Costume parties are beloved of children, and if the parents can afford the time and the expense, it is better to organize costume par ties for children. This sort of party, of course, requires some time in the preparation, and the one giving a party should give, the invited chil dren time in which to have the pro per costumes made. Here are some ideas for costume parties: a Balmy Kubo, (the children love dressing in the Filipino costume), Oriental Fancy Dress, Color Symphony, Toy land Phantasy, and a really luxu rious Colonial Party. Each of these kinds of party can be enlivened by their own individual programs of activities. For instance, the musical or literary program for a Balmy Recommended by Doctors and Hospitals "Lysol” for feminine hygiene The importance of using “Lysol” in feminine hy giene, which is so vital to every woman, cannot be over-emphasized. The method used must be cho sen with great care. In many instances women have in jured themselves seriously, mainly due to the use of over-caustic preparations that irritate the membranes, or are much too weak to be dependable as hygienic agents. The universal use of "Lysol” in hospitals where thorough and safe disinfection is insisted upon is posi tive proof of its safety and efficacy. Surely, then, "Lysol” is correct for normal feminine hyiene. You can place ull confidence in Disinfectant ♦ LYSOL HYGIENIC SOAPhighly recommended for bath, complexion, hands; washes away germs while it cleans Kubo affair would necessarily be composed of nothing but native songs, poems and dances. The fare should carry out the idea in as far as possible. Children’s parties are best held out of doors, for then the children have plenty of room to play in. Besides, green things and the spa ciousness of the sky above are con ducive to lriskiness, and the partvgiver has her problem of keeping the children happy half solved be fore it began. Plenty of healthful and favorite party fare, lively games and interesting programs, a bevy of balloons and other fancy props will take care of the rest of the problem. I sincerely believe that there can be no failure if, from the beginning, the one sponsoring the party for children had been guided by this one consideration: to fill the heart of childhood with laughter that will echo and reecho with every remembrance. "Lysol” to give your body the me ticulous care it requires. Lysol is sold at all drug stores—it is never sold in bulk—insist on the brown bottle in the yellow carton. It comes in three convenient sizes, is highly concen trated, therefore more economical than cheaply priced substitutes. 30 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, August, 1936 HOME INSTITUTE WHEN your little son or daughter is about the age of three or four or five, the day will come when you are asked questions about the most fundamental facts in human life, and then the answers to these questions contain the probability of a life-long me mory. Answer with the truth. The following conversation between a mother and her lit tle son indicates what seems to me the best way first to tell a child who has reached the age when he may have lasting memory of the facts that he is blindly seeking in his baby questions. It will not suffice to learn answers off by heart but the substance of the conversation should prove useful. “Mother, where did you get me?” The mother must not divert the child’s interest or hesitate, but should be ready at once to answer: “God and Daddy and I toge ther made you, because we wanted you.” “Did God help? Couldn’t He do it all Himself?” “You know when you and I are playing with bricks to gether, you like Mummy to help, but not to do it all. God thought Daddy and Mummy would like Him to help, but FOR MOTHERS ( Adapted) WHERE HAVE I COME FROM? “Where have 1 come from, where (lid you pick me up?' the baby asked its mother. She answered half-crying, half-laughing and clasping the baby to her breast: “You were hidden in my heart as its desire, my darling. “You were in the dolls of my childhood’s game; and when with clay I made the image of my god every morning, I made and unmade you there. < “You were enshrined with our household deity; in his wor ship I worshipped you. “In all my hopes and my loves, in my life, in the life of my mother, you have been loved. “In the lap of the deathless spirit who rules our home you have been nursed for ages.” not to do everything, because Daddy and Mummy enjoyed making you much more than you enjoy playing with bricks.” That may suffice for the time, because little children are very readily satisfied with one or two facts about any subject, and the talk could easily be diverted. The little mind may brood over what was told, and some time later—perhaps a few days, perhaps even a few months or more—this question will come up again, possibly in a different form: “Mummy, when was I born?” The mother should give the day and say: “You know your birthday comes every year on the 18th of April. That birthday is what reminds us of the day you were born, and each birth day you are a whole year older.” “I am five now.” “Yes, so you were born five years ago on your birth day.” “Where was I before I was born?” “Don’t you remember I told you that God and Daddy and I made you?” “Yes. . . Did you make me on my birthday?” “Not all in one day; you took much longer to make than that.” “How long did I take to make?” “A long, long time. Little children are so precious they cannot be made in a hurry.” “How long did I bake?” “Nearly a year—nine whole months.” “Did baby take as long?” “Yes, just the same time. Baby is just as precious as you are.” “I’m bigger.” “Now you are, but you were baby’s size when you were baby’s age. You are bigger because you have grown since your first birth day.” Again the subject may perhaps be dropped, or it may be carried forward. “What is being born?” “Being born is being shown to the world and seeing. After God and Daddy and Mummy started to make you, you were ready to open your eyes and breathe and cry, and be a real live baby, and that day they showed you to some body and you saw the world. That was being born.” “Where was I before you finished making me?” “Mummy kept you hidden away so that nobody at all (Continued on page 40) Your Matriculation Fee in any of the Fashion Academy below is an investment, safe, sound and economical. It is an investment that will make you a successful professional modiste. Investigate all Fashion Schools. Use your own judgment and then decide to enroll in any of the schools below. Don’t miss this opportunity. 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For information nsk for free cutalog or phone 2-80-45. Beware of Philanthropic or Free Matriculation Schools. Manila, August, 19S6 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 31 MENTAL HYGIENE. . . (Continued from page 10) error system used by adoles cents in their search for a balance between repression and desire? Great Program of Health First we must turn to the present workers in the field of Child Health and Education, already overburden ed as they are. Here we are faced with a most astounding fact. If we look over the schedule of courses planned for Public Health nurses and for Normal students who are to handle children in their most suggestive periods, we find them particularly weak in Psychology. Even those courses required are theoretical, lacking in the dynamics of actual child behavior. We need, in other words, to see that our nur ses and teachers especially receive courses in functional psychology with opportunity for guided ex perience in handling actual adjust ment problems before they tackle the work of the field. Second, teach ers in the class-room must be brought to feel the added responsibility which rests upon them to discover the individual needs of the children and to provide constructive stimu lation and guidance in the use of resources for personal growth and satisfaction and for vocational and social adjustment. Third, we need better-trained workers in our nur. s e r y and kindergarten schools, those who have been especially pre pared to deal with the problems of the pre-school period, and who un derstand the importance of Play as the most valuable single factor in the education of young children. Fourth, we need psychologists and psychiatric workers to work side by side with other health workers in our school system, so that behavior problems may be tackled as soon as they arise. The feasibility of mental hygiene clinics has already been considered and one is at pre sent functioning under the Bureau of Health. However, so far the cases considered are the extremes rather than the typical classroom ones. If health and mental hygiene clinics could be set up as a part of our school systems, one could at least feel that we are on the way to developing “moral character, per sonal discipline, civic conscience, vocational efficiency and teaching the duties of citizenship” with some chance of obtaining results. Lastly but not least, we need a great pro gram for Parental Education. It is interesting to note that where private agencies and individuals have taken an active concern in the behavior aspect of child conduct they have been blocked by three large considerations. 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A man could hardly hope to go through life to the end, he said, without at least one mot al. 32 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL THE END OF THE PARTY (Continued from page 12) The tall, starched woman laid the towels across the cans and said, without turning, “The washing won’t be back till tomorrow. You must lend him some of your hand kerchiefs.” “But nurse,” Peter asked, “hadn't he better stay in bed ?” “We’ll take him for a good walk this morning,” the nurse said. “Wind’ll blow away the germs. Get up now, both of you,” and she clos ed the door behind her. “I’m sorry,” Peter said and then, worried at the sight of a face creas ed again by misery and foreboding, “Why don’t you just stay in bed? I’ll tell mother you felt too ill to get up.” But such rebellion against des tiny was not in Francis’s power. Besides, if he stayed in bed they would come up and tap his chest and put a thermometer in his mouth and look at his tongue, and they would discover that he was maling ering. It was true that lie felt ill, a sick, empty sensation in his stom ach and a rapidly beating heart, but he knew that the cause was only fear, fear of the party, fear of being made to hide himself in the dark, unaccompanied by Peter and with no light to make a blessed breach. “No, I’ll get up,” he said, and then with sudden desperation, “But I won’t go to Mrs. Henne-Falcon’s party. I swear on the Bible I won’t.” Now surely all would be well, he thought. God would not allow him to break so solemn an oath. He would show him a way. There was all the morning before Him and all the afternoon until four o’clock. No need to worry now when the grass was still crisp with early frost. Anything might hap pen. He might cut himself or break his leg or really catch a bad cold. God would manage somehow. 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Their little tragedies, the minor and major problems of their days and nights are presented with a refreshing lack of emotionalism by an author who knows her char acters. Here we find the character istics which we might find in our own neighbors, nay, even in our selves. A certain tragic note predo minates the book and is revealed in almost every story. There is the tragedy of need, of loneliness or of loss. Utter simplicity is not among the least of the charms of this book. Someone, writing about the book, calls these stories “small canvasses with every detail, every line right. .. .small masterpieces of that when at breakfast his mother said, “1 hear you have a cold, Fran cis,” he made light of it. “We should have heard more about it,” his mother said with irony, “if there was not a party this evening.” And Francis smiled uneasily, amazed and daunted by her igno rance of him. His happiness would have lasted longer if, out for a walk that morning, he had not met Joyce. He was alone with his nurse, for Peter had leave to finish a rab bit hutch in the woodshed. If Peter had been there, he would have cared less; the nurse was Peter’s nurse also, but now it was as though she were employed only for his sake, be cause he could not be trusted to go for a walk alone. Joyce was only two years older and she was by herself. She came striding towards them, pigtails flapping. She glanced scornfully at Francis and spoke with ostentation to the nurse. character-portrayal and narrative.” * * * “Mostly Canallers” by Walter D. Edmonds, is a fine cocllection of stories that recall the picturesque Erie Canal. Against this romantic background, vivid characters live their interesting lives, moving through the narratives with realis tic charm. Here are stories of the men who conquered the length of the Erie Canal in their small tow boats. Here, too, are the women who served and cooked for them, simple souls who knew what they wanted and did not hesitate to get them. Even the stories that are set on a background of dry land ema nate a certain enchantment that is cast by the Erie. Mr. Edmonds has a delightfully simply style that can achieve real though subtle power. “Hello, nurse. Are you bringing Francis to the party this evening? Mabel and I are coming.” And she was off again down the street in the direction of Mabel Warren’s home, consciously alone and selfsufficient in the long, empty road. “Such a nice girl,” the nurse said. But Francis was silent, feeling again the jump-jump of his heart, realising how soon the hour of the party would arrive. God had done nothing for him, and the minutes flew. They flew too quickly to plan any evasion, or even to prepare his heart for the coming ordeal. Panic nearly overcame him when, all unready, he found himself standing on the door step, with coat collar turned up against a cold wind, and the nurse’s electric torch making a short, lu minous trail through the darkness. Behind him were the lights of the hall and the sound of a servant lay ing the table for dinner, which his Manila, August, 1936 mother and father would eat alone. He was nearly overcome by a desire to run back into the house and call out to his mother that he would not go to the party, that he dared not go. They could not make him go. Almost he could hear himself say ing those final words, breaking down for ever, as he knew instinc tively, the barrier of ignorance that saved his mind from his parent’s knowledge. “I’m afraid of going. I won’t go. I daren’t go. They’ll make me hide in the dark, and I’m afraid of the dark. I’ll scream and scream and scream.” He could see the expression of amazement on his mother’s face, and then the cold confidence of a grown-up’s retort. “Don’t be silly. You must go. We’ve accepted Mrs. Hcnne-Falcon’s invitation.” But they couldn’t make him go; hesitating on the doorstep while the nurse’s feet crunched across the frost-covered grass to the gate, he knew that. He would answer: “You can say I’m ill. I won’t go. I won’t go. I’m afraid of the dark.” And his mo ther: “Don’t be silly. You know there’s nothing to be afraid of in the dark.” But he knew the falsity of that reasoning; he knew how they taught also that there was no thing to fear in death, and how they pushed and fought and covered to avoid it. But they couldn’t make him go to the party. “I’ll scream. I’ll scream.” “Francis, come along.” He heard the nurse’s voice across the black, dimly phosphorescent lawn, and saw the small, yellow circle of her torch wheel from tree to shrub and hack to tree again. “I’m coming,” he said with despair, and left the lighted doorway of the house, for he could not bring himself to lay bare his last secrets and end re serve between his mother and him self. And there was still in the last resort a further appeal possible to Mrs. Henne-Falcon. He comforted himself with that, as he advanced steadily across the hall, very small, towards her enormous bulk. His heart beat unevenly, but he had con trol now over his voice, as he said with meticulous accent, “Good even ing, Mrs. Henne-Falcon. It was very good of you to ask me to your party.” With his strained face lift ed toward the curve of her breasts, and his polite, set speech, he was like an old, withered man. For Francis mingled little with other children. As a twin he was in many ways an only child. To address Peter was to speak to his own image in a mirror, an image a little alter ed by a flaw in the glass, so as to throw back less a likeness of what he was than of what he wished to be, what he would be without his unreasoning fear of darkness, foot steps of strangers, the flight of bats in dusk-filled gardens. “Sweet child.” said Mrs. HenneFalcon absentmindedly before, with a wave of her arms, as though the children were a flock of chickens, she whirled them into her set proManila, August, 1936 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 33 gram of entertainments, egg-andspoon races, three-legged races, the spearing of apples, games which held for Francis nothing worse than humiliation. And in the frequent intervals when nothing was requir ed of him and he could stand alone in corners as far removed as pos sible from Mabel Warren’s scornful gaze, he was able to plan how he might avoid the approaching terror of the dark. There was nothing, he knew, to fear until after tea, and not until he was sitting down in a pool of radiance cast by the ten candles on Colin Henne-Falcon’s birthday-cake did he become fully conscious of the imminence of what he feared. Through the confusion of his brain, now assailed suddenly by a dozen contradictory plans, he heard Joyce’s high voice down the table. “After tea we are going to play hide and seek in the dark.” “Oh no,” Peter said, watching Francis’s troubled face with pity and an imperfect understanding, “don’t let’s. We play that every year.” “But it’s in the programme,” cried Mabel Warren. “I saw it my self. I looked over Mrs. HenneFalcon’s shoulder. Five-o’clock, tea. A quarter to six to half past six, hide and seek in the dark. It’s all written down in the programme.” Petei' did not argue, for if hide and seek had been inserted in Mrs. Henne-Falcon’s programme, noth ing which he might say could avert it. 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Perhaps it might be pos sible to delay the game for a quar ter of an hour, allow Francis at least a few extra minutes to form a plan, but even in that Peter fail ed, for children were already leav ing the table in twos and threes. It was his third failure, and again, as though the reflection of an image in another’s mind, he saw a great bird darken his brother’s face with its wings. But he upbraided him self silently for his folly, and fin ished his cake encouraged by the memory of that adult refrain, “There’s nothing to fear in the dark.” The last to leave the table, the brothers came together to the hall to meet the mustering and im patient eyes of Mrs. Henne-Falcon. “And now,” she said, “we will play hide and seek in the dark.” Peter watched his brother and saw, as he had expected, the lips tighten. Francis, he knew, had fear ed this moment from the beginning of the party, had tried to meet it with courage and had abandoned the attempt. He must have prayed desperately for cunning to evade the game, which was now welcomed with cries of excitement by all the other children. “Oh, do let’s.” “We must pick sides.” “Is any of the house out of bounds?” 4Where shall home be?” “I think,” said Francis Morton, approaching Mrs. Henne-Falcon, his eyes focussed unwaveringly on her exuberant breasts, “it will be no use my playing. My nurse will be calling for nfe very soon.” “Oh, but your nurse can wait, Francis,” said Mrs. Henne-Falson absentmindedly, while she clapped her hands •together to summon to her side a few children who were already straying up the wide stair case to upper floors. “Your mo ther will never mind.” That had been the limit of Fran cis’s cunning. He had refused to believe that so well-prepared an excuse could fail. All that he could say now, still in the precise tone which other children hated, think ing it a symbol of conceit, was, “1 think I had better not play.” He stood motionless, retaining, though afraid, unmoved features. But the knowledge of his terror, or rather the reflection of the terror itself, breached his brother’s mind. For the moment Peter Morton could have cried aloud with the fear of bright lights going out, leaving him alone in an island of dark sur rounded by the gentle lapping of strange footsteps. Then he remem bered that the fear was not his own, but his brothers’s He said impulsively to Mrs. Henne-Falcon, “Please. I don’t think Francis should play. The dark makes him jump so.” They were the wrong words. Six children began to sing “Cowardy, cowardy custard,” turn ing torturing faces with the vacancy of wide sunflowers towards Francis Morton. Without looking at his brother, Francis said, “Of course I will play. I am not afraid. I only thought.... ” But he was alreadyforgotten by his human tormentors and was able in loneliness to con template the approach of the spiri tual and more unbounded torture. The children scrambled round Mrs. Henne-Falcon, their shrill voices pecking at her with questions and suggestions. “Yes, anywhere in the house. We will turn out all the lights. Yes, you can hide in cup boards. You must stay hidden as long as you can. There will be no home.” Peter, too, stood apart, ashamed of the clumsy manner in which he had tried to help his brother. Now he could feel, creeping in at the corners of his brain, all Francis’s resentment of his championing. Several children ran upstairs, and the lights on the top floor went out. Then darkness came down like the wings of a bat and settled on the landing. Others began to put out the lights at the edge of the hall, till the children were all gathered in the single, central radiance of the chandelier, while the bats squat ted round on hooded wings and waited for that, too, to be extin guished. “You and Francis are on the hid ing side,” a tall girl said, and then the light was gone, and the carpet wavered under his feet with the sibilance of footfalls, like small, cold draughts, creeping away into (Continued on page 39) DAHLIAS from SEED! —in many bright colors Burpee Seeds planted Jan. ’35 Dahlias photographed Apr. ’35 • It is easy, most in teresting and fascinating to grow Dahlias from seed and enjoy the sur prise of new colors and forms. Try these tested varieties: Cactus-flowered, Mixed— A select strain of fine double and semi-double cactus-flowered blooms in a wide range of many bright colors. 3 to 4 ft. 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We explained to her the attending difficulties in or ganizing and continuing these clas ses which were started less than a year ago—the lack of trained teach ers, equipment, appropriate rooms, etc. She was very much impressed with what has been accomplished in keeping these children out of the streets and out of bad companions and giving the parents some time to themselves. * * * * dure for teaching illiterates. We supplied him with the necessary ma terials and with the schedule of all the literacy classes in the .city. ( * * * Miss Concordia Marasigan of the College of Liberal Arts of the Na tional University called at the Head quarters for materials on woman suffrage. * * * We have received a letter from Miss Cesarea Tan requesting for a diet kitchen and a nursery class in the new Health Center at 347 Mar tin Ocampo, Quiapo. * * * One of the local women’s clubs has solicited the help of the NFWC in locating a girl missing from the town, and supposed to be in Ma nila. The parents of the girl brought the question before the club members. * * * Mr. M. A. Abaya, the editor of the Banna waff, requested for pub lication a copy of the primer and procedure for teaching how to read and write in Ilocano. * * * The Manila Woman’s Club met at the Headquarters on Tuesdav. July 21st. The General Council of Women met on July 14th at our headquar ters. Mrs. Concepcion Rodriguez re ported for the delegation who went to see President Quezon on the date of the plebiscite. The favor able reply of the Committee on Re vision of Laws of the National As sembly to the request of the Council for a hearing before any suffrage bill is acted upon, was also report ed. The following were present; Mrs. Pilar H. Lim, Mrs. Concepcion Rodriguez, Mrs. Sofia R. de Veyra, Mrs. Flora A. Ylagan, Mrs. Josefa J. Martinez, Mrs. Diaz, Miss Maria Tinawin, Mrs. Beatriz Ronquillo, Dr. Norberta Lapuz, Miss Felicidad V. Ocampo, Mrs. Julia V. Ortigas, Mrs. Laura L. Shuman, Mrs. Flo rence Cadwallader, Miss Bessie Dwyer, and Mrs. Josefa LI. Escoda. * * * Dr. Norberta Lapuz was the speaker at the informational pro gram of the NFWC over KZRM last July 15th. Miss Purita Beltran furnished the musical numbers. * * * Due to an ever increasing enroll ment, the nursery and literacy clas ses in Manila have been made two separate units. At the beginning some of the volunteer teachers han dled both classes, but now there is a separate teaching force for each project. Five new literacy teachers are: Hilaria Aguinaldo, Felicitas Macadaig, Priscila Garcia, Cande laria Cristobal, and Lourdes Uiit. * * * Mr. F. N. Sagmaquen of the Bu reau of Public Welfare was at the Headquarters to study the proceWe also have NOVELTIES in BUCKLES and DISHES of genuine MOTHER of PEARL. Come and see them at our store No. 460 Calle Dasmarihas MANILA BUTTON FACTORY, INC. Election results reported: San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte: pres ident, Mrs. Rosa R. Cabel; vicepresident, Mrs. Juliana de Pedro; secretary, Miss Rosa Valdez; sub secretary, Angela Sacro; treasurer, Miss Juliana Lucas; members, Miss Vitaliana Ruiz, Miss Maria Cabanos, Miss Candelaria Madamba, Miss Margarita Gallardo, Mrs. Francisca de Madamba, Mrs. Ciriaca M. Mamaclay, Mrs. Amancia Barangan, Mrs. Maria L. Adiarto, Mrs. Maria B. Aviles, Mrs. Generosa de Hernando. Bataan, Bohol: president, Mrs. Claudia T. Silagan; vice-president, Mrs. Sarmiento; secretary, Mrs. A. Tumanda; ass’t-secretary, Mrs. To ledo; treasurer, Mi’s. Dampog; ass’t.-treasurer, Mrs. Salas; mem bers, Miss Villamor, Miss P. Ajoc, Mrs. Sarmiento, Mrs. Salas, Mrs. Toledo, Mrs. Claudia T. Silagan, Mrs. Cadelena, Mrs. Balagot, Mrs. Villamor, Mrs. Dampog. La Paz, Tarlac: president, Mrs. Juanita R. Martinez; vice-president, Mrs. Jcsusa T. Martin; secretary treasurer, Mrs. Maria E. Valdez; members, Miss Eufracia Castillo, Miss Paz F. Changco, Miss Inocencia F. Pascual, Miss Narcisa Talon, Miss Felicitas Dungca, Miss Salud Martinez, Mrs. Januaria Yadao. Mapandan, Pangasinan: pres ident, Mrs. Anastacia S. Zabala; vice-president, Mrs. Maria Sison; secretary-treasure^-, Mrs. Dominica Lava; members, Mrs. Demetria Aquino, Mrs. Maria Aquino, Mrs. Francisca Cabrera. Lumangbayan, San Teodoro, Min doro: president, Mrs. Ana R. de Tinoso; vice-president, Mrs. Priscila V. de la Cruz; secretary, Mrs. Vic toria E. de Villafranca; treasurer, Mrs. Rosario R. de Alumisin; mem bers, Mrs. Felisa P. de Roxas, Mrs. Iluminada de Cardino, Miss Lucila Roxas, Miss Agapita Maralit, Miss Socorro Portes. Bangar, La Union: president, Miss Honorata Lacsamana; vicepresident, Mrs. Engracia B. Diaz; secretary, Miss Ceferina Pangyarihan; ass’t-secretary, Mrs. Socorro L. Padilla; treasurer, Mrs. Benilda V. Pineda; ass’t-treasurer, Mrs. Manuela S. Cerdena; members, Mrs. Nemesia L. Botuyan, Mrs. Ruperta Amejo, Miss Felicidad Vergara, Miss Emilia de Castro. * * * Baton, C'apiz:—president, Miss You Cannot Buy New Eyes! To keep your Eyes bright and beautiful, cleanse them with MURINE daily. Re moves irritating dust and dirt that make eyes appear dull and lifeless. Sooth ing, Refreshing, Beneficial, Harm less. In successful use for over 40 years. FORMULA: Boric acid 12.6 grams; Potassium Miss Ursula Manalili, president of the Tayug Junior, volunteered to teach in the nursery class which the Seniors are organizing. * * * The following Juniors were or ganized in Cebu; Cebu Junior College:—president, Miss Loreto Hermosisima; secre tary, Miss Eulalia Pangilinan. Cebu Normal School (collegiate): —president, Miss Rosario Soriano; vice-president, Miss Angelita Fortich; secretary, Miss Lilia Echavez; treasurer, Miss Marta Ranario; members, Miss Zosima Fama, Miss Josefa Urgello, Miss Candida Cotiangco, Miss Nicolasa Migallos, Miss Julita Villarosa. Cebu Normal School (secondary): —president, Miss Concesa Milan; secretary, Miss Delfina de la Rama. * ■ * * Among the Juniors that have sent in signed Mandates are those of Boac, Marinduque, Makato, Capiz, and Lingayen, Pangasinan. * * * Miss Catubig organized a Junior Club in Calmay, Dagupan. The of ficers are: president, Cristina Ora; vice-president, Maria Baysa; secre tary, Celerina Ayson; treasurer, Remedios Villacorte; sub-treasurer, Rosario Pobre; members, Rosario Solar, Antonia Cendrada, Fermina Catubig. Luz F. Pareo; vice-president, Miss Honorata Maravilla; secretary, Miss Rosalinda Laurente; ass’t-secretary, Miss Felicitacion Meneses; treas urer, Miss Maria C. Salazar; ass’ttreasurer, Miss Edith Cavell Cortes. Pangasinan:— San Nicolas:—Mrs. Felipa Z. Gulay, president, has sent in ten sign ed mandates and asked for 100 more mandates. She also reported that ten club members and some gentleifien have volunteered to teach the illiterates. We have sent them the necessary materials and have refer red the club to Miss Catubig for a demonstration on the procedure. Mangatarem:—Mrs. Concepcion C. de Soriano wrote to us that the club has appointed a committee headed -by Miss Maura Sison and Miss Sofia Velasquez to solicit and mend old clothes for the indigent people of the community. They have also approved the literacy pro ject, and Mr. Anselmo Pimentel, a former public school teacher, is one of the first volunteers. grams; Hydrastine Hydrochloride 0.001 through Mrs. Dolores B. Roinasantil p»i'i it * -tfiiiatio.. gram: Aqua Destiiiata to looo Milliliters, quota. They are planning to estaManila, August, 1936 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 35 NEWS hlish a puericulture center. Natividad:—Miss Eliza Gulay, president of the club, reported that the club donated layettes and other garments to the indigent mohers and children. The club approved the literacy project recently intro duced by Miss Catubig, and plans for a vigorous suffrage campaign were made. Tayug:—Members of the Tayug Woman’s Club are enthusiastic over the literacy project. Each member decided to have their servants and tenants as their first pupils. Mrs. Marcelina Mamenta, president, pro mised to work hard for the success of the plebiscite. Binalonan:—Plans for the re organization of the club made un der the leadership of Miss Magsano and Miss Catubig were decid ed in a recent meeting. Mrs. Teofila Salcedo and Mrs. Corazon Quiaoit, former club presidents, are helping in the campaign for more member ship. The few men present were most enthusiastic about the organ ization of the club and the cam paign for woman suffrage. Among these were Dr. Casimiro Sison, Dr. Roman Cansino, and Mr. Silverio Salcedo. Balungao:—Reports are that the woman’s club here with 153 mem bers is imbued with the most enthus iasm for club work. They have a branch club in Barrio San Aurelio, where the literacy project has just been introduced after a public meet ing and demonstration. Those who participated were: Mr. Vicente Soliven, vice-president of the town, Soledad F. Faugon, Ana Privado, president, Esperanza Elices, Felisa de Millanes and Miss Catubig. * * * Cebu:— Talisay:—The secretary, Miss Braulia Enecio, reported that the club had a benefit canteen on June 21, the proceeds of which was for the Puericulture Center fund. Cebu:—Mr. Porfirio Miel, super vising teacher of the Central School, and Mr. Vicente Gullas, Director of the Visayan Institute, will un dertake the literacy campaign. In accordance with their requests, we have sent them primers and proce dures. The male students of the Cebu Normal School organized a Literacy Club pledged to reduce the 30% illiteracy in the country. According to the president, Mr. Conrado Panares, the members are all very in terested and enthusiastic over the campaign. * * * Nueva Ecija:— Aliaga:—Mr. Ponciano Sagun lias been teaching illiterates in his town through the “eaton” system. He read of the NFWC literacy cam paign in the Tribune supplement and wrote to us for materials and instruction. He further requested us to help him secure also old co pies of newspapers from the D-M-H-M and the Roces Publica tions for the reading center that he has also decided to establish. San Jose:—Another civic-minded person is Miss Eudoeia D. Alegria of Barrio Saranay who has also written to us for materials. She will organize a class as there arc many in that barrio who have ex pressed their desire to read, both in Ilocano and in Tagalog. * * * Iloilo:— Jaro:—Mrs. Consuelo S. Hervas, president of the Woman’s Club, has requested for 200 more copies of the Peoples Mandate for World Peace. Maasin:—Mrs. Maria M * . Monde jar, president of the club,returned the signed mandates, and sent in also a report of the May 14th cele bration. They had a parade where hundreds of women in Balintawak participated and with women mar shalls. The participants in the pro TESORO JEREZ-QUINA LIGITIMO Stop worrying . . . This health restoring tonic is indispensable for nursing mothers. It is highly re commended to im prove the nervous system, and is an excellent prepara tion for genera! debility, especially for convalescents. GD Nothing like it for restor- lusisl on this bottle ing vitality REFUSE ALL SUBSTITUTES! gram which followed were Miss Marciana Albocete, Mrs. Maria M. de Mondejar, Miss Estrella Lorca, Mrs. Crisanta S. de Velasco, Miss Concepcion Sampiano, Miss Concor dia Olivares, Mrs. Paz M. de Matta, Miss Angeles Molina, Mrs. Felici dad T. de Sancho and Miss Milagros Mondejar. Cabatuan:—Mrs. Sotera V. Grio, president, asked for 80 more man dates. * * * Batangas:— Talisay:—Mr. Bernabe S. Onosan wrote that he has a class of thirty-five for illiterates ranging from 35 to 45 years. He hopes to have more pupils so he is asking for more materials. Batangas:—The Superintendent of Schools has taken a very encour aging attitude towards the literacy campaign. He has suggested to the teachers to make it a project of the 6th and 7th grade pupils. * * * Bohol:— It is very interesting to note that not only the women’s clubs but also the school and municipal For loss of appetite, TESORO JEREZQUINA answers the need. It sti mulates and aids digestion. TESO RO JEREZQUINA is an ex tract from the juice of selected grapes and quin i n e. It stands out because it is the best. Try it today! QD Most in de mand through the year round officials of this province have be come interested in the literacy cam paign after Miss Gallardo’s demon strations. Requests for primers and procedures have been received from Mr. Rustico Cadelina, principal of Carmen, Mr. Crispiniano Tagsa, municipal secretary of Balilihan, Mr. E. G. Baco, president of Sikatuna, Mr. Marciano B. Camacho Sr., councilor of Jetafe, and Mr. Pelagio Oracion, president of Sevilla. Talibon:—Mr. Magno Tenebro, a retired high school teacher, now liv ing in barrio Mahayag has also written for literacy materials. Im pressed and encouraged by the de monstration, he has asked permis sion from the president and the su pervising teacher to open a night school for adult illiterates in his barrio, and to use the school build ing for this purpose. * * * Zamboanga :— Dipolog:—Signed mandates were sent by Mrs. Vicenta B. Saile, pres ident. The club is raising fund for a puericulture center. It is also helping raise funds for the construc tion of the home economics and shop buildings. Sta. Maria:—Mrs. Isabel C. Climaco, president, has written us in quiring for the date of the next biennial convention as the club is intending now to set aside the fund for the delegate. * * * Tiwi, Albay:—Mrs. Sulpicia C. Clutario, president, wrote that they are now raising funds for their nur sery and literacy classes. * * * Pawikan, Caibiran, Leyte:—Mr. Herculano Grapilon wrote for more information about the literacy cam paign. * * * Naguilian, Isabela:—Miss Iderlinda Ramirez, secretary, has writ ten for more women citizenship sur vey blanks. They are carrying on this survey in all the barrios where they are also organizing women’s clubs. * * * San Teodoro, Mindoro:—We re ceived copies of the minutes of the meetings of the club from May 2 to June 20. Some of the things they have approved are the raising of fund for a puericulture center, and the organization of women’s clubs in every barrio of San Teo doro. With the following members present, they organized one in bar rio Lumangbayan on May 24: Mrs. Juanita E. Marquez, Mrs. Paz A. Esguerra, Mrs. Rosa C. Paglinawan, Mrs. Marcela M. Caig, Mrs. Simeona Aldaya, Mrs. Fortunata A. Manalo. (Continued on page 10) 36 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, August, 1936 Women Around v Sixth Biennial Convention of The World NFWX3 Set for Nov. 26-30 PERHAPS the best thing that can be said about the Bolshevist re volution is that it opened the gates of education to the backward mass es of Russia. The Bolsheviki have opened this horizon, this new and unexplored frontier, not only to their fellow men but to their fellow-women. They have said to the girls of Rus sia as well as to the boys, “Here is your chance; you can learn what you want as you want, and be free to learn it, and learn it and be free.” It is perhaps too much to say that women have attained a full equality with men in Russia. There are still discriminations, despite laws and edicts to the contrary, but women have at least received opportunity and are not slow to take advantage of it. Curiously enough, there has been little emergence of women in the higher ranks of politics. Lenin’s widow, Krupskaya; his sister, Ulianova, now dead; Mme. Kollontai, the first woman Ambassador — these are exceptions to the general rule. There is only one woman among the 150 members and “can didates” (alternates) of the Central Committee of the Communist party, which is the ruling authority of the U. S. S. R. On the other hand, there is a steady and growing tendency of wo men to assume what one might call “middle” jobs in the U. S. S. R.—to serve as members of village or urban Soviets, to take places on the managing committees of collect ive farms, in offices and business enterprises, and, more particularly in the “learned” professions. Al most half of the medical students in Russia today are women, and there is an almost equally high per centage in teaching and scientific research, except engineering, where it drops to not more than one-tenth of the total. In the humbler walks of life wo men are playing an increasingly prominent role. Some of the best tractor drivers and shock-brigade workers that have recently been entertained at the Kremlin have been women, and one of the first things that strike foreign visitors on their arrival in the U. S. S. R. is the gangs of husky girls that are lism. Subcarb. 20 Gm.; Bism. Subnil. 40 Gm.cAluminSilic. 506n; Phenyl Salicyl OGm.. Fluid Exr.Krameria 456m.; Opium 1.35 Gm.; Excipiens &Aron.q.s.ad. 1 liter dtlcotiol 35 J/. vol.: Opium 0.135Gm.7. 7 working on the railroad. I believe it is no exaggeration to say that at least one-third of the unskilled workers on railroad construction, building projects, irrigation and so forth are women. Cheerful, sturdy creatures doing the hardest “don key” work with zeal and satisfac tion. And why not? At least they are independent. Nevertheless, there is an addi tional factor which restricts women all the world over, that is to say, the care and nurture of children. Theoretically, it is only natural that women in any strata of society should take care of infant children. In practice, however, a woman who wants to work finds the care of the small boy or girl sufficiently onerous to occupy a large part of her time. In Moscow and the urban centers such cares are undertaken by cre ches, kindergartens and schools. In the villages the collective farms are beginning to develop the creche and kindergarten idea, and the women are being left free to educate them selves and to have an independent social and intellectual life of thenown. Russian girls play tennis and hockey—and, for that matter, Asso ciation football as well—go swim ming and row in racing eights or fours, engage in tournaments of basketball and volleyball, have their track sports and athletic exercises in exactly the same manner as the boys. In other words, they do not have to be taught the meaning of equality of the sexes, but absorb it naturally and automatically. It is one of the first, but not least im portant, steps toward genuine eman cipation of womanhood. Thus liberated, the women of Russia — particularly the younger women—are looking at life through new eyes. Today at last they are beginning to understand that they are not the drudges, but the part ners, of their men-folk. They feel a new sense of freedom, not only economic or political, but physical and social as well. Antidiarrhocic id Antidysentcric /Cream : Boticaxoe SantaCrui Manila THE Board of Directors of the National Federa tion of Women’s Clubs has decided to call the next biennial convention of the Federation on Novem ber 26-30 of this year. The biennial conventions are usually held in February the week preceding the opening of the Carnival, but due to the Eucharistic Congress, the Federation wishes to leave the women free to devote their time to the Congress. This will be the sixth bien nial convention and the first under the Commonwealth. Invitations are being sent to women organizations of neighboring countries with the hope that they will send good-will delegates to the con vention. The Federation feels that the Filipino women should start an international program so that they can help promote better under standing between the Philip pines and its neighbors. It is planned that one of the days of the convention will be call ed International Day. Re presentative women of the different nationalities in Ma Schedule of NFWC Literacy Classes in Manila Told DUE to increasing requests received from different organizations and individuals concerning the schedule of our literacy classes in Manila, we are here publishing the latest schedule. We suggest, however, that for further information call up the Federation or come to the head quarters, 1132 California. PROGRAM OF LITERACY CLASSES IN MANILA 1. Associated Charities 160 Legarda, Sampaloc, Manila 8:00-10:00 A. M. Teacher-in-charge—Miss Hilaria Aguinaldo 2. Bambang Community Social Cen ter 225 Tizon, St., Sta. Cruz, Manila nila will also be invited. The National Federation was organized in 1921 with 300 clubs. At present it has about 620 clubs and as there are many clubs whose appli cation for membership are still coming in, about 700 clubs may be represented at the convention. Others may attend as visitors. This will be a most inter esting convention as the Fed eration will review the activ ities it has undertaken dur ing the last 2 years made pos sible by the subsidy of the Charity Sweepstakes. Efforts will be made to make the meetings round-table confer ences giving the provincial delegates opportunities to ask questions. There will be fewer speeches and more discus sions. The Federation will also try to plan the convention in such a way as not to exhaust the delegates—less routine and more socials to give the women more opportunity to know each other. Much of the success from conventions is gained through contact with new personalities. 2:30-4:00 P. M. Teacher-in-charge—Miss Feli citas Macadaig 3. Urban Health Center 408 Sto. Sepulcro 2:30-4:00 P. M. Teacher-in-charge — Miss Pris cilla Garcia 4. Singalong Puericulture Center 1211 San Andres, Malate 2:30-4:00 P. M. Teacher-in-charge—Miss Can delaria Cristobal 5. Oral. Geronimo Community So cial Center 78 Grab Geronimo 2:30-4:00 P. M. Teacher-in-charge—Miss Pela gia Gordo 6. Isla de Balut Balut Island, Tondo Manila, August, 1936 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 37 8:00-9:30 A. M. Teachei’-in-charge—Miss Lour des Ulit 7. Pasay Municipal Building Burgos St. (Old Municipal Bldg.) 2:00-4:00 P. M. Teaeher-in-charge—Miss Fer nando 8. Sta. Ana 30 del Pan, Sta. Ana, Manila 2:00-4:00 P.M. Teaeher-in-charge—Miss Ramos 9. San Nicolas Puericulture Center Sevilla, San Nicolas, Manila 2:30-4:00—Monday, Wednes day and Friday, P. M. Teacher-in-charge — M r s. de Tagle 10. Tondo Community Health Cen ter 1165 Yangco, Tondo, Manila 2:30-4 :00 P. M. Monday, Wed nesday and Friday Teaeher-in-charge — Miss Es trada 11. Intramuros Bureau of Health Bldg. 8:00-10:00 A. M. Teacher-in-charge—Miss Pris cilla Oarcia Reading Centers 1. Urban Health Center 408 Sto. Sepulcro 2:30-4:00 P. M. Teacher-in-eharge — Miss Pris cilla Garcia 5:00-7:00, P. M., Tuesdays & Thursdays — Mr. Demetrio Tabije. 2. Singalong Puericulture Center 1121 San Andres, Malate, Ma ni la 2:30-4:00 P. M. Teacher-in-charge—Miss Can delaria Cristobal 3. Pasay Municipal Bldg. Burgos St. (Old Municipal Bldg.) 2:30-4:00 P. M. Teacher-in-charge- -Miss Fer nando THE PARENTS’ ROLE... (Continued from page 7) Praise for a well-done act and consideration for her feelings were unknown in the early life of this child. As a result of such an environ ment, the girl grew up hating her aunt and obsessed by dis gust and instinctive aversion for anyone in the throes of a temper. Another instance of such a deep-rooted early impression is that of a man I know who has distinguished himself not only as a leader but also as a good mixer. He can make people of all ages and of all strata of society like him and feel at home in his presence. A Young Mother needs a good appetite good digestion sufficient sleep proper exercise= A good appetite encourages eating the right food — a good digestion gives the benefit of the food eaten. But he cannot stand the sight of a perse® drunk, be this his brother his dearest friend. He feels/a deep disgust for a person sa affected. In order to avoid any untoward exhi bition of this disgust, he avoids as much as possible the company of persons un der the influence of wine. He traces this aversion for drunkenness to an incident in childhood, when he once saw his father dead drunk. The sight was so revolting that it disgusts him even to this day. Let us be more careful with the psychological and moral environment with which we surround our children. Those of us who are quarrelsome and hot-tempered should make great efforts to curb our emo tions in the presence of the children. As parents, we are responsible for the normal development of healthy chil dren, so we should remove from their way all influences that may harm them later. Injustice, obscenity and looseness have a way of im pressing themselves so deep ly in the growing conscious ness of young children that they have a telling effect in their future conduct. w w 7 used to think that friendship meant happiness: I have learned that it means discipline... . It cost's to be a friend, or to have a friend: there is nothing else in life, except motherhood, that costs so much. It not only costs time, af fection, strength, patience, love— sometimes a man must even lay down his life for his friends. There is no true friendship without selfabnegation, without self-sacrifice.— Anna Robertson Brown. To insure a good appetite drink the fam ous health-giving tonic beverage that is food and drink in one — It stimulates the appetite and promotes digestion. The name is Cerveza Negra San Miguel Brewed by SAN MIGUEL BREWERY w 38 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, August, 1936 THE CHILD OF DON. . . (Continued from page 14) dine! Well, after a time the Cap tain returned. He went direct to his room and closed the door. Closed though the door was, he could not but help hear the noises coming from his wife’s room: her choked sobs, the baby’s weak cries, Doha Juana’s soft voice. “She has been untrue to me!” Diego raged. “He is no son of mine! I have been de ceived!” The muscles of his jaw stood out in his emotion and he cried—for this was at a time when strong and brave men were not ashamed to cry. “He does not look like me! He is black! black!” Of all things, even above his love of his wife, almost on par with his love of God, the Captain cherished honor; and this time he believed his honor had been stained. Such was his fury that he snatch ed a dagger that hung from the wall, a dagger that he had used against the Moros, and sped to the room of his wife. “Where are you going, Senor?” Dona Juana met him at the door. The Captain, caught dag ger in hand and face a storm cloud, strove to hide the first and calm the latter. “Of course, to my wife, Dona Juana. Where else?” “She is resting, Don Diego —let her alone. To wake her INSURANCE FIRE—MARINE AUTOMOBILE—ACCIDENT—PLATE GLASS WORKMAN’S COMPENSATION Atlas Assurance Company, The Employer’s Liability Limited Assurance Corporation, Ltd. Continental Insurance Co. Orient Insurance Company Insurance Company of North America E. E. ELSER, INC. GENERAL AGENTS Kneedler Bldg. No. 400 Telephone 2-24-28 after so much suffering would be cruelty,” said Dona Juana, who had seenyhe flash of the dagger. “Cornell want to talk to you of something.” And she grasped Don Diego’s arm and literally dragged him away. Dona Juana was an inti mate friend of the family and already had an interest in the unwelcome baby. Days before the child’s birth, she had been designated its baptismal god mother and she had been both surprised and disturbed by the color of his skin. She knew what would happen, given Don Diego’s violent temper; and in her kindly heart had determined to pre vent it from happening. “Confess,” she said in pre tended raillery, “that you are a little angry!” “And do I not have motives for it?” the Captain answer ed somberly, hiding his face between his hands. “If I could only know the man. .. . ” “No, Don Diego,” Dona Juana said. “All your sur mises are not true. Your wife is true to you; she is as pure as an angel, almost a, saint!” “Prove it to me!” “I....,” Dona Juana hesi tated, at loss, for she had ut tered her brave words with just her faith in Dona Maria to back them; and suddenly an idea straight—it seemed— from Heaven came to her. “Don Diego,” she said, “you are a man and do not understand these things, but I will try to make it clear to you. Your wife is the victim of a whim. A whim before the child’s birth. You know, one of those whims that in fluence the characteristics of an unborn child!” At that instant, Dona Juana almost believed herself what she said; and, such was her conviction, she almost convinced Don Diego. The poor man, between stupefac tion and unsure joy, looked at her with wide open eyes, not knowing what to do. He wanted to believe her but he also wanted proof. “Good, Dona Juana,” he answered after a while. “I will believe you if you will give me proof; otherwise I will act as my honor com mands.” And he left the room, leav ing Dona Juana very cons cious that it was up to her to prevent a tragedy. The good woman prayed, she prayed feverishly; and, more tranquil, she went to the room of Dona Maria. “My dear,” she said to her, noting in her eyes the pain aroused in her wife’s heart by what had happened, “you must tell me everything.” “I am so ashamed. . . . ” “Shame! I am your true friend and besides the whole thing is serious!” “Well then,” Dona Maria said, “all this is due to a whim of mine. And it was so ridi culous that I have not told anybody, not even my hus band, who I feared would mock me and would not be satisfied.” “A whim!” exclaimed Dona Juana in glad surprise, won dering at the ways of God. “Yes, a whim. Months ago, I saw some of my servants eating roasted dry fish that had been burned till they were as black as charcoal. I wanted so much to eat some of them that if it were not ridiculous I would have done so.” Dona Maria laughed weakly in reminiscence. “Then, thanks to God! everything is all right!” cried Dona Juana, running out of the room. Some minutes later she returned, carrying in a plate some roasted dry sar dines and followed by Don Diego, in whose face curios ity and ire were confusedly mixed. Without a word, Dona Juana went to the bed, took the baby in her arms, and began scrubbing its puckered face with a sardine. And miracle of miracles! Wherever the fish passed, the black color disappeared like superimposed paint, to be re placed by reddish-pink. The Captain grasped one of his wife’s weak extended hands and fell kneeling: it was the declaration of his wife’s in nocence made by God himself! “Did I not tell you?” Thus spoke their friend, sweetly triumphant. “Here take your son, who is a little saint.” And the boy nearly became that, for the chronicles tell that, still a young man, he died of a strange sickness while converting the moun taineers of Antipolo. Well, I repeat, I will not chide you if you don’t believe this. I myself—most of the time—do not; but sometimes I wonder. Really, those were the days of wondrous things and happenings, long ago... who knows, the chronicler was so earnest and sincere about it—and besides he was a man of God and would not lie—it might have really hap pened ! w Manila, August, 1936 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL 39 THE END OF THE. . . (Continued from page 33) corners. “Where is Francis?” he wond ered. “If I join him he will be less frightened of all these sounds.” “These sounds” were the casing of silence. The squeak of a loose board, the cautious closing of a cup board door, the whine of a finger drawn along polished wood. Peter stood in the centre of the dark, deserted floor, not listening, but waiting for the idea of his bro ther’s whereabouts to enter his brain. But Francis crouched with fingers on his ears, eyes uselessly closed, mind numbed against im pressions, and only a sense of strain could cross the gap of dark. Then a voice called “Coming,” and as though his brother’s self-possession had been shattered by the sudden cry, Peter Morton jumped with his fear. But it was not his own fear. What in his brother was a burning panic, that admitted no ideas except those w'hich ministered to the flame, was in him an altruistic emotion that left the reason unimpaired. “Where if I were Francis, should I hide?” Such, roughly, was his thought. And because he was, if not Francis himself, at least a mirror to him, the answer was imme diate. “Between the oak bookcase, on the left of the study door, and the leather settle.” Peter Morton was unsurprised by the swiftness of the response. Between the twins there could be no jargon of tele pathy. They had been together in the womb, they could not now be parted. Peter Morton tiptoed towards Francis’s hiding place. Occasionally a board rattled, and because he fear ed to be caught by one of the soft questers through the dark, he bent and untied his laces. A tag struck the floor and the metallic sound set a host of cautious feet moving in his direction. But by that time he was in his stockings and would have laughed inwardly at the pursuit had not the noise of someone stumbling on his abandoned shoes made his heart trip in the reflection of an other's surprise. No more boards revealed Peter Morton’s progress. On stockinged feet he moved silent ly and unerringly towards his ob ject. Instinct told him that he was near the wall, and, extending a hand, he laid the fingers across his brother’s face. Francis did not cry out, but the leap of his own heart revealed to Peter a proportion of Francis’s ter ror. “It’s all right,” he whispered, feeling down the squatting figure until he captured a clenched hand. “It’s only me. I’ll stay with you.” And grasping the other tightly, he listened to the cascade of whispers his utterance had caused to fall. A hand touched the bookcase close to Peter’s head and he was aware of how Francis’s fear continued in spite of his presence. It was less intense, more bearable he hoped, but it remained. He know it was his brother’s fear and not his own that he experienced. The dark to him was only an absence of light; the groping hand that of a familiar child. Patiently he waited to be found. He did not speak again, for be tween Francis and himself touch was the most intimate communion. By way of the joined hands thought could flow more swiftly than lips could shape themselves round words. He could experience the whole pro gress of his brother’s emotion, from the leap of panic at the unexpected contact to the steady pulse of fear, which now went on and on with the regularity of a heart beat. Peter Morton thought with inten sity, “I am here. You needn’t be afraid. The lights will go on again 6oon. The rustle, that movement, is nothing to fear. Only Joyce, only Mabel Warren.” He bombarded the drooping form with thoughts of safety, but he was conscious that the fear continued. “They are begin ning to whisper together. They are tired of looking for us. The lights will go on soon. We shall have won. Don’t be afraid. That was only someone on the stairs. I be lieve it’s Mrs. Henne-Falcon. Lis ten. They are feeling for the lights.” Feet moving on a carpet, hands brushing a wall, curtain pull ed apart, a clicking handle, the opening of a cupboard door. In the case above their heads a loose book shifted under a touch. “Only Joyce, only Mabel Warren, only Mrs. Henne-Falcon,” a crescendo of reas suring thought before the chande lier burst, like a fruit tree, into bloom. The voices of the children rose shrilly into the radiance. “Where’s Peter?” “Have you looked up stairs?” “Where’s Francis?” but they were silenced again by Mrs. Henne-Faleon’s scream. But she was not the first to notice Francis Morton’s stillness, where he had collapsed against the wall at the touch of his brother’s hand. Peter continued to hold the clenched fin gers, in arid, and puzzled grief. It was not merely that his brother was dead. His braip, too young to real ise the full jmradox, yet wondered with an . obscure self-pity why it was that the^’ulse of his brother’s fear went on, when Francis was now where he had been always told there was no more terror and no more darkness. [END] LITTLE ANECDOTES. . . (Continued from page 17) the image, which seemed to survey all with mockery, gave vent to the celebrated phrase that has lasted through the centuries: “Oh, Liberty, Li berty! How many crimes are committed in 'thy name.” CORNELIA (Mother of the Gracchi) The following is an episode in Cornelia’s life which, for its significant beauty, has been most often remembered throughout the centuries. Once a group of the most prominent society matrons of Rome was gathered at Cor nelia’s home. Each rivalled the other in showy apparel in striking contrast with the sober simplicity which char acterized Cornelia. Someone started the topic as to who in all Rome possessed the most costly jewels, and this led to a sort of competition among the ladies, each in turn making display of the adorn ments she was wearing. Heavy gold rings of great value, necklaces of precious pearls, brooches with the fin est stones, and splendid tiaras of diamonds—all were shown in dazzling succession. When Cornelia’s turn came, as it was common knowledge that she possessed very little of such riches, one of the guests asked, in a mocking tone: “Can you show something bet ter?” “Yes!” she answered. “My jewels are worth more than all yours put together! I will show them to you.” And leaving the room amidst the general astonishment of all, she returned almost im mediately, bringing her two sons. “My friends,” she ex claimed with a mother’s pride, “These are my jewels!” MADAME CURIE (Co-Discoverer of Radium) The day on which the Cu ries made their great dis covery, a very disturbing epi sode took place. They had been in their la boratory three days and three nights, without sleep and al most without food. Suddenly, the radium began to break away from the barium. Their discovery had been effected! The Professor’s emotion was so great and his energy so spent, that he fell to the floor in a dead faint. Imagine the feelings of his wife on seeing her beloved spouse fall with out a word, and not knowing whether he was dead or merely in a faint. But as an interruption at this crucial point in the experiment meant losing the work of a life-time, she conquered her emotion and continued feeding the ap paratus in which the radium had commenced to show. When help came, she was found thus—trembling, deathly pale and almost blind ed by the tears, that kept streaming down her cheeks. “Take care of him, take care of him!” she sobbed, not leav ing her post for an instant. And when she was told that her own health would be se riously impaired if she re mained there any longer, she merely answered: “Nothing will make me leave, now that a great mystery is being re vealed to the world. What matters my health or my life, compared to the benefit which humanity will re ceive . . . ?” 40 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, August, 1936 HOME INSTITUTE (Continued from page 30) should see you.” “Where was I hidden?” “You were hidden in a most wonderful place, in the place where only little babies can be while God and their mum mies are making them.” “Show me; I want to go back there.” “You can never go back; it is only while you are being made you can be there. After your first birthday, you can never go back.” “Where was I?” “Well, you know, little ba bies that are being made are very, very delicate, and they have to be kept very warm and comfortable, and nobody must see them, and they must be close up to their mum mies.” The child may interject, “And their daddies too?” “Yes, if they have got lov ing daddies, the daddy keeps close to the mummy; but while babies are being made it is God and mummy that have most of the work to do. That is why you must always love your mummy and obey her.” The child may be tempor arily satisfied, or may con tinue at once: ‘ But where was it that I was while you were making me “What is the warmest, soft est, safest place you can think of? Mummy’s heart: that is all warm with love. The place Mummy hid you while God and she were making you was right underneath her heart.” “Her real heart—the heart that beats like a clock tick ing?” “Yes, her real heart, just here.” The mother should lay the child’s hand on her heart and let him feel it beating. “And juft inside, right un derneath here, Mummy kept you while God was helping her to make you.” The child who has been brought up in a home of love and tenderness and beauty will find this a thrilling and beautiful thought, like a lit tle boy whom I know person ally, and to whom this fact was told in this way. SolemnSOCIAL NOTES President's BTOhday A nation-wide eel®>ration of President Quezon’s .birthday on August 19 will be centered on a dance at the Santa Ana pavilion. Sponsored by the Anti-Tuberculosis Society, the dance is being managed by prominent Manila matrons. A program will feature the evening’s celebration. * * * Rho Alpha Lace Ball Mrs. Salvador Araneta gave a Lace Ball in honor of Miss Guillermina Mendoza, president of the Rho Alpha and other officers and mem bers of the sorority. It was given at Victoneta, the Araneta mansion, last August 2. * * * Reyes-Albert Wedding Miss Maria Martha Albert, pop ular debutante daughter’ of Judge and Mrs. Mariano Albert, was mar ried Aug. 9 to Jose J. Reves, law ly, and without a word, he went away from his mother into the middle of the room and stood deep in thought for several minutes. Then he turned, looked around, and rushed across the room, threw himself into his mother’s lap, his arms round her neck and cried: “Oh, Mummy, Mum my, then I was right inside you.” For days afterwards he was filled with a rapturous joy, and at times used to leave his play and come to his mo ther and put his arms round her neck, saying, “Oh, Mum my, that is why I love you so.” Whatever form the child’s feeling may take, the oppor tunity should not be allowed to pass without a little addi tion to the conversation, and the mother should say: “And you see that is why you must never talk to any one but Daddy and Mummy, or God through your prayers, about such things. As God and Daddy and Mummy and no one else made your little body, so everything you want to know about it, all the ques We also have NOVELTIES in BUCKLES and DISHES of genuine MOTHER of PEARL. Come and see them at our store No. 460 Calle Dasmarinas MANILA BUTTON FACTORY, INC. yer and real estate man. The bride’s mother and the groom’s father stood as sponsors. Miss Tita Bayot and Johnny Chuidian were bridesmaid and best man, respectively. Miss Pacita Roxas and Bertito Zamora were sponsors for the veil ceremony. The ceremony took place at St. Ignatius Church. Breakfast was served at Manila Hotel. Later in the day, the newly-weds motored to Baguio for their honeymoon. They will make their home on Taft Avenue. * * * Made-in-the-Philippines Week The Bureau of Commerce is spon soring a Maderin-the- Philippines Week celebration. It will be observ ed August 17-23. Local manufac turers and sellers will exhibit their goods in 101 Echague. A conven tion to be attended by 400 delegates will be held. tions you want to ask, you should ask of them and no one else. You see, you are different from any other child in the world, and as Daddy and Mummy helped to make you, only they know what you want. So whatever it is you want to know, or whatever it is that goes wrong, it is Mummy and Daddy who can tell you about it.” “BABY TALKS” (Continued from page 15) that big, dark birthmark mars her girl’s cheek.” I could go on endlessly with superstitions that make mo therhood, especially in towns, a most complicated respon sibility. If young mothers lis ten to the advice of the more progressive women, the older people become critical. And if they listen to the latter, the former deride. It is not wise for mothers to listen to neigh borly advice. They should read what they can about child care; when in doubt, they should go to their pueri culture center or to their pri vate doctor. CLUB NEWS Continued from page 35) Pitogo, Tayabas:—Mrs. Paz L. Hutamares made the following re port of the club activities: To put more enthusiasm in the nursery classes, mothers of the com munity were invited to attend a lecture and demonstration under the auspices of the woman’s vlub. This was the first of its kind here. The principal speakers were Miss Panfila Babista, Mrs. Hutamares, and some members of the club. They gave simple suggestions for the pro per training of the children in the home; the need of the mother’s co operation in building up the morale of the children, etc. The puericulture center under the auspices of the woman’s club has been open since March 24. They have a public dispensary where free consultations are had every Thurs day, with Dr. Simeon I. Santayana, and Miss Feligonia Lico attending. * * * Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur:—Mr. Teodorico D. Ayson, an ardent ad vocate of woman’s suffrage, had been somewhat discouraged at the apparent indifference of the wo men of his town. However, through some correspondence with the pres ident of a woman’s club in Rizal, he was so infused with her enthus iasm for the movement that he has now taken it to himself to start a campaign among the less interested women of his town. We have sent him some materials in accordance with his request. * * * Cauayan, Negros Occidental:— Because of the transfer of Mrs. Adoracion S. Respicio to Escalante, Miss Emma Luisa C. Arroz, vicepresident, is acting president. They are planning a nursery class. The priest of the town has offered the use of the sacristy of the church for the purpose. * * * Dumaguete, Oriental Negros:—, Mrs. Hermenegilda F. Gloria, pres ident, wrote of the enthusiastic res ponse of the community towards the Mandate for World Peace. She re quested for more copies. * * * Batan, Capiz:—The nursery class of the woman’s club opened with an enrollment of more than 40 pu pils, which is an improvement over last year’s class. They have also better accommodations this year ac cording to Miss Josefina F. Ful gencio, president. * * * Caloocan, Rizal:—Mr. Modesto C. Enriquez requested also for literacy primers and procedures. 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