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New School of Mothering For High School Girls * » * * * * Course an Scientific Infant Care and Upbringing Included in Curriculum of New York School. Real Babies in Classroom. I , :-? |f\jTTlM6 OM [THEUHl?tr.g' ft 14 tl A Gho’jjf.p, for, £>aby Many young mother*, on haaring of the new school in New York for J»e purpose of giving high echool girl, instruction in the art of mother, tag babies, will sigh dolefully end wish that .omething of the kind had been introduced in their achool day*. Most of our young women graduated from colleges and universities are equipped with every kind •f knowledge relative to art, science and business, hut the vital busi ness of motherhood remains a profound mystery to them. The Dalton School ha* included in its curriculum an extensive course on infant care and upbringing. Real babies are used in the classroom to give the girls practical experience. The infant, have been chosen, children »f mother* who are forced to work for a living. They receive the best car* known to science and will be developed into perfect specimens of young men and women. The course includes everything that a mother should know to bring up a baby in the way it should be dieting, bathing and clothing, as well as the procedure in treating the baby during the usual trying period, of teething, colic and other thing that the budding citizen must experience. The innovation is a wel- I come on* to the students. It breaks the monotony of mathematic, and other kindred headaches and at some future date will prove a boon to the potential mother—not to mention the father, who other- j wia* would he forced to many a nocturnal perambulation. Cost Of Living lOPercent Down For Last Year Every Itern In List Tumbled, In cluding Rents Which Arc Mow ♦ si of lived Costs to Yield Washington. Jan. 25. -Llviny last year Was cheaper by nearly to per cent, for the country as a whole, than It was In 1930; Every item in the cost ol living tumbled down, even rents which arc j the slowest of all fixed costs to yield' to the presence of declining prices1 This was announced today by the bureau of labor statistics, based on a study of 32 representative cities. North. South, East and West. For all the drop, however, it stilt cost nearly til per cent more to live in! 1931 than tt did in 1913. The actual figure for the year's j average decline was 913- ivr cent, with an index figure of H5.8 for j December; 1931. against 160.7 for December. 1930. aud 100 for 1913. Slows In Last Half. The survey, split into six month' periods showed that duniv the last half of the year the decline in prices slowed somewhat tvs compared with thi? first half; that foodstuffs drop ped 3.4 per cent; cloihtii" 7.2; rents* 4.1; house furnishings goods 5.8, and miscellaneous items 0,6. Light and fuel costs .were up 1.6 per cent due to seasonal influences During the first six months of tlv year foodstuffs dropped 18.9 pev cent; clothing 7: rent 4 3: fuel .Red light 9.6; house furnishings t' 3. and miacethu eous items ),f for cn average of 10.1 per cent decline for all items. The foodstuffs decline f v the entire year was 16 2-3 per rent. Tlie study covers nineteen cui< s back to December, 1914, at d thir teen to December, 1917, In all ex cept- Jacksonville, Fla., and Port land, Oregon, house rent' shewed Increases over the earliest years ranging from 1.5 per ent over 1917 in Birmingham, Ala., to 56.5 over 1914 in Chicago. Rents is Jackson ville were 8.7 per cent lower than in 1917, and those in Portland 62 be low the same year. Lower Than 1913. Only one city showed lower food prices than in 1913. This was Sa vannah, Ga., where prices were re ported 4.7 per cent below that year. In the 1917 group all cities showed heavy drops in food and clothing prices ranging from 228 per cent in Scranton, Pa., to 34 - in Memphis, Tenn. for food, and from 6.5 for clothing in Denver to 22.4 In Cin cinnati. Atlanta showed a decrease ol 62 per cent in the cost of all items ga in*; into living costs as compared J with 1917: Birmingham '6; Indian-| it polls 8; Kansas City 1,1, and Mem-1 phis 5. Rutherford Cagers Keep Fast Stride; Defeated Oner In Three \ ears. IMuyj In Shelby On February 12th. Early lit February Shelby basket -, ball Ians will have the opportunity j of seeing one of the mo t remark-1 able high school cage teams in j North Carolina In action. That on-1 porunlt.v will come February 12 when the .strong Hntherfordton quint, comes to Shelby for a return game. The Rutherfordton and Shelby quints have met once this year, In | Rutherfordton. Shelby losing by a ; narrow margin. Mas Putnam, Shet I by center, was ineligible at that [time and with him back in the; | limelight the game here promises [ to la? a stiff battle The Rutherfordton quint, which j has been defeated only once in [three years, won two more gain' First Camp Fire Girl’s Club Formed At Polkville School I- imaged In Home, Church and Com- j muni tv Work. Weekly Meet ings to Be Held. .Special to The btar.i J on Jnnuory 21. a group of Camp Fir* e l- was organized fn the Polk..: .1 ’ll school. Ihe guardian. Mi M. 1 deem” Eaker, began work wit.li en interested girls. Two new members were inter added. Three members have since dropped out, li • viinr a total of «!x members. Ntsi-aki. which means "at the foot of the mountain,' was chosen for the croup name Each girl also eho > for herself an Indian name which :eemed best to represent her Individual ideals. It wa. found to be most effective to hold regular weekly meetings of the group At these meetings of work of the camp-fire is carried on, or cump fire ideals, nnd group plans are discussed. The group usually works together on a project, and at the same time each member works upon individual honors. Since it; organization, a year ago. the group has been engaged in home, church and community work. The girls planted flower Hind shrubs on the school campus, kept flowers in tiie school library, saw that flow ers were placed in the church for each service during a certain period, made It a point to help and cheer old people and invalids, and took over certain definite responsibilities in their own homes. They also pre pared a Christmas basket for some motherless children in the com munity, A eredilftblt number of Individ ual honors have been won by each Kir!, For each honor she was award ed a bead These beads are of va rious colors representative of the different crafts in Which the hon ors were earned. More honors have been w on in home craft, than In any other of the seven crafts Of the six girls now members of the group, all have completed bead head-bands Into which each wove her individual Indian sr.iybol repre sentative of her Indian name and of the ideals which she has set for her self. Each member has also met all re qulrements for the rank of wood gatherer, which is the first rank of a camp-fire girl. This rank was awarded by the guardian at an out door council fire. The parents and a few interested friends were pres ent at this ceremony by special In vitation. At this special meeting the work of the camp fire and the ideals which it strives to attain were ex plained to the parents and friends by Miss Baker. The group has enjoyed a number of outings and hikes, at which times special studies in nature were made, and much experience was obtained in the art of outdoor cooking. The group, as a whole, is now pre paring to celebrate its birthday and to begin work on a quilt which will portray in Indian symbols the story of Camp fire. Each girl is also en gaged in passing off all necessary requirements for the rank of fire maker, the second camp fire rank f'lrf 1,esses Drop. North Carolina’s fire losses were reduced more than three-quaters of a million dollars last year, or from $6,308,552 from 2,822 fires in 1930, to $5,525,437 from 2,585 fires in 1931 Insurance Commissioner Dan C. Honey’s report shows. More than one-third of the loss was from to bacco activity fires, cttr<ng and paek houses in the country and sales and storage houses in cities. The December record of ,7848.934. more than twice the loss in December, 1930. of $400,137, reduced the im provement margin for the year. last week, defeating Hendersonville 27-17 send Christ school 24-19. Bar ties was the star in both games. ! pay Your County i axes S Avoid The density A* .ci *. iBiCUARY 1st ther w'll be & penalty of one per cent added tc all un paid county taxes, according'to law. Pay your county taxes now at par and save this penalty. Positively the penalty will be imposed after February 1st. I. M. ALLEN Sheriff t^nd County Tax Collector I EXTRA! PENNEY’S ANNOUNCE New LOWER PRICES Effective Now And Further Reduc tions for the Final Days of our ~/hite Goods Event NEW SUITS For Spring Look At This Price Just received large shipment of Young Men’s Spring Suits—All Wool. Varsity Model. Quarter Top Pockets, 22-inch Bottom. Now $9.90 Sizes Up to ) COME— Bring your friends —and Buy Freely A.t Old Time Sav* ings! Gay Colored Design In PRINTS This Quality Sold a year ago at 10c a yard. Now IjJ© yd. A wonderful saving. 1032V NEW LOW PRICE ON EXTRA DUTY “Pay Day” Overalls now 89c Great news, even for these dimes! Workers who know “Pay Day’s” will marvel that they can possible sell for so little! But here they are. BOYS' SIZES.69c A Pre*"*ar Value; Sheets now 39C Size 81x90 ,F|rm’ sturdy weave 4 , hxv price. A hl8 value at this s^e 43x36 «How Case* To Ma*<* NOW 0 _ oc °"e 0f ‘he ** Values InT * ,n 'tars’ Ur Famous “BIG MAC” Work Shirts Nov 49c A,J sizes 14 to 19 Koomy, neat and carefni. C- ^ c„. vl‘ y “*} 1V'"' HERE IT IS! LOADS. OF Unbleached Muslin j WHILE IT LAST'S | Now 10 yds. 39C i •Folks, be sure to take advantage of this savings. No limit. Men! Here’s New Tremendous Savings’ Ox-Hide Overalls Now 59c A big break for America’s workmen! Not in years, if ever has this new value been equalled! Come in . . . inspect the service-giving features that make them unbeatable—anywhere or anytime* BOYS’ —NOW __ 39C Star Advertsing Always Pays. Tell Them You Sa wit In The Star. Thanks!
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