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on the radio recently. Picture a lady try ing desperately to tell a clerk at a shoe store that she has purchased two right shoes, only to be ignored. Nobody cares or wants to be bothered after the sale is made, the ad says. It’s true most of the time. I tried to return my rabbit coat, but the store manager told me I didn’t even buy the coat at her store. When I showed her the canceled check she huffed and sent me to a tailor — at my own expense. What’s happened to stores that stand behind their merchandise? SUGGESTION number two. Buy better quality merchandise. This is sometimes a good idea, but paying a high price for a garment doesn’t necessarily mean it will wear better. Take up sewing. That’s a great idea but some people have neither the time, patience, space or know-how to make sewing worthwhile. We could boycott, but then the streak ing would become common place and the college kids would have to think of some other startling thing to do. The only solution I have is to check over merchandise thoroughly before buy ing, to make sure the construction is up to par. Or shop at a store that you know will stand behind its apparel, one that cares about its customers, my babysitters attend school during the day, so until this program came along I had nowhere to turn,”’ said Mrs. Marilyn Reed of Prospect Heights. THE MOTHER of two children, 4 and 2, Mrs. Reed said this is the first time she has had a chance to get out of the house during the week in four years. What does she do on her day off? Gro cery shopping, a trip to the beauty par lor, or just a few hours to browse around a shopping center take up her day. “It’s difficult to shop when you have two tod dlers tagging along,” Mrs. Reed an swered. Mrs. Julia Halden of Elk Grove Village is the mother of two children, 3 years and 7 months. When asked what she does on her day off she giggled like a child with a new toy and offered, “‘Oh, lots of things. I have the car only one day a week so that’s my errand day, or some times I just take myself out to lunch. I do all the things I wouldn’t have a chance to do without Mother’s Day Out.” Besides a break for herself, Mrs. Hal den lauds the benefits of the program for her children. “It has prepared my oldest child for kindergarten. He obeys better, and that’s something he must know be fore entering kindergarten.’’ Mother’s Day Out gives me a chance to keep up and at the same time gives my children good experiences in a responsible place.”’ PROBABLY the mother most appre ciative of Mother’s Day Out is Mrs. Jan Templeton of Arlington Heights. With 22- month-old twins and three other children, 7, 5, and 3, Mrs. Templeton said she wouldn't know what to do without the program. On her day off she takes the two older children to Suzuki music les sons. Mrs. Templeton stressed that the pro gram is “great for both mothers and children, though I haven’t gotten to take a day for myself — not yet, at least.” According to Mrs. Brackeen, who su rvives Mother’s Day Out, the program not just day care or babysitting. All the staff are former teachers or have ex perience in child care. A registered nurse watches over the tiny tots in the nursery. “Teachers try to make it a meaningful experience for the children even though it was planned as a min istry to mothers,”’ she asserted. The children are divided into three groups geared to age and ability. The infants are in the nursery and follow a very loosely planned schedule. The 2 and 3-year-olds are in one group and the 4 and 5-year-olds in another. THE OLDER two sections participate in the craft of the day, also a free activi ty time when each child chooses what he will do, snack time, music time, story time and nap time, in addition to special activities. The auditorium is used for more ener getic antics. New playground equipment for outside play arrived just in time for spring. “The day flies by for the kids because they’re kept busy,”” said Mrs. Cook, a teacher in the program. “They enjoy being in new surroundings. We give them a lot of guidance, but they are free to relax and play here.” Over 40 children are currently enrolled in Mother’s Day Out, and each child brings a sack lunch and a mat for nap ping. Children may be enrolled on a per manent basis, and a place will be kept for them each week. A substitute list is kept for those who cannot participate ev ery time. If a substitute can be found, there is no charge for the absence. Mother’s Day Out is located in the First United Methodist Church, 1903 E. Euclid, Arlington Heights. The maximum fee per family is $4.75 a day and a sec ond session is planned for the next term which begins in September. Are you a mother? Don’t you deserve a day out? FREE TIME is something mothers of young children rarely get. Mother's Day Out makes it possible to do as her heart desires, whether it's getting never-ending errands done or just taking it easy.
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Wheeling Herald
Wheeling, Illinois, US
Mon, Apr 01, 1974
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