Show dissecting BIRDS and kulmala shmil 1 bisot be chil ire i in ditl boli mr edward bigelow naturalist Is opposed to the strenuous life foi children says the new york world he told the new york mothers club so at the berkeley lyceum with a ol 01 elul illustration that left the ubiquitous mamma of the verbal infant in a maze of doubt as to whether she was cultivating the genius of an embryo scientist or a prospective murderer I 1 believe in grature study for children said mr gelow ant I 1 protest against disgusting features of it in the pub lie school it may be all right to dissect a chicken at some stage of his educational carper but tor a child the object lesson of the old hen and her chickens is all sufficient we don t want the dissecting knife and scalpel we want some heart in the study oi want your children to love you don t youa he demanded of the breathless mothers well sup pose they had to tabulate you like this for instance mother five feet high golden hair silk waist gray skirt etc and then they were taught to sins a little song about how dear ly I 1 love mother what do you think that would men me n to thema not lov love isn t an analysis it Is the dally getting acquainted and I 1 tell ou on vve bobolink la worth a whole acre of dead ses in a child s knowledge one aggrieved mamma whose offspring rejoiced in stuffed humming birds stoutly combated mr bigelow s statements and even w nt tar as to condone the sl aughtr ct butterflies because the butterfly s life was so short anway and would you tal that him cried the indignant mr gc low and the battle waa on he however agreed to the mas ere ot moths and other pesto and the more tender hearted mothers departed with this salve lov guilty consciences |