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Show thrift where be himself i directly concerned. It Is not so easy to teach children thrift In respect to community or public, property. The pride of ownership-Is lacking and the loss which U often more complete is not self evident. Wastefulness with public property constitutes a 'direct economic loss, because the usefulness of the article is destroyed. ' Parents, of course, can do much to show children that thrift and economy should apply to all property, public or private. The lessons, les-sons, however, must rise above the pride of possession. - Children must be taught that wastefulness is wrong, it is not enough to appeal only to their selfish natures, showing them they will have less if they waste or. lose what they have. Children should be made to realize that economic losses affect humanity in general and that waste is an unnecessary loss to the vorld, Irrespective of where lies the title to the property. The schools can do much to supplement the parental effort in this direction. . . " I . ' ' Teaching Thrift PR. G N. JENSEN, state superintendent ' l- of public instruction, has issued a timely ; letter itf district officials urjinf; the practise of greater thrift in the handlinf of school ; textbooks and supplies. ; The second best 'place in the world to inculcate thrift In -the , child is In the schools; the first, of course, beins the home. . .. ..I'ICJ1 In the home the child can be taught to respect property values as they apply to personal per-sonal possessions. He can quickly grasp the cost to himself of t lost" plaything-, because he is immediately deprived of something he ; wants. The fact that the plaything may have - been found by another and has not entirely Most Hs usefulness 'does not alter the case. Hence it is not difficult to teach the child |