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Show U How to Bring Up Your Children. Mrs.' Mary Grinnell Mears has been re-elected president of the New York State Assembly of Mothers. Her views -i on the bringing up of children are val- 4 uable. She has practised what she -4 preachea on her own two children. Her a theoretical views as well as the results of her personal experience are presented here today " The work of the Mothers" Assembly -0 is to advance the education of Ameri- -4 can mothers, but I believe that the 4 greatest work can be dona by the mother in her own home. We try to . make our own home the most beautiful " spot on earth for our children so that no other place shall be so attractive to -4 them. -4 We are trying to bring up our chil- 4 dren so that the best that is in them a shall be developed. We use no harsh methods and our children love their " home. They attend the public schools. We believe in the public school system. Both will go to college, not neglecting any of the practical side of education. . They are being thoroughly educated in the classics. We have not planned a career for either. We are watching 4 their tendencies and developing their education along the lines for which -f they seem most fitted. When our boy . has been fully educated then, with our advice, he will choose the line of work he will follow in life. Our children are our companions. They eat at the table -f with us and we make the mealtime an hour for the exchange of ideas with them. We encourage them to talk freely free-ly to us to discover w hat has impressed them in the day's work and pleasures, i and gently correct any mistaken ideas in their minds. As to their food, it is plain and substantial sub-stantial diet, with plenty of fruit. We impress the value of order and regularity regu-larity upon them. System in their lives we deem of great importance. As to their amusements, both have become fond of outdoor pleasures. We approve riding, walking and bicycling for them and permit them to enjoy the child hood games of their boy and girl associates. asso-ciates. We insist on their keeping early hours, which eliminates some temptations. Their education was begun at the kindergarten. kin-dergarten. We approve the kindergarten kindergar-ten methods. As tq -their reading, we give them only the best of literature. History, we think, is a valuable study for them. We have encouraged our boy in his inclination to read and study American history. He is devoted to stories of American heroism, and we encourage him in that. 1 would wish to impress upon every mother the importance of making the home the most beautiful spot on earth to her children. Happy home life makes good children and superior men and women. The remembrances of happy home life suggest a influence that has made home a potent factor in life. The devotion of father and mother is remembered and cherished and their hearts made happy by the loving thoughtfulness of the son out in the world and the daughter in a home of her own. yet mindful of the dear ones in the dear old homestead. New Style In Stockings. Even the silk stockings and the dancing danc-ing slipper have succumbed to the spangle craze. The latest silk stockings j actually glitttr with spangles, and already al-ready they come in a variety of col- j ors. There are black silk stockings of the finest weave, with a deep, openwork, lacey instep, showing the design outlined outlin-ed with tiny silver spangles. Then there j are white silk stockings, appliqued with j delicate lace bow knots, embroidered with fine gold threads and the rest of the stocking flecked with gold spangles. Shaded , sulk stockings are also the vogue at present, and are extremely pretty. These stockings are seen in a great variety. They vary fre,m 'the changing color contrast of black and scarlet, to stockings which show the artistic blending of four or five different differ-ent tints of one color. |