Show i I i t 3 The Parents Corner l u f ET G a young mother I want to ask you about my little baby B BEING She is seven months old and had always been good but has 4 recently re taken a great fancy for me and cries for me I have my housework to do and cannot hold her all the time Now should I try to do this thi or will it injure errs her in any oily way to cr for a while l She has always been quite strong Patiently awaiting an answer HRS H P F Upon your action at this juncture depend the comfort and yours for or months to come It is a proverb that an infant who has had no other nurse than the mother is ia always a spoiled child The children o of the uneducated nested poor are almost invariably unruly and exacting of the iha mothers moth rs at attention attention attention This fact has been forced upon my notice during distri and other rounds of the homes of this thia class Where one baby ia n trained tr ined ta tOI talie tOIlie tolie lie still in his crib or if older to sit quietly upon the floor m amuse itself with its playthings ten tea cry to be b in the mothers army arms tu tuat at t her skirts demanding notice and care every waking hour hourA hourc A c mon complaint is Its little work of any hind ind I t qs l baby in my arms or at my heels all II day long Cannot He sit alone f r I asked cl of one ons haggard little mo ier near actually proud to bend end under the tha weight of a fat lumpish boy 0 Indeed he lie can ean I proudly But hell heft not be quiet one wE wEhe tc si he is out of my arms Hell scream himself black in a the he face fees put down If Its Its 8 easier to hold him Mm It is hurtful to you and injurious to your baby to an lson r rally ally She will grow better and be the healthier for not being held by anybody q If H she rebels when you have made her comfortable upon the bed or in 11 the and given her something to play wit with keep Solomons 1 in m mind and let not your r ur soul spare for her crying She will soon learn leam that this sort of vocal exercise does not gain anything for her and accommodate her small ladyship to the situation By no noi v she should be trained to lie Jie quietly in m her bar crib after she has been put down for her midday nap or o her h nightly slumbers and to stop crying at other times when you tell her to stop Young Yo g as as she is she has a perfect understanding as to who is mistress in ia inthe the house Let there be no mistake in her mind as asto to your sour right to zula her herand and your determination to hold that sway 4 4 4 4 4 r rAT AT Ef naB lias as It a question estion to asE asli as whicH I refer fe t bU ers are area infer w ested in the home aquarium One of the prettiest and most interesting ornaments a house can have by the way I 1 It is quite possible to keep certain small fish sh eels newts and the like all winter in an aquarium prop properly properly properly erly constructed and intelligently managed Summer Bummer at the seashore may be made a delightful study of marine marme life by means of an aquarium a net a pail and rambles at low tide tido among the wharves and jetties betties My Hy boys aged 14 and 17 IT have collected many curious curious fishes and plants about which they experience great difficulty in getting practical information In Tn their behalf and in in the interest of other boys hoys and girls with similar desires I write to ask if there is a s handy practical manual that will tell them the names and habit of journal and vegetable life at the New Jersey seaside e r I MARtE AQUARIUM i V M 4 4 4 4 4 4 I gM AM K A A young girl Just 17 My mother died a little over a year ago I keep for or ther he treats me lovely in every respect gives me a good home good me to the theatre and to parties and just thinks of me ine He stays at home every evening after work and d tries to make things pleasant for me I have fallen in it 1 love with a young man 21 years old He loves ma me m and he wants to marry meNow me meNow meNow Now my father does doea not know knew anything about this affair of mine mine and expects me to tell him all my little troubles Do you think it is right to run sway away and marry this young man without telling my father W Please ilease be bw kind enough and advise me which you think I ought to do doDo doDo doDo Do you think it sensible of me to marry or not i M 31 S SIt SIt SIt It is hardly h putting the case ase too Strongly to say that not once in five thousand times is it sensible for fora a girl of 17 to marry a boy of 21 For you GU to marry this particular boy who is capable of persuading you to o carry carryon on a clandestine courtship deceiving grossly such a f father ether as you describe described and d to tempt you to disgrace yourself area and an break a trusting parents heart hearty by b y a runaway marriage would be the extreme of wicked folly i I marvel marv in reading read your story of your widowed fathers devotion to toY you Y Ui how you could set down one by one the e particulars of his behavior toward you of whom he thinks the world and pass on unconcerned to tell how basely you are repaying his devotion Either there is something abnormal in your makeup or r your best feelings and principles have been d by y association with your lover How has it happened ned that your father knows nothing of this affair of yours i If he lie stays at home every evening to make things pleasant for you where do you meet the accomplice in the evil work of making things thin gs so 60 unpleasant for your only parent that he will be ready to turn his face to the wall and die when he learns the depth of your perfidy and ingratitude 1 i You Yon would seem seem to have as little regard for your reputation as for ie he de deceived deceived deceived f fathers athera feelings All this is low I I cannot attain unto it 1 This is Tough talk you say I can neither speak nor think gentl gentle things w with th th facts in m the sad Bad case cas before me as you have given them If Ii I could command language lang age that could awaken you to a sense of what you are doing what you are losing and what misery you are bringing upon yourself I Ish should sh 1 not hesitate h to use it were it ten times as severe sev re as that which re reflects jIe tS s all ill too toa feebly the indignant contempt co tempt for you and your suitor the deep for fervour your noble father which every reader of your story must f feeL eeL eeLA 4 4 4 e 4 4 4 a ANOTHER A OTHER one of your faithful readers would like to ask a couple of i questions q r 1 On my re rc eiderdown coat is a muddy m stair stain sta t Can it be betaken taken off by some way instead of washing it t as it is ju jut just t new 2 Also Mso how can I get a rust stain off a fancy piece of linen MRS A H D 1 Sponge with ili alcohol l carefully then with warm ater and alcohol lastly rub dry with mth a soft cloth and raire rai ra e a the nap by holding over boiling water t 2 Make a 3 paste pa te of silt salt and lem emon n juice and a d apply ppl Leave I e on for several sev several several eral hours wash wadi with soft water and renew application if necessary 4 4 a 4 4 4 KINDLY KIND EY inform me through your columns in in which of George GeorS Mb Donalds works I may find the poem beginning with this line lirie x Where did you come from baby dears dear A 9 M 1 The Th e exquisite nursery classic 1 beginning b Where ere did you come from baby lear jean t tOut Out of bf f the th ey r into here hereu is is a song in that weird fascinating story beloved of mothers and children a quarter q aX t r century ago At the Back of the North Wind The song occurs in iu Chapter 33 The closing lines Imes are How did they ther the all just come to be you t tod 11 God od thought about me and so I l grew I 1 |