Show i INFORMATION I N FORMA i q FOR FO R PARENTS T F LITTLE girl etl Is 6 years yea 18 old She bites bit CS her ber nails naU down downto M My I I to the Quick and It 1 makes ml tes her lingers fingers very sore Her fathers mother does the same ame and her fingers are r like e cushions I Sear fear my little girl is going gome to be as aa bad cad Can you you tell me of ot something to put on them that will wilt stop her from tram biting them th and yet ye will not hurt her if It she he should put it into her mouth mo A MOTHER Wet a little tittle QuInine or of to a aste with water wa and rub it well into her he nails J Let et it dry before you release her ber fingers They will soon soan go to her mouth and come out sooner Repeat the application should she suck It oft off After a few nibbles she will learn team that nails u are fir bitter and leave them alone If as sometimes happens she persists in sucking the tho fingertips until tho the nails are free fr e of or the bitter taste sew up her h r hands In bandages as ns if they the were sore Make her compre hen bend 1 that t she must wear the bandages as long as she persists in hi gnawing her nails The trick is 1 probably hereditary All the more reason why you should resolutely res set about breaking it up Serious Intestinal disorders sometimes result from ram swallowing the fragments ra gnawed off orr HEN we read the letter signed fiG G B 8 my husban h d WHEN I l Tsai d Answer that for perhaps you can help h her I Iam 1 am not an old uld lady giving advice i 1 am not n t yet out ont ot of my twenties am married and I believe the happiest wife In the tha circle of t my acquaintances aC I nave have a dear good mother God bless her I was one of ot the tho th girls that always had bad mother near her X I Iwas was always protected and aid shielded by my parents ts and I Iam Iam Iam am very ery thankful for tor that protection prot I never n ver went cent with young men till I left schooL Mother said sald First education tIon after afterward at rs ward pleasure When I first firt went away to t school some ot or the e girls offered to tell me how to act when I was w s with boys boy I never went out driving with men without a third person It was not because I could not be trusted It I was the ent eat tender protection of ot the only daughter ily first Ids was WM the one of betrothal placed on my lips by my lover at nt the time I promised to be his wife Even after that at the tha dear ar mother guarded very carefully her daughter anu an anti when the tha betrothed came to visit me he be lived in to another ho would first greet the tha mother then the sweetheart He says lie he will never forget fo t the daughter In her ber home homeI I was married six years ago six happy years I And for tor some reason the husband is still a lover lov He Is never Jealous fand and has perfect trust In his wife Very often otten he be says Bring our aUl girlie for tor we have a daughter up Just as you were brought up tip to be some good mans treasure I do not mean to be severe but young men have high Ideals and when it comes to choosing a wife they select sel ct the tha most particular girl they know Keep your standard high You dont need to be a prig but be loyaL A girl who Is 15 loyal to the dear mother who has had years of at care over ove her child hUd deserves desen s oil an the tha love lve and loyalty la alty that can be given ven her Then en should a husband come anytime he ho can rely b always brays brayson on the faithful daughter Be very careful of ot your friends A girl cant be too careful for no doubt numbers of friends and acquaintances are ore watCh watChIng watch watchIng Ing lug you to see 1 if his bis past will wID make e your standard less e high The mother always has your Interest at heart Trust her h r I Iam Ia Iam am a speaking eak from experience for tor I 1 am the daughter of the dearest earest dearest father and mother the wife of at the most m st loving hus bus husband husband band band and the mother Mather of ot the sweetest little daughter Surely Steely Iam I Iam Iam am thrice blessed bless r Always love God and trust your our mother Is 15 the counsel of df ton one who knows A loving lov ng daughter wife and mother c MOTHERS CHUM G B Th s letter letter the ring of ot sincerity and every ever word w to id in is It itis is Is spoken Happy H Ha the mother who wo has such sch a daughter the th husband who has such a wife and the baby who has such su h a mother American girls need just such wise and tender monition n from those who have gone over the perilous road so lately that every turn is fresh in their memories FOB P OR the benefit of ot the many mothers who have written to you asking you to take up the question of o home study by children n nr t I r want to tell feU you that at the last meeting of af our our Parents Association of the e Normal School of or Philadelphia a paper was read by Mrs Paschal Coggins Coggin the president on the question of ot home bome study and the carrying of ot many books by children She supplemented the paper by extracts from an article artcle In the Atlantic Monthly written by a physician to the effect that home borne study stud meaning the tho present system of or compulsory horns home study was Injurious to most if It not all an children and pointing out Its Us serious effects upon the eyes The was also condemned At the close of or the reading and discussion n nt of t the points brought forward a committee of or three was ap appointed ap appointed pointed to appeal to the Board of Education to ta have com compulsory compUlsory com home study abolished and also to have the curriculum modified To make our protest effective we want the support of every parent and physician who agrees with mth us sa in t thIs matter As a member of ot that committee I would be very glad to nave have the name and anci address of or every parent who has this cause causa at heart It is a work for parents not for tor teachers The sup support sup support s p port of ot physicians in the thel movement would be especially ap appreciated K Bv Do Dot B t When a general alarm Is sounded It proves roves that danger Is great and imminent At such a time every good citizen should s 5 do his best to lessen and if it possible to overcome that danger f I 1 shall esteem It a high privilege to be the humble Instrument of or helping forward the reform that has engaged so much m of the tha j time and the thoughts of ot the readers of this department within the e last few weeks To simplify f the collection n of signatures u J to the protest tin mentioned on above I give here the na address a r of the j writer who presents us with a definite plan for abating a great gre t eviL ML Mothers teachers and all whose interest in 11 this matter is strong are requested to send In names and addresses without delay to Mrs Irs Kate Irate D IX Barr 25 Queen Que lane lone Germantown e l Pa PaH HERE H ERE Is 18 something each of ot us can do for tor the protection of at t our out children and our neighbors children and for tor the f good of the country the work of which is tobe to 1 e carried on by men and women we are now educating An Ohio teacher one whose heart has bas not been hardened by routine e and cont shall now have her word Seeing in this paper paper such a strong protest by mothers against home study I feel It my duty as a teacher In the public publia schools to say a few words at least Je st if it you will allow me meI meI meI I agree with the mothers whose letters I l have hava read that at It Is abominable for a child of six seven or even eight to carry books beaks home borne for study Not one book leaves my room at night unless Utness the children ask permission to take them home and that is ver seldom for they know that I prefer the school study I emphasize their playing at at t home and during intermission don in school hours If It the t e weather is ts at all desirable I insist that every one on one leave the room leaving all their care car care of ot study be bo f hind bind if only for a few minutes Ob that every teacher might feel as asI I do c o that Is these little Uc bodies b and minds are too weak for all work My M heat rt aches for the fond mother I Jn whose little darling was was urged on on to its its death by unthinking teachers go to I the teachers t plead with them tc your y u childrens cl sake and many ef f them will see the this wretched home study for mere babies About Abo t a child chUd leaving the he room r mt 1 have bave ave not taught school s ho l lYe a a year Ye lr yet but butt nine times out of o ten tea t n I can tell teU by the expression lon lonOn on a childs ch Ids face whether or not no it itIs is necessary for him to leave I the room ro fm It is cruel for fora a t teacher who knows that it Is I necessary nary sary and then heeds not My heart is so 50 full fuU of ot sympathy for tor these fond mothers for or J I have one of ot my own that I tc cannot f say 1 enough but pray dont urge your child to study ant f at toe tie age of three Every sensible teacher would rather have hava havet them t in not know so much It is easier e ier to teach teach them and they develop d more quickly in their school sc o 1 life Ufe when not taught too t young youn 1 I am lm living Ih 1 In the hope that some of the teachers teach of or o thesa these mothers noth S little ones may see this letter Jetter and abandon fool ish idea Iden of home study E EW HT u HTWE o HAVE VE lived fiend In a new house howse for tor the th e pastO past four months WE W WEVE I have never had a J decent cup cu of ot coffee correa We have iava tried tried different kinds hinds to no avail avaiL It has a black greasy color color c r even when n an egg eA is used Could you or some Bot of your year readers re readers dm tH t lt me tee the cause Cluse of o this It has fus caused me a 2 lot of f worry I save baye tried U ed everything aid and Id bought a new coffee pot t make the the coffee corree 1 always use boiling water and never never n ver let tha tle c just Immer ONE O E pp OP READ Why w bon boll or revon even simmer It at all turee used the samo saute o patent of coffeepot for far over ten years Y and have uniformly clear black coffee co coffee tree after dinner Given a a goodbrand good brand of or coffee boiling bum b b water just proportions pro of ot each and the result should sh n d be Invariable 1 make coffee upon the breakfast l table as as a I make tea t for or my family measuring m and coffee every time tin and never er think or of p failure Boiled proverbially proverbially uncertain un lee n j is willing to 10 give it undivided ti t r rf from f 1 hu st |