Show IOn On Rearing Children from Tom CRIB to COLLEGE ow w w ow 7 Complied d by the Editor CHILDREN of o The n Mp for PARENTS Children today are healthier and sturdIer U than n any children have ever been before In thIs tills country And all allot ot of this bas has come about because we have learned how to keep them well welland welland and strong The true child hygienist realIzes that any need for tor the cure ot of physical ailments alIments Is a confession ot of failure on his part Most children will show an early in- in interest In Interest terest st In planning and digging and planting It grownups gro give gl them justn justa just n a little encouragement and help It ItIs Itis ItIs Is of course much easier for tor father tather and mother to do all aU the gardening themselves rather than to help chil chil- children children dren who do not l work ork as ns rapidly or skillfully nut But It if a child makes his own garden he discovers the joy ot of outdoor work There Is one place In the United States where parents do not have hu to tomake tomake make their children go to church It 11 Itis IlIs Is the little town of ot Walden N Y called the Childrens Children's Cathedral The Childrens Children's Cathedral has be been n built In Ina Ina Ina a wing of ot St Andrews Andrew's Parish church and has bas Its own distinct entrance a 8 churchly Gothic door but a low door child size It H Is certainly true that It take takes more wisdom and courage to bring up children well weIl In this modern com com- complex complex plex life lite than ever er before We admit that It Is s difficult but the very word difficult Is a challenge the use ue fit of the word admits that the problem 1 is not Dot Insoluble but that It will requIre real study and thought Such care care- careful careful ful tul consideration on the part lart of ot par par- parents parents parents will lead them to apply to theIr everyday problems In bringing up their children this philosophy of ot restraint In youth In order to avoid satiety In Inter life lite and ond the need of ot quiet and ond leisure for tor reading and dreaming Linoleum Is a safe sote flooring In homes where there are children It may be kept sanitary with a minimum of ot et ef effort fort The Inlaid variety which lasts indefinitely Is porous Manufacturers recently have ha come conic to the aid of 01 the housekeeper by treating this floor Joor cov coy covering ering with 11 h a la lacquer luer before It Ii leaves lea the factory This prevents the pores lores from absorbing dirt It really Is Ig not necessary to wax wat these new V hut but It Il Is 19 a good plan to dr d It occasionally The wax wat serves as a to the lacquer laquer and provides pro the gloss of 01 elegance Our generation grew up In the be- be belIet belief be belief lief lIet that children acquired knowledge only when spurred on by a teacher but when we placed them In appropriate appropriate surroundings we found that work they became far more eager In and more efficient In Its performance In the con con- conventional than they had ever e been curricula of ot schools In the nursery schools of ot today children dis- dis display dis display play piny an nn astonishing precocity a range of ot faculty unheard of ot be- be before be before and grade fore The he old dogma that discipline and Industry In schools were depend dependent dependent ent upon the teachers Is 19 al also o exploded We now find that children In our Dur nur nur- nursery nursery sery ery schools are capable of ot effective e discipline self discipline children does docs not with our depend so much upon actual physical In their activities as understanding and upon lIlon We do not need to or jump with our one old old or slide with Ith our year four year old sn Oun to understand the needs whIch these forms of 01 activity The Intelligent parent If he Is 18 also a pall pal will provide the Hie nees necessary bt background and opportunity for the childs child's nl ac from tinge to o I singe binge tn e of his bis dt de |