Show YOUR CHILDR CHILDREN N i n i 11 in fy Olive Roberts r Barton arlo Ic 1928 By bJ NEA Part of ot a a. childs child's education is to tol learn l earn arn how to do small duties at home ome Small services such as running errands drying dishes running a carpet sweeper over the dining dining- room oom floor after meals putting his playthings away such away such things aregood are aregood good for a a. child He should accept accept ac- ac ept their performance as a a. mater matter matter mat mat- ter er of ot course But there is a good and sure way ay of or turning him against all aU allwork work vork and that is by making his consistently disagreeable One little girl comes home from school chool at 4 o'clock and goes straight to tho the kitchen where a aall pall pail all of or garbage from breakfast and dinner Inner and supper the night before stands lands under the sink It is her duty to take It out to ho tho big can at the end of ot the tho yard empty It It take tako it Into the laundry and nd rinse it and return it to its place in the kitchen Often Otten there Is a note from her mother I r wont won't be back until after r r. so pare Jare the potatoes and put them on or Take that thai pound of or figs tho the grocer II sent nt right back ack to him and tell te-ll him they're full ull of or black spots and I wont won't have them hem Pleasant prospect isn't it Bawling out tho grocer about every other daOn day da On Satur Saturdays nys she Rhe scrubs the front steps while her hel mother mothe makes the tho beds Tho The little girl loves to make mako beds and 1111 it is her hor he jo joy to fix up tho the bedrooms and straighten out closets and bureau bureau- drawers but her mother reserve reserves that right for herself Mother doesn't lIko like to scrub steps Again she Again she answers tho the doorbell doorbell door door- bell belli 1 I If It Its It's that man from the tho radio company compan tell him hint Im I'm not a at home whispers her ler mother over the stair rail dropped his Ills bottle G Go get Iet a n pan dust-pan and tho the whiskbroom whiskbroom whisk whisk- broom and sweep It up tip and bring bringa a n cloth to wipe the milk oft off th the thO carpet Daddy and I have havo to dress t to togo togo go to the tho Smiths Wo 0 promised promise to bo be there b by 8 All tho the dishes arc are done donG but the tho pots and pans You finish them up and dont don't forget for tor get et to Wi wipe po off the tho stove and clean cleanup up the kitchen No the picture Is not over over- drawn There are hundreds o ot of mothers who impose on good na nature na- na turo tUto and relegate tasks not t to their liking to tho tine children O 0 Of f course courM It doesn't hurt a n. child tempty t tempty to e empty garbage or r return turn bad firor figor fir fig or do the pots and pans once 1 in n awhile But Dut If It all the tho tasks given him to do are unsavory and distaste ful tul he is going to grow v up to b ba be bea a a. work hater Children can enn be 00 just as M usef l i doing the little muo t tasks s they like t |