Show Physician Makes Pertinent Contrast Between Old and Modern Methods This J Is tho the fourth of ot the series b by Dr telling interesting incidents In Jn tho the rearing of tho the Dionne quintuplets By ALLAN DAFOE By ALLAN R. R DAFOE How would you like to put your you child to bed bcd 71 times in one evening eve eve- eve I ning It h happened the other night a atho at atthe atthe the tho quintuplets' quintuplets nursery Maybe Mayb Maybethe the story will be no less of ot a a. revelation lion Uon to you than to me For yo you ou must understand that to an old old- fashioned mar man like myself reared reD in In the old-fashioned old way some some som of these modern methods are arC aro a revelation The children were being put t to tobed bed as usual at the proper hour now about 7 No effort i imade Is made to get them to go to sleep but aut once in bed with the thee understanding understanding understanding under under- standing that they are are to stay there they usually drop of off t to sleep without any more trouble On this particular night Emill Emilie had an idea iden Shoo She wasn't going t to sleep She wasn't even g going t to stay in bed So the nurse l Had ad scarcely left lef the he room after tucking away all al he quins when Emilie was squirm squirm- Ing ng Ten little lilUe pink toes came wriggling a over the edge of the bed and soon all the rest of ot Emilie Emilii came following after Sh Sho let herself herself herselt her her- self down to 10 the floor Now the nurse on duty was watching through the glass door as nurses nurses' always do when they are aro out of ot the room and it wasn't wasn a minute before she noticed Emilie crawling about gleefully am among mg the beds Is Determined So the nurse stepped quietly into the nursery picked up Emilie without without without with with- out reproach or reproof anc and tucked her back into bed But Emilie Emilio was out to show that thai she he was boss oss this time and bright eyes yes looking on with interest from the he other beds undo undoubtedly spurred her on So So in no time at all she was out of bed again and crawling on the he floor And in no time at all the ho nurse was back Without sayIng saying say- say Ing ng a word quietly but firmly she had lad tucked Emilie back where she belonged N Now w if It Emma Emilie had been me and ho tho nurse had been my father and ho tho time o had been about 50 years ears ago the next scene in this this' little drama rama would have been different It t would have consisted of ot a flow of f very firm and emphatic language lan Jan guage from my father accompanied by y perhaps a few ew gestures with the he back of or a a. hairbrush 71 Tunes Times But In this case the next scene was just like the ones before and the tho he next one ono was just like that too oo until tho the nurse had tucked Emilie into her bed just 71 times and all this without raising her voice or r hinting at punishment or orven r reven even ven annoyance Emilie EmlUe went to sleep leep then The next night Emilie wasn't quite convinced She started getting getting get- get ting Ing up again Sixty-five Sixty times Umes the nurse put her back that night And 50 0 times the night after that Emilie got the idea Within afew afew a few ew nights she knew it wasn't any use And now when she is put putto putto to o bed she stays there just like the the he others The nurses' nurses plan though thought t took the patience of a Job seems to o me to be right Now you could c uld strike a child the second time it got out of ot bed bcd and perhaps terrorize it into staying there acre That would relieve the tho wear and tear ear on the parents but would Itt it t teach each the child anything except that hat the tho parent Is a wilful giant who punishes you suddenly and angrily when you aro ara doing something something some- some thing hing quite natural such as getting getting get- get ting ing out of bed 1 I am Inclined to o doubt it Emilie has learned all that w was s necessary to teach her that her that when you are arc put to bed you might as aswell aswell well stay there Nurses Calm Cairn The even temper of our nurses often otten amazes me It is bad for children especially very young children to be excessively excessively Ively affectionate to them one minute and then turn and spank them hem suddenly in some flash of ot anger They are arc mystified baffled baffled fled led hurt Such things quickly forgotten by the grownup may leave permanent permanent permanent per per- manent traces on the tho character of very young children It is surprising to see how careless care care- less ess even oven intelligent parents are arc about about choosing someone to look after their children In their ab ab- ab- ab sence It Is not uncommon for children to be reared almost cn- cn irely by maids completely Untrained untrained un- un trained rained in child care You have havo often heard parents say ay I dont don't know why my child uses such bad grammar or Where could Charlie have picked up those horrible words The answer is usually very sim sit pie Children of 2 years are arc very imitative The quintuplets are arc getting surprisingly clever at tryIng try- try Ing ng to do anything they see the nurses or one another doing All ll children are like that So what is to be bo expected when th they y yare are ro left lett much of the time with persons totally unequipped to fu furnish furnish fur fur- nish the tho example they are so o anxious to follow Habits of speech and manner learned in this way often are arc fixed for life Ufe And often parents themselves are not as 88 careful as they ought to be in insetting insetting setting an nn example for their children children chil- chil dren ren to imitate in speech and manner Best of Care CareIn CareIn CareIn In this respect the quintuplets are specially especially fortunate Both Miss Yvonne Leroux and Miss Jacqueline Noel foci tho the present nurses ar are aro able to keep before them the best ex- ex amples of speech and m manner n er and both oth havo have shown a fund of patience and nd untiring devotion that I am afraId I myself could not duplicate at t times The royal babies of Canada Canada as iio NAY L 0 Pi i c 2 t H I I I t 4 1 I A IV i f tJ tJI t I V 1 1 I J N I x 2 n 4 I 4 2 Mt S I M T- T Copyright NEA Service Inc S Its It's a historic day this of May Yvo Yvonne Dionne calls attention to the birthday of the I Royal Babies of Canada this year by stand standing ing proudly with Dr Dafoe and pointing to it it Last year she had to crawl across the calendar r to reach it il I I I like like- to call calI cal tho the quintuplets are fortunate In many ways at this second birthday Their health is go good food d With luck they should be financially independent soon and andin in n position a- a to buy privacy If it they hey wish vish it in later life Everything Everything Every- Every thing humanly possible is be being ng done for their welfare And sometimes I am forcibly reminded reminded re- re minded of the letters which came cameo cameto cameto to o us in the early days telling how low individuals and congregations of many denominations were prayIng pray- pray lug Ing ng for their welfare No one is more keenly aware than I that sometimes the best human human human hu hu- hu- hu man precautions are are not enough i t I The End |