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Show Your Baby Teach Child How to Act Before Guests! By MTBTLE METEB ELDRED If you wiah to hare tha free leaflet leaf-let on "Etlquet for Children," Juat aand a three-cent stamped, salt- ( addressed envelope with your letter let-ter to Mrs. Eldrad of tha your baby and mine department ' la ears of Tha Bait Lake Telegram. We want our children to 'caper around and exhibit' themaelvaf In front of gueets, because we are proud of them. But when tha child doaan't know whan to atop capering caper-ing and bagini to act lilty.'wa ara ( wont to demand harshly that ha go away and leave us alone. ' Thla must ba enormouily confuting confut-ing to tha child, who la greeted with such awaetnaaa and beamed upon by adults, until soma moment when theae enigmatic Individuate turn their facoa and attention rlaa-where. rlaa-where. It ia hard for little boy or'glrl who la eonitantly hr tha company of the mother, who liatens and comments upon every word and act, to understand why thia aama r behavior geta such a different ra-aponae ra-aponae when company comas. Of coune, when thia happen, tha child increases his effort to ba entertaining. en-tertaining. In order that ha won't ba overlooked he gets right in front of the gueat. doea all hi tricks, ' ridea hia tricycle within an lnoh of their ehrinking leg, whine and hana Anto hia mother. Indicating how atarved ha la for tha limelight. We have to recognise tha child' plight and plan for it. If we ex- plain beforehand how mother mutt act when gueita arrive, how aha mint talk to them all tha time to keep them happy and entertained, the child will ba prepared tor what happen. Hi Innocent and natural desir to ba looked at and admired cap ba aatlafied when tha guet first arrive. ar-rive. He may take their hats and coats. He , may ahew them hia achool work, or ahow them how ha can ride hia "trlke." or can 'buy himself in the kitchen and help, when aomething ia aerved, to do hia aharo of carrying in tha .food. If he knowa hia role, if ha senses beforehand be-forehand that It has its limits, then it will not reach the. point when he will be banUhed In diagrao or aent up to solitude because be juit t couldn't diaoover all by himself how he waa aupposed to act. |