Show 1 j i I I By DR LOYAL CRANE CiTY CITY AND COUNTRY Every Everl child sh should uld have an th opportunity opportunity op 01 op- op to to sp spend nd at least least some of ot his childhood d In the country Nor is my reason for this sim simply sun sun- ply because I think the country is healthier than the cl city y Inde Indeed d I 1 think statistics have rather proved d the city healthier than the country coultry Rather my my reason reason for tor ins insisting sting that every child should havea have a t taste st of ot c country lif life Is s 1 because cause country life lite Is so much realer so SQ in ch more fundamental fundamental- s so so m much ch closer to the eternal truths truths' o ot life Ute than is city life Compared to life Ufe In th the co country city life JUe is artificial Ui laJ ial It t is all right enough for gr grownups and I 1 suppose suppose suppose sup sup- pose cities have to be But Bt Just try to to think for a moment what must be the effect upon a child to tobe be je raised from birth t to maturity In Inthe inthe the heart of at a great city community community Butter milk and eggs are r brought to to the city childs child's door in neat bottles and boxes Vaguely he knows that cows and chickens ore In n some way responsible for these delicious ious foods But th the fact tact has no jno reality for him How lIow can it he if he has has never seen a chicken or a cow And I 1 venture t to say that there are thousands of ot folk in our great cities today city born bornand bornand and ad city bred who never have hav seen either a chicken or a cow Likewise In countless other ways life in the country acquaints the child chud with many of ot the fundamental fundamental fundamental funda funda- mental facts of ot life Ufe Of ot which the city child can only read in books S In some some vague way I feel that t tills this ls artificiality of ot our city life lite le leaves ves its mark upon the character of ot a growing child chUd Surely the child who thinks In terms of ot green hilltops ps and r running brooks has a distinct advantage over the child who thinks in terms of ot elevator shafts and broken water pipes Wherefore I 1 say every child should have htwe the opportunity to live out at least a part of ot his childhood In Gods God's open country where men still wrest their living from the he soil S Dr Crane will be glad to advise our readers on problems of ot home training mental development school progress progress vocational guida guidance guid guid- a ance ace ance ce etc Address A your our letters to Dr Crane care of ot McClure Newspaper Newspaper News paper Syndicate 33 Fourth avenue avenue ave aye nue flue New York City inclosing stamped addressed envelope for reply Copyright 1925 by the McClure McClureS S Newspaper Syndicate |