Show Parents Ought To Curtail Childs Child's Clubs By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON Clubs and organizations play such sucha a a big part today In childrens children's lives that they need to be talked about I believe Few groups have done so much for our boys and girls in the way of- of f character development as our Modern Family Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts or organizations organizations or or- operating on the same design They have for their credos all nIl the sterling character goals and molding honor ideals that the best thought offers Your child may be proud Indeed mother to belong to such a group And I shall conclude this short eulogy by saying that in many cases children learn more practical self- self help in these groups than they do at home However there is n It tendency at atthe atthe atthe the moment to organize everything The children have their little clubs all nil over the place It is getting down to the small fry who now speak quite proudly of their president president president dent and their chairman Always Alwa's Existed Dear only knows youngsters have always had their clubs beginning with the shanty in the back lot Jot and moving on up to the Literary league or the Junior Antelopes It began to fan out then in earnest earnest earnest earn earn- est and the high school seniors had half a dozen or so societies of every kind under the sun If they didn't belong to the Blue and Silver they belonged tl tp the Wand and Wigs There were dramatic groups gym teams dancing clubs and all the rest But not until the age of ot 16 or 17 did the pressure become so intense Daddy became resigned finally and only grumbled a It little when he handed banded out the front door key and mother learned not not to worry after I 11 I See Sec Child Often Maybe it is a good thing in a number of cases and the boy or girl is better off away vay from a home where conditions are bad But I Iam Iam Iam am just old fashioned enough to believe that distance does not make male the heart grow fonder but rather more indifferent It used to be that up coming children made madean an effort to help keep the unfortunate unfortunate unfortunate nate home on its feet We Ve are losing the close contacts that hold families together and a certain sympathy of the child for forthe forthe the problems of his house and its members He is going to set himself himself himself him him- self apart entirely before long and I what then professor Children are keyed up too much I They cant can't stay put or think quietly They think well but too quickly But that is further along My grievance is that they are not at home enough And so mother I believe I should limit the of clubs my child belonged to Be Bea a little selfish He is your child Have him around sometimes Next And there's theres the radio |