Show Inspiring Thoughts for or Yog Mothers Ill fA you have never neer stopped Ii V P and thought dear little mother rf what la is the best bost inheritance you youcan I can an give your our child If It you ou were u 1 suddenly denly asked the question you Oll OllI would no doubt answer that you jou ou want her hor to have a healthy health body an intelligent intelligent intelli intelli- gent ent mind and a sturdy character I I grant rant you jou ou that this i Is a worth worthy ambition am am- but It is really a part not th the whole You should want ant your OUr child to ha c haca f a l quick Imagination because it I h ii han I an nn C essential part of af her education and f. f I much of or her future happiness m depends h 1 on It You can enu only get set from life and 1 lh the world what you oU bring to thorn them t. t Much more depends on Oil yourself than fl on the tho conditions about you This 1 la Is a large splendid world full of beauty beau beau- ty and the tho things that make malta you jou OU laugh laughl l J 1 and thrill The Tho beauties of life hife and d dIli Il i the world may appear lifeless because I you jou OU lack lock the Imagination to appreciate h the hidden meanings of ot those things r I h Vh It H is of ot minor Lance Importance ance at t tho the stArt rp whether your our child will over become a D. am m great writer or pointer painter an artist of or oft r. r t Ill k any kind The important point point is that 7 sh h he may have a n. vivid imagination h f which means findIng rinding the thc hidden meanIng mean mean- n fl S m Ing and the real truth In nature and andIn f II In It Its mysteries I You iou dear little thoughtful mother are the real keeper of ot your jour our ell childs child's lids lid's I- I I heart and Imagination an and It I Is IH your F duty to take taka that dormant l Lion tion and quicken It Into Inlo being beinS' AMZ Aa AM Z I Florence Hull WInterburn says ay In her hook book I The Mother In Education r- r rI I Little Is g glied h Indeed b by attention d to a childs child's purely mental processes Ef- Ef even when they are re honestly studied ell f. f We iVe gala gain more by his considering emotional emo emu t. t tonal lional expressions L E- E h- h rr I II II I Iii I 1 believe that every normal child has hae an instinctive appreciation of ot the good and the beautiful at least equal to the guiding light fight of ot our own adult experience There Is in fact tact a curious likeness between the tho pure Impulse of or ofa ofa ora a simple understanding and the aspiration aspiration as- as as as- of ot a mind broadly cultured A little childs child's estimate of literature which is at at- atall all within the realm of liI lily comprehension is u usually ua ly more than respectable it is often otten acute ft search arch JustA justA justA Just A book that demands hard thinking think think- I ing ig l cannot delude InfantIle fancy bj hr byan hran an overlapping pleasantry above e dull- dull nc floss s. s The demand a n child makes of ot a astory story 1 I Is J that It U shall have vitality warmth that can kindle Interest Humor Hu flu- mor pathos or a lively bit of ot talk stir him mora o than the tho older Jw leaders ers because because because be be- cause his susceptibility has not been dulled b bj by a abuse use Mother lother Goose tales have hac always been and alwa always s 's shall he be popular with 1 little folks Long Lone before they understood the tho and even th the meaning of ot Little Little Littie Lit tle tie Jack Jack Homer Horner and This Little PI Pig Went Vent to Market Maik the they enjoyed the rhythm of the words and the action of or playing pinYin with their fingers rS or toes Once you jou ou hav havo called this wonderful wonder wonder- ful tn thing called Imagination into bein being be be- be- be in lug ing your child will enjoy enjo fair fairy stories such uch a as g i Hans Anderson and Grimm I 1 know that there arc aro those who era aro opposed to tho the fairy stor story because the they feel teel that It 11 stimulates tho the Imagination nation too much but fairy stories liku all aU other forms of ot literature should be given in moderate rate doses Gradually the tho fair fairy stories can he be pushed Into the background and fables and l tubs ma may take their place Hero Here you have n a host of ot stories from which ii I I I I 1 I I II I I I I ii I II i i i i I I I i I f I 11 1 I I I I I I I II I I Il i I III to choose such as s Aesop's fables tables the fables of or Lafontaine the Homeric epics ep op ics and the tho Arthurian legends If It you ou have girls and boys you ou will soon discover th that t there Is b a natural difference between th their lr tastes tates cy ant vant the excitement strong strobl and gus sus girls prefer something more subtle They would have a a. heroine continually doing doln agreeable little things like Miss Alcott's Ic Jo one of the tho most popular books for little girls All Jl the Louise Alcott books are extreme extremely worth north while for tor little girls You can do all an this for your child dien dren and tall fall completely unless you OU make the Imagination so 60 responsive that It will not only be able to repeat the stories In a childs child's own words word but enable him to create creat stories out of his hi Imagination nat I on This Is b not too much to ask of your our child and nd she he is equal to it because she hc hc Is la going through the experience of ot the race Story making not story tory writing was os ono one of ot the first things thine that the childs child's ancestors could do many centuries ago aco I know ono one little girl who ha has never written a story In iii her life but she can tell you a n story tary about any flower or Ins insect ct she ho sees ees Tho child is only an nn average child but she aho has been taught to give life ute to the tho things about her ber She has been ben taught to make up glo sto- sto to- to ries that tho t will ilI give pleasure to others no les less than thon to beg for tor stories the live long da day daj In Iii short she knows know how to exchange E stories just as every child should be taught to do I grant you this takes take time and patience nce at first But Dut It is III your privilege lege loge and anti duty You are the keeper of ot your jour OUr childs child's heart and mind That golden key must be ul used d if It you do not want it to rust and the easiest way to keep It bright ht is to awaken your childs child's imagination I- I 1111 J 11 1 J 11 1 I 11 J II J 1 |