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Show I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I t "t t " c ! ' OUR OURCHILDREN CHILDREN CHILDRENBy By Dy ANGELO ANGLLO P PATR1 PATRI PATR1BEAUTIFYING A TRJ . . . . W WhN - + -hN hN - - + W M-M M . - - + MN.MMMM MNMMMM - H - . - W + FNM - + M M - MBEAUTIFYING BEAUTIFYING SCHOOLSS0I1001 SCHOOLS SCHOOLSOCIIOOL SCIIOOL S0I1001 OCIIOOL . ought to be n a lovely placeChildren placeChfldren place Children Chfldren thrive best In benutlful beautiful benutlfulsurroundings beautifulsurroundings beautifulsurroundings surroundings ' Hint 'lilat lilat Zhat does not melD melDeleg'lnl me in inelegant ineleginl eleg'lnl eleglnl elegant ' surroundings surroundmgs Things can be bebeallttrul bebeautiful bebeautiful beallttrul beautiful without being elegant . , , , or ex ez expenche ezpensive expcn penche pensive ; c or loud Beauty Is alnays always alwaysbest alnaysbest alwaysbest best when wilen dressed In simplicity . A school building ought to be lon long longand longand and low 10\0 10 0 \ ' , spread out on the gnss gr'1ss gr1ss grass ' like liken likea likea n a brooding hen Vines Vines-should Vines should - . should dress dressthe dressthe dressthe the the'oalls \ ' walls \'oalls 'oalls oalls and old trees shade its itsgrounds itsgrounds Itsgrounds grounds Flowering shrubs should shouldsnuggle shouldsnuggle shouldsnuggle snug-gle snug gle snuggle - In the corners where chll chU chUdren's chlldren's chlldren's chlldrens dren's drens ' feet do not reach reacb them and andtucked andtucked andtucked tucked In 1bout about their roots the spring springbulbs springbulbs springbulbs bulbs should flonrlchThe flourishThe flourish flonrlch flourishThe ; The Inside of the building Is wbere where wberechIldren wherechildren wherechildren chIldren live I1ve . . . That meins me'1ns me1ns ' that It Itshould Itshould Itshould should be as beautiful as It can be bemade bemade bemade made without becoming obviously dec decorated decorated decorated decoratedI orated oratedI I think there ought to be one good goodpicture goodpicture goodpicture picture In every room I 1 like that thatplclure thatpicture thatpicture plclure picture to be the one thit th'1t th1t that ' appeals appealsqtrongest appealsstrongest appealsitrnngest qtrongest strongest to the children who use that thatroom thatroom thatroom room Pictures ought to Inspire Incplre ; the thechildren thechildren thechildren children so they must mllst he be those thoce ; that thatthe thatthe thatthe * ' the children c'1n're'1d c1nre1d cin ' reid read ' They can only onlyread onlyread onlyread read a picture that calls upon their ex es experlencp esperlence expericncp perlencp perlence and their dreamsI drenmsI dreams drenms I would not have a n lot of 01 children's childrens children'swork children'swork children'swork childrenswork ' work pinned about a room It gath gathers gathers gathers ers dust dustSchoolrooms . . Schoolrooms are not a good place placefor placefor placefor for plants and animals birds and andflches andfishes andfishes flches fishes ; If we can make them be'1utlful be1utlful beautiful be'1utlfulfor beautifulfor beautifulfor ' for the children we are doing wellfirst well wellFirst [ " First "Irst Irst let us make them clean The The"aIls Thewalls Thewalls "aIls aIls walls " , , , the floor , , the celling celUng ceiling and the thewoodwork thewoodwork thewoodwork woodwork all al1 ought to be clean as asbrush asbrush asbrush brush and cleansing water can m'1ke m1ke mike m'1kethem mikethem mikethem ' them The furniture furnltnre should be smooth smoothIts , Its fair surface unmirred unm'lrred unmlrred unmarred ' The chairs chairsnnd chairsand chairsand nnd and benches ought to be comfortnble comfortable comfortable.It comfortableIt . . It costs cocts ; no more to supply a comfort comfort- comfortable comfortable . - able bench than to bnv buv buy one that makes makesa a child hunch and huddle and squIrm squirmto to find a comfortable comfort'lble comfortlble ' angle In lt It . . , There must be plenty of light and andnlr andair andair nlr air A dark darl ( room with poor ventl1a ventila ventl1atlon ventilatfon ventilatlon tlon tfon Is never beautiful The closets closetsand closetsand closetsand and " wardrobes "ardrobes ardrobes should be sufficient and andthey andthey andthey they should be convenient . . When Whenhooks Whenhooks Whenhooks hooks are higher than children's childrens ' heads headsthey headsthey headsthey they cannot hing h'lng hlng ' their things on thero them theroand themand themand and they use the floor Instead . . What Wh'lt Whlt What- Whatever Whatever ' . - e\ e ever eer \ er mikes m'1kes m1kes ' for cleanliness cle'1nllness cle1nllness ' order , . con conenlE'nce consenienc conlenience senienc , enlE'nce enlEnce ' , and comfort will make the thecacsroom theclassroom theclassroom cacsroom classroom ] : and the school a beautiful beautifulplace beautifulplace beautifulplace place to live This Is a good time to tocheck tocheck tocheck check up on paint and . washing v.ashlng vashlng wnshing pow pow- powders powders . - ders furniture and equipment Where Wherethe Wherethe Wherethe the children chl1dren live ought to be a place placeof placeof placeof of beauty . * . . . WHY ? u " uI uWISH c < I 1 makl i WISH w.iau wiau . I i Knew some way of ot makIng mak 1 l Ing fag Clansse Carlsse Clarisse ] practice her music . " 'Doesnt Doesnt ' Doesn t she practice pr'1ctJce pr1ctJce ' ? ' "I I " 1 should say not If I didn't didnt ' force forceher forceher forceher her to go to the piano and stand there thereuntil thereuntil thereuntil until she begin beg'1n beg1n ' playing she woud would woudnot wouldnot wouldnot ] not touch It It . . 1\ 1 ' I've Ive 1e ' ' \ e promised her every eery eery- e\ e eerything everything \ ery- ery erythIng - - thing but It's Its ft's fts ' ' all aU no useVhy use " " "Why Why " \Vhy Vhy \ don t you try letting her alone alonefor alonefor alonefor for a change " "She She " wouldn't wouldnt ' ' do a thing I 1 m tell tell.Ing tellIng . lng ing you vou Know v . what hat she did last lastweek lastweek lastweek9 week ? ' So deceitful deceltfu ] I was so upset upsetI I cried I made her ber go to the piano pianoand pianoand pianoand and I stayed there until notJ ] she got ber her bermusic hermusic hermusic music on the rack and began runnIng runnIngber runningher runningher ber her fingers up and down I had peo peope peopie peopie pe pie ] coming to dinner so I 1 had bad to go I Ilistened Ilistened Ilistened listened every eHry once In a while and I Iheard Iheard heard her ph plying playing Ing At least I heard heardthe heardthe heardthe the piano going going"Well "Well Well " 1e11 \ " % ell , . , her father came home borne early earlyon earlyon earlyon on account acconnt of the company and he hecame hecame hecame came to me In the pantry and slid s'1ld s1ld sold ' , Miry 'lII'lry lIIlry 'Mary Mary ' ' , Is Clarlsse Clarlcse Clarisse ; supposed to be prac- prac practicing prac practicing - . ticing tIclng or what wbat ? ' " 'She She 'Shes Shes ' s supposed suppoced ; to be practicing ' " "But But "nut nut " as a matter of fact she was wasren.dlng wasreading wasreading ren.dlng rendlng reading . a shocker and the kitten was wasdoln wasdoing wasdoing doln doing the practicing practlcfng practlcfng"There practicing"There practicing"There "There There " she sbe sat reading a perfectly perfectlya perfectlyawful perfectlyawful awful a " ful book and every once In a while whiletouchln whiletouching whiletouching touchln touching ) : the I keys ke e s , and nnd letting ber her berkitten herkitten herkitten kitten go up and down the keyboirdto keyboardto l eybo'lrd eybolrd keyboard eybo'lrdto ' to fool foot me Into thinking she was play- play playIn playing play.Ing playIng . - In ing " . "J J "Id Id " I d stop giving her music ] lessons essons " * , It's Its ' just lust a shame shnme when ! Mrs Irs Clure's Clures Clure'sMarie Clure'8Marle Clure8Marle ' Jarle Marie plivs p1'1\S p1'1 p11 S plus ' \ lII like e n 11 ii freak streak . ; streak She gave gavea a recital at the tbe town to\\n to n \ \ hill h'1ll h1ll ' list hst week weeknnd weekand weekand nnd and e\ e everybody eerybody eierybocly \ erybody " was "as as crazv crnzv crazy about It It.And ItAnd . And I r cin c\n c n ' \ t get Clarlsse Clarisse to do a thIngIt thing ItYou It " You can t get Clarlsse ClarIsse to do a n thln thing thingbut thingbut but cheat If you ( feel 'e e ( ' ] like thatInk that . . \Ink Ink Mak InkIng Maklag ! \ MnkIng Ing lag a child leirn le'lrn lelrn learn ' to plav play a muslcil muslcql musicv ) In Instrument instrument Instrument strument , take a professlomi proecclon'll proecclonll professional ( ; ; ' course course.learn courselearn . , learn to dance for public appearances appearancesso so thit th'lt thlt that ' you can enjoy the applau'3e applau3e applause applau'3ewon't applausewon't applausewon't applausewont ' won't wont ' do Children do not learn that that"ay thatway thatway "ay ay way " An art must h hire hive IVe Its couree source coureeIn sourcein ; sourceIn In the child s ; soul coul [ If f It la Is not there thereyou thereyou thereyou you can nc\ nc never ncer \ er put It thf there : > re . . . 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If It you have hn\"e hn "e e hare \ " n a star . , well wen and good goodLet goodLet goodLet Let It shine If It you hare have a pleasant pleasantrnshlhht pleasantrushilght pleasantrushlight rnshlhht rushilght ; tend It tt well and let It shine shinehappl1v shinehappily shinehappllv happl1v happily \ within \ Ithln Its 0 own " n little uttJe clrcJc circle circle.It circleIt . It Is better that wayeo wayQ9 way 0 eo Q9 , . Bell syndlcate-WNU syndlcate WNU Syndicate-WNU Syndicate Syndlcaf . , . - WNU lurlcd Santee Suvlcs . . . |