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Show I . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . OUR OUR- OUR - OURCHILDRENI OURCHILDREN CHILDRENI CHILDREN ' By ANGELO PATRIw PATRI PATRIREWARDS - ' . . --w- w - . _ . . - wN . - . N--- N NS . - . . - . . - . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . - . _ S . _ . . . , . . . - . . . . . . . t ( tREWARDS REW REWARDSccTHIS REWARDS REWARDSRita ARDS "T T "THIS ccTHIS " HIS Isn t a very good reportl reportlRIta report , ) ' ' Rita 1 see you bl1 have hale ' e a poor poormark poor'mark poormark mark arIth.1meUc In spelling speHing and another anotl1er In arIth.1 arIth1 arlth- arlth arlthmetlc arithmcttc * . - + meUc metlc and grammar ; rnmmar rammar isn't isnt ' very good gook . I Idon I'don Idon ' don t believe beileve you are fire studying studing ) Nowl NowlI'll Now NowI'll Now'I'll NowIll ' I'll Ill ' tell you what 111 III do If you stUdY studyhard , ) , hard this month and get a good mark markin markin markin in everything . , I Ill 11 gn give e sou 30U that set setof setof setof of dishes you want " "The The " nice blue ones In Daly's Dalys ' win win- window window . - dow ? Oh , good for me 111 III I11 get 11 a 11hnndrecl ahundred ahundred hnndrecl hundred In e\ e everything eer.Hhlng \ er.Hhlng erHhlng . You fou see . . " " "Well Well " , we will w1ll be satisfied with less lessth1n lessthin lessthan th1n thin ( that lint . . You do your best and you youwill youwill youwill will get the dishes " For ror a few days Rita nUn works hard and andthe andthe andhe the ( murks marks rise . . Then she yawns a flti fltitie lit little . tle tIe and snys says she sbe Is tired studying studyingj studyingjShe studying.She studyingShe . ! . ' She wants waists to go out to play Guess Guessshe'll Guessshe'll Guessshell she'll shell ' rest now She Sbe will do the words wordsIn wordsIn wordsIn In the morning"Don't morning"Don't morning morning"Don't "Don't Dont " ' forget that you want those thosedishes thosedishes thosedishes dishes " I l ' ' - . No 1-.0 1.0 1 .0 0 , o ' I'm Im ' remembering ' I'll Ill ' study studyby studyby r ) rLess by and by " Less and less enthusiasm for study etudymore , more \ weariness earmess , more need for play playa playamore play,1more play1more , ' more forgetting until finally her ber moth moth- mother * . - ; : er loses all patience and says "Sit Sit "Sitright "Sitright "Sitright Sitright " right down and study . Now , no more moreof moreof moreof of this I am not going to let you youI you"aste youwaste I ) ' ' "aste aste waste " an an- an anmore : ; ; - more time . . How do you you'think youthink ' ' think you are going to get the dIshes dishes'unless dishesunless i ' i"I j j"I unless you work ? " " "I I " don t care If I don't dont don'L donL ' get them themall themall , all right for you I do work . . I 1 study studyhard studyihard I bard hard as anything and the teacher gives givesme givesme givesme me the hardest questions and makes makesme ) : me miss on purpose " Rita weeps at ather ate ateher ather her own grief The reward . , In store,1 store1 store,1has store storehas , ! ' has failed to pull her along the hard hardroad hardroad hardroad road of duty . , Rewards Re"ards Reards " held in store for future futurepa futurepayment futurepayment payment pa ment rarely work Bribing a child childto childto childto to work falls fails oftener than It succeedS succeeds'It succeedsIt . ! . ' It Is right to reward re.ard reard , . an eftort effort . . Re- Re - Rewards Re Re0 Ra-wards Ra wards - . : { \0 0 \ ' wards ards encourage children to push on onwhen onwhen onwhen when enthusiasms have died down downjThey . I ' IThey They stimulate the child to fresh fresh'hope freshhope ' hope and aneI they renew his energy But Buti Butithe Butthe ' the reward must be Immediate . . It Itmust Itmust Itmust must follow the good deed promptly promptly.Children promptlyChildren . Children live ll.e lle iive . In the present moment momentTheir . . I ) IThelr Thelr Their failures fallures and nnd hopes and strug- strug struggles strug-s strug s strugsgles strug-gles strug gles - , , gles are all of or the moment . . To make makea , a reward effective It must follow the theperformance , performanee performance Immediately and be a asurprIse asurprise asurprise surprIse . . . Wlien When \ " hen a child finds himself . rewarded rewardedI rewardedfor rewardedfor rewardedfor I for something he has done he Is dEr de- de delighted da-lighted da lighted - , lighted beyond \ words ords . . The feeling feelfng isnot is isnot Isnot not all caused by tlie the time thought of hIs hIspen.onal hispersonal hisper&onal hisperonal pen.onal penonal personal . & gain With i4 It , and very veryf verystrongly verystrongly f > trongly strongly . , Is mingled a dpep deep appreci appreci- appreciation appreciation appreciation - ation of or your appreciation apprecration . of c.f cf his work workand workand workand and effort . . Nothing so pleases us as asto asto asto to find that somebody was waq rootinghard rootinghard rooting rootinghard ' hard for us all the time we struggled struggledto to win successDon't successDon't success successDon't Don't Dont ' promise rewards tor for work far farin tarIn , tarl tarlIn In the future Make I1ke Mike them Immediate ImmedlRte . . . ! M * . t . * t * . tPLEASE PLEASE THE BABYOTHER BABY BABYTVT - TV/T TV T / OTHER OTHDR had been canning nil all aft ntt-i-Vl ntt i Vl - . M MOTHDR LVI - ternoon and her feet were tired tiredcarrying tiredcarrying tiredcarrying carrying her about . . She sat in a rock rock- rocker rocker rocker - er on the porchatchIng porch \ watching \\atchIng atchIng : Edna rdna May Mayl Mayldoing May.doing Maydoing , . doing her home work in the short time timebefore timebefore timebefore before dinner . ' Ihe 'lhe lhe Zhe baby had fallen fallenasleep fallenasleep fallenasleep asleep on the couch In the sitting sittingroom sittingroom sittingroom room Now he wakened and cried , . "Go Go " In , Edna May , and see what yon you yoncan youcan yoncan can do to please him ' I'm Im ' so tired 1 I 1can't Ican't Ican't Icant can't cant ' move another step " : Edna Cdna May cheerfully went to the therescue therescue therescue rescue In a short time she came back.1 back1 back.1uHe back back"He backHe . , . ! uHe "He He " wants my red cap , , mother . , " I"All I I"All "All All " right . . Give It to him AnythIng Anythingto to please plensQ him blm " I ) IMother ( Mother rested . for t.or tor a while whUe and rose roseto roseto , to prepare for dinner dmner . Crossing the thesitting , Iltting Sitting ? room something caught her hereye her.eye hereye , . eye The baby sat In the midst of or a amiscellancous amiscellaneous ' ) miscellancous miscellaneous heap he'1p he1p hemp ' llI like < e a pIrate prate pirateamong ( I Iamong among his treasure tre'lsure trelsure ' . . 'Give Give ' Give me , " he hecommanded hel helcommanded he.commanded hecommanded . commanded , and at once Edna Cdna : Mayl Maylgave Maygave MaYI gave him"I'or him"ror him him"For "For For "I'or Ior "ror ror " ' pity's pitys ' sake , : Edna rdna May , what Is Isthe Isthe Isthe the matter with you ? Here I 1 am amt amttired amtired ' ' ) tired to death , I ask you to help with with-tlie with tlie - ' ' the baby for a few minutes and yoU you'completely youcompletely ' ' completely upset the house . . Pick Pick'every Pickevery every bit of that stuff up " IEdna I ( , : Edna Cdn1 May , quite crestfallen , began begangatherlng begangathering begangathering gatherlng gathering up the loot . . : Each C\ch C ch ' \ time she shelaid , laId hold bold of or an article the babYi baby babYiscreamed babyscreamed babyscreamed , screamed and fought to b . keep ep it It . . Moth- Moth Mother Mother Moth-1 Moth 1 - ourlftliT emn/'L emn 'L L ' d hotiL both chll-I chll I chllIdren hll-l hll l hllldren er eroama \oama oama came \ r > mn swiftly , smac1.ed smac1ed smacked . / chn / - dren and planted them firmly , one In Inhis inhis Inhis his crib and the other on a chair cl1alr . , 'Stay Stay ' Stay there and nnd keep quiet If your yourcan you youcan youcant ' can t do anything anythinri an t1l1DJ else . " Both children childrenwere childrenwere were Cf crying ) Ing earnestly when fa fathers fatherswalked fatherwalked th erl erlwalked ' walked up the pathIt pathIt path It , was sas . % as all very ver natural Mother MotIler was wastired wastired wastired tired beyond " words "ords ords : Edna rdnn May Muy was waswIllIng waswilling waswilling wIllIng but unknowing The baby had hadthe hadthe hadthe , the chance of his bls life and he took it.1 it1 itJ it.1The itJThe ltjThe . The only way out that I can see Is tp tphave t toihave have a couple of things handy bandy tor for torsuch forsuch fopsuch such an occasion oC.3sIon oC3sIon ( , . . . A ball tied to the thebaby's thebaby's thebaby's thebabys baby's babys ' chair , a n favorite Teddy sitting sittingIn In a little littie chair thalr , will serve the purpose purpose'Then purposeThen , ' . ' Then Then0 \0 0 \ ' when ben baby Is to be diverted tor for tora fora fora a few minutes tlie the means are at hand . Crying it out Is not so easy whe whenone's whenones > { one's ones ' nerves arc are raw but It Is better betterthan betterthan bettorthan than having a scene , Isn't Isnt ' It ? It is ischeaper Ischeaper lacheaper cheaper In nervous energy In the long longron longrun longran ron run It won't wont ' do to teach the babYj babYjthat baby babythat , , that he Is to be pleased no matter matterwhat matterwhat matterwhat what comes or goes Sometimes hQ he hQcan't hecan't hacan't hacant can't cant ' be pleased ple'1sed ple1sed ' and the sooner be belearns belearns belearns learns It the better . It does cost a few fewhowls fewhowls fewhowls howls but most of ot os as can stand that . . 0 < Bell Ben Syndlc SyndicateWNU Syndicate te teWNU -WNU WNU - WNUBwilpo 8er"l 8erl 6etsi.a 6etsia " . o . . j |