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Show OUR OUR- OUR - . OURCHILDREN CHILDREN CHILDRENffi CHILDRENBy ffi By ANGCLO ANGeLO PATRII PATRI PATRIA I , . . . . , . , ' . ' " I . . . ! . . . A BROKEN DAYMISS DAY MISS MARIA made out her dallY daily dailyplan ' - - plan plnn After morning cIerdses exercises cIerdsesarithmetic exercisesarithmetic exercisesarithmetic : arithmetic drill special spec.laJ speclaJ . emphasis on ono onminds onminus o , minus minds se\ se seven seen \ en Written arithmetic arIthmetIc- arIthmetIcspecial arithmeticspecial arithmeticspecial - - special emphasis on , a man had and a aman aman aman man gave gnve 8"ay-wltb 8"ay 8ay wltb assay-wlth assay wlth away " - : - with special atten atten- attention attention attention - - tion to Peter and Katherlne Katherine iZatberlne . . Miss Maria Marin felt the first tlrst setback of ofwhat ofwhat ofwhat what was to be a n broken day d'lY dlY ' when whenthe whenthe whenthe the principal prlndpal escorted two Indians In Infull Infull Infull full regalia to the platform 'Deardear Deardear ' Dear , dear . , I suppose they will talk tall . half haIr an anbour anhour anhour bour hour There goes my arithmetic drilL drill"They drillThey . " They did talk a half balf hour and the thecbildren thechildren thechildren cbildren children leaning le'lning lelning ' tar far over the edge of oftheir oftheir oftheir their seats scats took In every word , war warwhoops warwhoops warwhoops whoops and all"Well all"Well all all"Well "Well Well " "said said " saId Miss Maria Marla Mnrla , as the thecla33filed class classfiled classfiled filed Into their seats with rather more morenoise morenoise morenoise noise than th'ln thln thin ' usual , "we we "se se " \ e are a little bIt bItbehInd bitbehind bitbehind behInd this mornln mornin mornino . ; but we will work workh'lrd workherd workhard h'lrd hlrd herd ' to make mnke up Row one stand stand.Seven standSeven . . Seven take tale , two- two two1he twoZhe two - - " The 1he Zhe ' door opened and nnd In to Inalked walked \\alked alked \ thesuperlntenrlcnt the thesuperlntenrc.nt thesuperintendent superlntenrc.nt superlntenrcnt superlntenrlcnt ] . . , note book In hand handspectacles , . spectacles adjusted to the seeIng seeingest seeingestangle seelngestangle t tangle angle . . , ' . Good morning Miss Marla Maria.I MariaI . . I ve ye just come In to see how bow well these thesechildren thesechildren thesechildren children are getting along Perhaps Perhapsthey Perhapsthey I'erhapsthey Ierhapsthey ' they would like to read ' ' for 'for me . . , It " ItMiss Miss Maria Mana groaned In secret . ThIs ThIsmeant Thismeant Thismeant meant settinR getting ettlD out the readers renders rendersSomebow readersSomehow readersSomehow Somehow Somebow they got through the themorninJ themornin themorning morninJ mornin ; The afternoon session opened openedIn In comparative calm " "I I " may as well welltry welltry welltry try to got get In the drawing dravsing dra " Ing lesson The ThesupervIsor Thesupervisor Thesupervisor supervIsor will be along and those thosespring thosespring thosespring spring pictures arcn aren t ready for her her"thought herthought , " thought Miss jss , Maria Marin "Monitors Monitors " , gIve gIveout giveout giveout out drawing material mntertaI " The monitors monitorsdid monitorsdid monitorsdid did . . . Bang Rang 'lng lng ' ban bang ! , ; bang hang , , bang b'lng blng ' , , BANG BANGwent , went the rapid rnpld dismissal gons gon , ; s All Allout Allout Allout out on record time , . lined up In the theyard theyard theyard yard for inspection . . When the class trooped trolped ) back b'lcl blcl ' . the thedJssroom theclassroom theclassroom dJssroom classroom was W'lS WlS ' a sight . A stray str'lY strlY ' breeze breezehad breezehad breezehad had wandered [ In n and the clean white whitedra whitedrawing whitedrawing dra drawing \ mg sheets were littered littercd about the theOoor thefloor thedoor Ooor floor ' Monitors lonltors , pick up the p'1peri p1peri p'1periMartha papers papersMartha ' : Martha fill the pans . . Peter , bring brlDg a afresh afresh afresh fresh pack pach . ige tge of paper . We "Ill Ill will w " 111 paInt paIntsprIng paintspring paintspring sprIng pictures " uJ "I I " 111 II 11 let them paint as long as they theylike theylike theylike like . . Theres There s no sense In trving trying tr Ing to tostick tostick tostick stick to a schedule on a day like lIle , thIs tails this"said thissaid , , . " said Miss Maria Marla to her astonished and andbe andbewildered andbewildered be\ be beI1dered bewildered ' \ I1dered self selt sett That Thnt afternoon as asMarth'l asMartha aaMartha Marth'l Marthl Martha ' put the blackboard rubbers rubbersaay rubbersassay rubbersaway a\\ay a ay assay \ and Peter counted the readers readersand , . and tlie the class sat ready tor for the bell bellClarabelle , Clarabelle looked up at her ber teacher teacherand teacherand teacherand and said 'Didnt Didnt ' DIdn t te w \ v-e v e \\e - e have a n good time timetoday timetoday timetoday today ? Just like UJ.e UJe tike . a party p'lrty plrty ' " A brot.en broten broken brot.enday brokenday brokenday . day comes as a welcome break breat . [ In n the thechild thechild thechild child s routine He doesn t feel as bad badabout badabout badabout about It as you vou ou do , perhaps perh'lps perhlps ' Anyway AnywayIt It Is not wise to allow a routine routme to tobecome tobecome tobecome become so firmly tlrmly set that It cannot be bebroken bebroken bebroken broken without wlthout catastrophe Hflstrophe cmtastrophe c . . . When It Itcomes itcomes Itcomes comes make the best of it it . . S . S . S . STHE THE WEAK BROTHER BROTHERT . \ t ( " c ( cESTERDAY \T T \ ESTERDAY ESTCllDAY : my Jimmie wentInto wentInto went "y y cY "yESTCllDAY Y 1 Into the candy store and spent a abalf ahalf ahalf balf half dollar that he bad had taken from frommy frommy frommy my purse He Be gave all aU the candy to totwo totwo totwo two boys In his bis class I [ find that he hfl hebas hflhas hehas bas has been doing like this for a long longtime longtime longtime time . . . Well , all this term Since hehas he hebas h9has bas has been in the class with these boys boysThey boysThey boysThey They make maJ.e maJe . him steal for them He Be Is I9 I9afraid Isnfrald laafraid nfrald afraid of them tl1em I \ want 'lnt lnt ' them locked lockedup lockedup lockedup up right away If [ f they . are a.re not locked lockedop lockedup lockedop op up my boy will get Into serious serioustrouble serioustrouble serioustrouble trouble troubleVhen ' ' When \Vhen Vhen \ such surh a thing as that tllat happenS happensto to your child sit down by vourself yourself vourseltand , nnd and think Think the thins thing thin through through.Why throughWhy . Why was It this child \ ' was as selected to todo todo todo do the pilfering ? Why was It not Dot ona one onaof oneof oneof of the other children ? Why did the thechlld thechild thechild chlld child not tell you about his troubiest troubles troubiestBecause troublesBecause ! ! Because be.as he be \ was \.as .as . the boy or 01 ' she was wasthe wasthe wasthe the girl ready for tor the jobrot job jobNot Not rot ot that the child chstd ch M willed wUled to do such sucha a thing thmg It Is possible that t1lat he never nevertbought neverthought neverthought tbought thought of it It . . But that he be was mental mental- mentally mentally mentally - ly weak enough , spiritually weal weak weakenough weaLenough . enouh enough , ; , to fall under the pressure of ofthe ofthe ofthe the stronger stroner . ; spirits . . Arguing that he hewas hewas hewas was afraid of them tbem gets us nowhere nowhere.Fear nowhereFear . . Fear Is the expression of weakness weakness.What weaknessWhat . . What we "e e sse " must discover Is the cnuse cause cnuseof causeof causeof of his fear and the reason of his bls weak weak- weakness weakness weakness - ness WHY was this child chlld ready tor for torthis forthis torthis this Lind llnd kind of a job ? Waste no time In berating the children chil chil- children children - dren who wbo used the child for their own ownends ownends ownends ends . . Children have no understand understand- understandIng understanding understanding - ing of ot the moralities In questIon question.they questionthey . . ihey they must be trained Into them and andthe andthe andthe the leading lending can cnn safely be left Jeft to the thetcachers theteachers theteachers tcachers teachers and parents while you attend attendto attendto attendto to the weak wenl . childSometImes childSometimes child childSometimes Sometimes a child Is 1.9 19 . driven beJond beyond beyondhis beJondhis beyondtils his powers In school . , The parents are areso areso areso so anxious to have their children chJldren shine shinethat shinethat shinethat that they tlley push pusb them on . , make mal.e male . them themtnke them themtake themtake tnke take courses course they tlmey are not fitted to totake totake totake take , make them try to adjust to sIt- sIt sItuations situntions sit situations - uations untions for which they are mentally mentallysocially , . soclall socially ) and physically unfitted and andthe andthe andthe the children worry themselves Into Intowe'lb.ness intoweakness Intoweakness we'lb.ness welb.ness welbness weakness ' . and Illness and troubleThese trouble troubleThese These 1hese ' things are likely to happen " \ even when wben we ba have ve done our best to toprovide toprovide toprovide provide hood good ( , ood associations for tor the ch11 club clubdren cblldren * . dren E Even ' en the best neighborhood pro- pro produces produces pro produces - duces Its \ ' , wayward ay " nrd ones . . But the weak weakchild weakchild weakchild child Is the victim every'timeIf every'tinieIf every every'time everytime every'tinie everytinie 'time time 'timeIf ' If he be Is weak the other ot.her . children childrenSOOD childrensoon childrensoon SOOD soon ind hnd find ( It out and pick on hIm him.They himThey . . . They chase chose him blm and nnd make him redeem redeemhImself redeemhimself redeemhimself hImself with wltb a ransom . . Have the weak child examined ond and ondtreated andtreated andtreated treated . . Chance Change his bls school . , Change Changebls Changehis Changebis bls his associates . . Say nothing about ttbout hIs hIsold hisold bisold old trouble . . . Build him up to standllrd standard standardand standardand and nd his bls fear fcar will wlU vanish with his h1s hisweakness h1sweakness hiaweakness weakness weaknessc c . 6 ' . Bell Sell S1nc1lcatw Syndlcaf S1nc1lcat Syndicate . -w w - _ WNU WU 'U U ' 8ery eerioS B r < ( lcc , S . - - - - - - |