Show BEING A GOOD MOTHER i py MRS ISABEL 8 WALLACE tho the education ot of young girls should prepare tile bliem 11 for tile tho greatest work in ili tile world wifehood and motherhood ond and I 1 lah mill they could till nil lieve courses la in home hoine nursing domestic science and kindergarten mining sly aty training ux am a 11 kindergartner taught lite ine anany things among them thein keeping strictly to it 11 schedule so BO iny illy baby wits was fed bathed and put to bed regularly habit la Is formed early curly lit in life and can call help to or inter character depending on whether hub hab its aro are rood good dorbad or bad this currying carrying out ont of it regular so schedule was not at 1 ways onsy easy for it meant sacrifice of many pleasures pleasure li nut but I 1 wanted to bo be n good mother first of till nil and I 1 was wa reworded rewarded by having it happy good baby even now fit it six years old there Is no ila fuss at lint iipp alino or bedtime ile ono of the taught unconsciously lit in tho the kindergarten Is regularity and promptness anti these cun cult be taught in tile just ns as well vell long before baby could talk sho she k know now the little play for tho the fingers ing cr heres a bull for baby heres a ball tor for baby wg big and sort ot an anil round here Is babas hammer 0 how he can here Is Is daby babyn music clapp g clipping clapping rol BO here idere aro are babas soldiers standing in a rowl babas trumpet toot tootoo too toot tool hores tho the way that baby heres here at reek a bool boo heres here EL a big g umbrella keep the baby dryl heres the ilia babas cradle rock a baby byl by I 1 emilie rou lason tile ball Is made with alth the two to hands rounded together the caminer lini niner by doubling up tip tho the hands and pounding ono one on oil top of the other babas soldiers tire mado made by holding nil all the fingers up tip straight tile hands are clapped together for tile music und and doubled ilou bled up ono one lit hi front of the other oilier for fop a trumpet for tit the fingers tire spread in front of tho the eyes so that lint baby can seo sea between them the umbrella to Is made by placing tho the palm of one lund hand on the litt index lex finger 0 of if the ho other and the cradle by putting tile two hands together ansidei of tho the palms palina touching tin and outer bides open oliell baby tiles to imitate As I 1 said graid tho the words of this little play ond find made the lie motions haby baby would try to make inake tho the motions on too sho she also knew five little squirrel good mother iother ilen hen find and little living here of course she bile could not ploy play them thein perfectly but she loved them thein and wanted me ilia to piny them tor for tier over and over baby also loved music and even when wy very tiny would stop crying to listen to soft music sho bile has always loved stories also aleo first wo we took up mother iother goose doom I 1 would repent repeat them thein over and over to baby as I 1 sat eat sewing sew ing and she played on in tile floor and before ahe was two years cars old she knew n great many ot of them site sho also knew the words worda of several little songs such us as a byo bye haby baby it wits was enchanting e to hear her say them in her baby way I 1 never net actually unify taught tier her I 1 the ic songs however simply singing them over find over again baby played with two other little girls front from the ago of three until over four ono one wits waa younger and tile tho other older than bile tho the two little girls did not havo have much homo home training its as their mother was a society woman and left the children to the care of a ronld they almost lived tit nt our louse house when tile children grow graw quarrelsome I 1 usually suggested a party tho the little table and chairs were gayly set on the piazza weather permitting and milk graham biscuits aind dates were served or grape juice and arrowroot ano wroot ill biscuit sell t sometimes an tipple apple or nit an orange was carefully prepared tor for the occa occasion tilon such a party always stopped tile quarreling sitting down don rested them and eating quieted them then after they had finla finished hed I 1 left my lily work tind told them a story oil oh how eager their little fares faces w were e re I 1 one day the younger visitor who was spoiled and selfish and consequently quarrelsome was milking making things unpleasant for tile tho other two I 1 entered file lie room and quietly took tier ler on my lap sho she knew site she had find been naughty and was a little afraid of me and also curious as to what was going to happen tho the other two children watched with nwe and wonder on weir their little HUN faces very quietly I 1 told old a story etory my grandmother used to tell mo me about naughty spotty it made n great impression on them nil all anti and na as I 1 had find foreseen it was not necessary to say one word of direct censure 10 the naughty child telling stories starlei Stor lei both of our little visitors were ire story hungry Ill ingry their rather r illier paid title she could could not tell stories Bt orlea by reading a story over several toi eral times and getting its Int meaning aning and spirit anyone can call tell fell a story dont bo be afraid to put expression into your and face no stories should bo be told which amny frighten a child then there are arc pictures good pictures and picture books are very necessary if for children one or two pic ara worth while are better tha y r poor ones sifted baby hood my lily little girt ling hns known and aru loved pictures site she learned henrly nil of tho the fini nials in III that way efly SI she a fin lias also learned how to handle it b book bk k und no now site nho call be trusted to go to all lie beoh caso and take out and nn replace it hook lifter after looking nt lit the ll clure ures and about them G lood pictures lire till 1111 education to till nil children and they lovo love them lit in model garten children play with mocks other things nt at first with ilia simplest kind then with more complimented and larger beast they y fire and taught how low ond what to in build tt it grallis file ens and accuracy unit construction st bt |