| Show CULTIVATE THE uye HYE few are aware how important it is to influence the minds mind 0 of f r children by the right use of the eye dis aig many ai y seek to amuse the little ones by placing before 1 them pictures of all sorts of monsters rational and irrational thus violating all natural ideas of what is beautiful and accustoming cu the yet unformed mind to low and degrading images how wrong to weaken and destroy dest roythe the source of 0 the most exquisite pleasure that a child or an adult can enjoy enjo 1 b by 1 Y thus placing before t the he eye what must 11 blunt u nt or destroy its power of perceiving and appreciating c ia ting t that at which is truly graceful place beautiful b aeiful pictures before the eyes of your children let the mind be filled with pleasant images and it will tend to form itself after the same lines of grace and beauty that come to it through the eye the money that is often expended for a useless ornament pr or a frail toy would procure an engraving or a a book full of plates which would serve not only to answer but instruct the little ones and also develop and educate the natural perception of the beautiful which is always present in tile as a well as adult minds |
