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Show The Children's Happiness. (Pittsburg ObserA'er.) How to make the children enjoy themselves at home on Sundays is something every good mother Avants to know, in - the first place, don't give them books to. read of the goody-goody goody-goody type or those whose every paragraph para-graph ends in a moral. No bright, healthy child could find a moment's pleasure in such reading. Give them instead a noble, inspiring poem to read such as Aubrey, de Vere's "Church of God," or some of the beautiful lines of the great authors. Then there is our church music, which is a rare entertainment en-tertainment in itself. Take, for instance, in-stance, the "Ave Maris Stella" Avhat song is more beautiful? Learning, to sing such a hymn well, with someone at the piano who can read the notes nicely, will afford much pleasure as Avell as cultivate a good taste tor music. mu-sic. There are many such similar hymns of a classical order that are not hard to learn and which will help to elevate the minds of the children. Another An-other pleasant diA'ersion is for one of the children to read out loud a short, interesting story of a pure, happy type. Thus after returning from Sunday school the children can spend the rest of the day in an enjoyable way. Children alloAved to romp and play on the streets on Sunday betray their I Poor home training and their conduct reflects discredit on their parents. After Sunday school is over the home is the proper , place for the child, and not the street. Oftentimes the reason why the home is not the sweetest spot on earth is because parents do so little In an intelligent way to make it such. The child that is continually scolded, or the one treated with cool indifference, indiffer-ence, loves to go outside in order to escape such a disagreeable atmosphere. Kind, considerate parents the kind of parents that are fit to bring up childrenmake chil-drenmake the atmosphere of the home so congenial and sweet that the children do not have to seek pleasure outside. Because the home is poor is no reason why it should be unhappy. The home of the Boy Jesus Avas also poor. Pittsburg Observer, i - |