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Show MIiimi Theories Vrtllcit, "nnve you given up our theories on the tr.ilnlnir of children?" be asked ns he settled back In his easy chair nfter dinner. , "I have." she renlled, decidedly. "I've noticed that you haven't been reading so many benks on the subject recentlv," he went nn. "What's the reason?" "Why, you see, we bad n series nf lectures on the subject at the club, and I learned from them that It was real science, reniiltiug careful study. So I got conies nf several books on education, edu-cation, and began to lit myself for the work ot brluglnc up children properly. Hut the authorities don't ngree." "Don't they?" "No, they don't; nnd they all go on the theory that one has a nursemaid or two and a governess." "And you haven't any?" "No, I haven't any, and si none of the books seemed to fit mv case. He-sides, He-sides, while I was studying the children chil-dren kept g-'ttlng Into trouble and hurling themselves nnd acqulrlm all (orts nf bad trick.). So I've gone line to studying the children and have left the books to people who have some one to look cfter llmlr children while they experiment with the books." New York Press, |