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Show m . . . i HAS COME to be a family joke, a told with indulgent laughter and half-pride. Father set out to buy the baby a gift, wandered from toy store to art museum, and returned home with a print he had long admired. ad-mired. But now, some 10 years later, the picture he bought hangs in his daughter's room and Is one of her favorite possessions. A few years ago this little girl seemed more interested In music than In art. Before she could operate the phonograph herself she would beg her mother moth-er to play classical recordings. Experts note that it is typical of children that their Interests change as they grow. Yet at one time or another children enjoy all the arts quite without with-out pressure from parents. Indeed, In-deed, most attempts at forcing forc-ing art appreciation seem to produce an attitude exactly opposite op-posite to that desired. No. helping help-ing children enjoy the arts is more like gardening. You can't open the seed and pry out the potential flower. But you can provide fertile soil and a tav-orable tav-orable climate for seed germination germ-ination and grovUh. Undoubtedly ycur home nas pictures pic-tures upon its walls But how and- why weie-these pictures hung? Be-l Be-l cause with color emotional appeal, cleanness ot line, detail, they truly inspire'' Or was. that garish land-jc-.ye nung in deference to Aunt Ella wr-.o presented it one week-. week-. 'net? Oi because something was eeded as a temporary cover for al ciacKed spot in the wall and u'nevei got around to making a od substitution? Even the best r.tures can hang so long in one ot that no one notices them anyone any-one Changing the pictures on ,ur n-a:l? now and then ivts a ,ft in tire whole family. Children A fakir is merely a smart talker who pecsuades you to believe be-lieve what he says about himself. especially will notlcs It Th. I that U. If the PlctnpM.VS". ' enough for them to,.,. own room at least, ptcturet !k , b. hung at . chlld'.e I,'ef n At first thought In moat home, there.,, example, rf MaIpt pleasingly .haped t made, ear.fuUy flnUheA really three dlmensC Th forms. Choose ywajj? their structural plea, Perhaps a. . child happy hour. pUjta, J collection of tock,., ' smooth, angular, roundet Now that , radio.. phon and most recently tetovE have become common housC equipment most children havt 7 -pie opportunities to hew miT Good books-those designed Z cially for children, and L grown-up books should be iTZ home, and placed where i CZ can browse without having to 1 for an adult to get them tor But don't expect children to . much about liking art. How til quately can you describe your Uti ings about seeing a magnifies sunset or hearing a Chopin Noc turner And your youngster lu, i been using words for but a ractioj I of the time you have. Some chj. dren. it is true, become interestui intellectually. They want to knot who painted the picture, to, where? But when you read i paj to a child he may feel all warm it. side, or lifted with exhilaration, li all probability he will remain . lent. Yet his admiration is just at ! genuine as that of the child enthuses vocally. And the exptri-ence exptri-ence is immensely valuable to boil f children in terms of esthetic devtl. I opment. I S |