, 1873-01-26

In od-t1-l.oned times, boys und girls were 1T t
this very bad thing to be- left SUCH pever x
into toysAop, especially of thpse magazines
New York, where ten thousand toys arc hcaped to
gether, without plying the modern family.
Once the dear old aunt promised the little girl tls
u abe would be good abe should have doll made 70,
per olls md picture dolls a1ates and handkerchief
dolls folded and pinned, which could be opened ou
again, on pressing need to the uses Of handkerchief
But there shall 10 brdnd-new doll Sc. apart and
consec1ated to the high ends OF doll Hfe but it si:
haye eyes, and nose, and mouth marked It with ink
and set forth in the sight Ut all men and girls, The
sesk:un,
At length the creative work is done, and the little
girl comes into possession of cotton doll stuffed with
b1an and the face brought in ink in manner that
would make old Egyptian hierogyphir dlncc with
envy BIT Of we-wora calico, ten years sgo Aamlng
new, in dress that excited envy, shred OF WORKOUT
stock in the chud's baud.
put whit joy, do DO they psolnee7 A. no poet has
fnl Of earthly joystho Joy Of pet-losing little gir
with her first real doll, Sacred geograp piers have
long searched for tho position Of Eden. We don't
know nbout the old one, but tho door of young para
disc Ia paced not fur from the where the little
gir has laid bar doll to res: Her Imagination sup
nr ~ nao ~ thn cosc no' a'a; 81 salres
Those not cob1vebs but tapestsyhaugiags. Those
bits Of crockery-is there in Dresden sevres aan-
Is In the little gtrls7
But no~-a-days children are buried down under the
loatts Of toys which are upset upon them. Dolls In
one little girls treasury house can count twelve
small dolls large dolls, CHM dolls wax Gos, with
eyes that move, and eyes that doEt, and white and
pink-wth chairs, aud loI-sets Of china, and beds,
bureaus, stoves, houses, carriage, Wagon, and wheel
barrow, till the tery inventory becomes burdensonc.
Do not children enjoy these Certainly. nu. no
moro than aforetime children enjoyed the homemade
and 6cauty provision for amusement, It III the
tivs faculty In children that furnishes them their child
delight,
II tho Imagination fs killed by . superintendent
supply, 1t has chance to create. Ali Is done fori
This suppression Of imagination by oversoadiug is not
confined to amusement It Ia deadly san in art lit
erature, te1chtng oEato1y, and all other departments
which have for their object tho moving Of mems
thoughts. ID.
chest Of too1s-not too uanyIs a far better pres
ent to lad than czrload Of wagons machines .nd
finished thfngar No boy ever eew ! dto tha. ha had
bought with half the pleasure that hs experiences to
see the work Of his own hands riHing heavehwa1d
Some Of our happiest hours were spent In ta1n1aing
up brook. We toiled ut stones, we burdcned our
selves with loads, NO worked for days aud days. at
spare hours IN laying the ledga across the straam Il;
stutinR in clods in adjusting Boards to c1rry sheet
out as water-fa and in hundred wEiggIes ot tnge-
nuty that an Intense Pleasure at the s&me time
That they we're stirring up ingenuity and serving
real educator. H..
i good knife aud bail ot tuine IL a good enough
capital Let the boy make t;s kite, rakc his base ball.
mako his ba his ladder All trua pleasure consists III
The creative activity Of the human faculties.
Stir up boys and girls to anuEs Themselves Then
amusement becomes handmaia 70 educaion.-Htnry
Hard Beschr.