The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-09-04

B0oFfs THAT might be mn"~ y" s"'~s~'s
and Instruct the Children.
Hit should seem paradosical 10 say
that play il work. let AS watch Tor an
hour one Of our children play keep
house" or ..build fort or do any Of
the hundred things that the average boy
and girl find 70 do during a day. How
often. as you fold the dear child in your
arms At the close OF the day and kiss
down the dropping eyelids. you say;
"She i 50 tired Of play" "she has
played 50 hard all day"
But. dear mother, she has u0rked
hard all day. therefore let US consider
the matter OF directing the chldren's
energies TO a certain extent. and see II
4 they will not he better and happlef for
il. ] know that many a mother will
say: .Oh. haven't time TO play with
nv children. Only mothers who have
plenty Of money and plenty OF servants
can do that
Before arguing this point. allow me
10 give bit Of advice a. regards toys
DO not buy many, nor cheap: perishable
things, which are quickly disposed Of
and create demand for som thing new
from day TO day. For little girl. buy
household utensils and dolls. for the
mother instinct must be satisfied Give
her tiny broom and du,t-pan. a fiat
iron and table, a set of dishes, OF
course, Is well as a miniature Laundry
set
Now, having purchased some OF these
things. for a Christmas or birthday
gift, would il really take much time TO
show Just how 10 use them? Take ten
minutes out OF your day and teach her
how to Law real table: how to lay her
little cloth STRAIGHT. 10 set mamma $
place with the cups. saucers. etc. and
papas with the meat dish before him.
Give her some tiny napkins. Of paper
II need be, and show her where TO put
them how to arrange the knives, forks
and dishes Give her sometimes soms
truly food. and on another day show
her how to hold her little broom. lie
her hunt for cobwcbs off you are YER,
busy) telling her that those are 10 b.
taken down first Great will b he
delight should the search be successful
For your boy. If you live in the coun
try, get, first of all. garden tools;
! QlmlUulltt WHttlDtLlOM III taAAs q
soon as he is large enough to use them
So many Of his best lessons may b
taught from natures open book tina
no thoughtful father would neglect tn
teaching, or feel that he had mo time
to devote to it. For boy shut up !
the city, alas. there are fewer hcalthfu
resources. vet provide him with DO
Of tools and place where he M y US
them. and give him an occasional or
der for small box or shelf. Let bin
have tiny grocery store. II you ca
afford il, and, after showing him HOY
TO print .no liquors over the dooI
stock il for him with rice. sugar. colscs
| beans. etc. then teach him how TO az
the delicate scales. how to do up
parcel neatly. and when You are bus
with YOUR sewing. dear mother,
he asks yon the old question. whic
every mother hears SO often; .'Whs
.. shall | do now?" order somcthin
from the grocery. and. when il Is d
posted in your lap. tell the dear littl
| grocer something of the beautiful land
where the spices grow. Don't say
: him. unless YOU must: oh; ru
! away; mammals busy now" You q
WAYS Will - busls tuu ~ MI ~
Your child's training is your most in
portant business, and, unless you nm
him something to do. the indisidu'
/ whom Watts sings of in his .Divir
!. and Moral will surely do 80.
n BY and by. when Kate and Sus
7 WELD the scepter over their own house
e hew much better they will do il for n
e Numbering how mother taught the
! when they were little girls. And no
1 often. as your boys skillful fingers col
struct some triiiing convenience I
I adornment for his own home. will !
I mind revert to the time when he d
: such things for mother and. remer
bering il. his heart will grow tende
n and his manhood stronger and bette
4 1t will take time and patience, and
\ will often make liter about Il
; house, but, dear mothers and fathers