Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-18
Daily eagle
WOMAN AND HOME.
A NURSERY THAT MAY GIVE SUG-
GESTIONS TO MOTHERS.

to Hounds-Children's Manners at Ta-
bIe-Famous Women with Auburn Hair.
How Norwegian Bread Is Made.
How to make little children behave them
selves is a SSoblem that presents itself in
some form or other to young mothers con-
tinually, and the way they try to solve it is
often amusing, but more generally painful,
to the disinterested onlooker. A writer re-
Gently paid a visit to "babies' shelter"
which is Ia charge Of committee Of intelli-
gent women, who are trying to prove that
spanking is not at all necessary to make
youngsters behave themselves.
Children are taken into this place when
they are from Is months to years old, and
are looked after until they are g.. They come
from the ranks of the poor, and have gener-
ally been accustomed to bad food, bad air
and bad clothing. The house to which they
are taken is large, well ventilated, and the
laws of good health are strictly observed
Every child has morning bath and whole
some breakfast, after which they are sent out
in the yard to play for several hours; then
comes, believe, some sort of kindergarten
exercise, which is more like play than a
task, then dinner, then nap, and walk in
the fresh air.
Under such a regimen as this the change
which takes place in the appearance of the
poor little half starved waits is perfectly mar
Vicious. A pale, sickly, ugly little specimen
of humanity will, in an incredibly short space
of time, develop into healthy, plump, rosy
checked little beauty And what is still bet
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provement, for unless children are spoiled
they are nearly always good when they are
comfortable.
"Our first trouble says the bright eyed
girl VINO showed the visitor around, sis to
teach the new children to eat regular meals;
usually they don't want any breakfast; then
about 10 O'Clock they begin to cry for some
thing to eat For the first few days we
humor them little, for everything here is
new and strange and they are unhappy at be-
ing separated from their parents; but after
that an early supper is given them of bread
and milk, rice pudding, hominy or some other
light food, and they are allowed nothing else
before bedtime; so next morning they awake
feeling bright and hungry, and relish their
breakfast SO well that they eat heartily, and
by keeping them amused and entertained
they seldom think of asking for anything to
eat until their IL O'Clock dinner.
"This is a good, wholesome meal of soup,
fresh meat, well cooked vegetables and fruit.
The children are encouraged to eat as much
as they like, and having learned by expert
ence that they will be allowed nothing be-
tween meals, soon get into the habit of MAX
ing a full meal, and then forget all about
eating until the next. No coffee or tea is per-
mitted, but they have an abundance of fresh,
sweet milk From the way children want to
10 after they come here, 1t seems they have
been allowed to amuse themselves at home,
aating all day long. That is what makes
chem so cross-they are half sick all the time.
You know yourself that you couldn't stand it.
Our children are very good.
But are they not bad, sometimes?' was
asked. Il have seen children at home with
their mothers get into perfect rage, lie
down on the floor and roll and kick, and
scream at the Top of their voices. Then the
mother says there is nothing to he done ex-
cept spank the child, which she generally
proceeds to do. What do you dc in such
cases!'
Somehow, the children here never get into
such tantrums; they wish to be good. The
nurses have a system of rewards rather than
punishments When a child is good it is al
lowed many privileges. For instance, some
IF our friends are always sending the chill
dren fruit or some little nice thing to eat in
which the ones who have misbehaved are not
allowed to share. OF course, the child Is
naturally very indignant, and thinks itself
BADLY used, but it remembers to be good next
inc, for ii finds that being bad doesn't pay"
But these are very mild measures. What
do you do when they fail-when a child re-
fuses TO be pacided on any terms"
Then il is put to bed" she answered.
''TAey dislike that worse than anytbing-nOt
to have any toys TO play with or anybody to
talk to- A child remembers that long time.
Our children are never allowed to gain any
thing by crying; they are always the losers.
And this is the great mistake made by most
nothers-they actually pay their children TO
cry A little girl wanted to go somewhere
with her father, but the weather was bitter
cold that day, and her mother refused TO per-
NIT her to go out. The child, however, was
determined to carry her point, and went
about it in the most systematic way. They
lived in the country, where they had huge
wood fires, and looking around the room for
an humble seat she saw the pile of wood near
the door and went and sat down upon it and
began to cry softly to herself. Pretty soon
her father passed by and asked what was the
matter
Il want to go with you, said the child,
holding up her pretty fearful face.
THAT you shall, he said. Here, wife,
wrap this child up well, and give her to me.
III take her, if it is cold"
As the little girl went off to get her wraps,
she murmured softly, yet still loud enough to
be heard
Il thought if cried, pa would let me 60"
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