Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-16


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The BRIDE, wifs aad Ao<hers' casb.-
composed 81 yousx m~frons add ussAsn,
meets On Wednesday seE<an Moons AZ The IA
noos Working Gxis' elab house IA Thvsy-
eighth sssees. and Il 10 10 sense an ous-
gro~sa Il tAis v~ry prolific club. so.ae Of
the msrnhsrs Of the girls society graduated
isto wifxhood, and. forfesGnx taus the
privileges Of the girls elub. they entrexted
Miss Dodge 70 organise . sfssciai branch
fer wives. Onee the organization was
formed and its officers elected. the mem
bers Invited in their friends and relatives
until naw there i q society OF about thirty
members, with Mrs. James NJ Cunning
ham a president and Mira BenJanin Nor
rison - treasurer.
Here are some Of the subjects: Choosing
and Furnishing Home" Best and ElAsi-
est Way of Keeping House, House Clean
ing and Its Aid, :" How 10 Dress. Amess
and Train Children" "How 10 Make .
Home Pleasant for Both Hasband and
Children and .'aow TO Be Nesghbony
Without Being Cosby" A woman ply
sicisn has been hired TO talk on Babies
and Their Needs. Emergencies aud How
TO Meet Them" 'sThe Medicine Box and
and Its Uses" A trained nurse has given
practical lessons in the care OF the sick,
the making Of beds for invalids. the ban
dasinG Of simple wounds that are not se-
rious enough TO need the doctors atten-
ton. and the preparation of food for the
sick. A professional cook has instructed
them in the mysteries Of her art, from
marketing To dessert A dressmaker has
taught them how to cut children's clothes,
and 1t the last meeting Kindergarten
teacher was showing them simple ways
Of amusing the little ones
This club Is in no sense a charity, but, on
the contrary. Is self supporting. self gov
crning aud cooperative, and meets the ex-
penses Of all its professional teachers; and
the best thing about il have not told yet.
II is not papa-rock thecradle-for mama's-
gone-to- her-club affair at all. for mamma
takes takes the baby with her, and a COM
mittee of ladies take charge of it for her in
one Of the big sunny rooms OF the club
house while she gives her entire attention
to the discussion of the day.
Miss Dodge helped organize the club,
but she is neither an officer nor member.
and says the only reason she is allowed to
useful 1t is she who thinks to put the
practical questions that the mothers them
selves haven't quite courage to ask to the
teacher: what would you do with u child
that kicks and screams" do you believe
in breaking a child's will!" and How do
you manage child when be won't eat his
breakfast" and perhaps it may interest
mothers not fortunate enough to belong to
..~h - II. hat 81 L.
faced teacher said
When a child kicks and screams" she
answered, because he can't have the look
Ing glass, should go away and leave him
alone to kick his ugliness out. He wants
you 20 punish him, to war with him, to
fuss over him. He is full of fight, and
wants some one TO fight with him. Leave
him entirely alone, and he won't kick long
with no one to see him. Then when he is
all over it punish him for acting so, but
don't punish him in the time Of it, and,
above all, never give him the looking glass
or anything else be is kicking for. do
not believe in breaking . child's will. and
do not believe it is ever done. Mothers
that succeed after battle royal in making
q child give up. haven't broken his will at
all when he yields, but just exhausted him
physically. and he gives up becs- he is
tired out. / believe when a child gets into
such condition he is insane for the time,
and not at all responsible for what he does.
would treat him as would baiky horse.
You put dirt in the horses ear, and he is 50
engaged in getting it out he forgets all about
his determination not to go on, aud trots
along. II it is. for instance. a toy that the
great battle is over. because the child 10
fuses to pick it up. take him away from it.
give him something else to do until he for
gets il, and then ask him to come and help
you pick up the room for papa; or play he
is the garbage man, and must pick up all
the toys. and he will pick it up without
thinking much about it. But remember,
do not pick it up yourself if it stays there
two days, or you spoil the child. New
York Sun.