The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-04-12

and tables and tear his gown and work off
his eXuberance, and then he will be very
glad to have his hands and face washed and
listen to story or come down to meet papa
with smiling eountenance.
Children should be allowed to have pet
birds and kittens and dogs, as much live
stock as the house will hold; it develops
their sympathies. And when q bird dies
and
THE FLooDGATEs OF THE POOR LITTLE HEART
are opened sympathize with him. 1t is cruel
to laugh at childish woe. Never refuse q
child sympathyin JOY or sorrow. This lack
OF sympathy has made more criminals than
anything else.
Children should never be cheated, either
in the taking of medicine or the admins
tration of knowledge One witty writer u
few years ago spoke of the bad influence of
good books. He declared that reading that
Tommy was good boy and kept his pima
lore clean and rose to atfiuence, while
Harry flung stones and told fibs and was
carried of by robbers" developed his sym
pathies for Harry, and that although he
was naturally good boy he went for pure
hatred OF the virtuous Tommy to the riv
er's brim and helped a bad boy to drown
his aunt's cat, and then he went home and
wrote a prize composition called Frank
the Friendless, or Honesty is best"
All this was because the boy saw that
THAT TOM WAS A PRIG;
that his virtue was of that kind mentioned
IN Jane Eyre, in which the charity child
was asked which she would rather do
learn hymn or receive a cake, and she
said learn hymn, whereupon she received
two cakes as reward for her infant piety.
Children cannot be humbugged; they can
be made into hypocrites, however, by too
many good books.
The best entertainment for children is
to let them play at being useful. Let the
little girl get papa's slippers, brush his
hat, even if the wrong way, find his walk
ingstick, hold the yarn for grandma's
knitting or rock her brothers cradle and
she will be happy. Give the boy print
ing press or some safe tools, let him make
garden, feed his chickens or clean OUT
the cage of his pet robin and he will be
happy. And try to make them think and
decide for themselves. A little girl says
! 81 don't know which dress to put on nv
dolly, mamma; which shall I:''
THE MAMMA WILL BE WISE
if she says: "You must decide; you know
dolly best"
When child is i'll or nervous then the
great hour of despair comes to the mamma
A person without nerves, generally good
colored mamma, is the best playmate, and
a dog is invaluable. 1t is touching to see
the smile come to the poor bloodless lips in
a hospital ward as great big kindly dog
puts his cold nose out to reach little
feverish hand. There is sympathy in
nature which intellect loses.
| Nine. Snetchine's fear of the mummies
has another lesson in it. Children are born
with pet diversions as well as that terrible
passion of fear which is so much bigger
than they are. And the first of their rights
to be respected is that they shall not be
frightened and shall not be too seriously
blamed for their diversions. Buffalo Bill
who knows more about horses than most
people, says no horse is born bad; that he
made bucking horse,
A sKITTIsH HORSE OR A STUMBLING HORSE
by being badly trained or misunderstood
when ne was young. How true this is OF
human naturei How many Williams are de
veloped by an unhappy childhood How
many scoundrels does the boys hall turn
OUT We must try to find these skeletons
in the closet, this imprisoned specter which
hannts the Imaginative child and Law the
ghost by sympathy and by common sense
CultIvating the imagination-noto verfeed-
ing IL or starving it-that would seem to be-
the right way
While it is not well to starve child ovel
!
derived from scientific teaching. The pres
tidigitateur, dear old Signor Blitz, who
used to make rabbit jump out of al
orange and big gobbler go up through the
ceiling, was the first of these, even if ht
did not do anything more than to tell u!
how easily our senses could be deceived
Perhaps there is no better way of enter
tanning children than by puzzle,
THE MAGIC LANTERN
and other well-known scientific expert
ments. We use the term advisedly. jug
glery was the oldest of the sciences. Aaror
and Moses tried it. One of the most valu
able solaces for an invalid child, we will
say with broken leg or some complain
; which necessitates bed and quiet, is an ex
pertinent in natural magic.
One of these simple tricks is called 9Th
Balanced Coin" Procure bottle, cork it
and in tue cork place a needle. Take an
other cork and cut a slit in it so that thu
edge of dollar will fit into it; then put tw
forks into the upper cork. Place the edg
, of the coin (Which holds the upper cork an
! and forks on the point of the needle and i
will revolve without falling. This vii
amuse an imprisoned boy all the afternoon
! The revolving image is another mos
! amusing gentleman. Let poor Harry max
this himself. Cut little man out Of a thi
bit of wood, only he must end in one lie
like peg-top instead of in two. Give hir
PAIR OF LONG ARMS
shaped like oars Then place him on tn
tip of your finger and blow; he will stan
there and rotate like an undecided politi
clan.
: The Spanish dancer is another nice ex
pertinent Cut figure out of pasteboar
and gum one foot on watch glass on tn
: inverted side, then place the watch glass O.
Japan waiter or a clean plate; hold tn
plate slapting, and they will slide down
but drop a little wafer on the waiter O
plate and instead of the watch glass slidin
| it will begin TO revolve, and continue to re
volve with increased velocity as the exper
lmentalist chooses. This is because, i
consequence of the cohesion Of water to tn
two surfaces, new force is introduced
, These experiments are endless, and wi
serve variety of purposes, the principe
being that of entertainment.
To take children to the pantomime 8
Christmas is the universal law in England
We have not the pantomime here yer
, much.
wEHAvE THE CIRCUS,
' the menagerie and the play. Parents VIII
t do not object to this very healthy amuss
t ment can now find matinees everywhere
5 | so that the children need not be kept u