The National tribune., 1893-11-02
EDITORS CHAT.

On the Beauty of Cultivatiug Habits of or-
der and System.
We are all creatures Of habit, is saying both
trite and true: and the habits acquired In child
hood are pretty sure 20 cling 10 US all our lives
iong.
Habits of order ard system are very easily culti-
waited in children. The very little ones. even be-
fore they can walk or speak. can be taught to be
neat and clearly with very little trouble.
Watch the little ones. aud sec how readily they
initiate the habits Of those who have the care OF
Them. If you teach them not TO touch. destroy,
things you will very soon find them impartng the
lesson learned TO others
Very young children can he taught TO close doors
and drawers 10 hang up little articles oil wear hg
apparel. TO put away their TOYS, and TO do dozen
little things that are the foundations of the order
aud system upon which the superstruclure OF HE
long success il built
They can be taughtto dislike disorder and to like
order Just as they can be taught dislike discord
and love sweet harmony. IL is the cultivation oil
little virtues that make up the greater.
The Editor knows dear little tot. not much over
Two wears old who will not leave the room in the
morning when she is dressed, until her nightgown
l. carefully hung up where it belongs. If the bu-
reau drawer j. oYened to take out a garment she
runs and closes il instantly. When the rooms are
swept and busted she sweeps with her little broom
and dusis as carefully as anyone would do.
When there i. washing going in the house,
abe has her sleeves rolled up to her elbows and does
her washing in her own little tub. She writes let
tiers and reads books, using characters and lam
guase or jargon. of her own.
This is home kindergarten work and Of the kind
every mother can conduct with pleasure to herself
and profit to her children OF course 1t is radically
different from the "BIns'n't touch," " Keep-your-
apron clean" system. that forbids little hands to
work and little minds to think.
But IL is irsi-cIass system of nstiliing law and
order and Wholesome common sense into child
And such a Guild develops order and system in
Eeometrie ratio il advances in years and under
standing applying its knowledge into ever widen
ing channels of thought ard action, The child
unfolds into youth aud the youth into mature age,
with its manifold cares aud responsibilities.
The order aud system gained in childish play
stand guard over vast interests in every line OF
human activity. The lawyer has his papers flied
and sorted; the druggist has his medicines labeled
and displayed; the physician has his memoranda
well kept and at hand the merchant has hi goods
classified End grnded; the grocer sees that his borax
is rot mixed with his sugar; and the housekreper
has her affairs so well ordered that she can place
her hands on anything she wants in the dark.
Twin beauties are order and system. Without
them earth would be chaos aid the heavens them
selves would fall since Order is heavens first
law"
THE GREAT SEAL OF OHIO.
Would you please tell me in your Chat the motto
of the Buckeye Slater lad the question at teach
ers' test. and am unable In fiEd IT.
Mildred y. Baldwin. NFTederickstown. o.
Ohio unlike most Il the States, has no motto on
her cOst-of- arms She latter. shown in the State
SEAL has 8 mounisin-range in the distance with
tile rays Of the rising flashing above the hori-
Eon. In the foreground is shock of corn aud a
shock of wheat. Around the letters. Great
Seal OF the State OF Ohio"
In this connection we would ask how many know
what the designs on the great seals coA,s-of-
arms of their States. The National coat Of
arms, everyone knows. is eagle. bearing a
scroll in his beak, with the motto g < Pluribus
UBum-" This Is the great seal OF the United States
now in Who tell wherein this differs
from the original seal adopted by the Continental
Congress and Teafinned when the Union was
fosmedS