The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-12

/ WeHt. tho Manner IN Nfnicn
are Given. the Effects of Reward, Praise
Blame. Obedience from Love or Fear
Which Parent is Better Obeyedg Why2
second-rhe Chiid's ATTITUDE Toward
Other han Parental Authority.
Third-The Child's Natural Willfuiness
Toward Parents and Toward Other Chill
dren.
But. 1t is argued. a teacher cannot BIZ
expected to know and remember every
characteristic of each child. No certain
" not; but by thorough attention Dc
known comparative results she can, ii
She VIII, be better able to estimate the
capabilities and temperament of children
OF certain ages. and not, as is often done,
give a child of seven the same work that
is given to the child of ten. The work
may be accomplished, it is true, but
whereas the task is easy for the older
child it is too difficult for the little one
and the result is obtained at the expense
OF over-strained nerves and oyer-taxed
brain.
Tho effect of this '.child study" system
IS as though a stone had been thrown
into the educational min pond. 1t has
stirred its placid surface anu gone clear
HNNAcis Win Tie IlppiGS produces
are reaching to the farthest shores Of
every land where the education Of the
child is at all considered.
The time is about past when a child is
given 50 much to learn, whether or not
ne mas the faintest idea of its meaning,
ana when if he can repeat it word for
word he is supposed to have digested
MS literary meal. Froebers methods will
not now end when the child leaves the
kindergarten, but will be carried through
out Dhe child's school life-and let us hone
his whole existence.
49,
N spending of Christmas Day to
Queen Victoria has been sadly changed
since the death of the Prince Consort
Ihe German celebration of that day was
introduced by him into his English home:
u was one OF the brightest and happiest
OF uhe year, says the" Ladies' Home Jour
mar Christmas greetings and Christmas
presents We're -nurnerously exchanged. and
the great Christmas tree, which bore fruit
for every member of that large family
household, was the great feature of the
evening. The death of the Prince Consort
on the fourteenth of December, 50 close
to the former festive season, for a long
time preeluded any Christmas FESTIVITIES.
but as time went on and the deep wound
was healed, the Queen returned to her
cid life and ways. Christmas. though
shorn of its many former gayeties. still
reigns supreme at Osborne, where the
queen always spends her Christmas.
n has always gone there since the death
OF the Prince, Windsor being too full of
sad memories, SO that after the services
held on the anniversary of the Prince
Consort's death, the Court goes to the
Isle of Wight. The Queen always attends
church on Christmas Day and receives the
Holy Communion with those of her family
who are with her. The Duke and Ouch
ess of ~Connaught, the Princess Louise
and Lord Lorne, beside Princess Henry
of Battenberg, are those of her children
who generally spend Christmas with the
Queen. Sometimes the Duchess of Albany
and her children are also there. and Prin-
cess Christian and her daughter and son
follow directly afterward when they
have dispensed their own Christmas fes-
tivities.
Flowers are among the most charmin
OF gifts for Christmas. Nearly all of the
foliage plants will last until Christmas
has come and gone several times, and
not a few of the blossoming flowers viii
bloom again after that year. A ported
plant, either with or without the accom-
panying jardiniere, is always a delightful
present, and receptacles for holding both
potted and cut flowers were never so
cheap and pretty as now. Delicate china
and porcelain wares, quite beyond the
reach of the multitude a few years ago.
are now to be had at exceedingly low
prices, and there is every indication of
still lower rates when tine holiday season
is at its height. This is especially true
of fern dishes. Not so very long ago a
fern dish could not be procured for less
than 81; now they come as low as % cents,
and every one of them is pretty. The china
is merely decorated instead of handpaint-
ed. the glass is blown instead of cut, but
the general result is both dainty and ar
tistic, and any enc of these fern dishes
VIII grace a parlor or dining table. In
plated silver the dishes, together with the
inner holder for the soil, come all the way
from $3.50 up to 81. In the coarse, but ar
tistie, Japanese pottery dishes, the ferns
look especially well, too; in the hand
painted china dishes they are, perhaps,
the prettiest of all.
A handy fcotrest is made of heavy felt
or channels skin, the latter preferred. as
being far handsomer than tie felt and
more adaptable to snowy work. If
chamois skin is used, select a skin large
enough to easily cover the top, as flaw
less and smooth as possible. Cut it in a
circle the size wished, and finish the edges
in clusters of seallops. an eyelet hole in
the centre of each. The or1amentation
on top consists Of single leaves embroi-
dered in vivid autumn colors in silk
floss, into which a glimpse of tinsel is
introduced. The top is now ready for use.
Have a circular box made heavy enough
to keep it from topping over easily, and
pad its sides we'll with cotton or lair.
Over this stretch a width of velvet or
plush, a deep green or crimson, fastening
it in place by tiny tacks. Through the
holes in the top run a heavy silk cord,
lacing it crosswise all round the box.
Of course, every stylish matron has her
maid wear a cap and apron. The Eng
lish apron with straps over the shoulders,
that cross in the back, are the proper
kind to provide. and the crownless cap.
with a frill across the front and strings
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