The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-07

matter, and seriously questioned whether
it was not wrong to humor her. This
opened up a sociological and a pedagogy
ca! question:
How should the love affairs Of little
children be treated?"
What are the results of instruction
in this regard?"
METHOD OF HIS WORK.
Let Professor Bell tell how he pursued
the subject:
For five years I simply thought Of It
az odd moments as a matter of interest.
Then began collecting the "reminiscences
and observations OF people 1 met so 4
might, by sitting down a mass of mater
ial be able TO discover the origin. the
modes, the various phases Of child love
for persons of the opposite sex. Two year
ago I got out syllabus TO make the in
vestigation more systematic.
II have mentioned the question that I
first asked myself. should infantile love
affairs be encouraged. frowned on,
laughed at. or simply be let alone? But 7
approached the subject from another
point OF view. from my study Of the per-
iod Of adolescence which has so deeply
e0kdSE4 LlLlAAA44E AlAAAfLS II AENtilL Es-A -
The intensity. turbulence, violence, and
consuming force, and. al the same time
the fickleness. Of adolescent love IS the
most patent fact Of common observation.
the theme Of poet and novelist, and mo
mentous matter 70 parent, pedagogue.
and physician. Il naturally Yields 10 the
quleter. calner love of manhood and
events.
Now. my study Of child love has con-
WINGED me that the capacity 70 love a
person OF the opposite sex IS present as
early as the aga OF years. and that az
no period OF rfe IS Il lacking. The in
stances have collected show clearly that
the child OF :. 3 OF years IS capable OF
entertaining sentiments quite similar 70
those Of the older. more reasonable child
OF 80.
CHILD LOVE NATURAL
The love OF children is the rule rather
than the exception. Few Of those whom
or personal "reminiscences fail 10 record
love affairs Of their own At ages ranging
from four o. five 20 fifteen.
The data have also show that the
love OF little boy for a grown woman
: different from his admiration for a
young man and that the small boy and
the small girl spontaneously show ore
another little courtesies and make demon
STATIONS - affection thar they DO not
besrow except N the ra-est cases OF those
OF thu same sex
1T IS shown BY fnnumerabie instances
that The love OF the smallest children. II
let alone Is perfectly uncoastraIued. ~
nocent and natural There fo,ows 4 Per
Tod IN which there Is shyness il the pres
encs Of the elders. and sometimes IT TIE
presence Of the loved ones. There s the
love that : content without confession
There are gifts wh5ch the give- would not
for the world wish the recipient % know
who gave them. The liccle lover Is COT
tent with loving and making the object q
his love happy
Then comes the ado,esceut love. whica
: as fckIe as = : i1tersA II Il Is uot
shamsd and rlslculed The ecstasy % this
voaaie a5c-ascent love yields % reason.
and = i Is rot founded upon real coE1-
pacblacy the affair ends tameiy enough
The lesson & thai opposition makes The
loving PAIR more and more selt-celtered.
and a law unto themselves. rather than
70 rake thar cue from the conduct of
wiser heads
One should never make fun OF cl1e love
OF child o. Youth Childish sweethearts
may not bs teased. They must never sup
pose L s wrong &c obsy the mos; raturzl