The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-11

Songs" by Mrs. Alice F.. Hanford, and
a poem, "Christ's Ble sing for Mothers,
by Mrs. Westendorf, were also to be
among its interesting features.
The first reference to the kindly leg
acy left to humanity by the benign
though in his day considered eccentric
Froebel, was made by Mrs. Craig. = She
opened in the afternoon. Her subject
was inheritance" During the course
of her observations she said:
"As Froebel, the founder of the kin
dergarten, is an authority on psychol-
ogy and metaphysics accepted by ad-
vanced thinkers of the day, L shall have
reason to allude quite frequently to
him and his writings. My subject is
based on the poatulate that mind
(spirit) is the sole reality and that all
things must reveal its nature. So ]
shall divide it under three heads: First
Christ, the perfect man or the way
shown: second. Adam, evil or error, and
third. the power of mind. F'roebel de-
fines God as the divine principle, and he
says education should lead the Child TO
become fully, yividly and clearly con-
sciouS of his esSence-hiS God-1keness-
Webster defines Adam as human frail-
ty, a symbol of original sin, and Shakes
peare, alluding to one of his creatures
whipped out Of him The power of
thought is still in its infancy. Jesus
was the greatest alchemist of human
thought the world has ever known.
physicians believe that thought In
fiuences the unborn child. They sug
gest that mothers live in and be sur
rounded as much as possible by the
beautiful and good; to read only the
best of literature; be as happy as pos
sible under existing conditions, ana
above all. to avoid fright, in order that
the infant may not reflect in later life
some evil tendency or physical defect.
If we ACCEPT Froebel's statement that
neither time nor distance controls
thought we will have to acknowledge
that the parents power over the child
is not limited"
MOTHER PLAY IN THE HOME.
Mrs. H. B. Windsor followed with an
address on "FroebePs Mother Play in
the Home Only through psychological
potencies. thought she, can the mind of
the child be early developed. She
would not have mothers analyze toe
closely, as the beauty of the mothe.
play is thereby destroyed. The early
sounds in vocalizationS on the mothers
part were dwelt upon at some length:
also the Importance of early musical
training and games. by mOUner ana
child playing together, the children soon
learn that they are part of the world.
"Give the children an interest in
everything" advised the speaker
with the baby it soon brings out the
idea that there is something dependent
upon him. Life is so strong with chill
dren that they drink in every sensation
eagerly and are indelibly impressed
with every object"
An apt suggestion as to the effect of
colors in some way reminded Mrs.
Windsor of Eugene Fields Little Boy
Blue" Then she spoke of the benefit
of collections of birds eggs, ferns, min
erals etc, as furnishing food for in
fantile thought. The effects of stories
upon the budding mind was next treat
ed "The mentality of man or wo-
man." she remarked, sis fixed by the
training of early years" In point she
described the pleasant home life of the
Zuni Indians. OF literature she touched
upon the value of portions of the BIZ
BILE, the stimulus given to the imagi-
native faculties afforded by the Ara
bian Nights" and Robinson Crusoe":
the humane lessons taught by ''Black
Beauty" the development of the poet