The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-13
MISS LOUISE ROGERS.

very real need for the activities they see
going on at home. 1t was such a pleasure
for the children in one kindergarten to
thoroughly clean their playhouse. The
mating was taken up and a free use CIV
en- to soap and water. After this the
mating was replaced and the decorations
put in new and fresh.
ABOUT THE DOLLS.
And the dolls! There still clings to the
Palama kindergarten the fond memory OF
the beautiful, fiaxen-haired Lily, who
tcculd open and shut her eyes. Several
pictures we have of another kindergarten,
in which the much-loved Emma of the
tCwsled hair holds the seat of honor
chosen by unanimous vote. Then the
rag dolls and the wee china dolls! How
they have been loved and fondled by their
tiny fathers and mothers. What SOFT
sve et lullabys they have been Graded to-.
What an untold amount Of love has been
expended on those bits of cloth and saw
ldrst, bringing comfort and cheer to many
little hearts
! The doll suggests a large variety of
spontaneous home and family plays and
activities calling forth much free ex-
pression.
1 'sMany of the songs and games of the
"Mutter und Rose Lieder," Froebefs
book to mothers, are about the family re-
lations and family uoings. Thus in one,
the thumb is 1.-The mother SO kind and
dear" the forefinger, THE father with
Ihearty cheer" the middle finger 1.-The
brother so tall and strong" the third fin
ger THE sister who plays with her doll,
lano. the little finger 1.-The baby, the pet of
ALL" Behold the good family great and
small"
SONGS AND GAMES.
Then there are the songs and games Of
the animal families, the hen and hel
brood, the bird and her young: the cats
the dogs, the rabbits, and numerous 9TH
ers, in which the mother-love is the act
i've principle. All these stories, games
and observations are tending directly t.
foster the parental instinct in each child
Its effect is very soon noticed in theil
changed attitude toward all animate crea
lures. To illustrate, little boy of my
acquaintance was found one day busil.
engaged in killing ants with stone OF
the cement walk. No surprise was ex
pressed at this proceeding, but his at
ltention was diverted by the remark, "DiC
you ever see the ants babies? No? Well
lets hunt for some. Sometimes If you lif
lup stone, you will see the ants runnins
Iaway with their babies in their mouths
, "A search began at once for them. Shortl.
latter, the younger brother appeared ant
! proceeded to step on an ant-hole. stop
, cried the older boy, you will step OIL
the ants babiesw So soon did his sympa
lthies for the ants step in to control hi
actions.
CHILDREN'S WAYS.
Children have been known to torture
2 much-loved doll. simply to feel the de
4 light of renewing their demonstrations o
affection and sympathy, or, it may be, t
: play the part of rescuer.
] And so in hundred ways the child-na
a ture is unfolding; the bud will some da
become the full-blown rose
l"All nature is a unit in herself;
y Yet but a part of a far greater whole.
: Little by little you may teach your chill
To know her ways, and live in harmon
With her; and then, in turn, help hiI
through her,
e To find those verities within himself,
t lOf which all outward things are but tn
:. type
n So when he passes from your shelterin
q care
t To walk the ways of men, his soul sha
Q be
Kind to all things that are, and still mo:
: freei
$ And of him shall be writ at last this wore
S AT peace with nature, with himself an
V God.