The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-17

NASAAN derived from nome study rs SIM
~ ncalculable. Not one of our teach-
eTS in the public schools to-day is en-
anleu. IN the time allotted. TO give the
INDIVIDUAL instruction. which. to me.
seems OF paramount Importance ia any
oIancn or learning. especially 10 the
lung nave growing yOunSSIcr OF
seven years, at the age of five he at
tended kindergarten for three months.
When WnoOplng cough made iuroadS intO
Inat orancn OF his studies Ne then de-
Slueu 10 Keep MIN out or school, FOR TWO
years, IN the meantime putting him
under a one hour per day study regime
he was tlGs enabled upon entering
school this fan 10 go right on with his
grade 1 greatly deplore the after
schooI study hour. and don't believe IN
II at all AFTER school closes for the day
no study tasks whatsoever should be
required Of a young Child-indeed. think
u heartleSs IN the extreme for a mother
10 expect it-but 1 reiterate there should
be the study hour and that in the morn
Ing, when their little brains are rested
ana IN more receptive mood, Ny boy
retires promptly at Z and arises at I in
the morning. thus obtaining twelve
hours. sleep and physical recuperalou.
ana ne Is Mt 10 encounter anythl-lS
physical or mental. OF course. mother
must be guided partially by her intuition,
which Is a factor OF no little Importance.
i therefore recommend strongly 10 moth
ers their attendance at mothers meet
--'''' - @ U.s. M. T. H
ANOTHER INTERESTING CONTRI-
HOW CAN a MOTHER BECOME
acquainted with the young girl friends.
her son has? / have often looked for
an article on this subject and think
1t would prove valuable to many moth
ers with young sons My son is almost
16 years Of age and has met a number
OF young girls whose homes he Occa-
sion2lly visits They are strangers te
me. but I would very much like TO be-
ed Wit hen I
with due prOpriety invite them 10 my
home to spend the evening with other
DoyS ana girls; also friends OF my son
tatiOn? Should Il be addressed. to the
MOTHER b"
YOU COULD CERTAINLY INVITE
the young girls to your home It would
be gracious and charming thing TO
do II your son knows the mothers
Of the girls well. you might write 10
the former, but if not-and in any case
il is as well to write pleasant friendly
note to the girl herself. Say that you
are asking some Of your sons friends
to spend the evening and that you hope
she will come, too. 1t is in these ways
that mother retains her sons friend
ship and confidence after he grows TO
manhood. Leave no means untried to
make home happy for your boy and to
impress upon him the fact of your in
terest and sympathy in ali that con-
Germs him.
WILL YOU KINDLY INFORM NE
as to your ideas regarding the safety
OF vaccination l have little boy. Z
years old. who has not as yet been vacci-
mated l am opposed to vaccine ton.
without scientific reason. however. and
have put il of. until now 1 feel that 1
should decide definitely one way or the
other
But between the excellent reasons
given In opposition to vaccination in
certain magazines and the fact that a
majority. OF the physicians favor II, I
ind it difficult to decide I do not wish
TO place the burden of deciding this
question. upon you. but your replies to
correspondents generally are 50 salts
Tying to me that I cannot help feeling
that you viii succeed in some mysterious
way IN giving me happy direction in my
present perpleXity. MRS. F. G."
ONCE IN y GREAT MANY TIMES
child suffers harm as a result of vac
cinatiOn. But the proportion is very,
very small, and the danger against
which vaccination guards is so great
that the protection it grants far outrUns
any risk it incUrs. 1 have had every one
of my children vaccine ted and would
think I was taking a criminal risk If I
neglected the precaution-
HAVING READ I. E. - LETTER
/ would like TO give her my experience
and a little advice. 1 have three mar
ried daughters with one of whom
live. They. their husbands and my six
grandchildren treat me as If L were a
person Of considerable consequence in
stead al poor widow, almost entirely
dependent upon them. aud unable TO do
much by way Of assisting in the house.
Il am SCTrg for every married couple
who have no children. What would my
life be worth 10 me without mine2 No
greater mistake can be made than to
avoid the care OF Il family Even If one
has TO adopt children. it IS much better
than having none. for they frequently
repay doubly those who have brought
them up as If they We're their very own.
Have and bring up children. by all
means instead of lapdOgs and cats.
They will not care for you in old age or
sickness a 4 G.
u FEEL THAT I MUST ANSWER
IN part. at least. L. E P. $ letter My
health was greatly broken by the birth
of my first-born. a son. and when my
little daughter came I was unable to dc
anything cor her for months. 1 could.
however, teach her brother, , years her
senior. to love her With warm love
among ourselves, the years have passed.
My boy and girl are now in their early
twenties, and again my health has
failed. Such care ana affection are
now bestowed upon me are beautiful.
and I am constantly thanked by mothers
for the good influence their sons are
under in our beautiful home life Does
il pay2 a thousand times overt
Our lives would be bleak and cold
without the sunshine and love bestowed
upon father and mother by our darling
children. L only wish there were six
children instead of two Before my
daughter was born talked frequently TO
my boy about the pleasure II would be II
he had a dear little sister or brother to
love His heart was ready to receive
her with delight. and he has always been
most devoted to his sister as well as TO
his parents I can understand how l. e
p would dread the anguish of losing
another child. but as one grows old the
years become more and more lonely, and
il one is left alone and without children
think Of the horrible dreariness Of such
life Children do pay-but much de-
pends upon their training and the life
they see in their homes
II HAVE READ THE LETTER
signed i. Z. p and 1t is much like a
mage in my own book of life. As girl
of Is I became wife and faced the
world in poor but honorable circum-
stances A little over a year after my
marriage my first baby-a dear little girl
came to US. It is needless for me TO
saw we loved her. for who that is human
tI1ld do otherwise Next I gave birth
TO twins who died at birth. and last [
became the mother of another dear lit
tie girl-all in the space OF four years.
Cod saw Mt TO let me keep my darlings
until Aileen was 4 years and months
and Dorothy, my baby, was Is months
old. and then He took them to heaven
inside Of ten DAYS. and I was left child
ever I see ether little ones I pray to God
70 send me one, for home is so lonely and
quiet without my little ones. Perhaps
L. z. P is fond Of society and pleasure,
but when she grows old she will wish for
q child 70 go TO with her troubles. and e
her husband were to die who would play
the devoted one TO herr 1t is only eight
months since was bereft, but those
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