The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08

stand his growth and to interpret him
as he grows; privilege that now is
vouchsafed only to learned doctors in the
professional chair which is so far. re-
moved from the high chairethat the the
DRY is often more childish than childlike.
There ID great deal more reality, my
dear, in a page Of that kind Of psychology
that is found creeping around and trudgs
ing about than the kind that Is set off
by itself in chapters without any contact
with the. real child: fancy, too, that
teachers who. have committed chapters
on will power, etcetera, would lose some
Of their prejudices on the subject by
reading this in connection with the phys
ical development of the child. But 1t con-
tinues, and 80 must I.
This Mr.. Manikin grows and becomes
naughty like his prototype, and there are
knotty problems on how to treat him. For
these there are real helps-not q series
Of "dont's" and negatives" but many
positive helps and suggestions and rerne-
dies. From the ablest thinkers in this
line there are helps in the faults of weak
nesses, and helps in the faults Of strength.
What a privilege when a weary, anxious
mother sits down, her face knotted with
anxiety and care, to be able to chat with
and get the best advice Of those who have
made a special study of just what she
wants to know about her boy or girl and
to feel that she has had in counsel the
DeSI auNlSSIS There dFo. II IuUSI llceu
give her encouragement as well as knoWl
edge.
Then for the physical ails to which this
young elf may fall heir there is practical
help, in home management Of diseases of
children which fits the mother to be what
she by nature is best fitted to be In all
ordinary cases-the best family physician
and the best professional nurse.
For the special education of girls and
boys and the delicate problems that at
tend maturity there Is the same helpful,
elevating tone imparting a knowledge
| which Is twice blessed to the mother or
| teacher, for Is she not training herself as
industriously as she Is training her child?
! Then, that she may not be left comfort
| less. as the child increases In stature and
| intellect and the responsibility increases
too. the work grows to meet the demand.
From games and plays to literature Is q
logical step, therefore next comes culture
thru great myths, legends and fairy tales.
| OF all the faculties Of mind, imagination
| Is the greatest. 1t Is the creative power
without which all other faculties would
be useless. It Is this picture-making fac
ulty that gives man ability to put into ma
terial SO that it is more or less imperish-
able, that which first existed in his mind
whether it be a telephone or a poem. It
| Is the higher development of this creative
faculty that has given the world its Gre
ators in poetry, painting, architecture,
| invention and tion-building-a power
Identical In kind tho different in degree to
that (Which some eulogize for its utility
element only employed when carpenter
builds a house or a cobbler constructs a
4 shoe. Here am, led off again on the
possibilities, as tho you did not already
know more Of this than /, but 1t only
! proves the inspiration OF the work. AS I
was about to say, there follows here some
| thing have always wanted but never
found, a collection Of the worlds choicest
4 fairy tales, classified in sections, as, the
Hindoo Section. Japanese, Arabian, Rus
sian, Greek, Italian, Spanish. German,
etc. Then the fables Of all peoples, clas-
sified in the same way. So charmingly
are they told with their little dasaes Of
4 thnown-in vignettes and prefaced by q
4 chat with DR.. G.. Starley Hall on How to
i Tell Story just feel as tho even I
4 could hold spellbound an audience OF those
little critics who are so eager for 'just one
more or tell 1t again. and yet SO quick
to detect insincerity or absurdity, tho I
4 kno wtheir dfrectness, simplicity and sin
cerity demand high art In presenting the
truth You will remember, my good
friend, there is difference between a
truth and fact What medium was
ever better for carrying truth home to
. the heart Of a, child Cor anyone who has
''become as a little child'') than the great
myths and legends Of the world; for these
a are truths in the highest sense tho not
facts; they represent truth and could
not have lived to come down the centuries
retaining all their charm had there not
|, been in them a bit Of eternal verify
Without the myths, there would have been
no Homer, no Virgil, no Dante, no Milton
i The selections include only those which
, are richest and most beautiful, and those
from which spring the greatest amount q