The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-17

4f fr,onvriaht 190T by Joseph B. BoWles.) c,bildren are wonderfully amenable .o asurrestton." Eood or bad. l have ior1 cortended and often proved tnat @sIIrRestion" used intelligently oy tne @ nsother fs most potent factor TOT good as, thereby, the most wil,ul child may be made submissive; not Dy destroying the will, but by dlrectihs it into proper channels. Through the ss,-aa agencv children may be cured of bad habits, undesirable traits mat tention to studies, etc., etc
 Tba time to shape & character Wneh |. Ia most susceptible to maternal m, duences is during the natural--hos hypnotic--sieep- Of tlres eissi a. s'1ss v The general opinion Is that per. sn,,, 7asfAap fs. for the time being, aSao tn tbe world; hut a knowledge ef " 2 l fact that the subjective mind never [ sSeens should make one carafrAi Y et
 what he says in the presence oA sleeper. .,tt.,, ~ Natural sleep Is not condtton gl insensibility to external impressiv1ns' but rather a condition OK ., ,.a z The sleeper hears, but he does hot heed at the time the suggestion IS made. It is not difficult to introduce ideas to ones consciousness wnlen abaIl make a permanent and deep itn
 nression through the subjective mlna upon the objective, or Waklhs' H"N
 The Method to Pursue.
 Much depends upon the age and the .,.1o.ition of the child. No one. un-. derstands this better than the 4n9
 'hsl: A: a rule the best way to approach the child is to say Gas 1t IS aoont to retire.) Mamma is going 10 ialk 1 vo,, tonight while you are asleep anu vou will hear and understand "" hut you will not awaken
 soyna children will, of course, pc u,,Ita curious to know why you are eio, to talk to them. what you are ssoins to talk about and why you don't talk to them while they are awake,
 In some instances the motnef ,sreas sihss .,t hv inc side of the bed and taak in e't o5araI o1 way to the child ere. ft ,sIasns Thus talking in quite man ner the child as rule, soon pe- coynes drowsy, and as 1t drops 10 sieep tSn ,.,otber says: This is mother Cor marnnna) talking to you. You VII no' awaken. You will sleep quiety rou are now very quiet ana festIuL hou aaS, sneak to me without Iwakenlng; glii Dn ,.a,, sp hear me talking to you nowE ass ssyesg You will not awaken NOW 2 ss.,,SS vour lips with my fingers ana K a..s. :, \. "a, sneak. Say Yes, nlamTna hear you a. +b. .b,Id to = VvA,s. ahouid not expect the cnilu " awaken. but should 1t stir uneasny aha onen its eyes, the mother snouIu nos raIinnI,ish her attempt, but gently close ttn sraitds, at the same time suggest srss tS agajn: 'sNothing will disturb you; vn,, will sleep quietly now. and near ,ta. mamnna says, because 1t Is all so- vour good and you will be so pleas ad to do what mamma suggests.
 It is we'll if you stroke the cnllo forehead gently, as thls VII. h@To
 cuieting effect and accustom the sleep sr fo your presence. You should then proceed with your suggestions or those ttSnoe that you desire to eliminate disobedience, untidiness, idleness, un- tr,,thfuIness nail biting, lack of ap- nlioation to studies, music, etc. etc.-- whatever you feel the child most raads Sneak plainly, but quietly, yet with sufficient positiveness to De im- If vou wish to exact a promise from tbe child you should say: T want you to promise me that you will never
 - - - - again. Say, I promise you. mamma that I never will. ". You should repeat this sev- eral times.
 have always found 1t most effect i've to use the first person, singular, thus having the affirmative made by the child instead of the mother say ing you will do this or you WILL uo thai. To illustrate: I'll do as mamma wants me to; I'll not do anything to hurt mamma; I'll make everybody hap DIV by being good to them, etc. etc.
 These suggestions need not be con- | fined entirely to bad habits, but to l physical ailments and various bodily
 conditions.
 one of my pupils cured her little ! girl very small child) of enuresis. | This wa seasily accomplished. even after guaranteed remedies and the fam 1 iIy physician had utterly failed.
 | Another mother cured her h-year- | old boy of a very bad case of stam-
 mering. cured him while he slept, and
 the boy does not know to this day | how the cure was effected.
 There are cases covering almost ev- | cry phase of mental and physical con- | dition. I shall give one more and tho means employed
 My niece, 13 years of age. brought | me her card at the close of the school | year, and I noticed. that her mark 1 ing" was very low on one particular
 study. She informed me that she took