Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-30
NEW FORM OF GOVERNING
CHILDREN HAS BEEN AD-
VANCEO IN CITIES.
CHILDREN CAN BE TAUGHT TO
SHUN EVIL BY MENTAL
SUGGESTION.
SINGLE IN DANGER OF FAL,
LING INTO lNNOCUOuS
DESUETUDE.

What, o, what would our great grand
| mothers, or even our grandmothers
say to the new theory of spanking
your baby By mental suggestion? IL
al probability the dear old ladies
would hold up their hands in horror
rod would certainly spoil even the
pest children.
Nevertheless, this new form of gov.
erning children recently has been al,
yenced in New York and other large
cities by able physicians, who have
made hypotism and auto suggestion
life study and Madison youngsters
wait anxlously for the on coming OF
the Innovation.
That every mother of intelligence
should be capable OF controlling her
child through Il mental rather than q
corporal channel IS the theory success
fully advanced by DR.. Eugene r.
ElisCu, who for the last fifteen year )
has been practicing among children
Of all nationaIitIes and classes until
she has proved the theory practical.
DR.. Eliscu not only treats children by
mental suggestion or hypnotism but
has given instruction in the work 10
mothers who say truthfulIy that they
have never found it necessary 10
spank or severely correct the little
ones.
Wickedness in Deformed Mind
"Hypnotism,' said Dr.. EIiscu, lis a
greatly misunderstood science. The
psychic force that gives one mind con
troll of another has been greatly
abused, not on a subject not yet COM
mon enough to be comprehended by
the masses.
"Wickedness in children is but 4
deformed little nina, which, if taken
in the right way and soon enough,
can be Strengthened out. The mind
of a child must be studied as hat of
grown person. To administer a
spanking of severe or even moderate
character to a child every time he is
disObedient will surely and certainly
develop to an abnormal degree, the
animal instinct of retaliation. The
child will have that portion Of the
mind which plans revenge in minia-
ture SO thoroughly developed by the
time the age Of Is or 16 is reached it
will be termed bad, vicious and in
corrigibIe.
Ways to Correct Children.
There are ways and ways of cor
recting child, mentally as well as
physically. For instance, never un-
der any circumstances say to a child,
You are certainly a bad girl. What
effect would be produced in you if a
person for whom you had a great af-
lection should speak harshly, irrita-
bly,, expressing that same opinion o.
some action of yours? 1t would not
be pleasant and undoubtedly instead
Of having a soothing effect it would
rouse you to worse things and you
would have the name you might just
as well have the game.
That's what happens TO a child
more frequently than 1t does to a
grown person, for the child, unable to
reason deeply, easily receives the i'm
preston Of badness and proceeds to
greater mischief. When you desire
to correct a child through suggestion
take the little one into a room where
you Will not be interrupted Sit down
opposite the child and take its hands ir
yours, and remember that you are tC
throw out good, not evil thoughts.
Never Argue With Child.
Never for a moment argue that the
little girl is bad because she does this
or that and only bad girls behave 50
This is a wrong and cross-eyeC
method of accomplishing good; never
tell the child she is bad, but create
the impression that good children d.
| so and so.
eff you do this you will create {
cheerful SHINY sort OF mind. If yoJ
work in the other way as sure DIS YOU
are born the child willtak the wrong
side OF the question and conclude tina
she is bad and might as well BIZ
worse.
when a child tells a falsehood rea
son with him. Explain the virtue o
truth, not the ugl;ness of a lie; re can
not help but see that for himself; /
gives his mind exercise. Then worl
throug suggestion. When he j
asleep work with him, five minutes
Or if you are just taking up the worl
say half an hour before you wax
him; when he wakes, place him oppC
site you and work with him for ffteel
minutes longer. You will see that yol
get results"