The sun., 1908-07-19

make a bee line for New York. Ten dsv.
after reaching this port Katharyn vss
| domicibh at a summer hotel which abound.
In attra6tons for children.
Friends and acquaintances and uranosr,
who havb heard the story are conparins
| the values Of American and European meth.
DDS Of bringing up children.
Il have travelled all over Europe,. sa,d
the mother Of large family. "vlsitips
watering places in the height OF the surnms,
season as well as the large cities in ths
height OF the winter and spring gayetios
and never have found hotei wnera :
programme Of any sort was planned n,
the pleasure Of juvenile guests. Childre,
may be seen but not heard. Is the no,,s
universally approved on the other sids
Except at the holidays 1t Is seldom tba,
private parties are given for children
Indoors or outdoors. English and French
and German children are segregated a good
deal and make their own good times witi
the aid OF governess or nurse.
while visiting In Scotland / noticed
that the four children Of my hostess, tbs
oldest IL, the youngest z, seldom or news,
went TO another house to play or asked
other children to come to their house n
tented and happy. Their play tim time V0s, %s,
spent mostly in the open air and out " y
door sports satisfied them all.
1T was almost an event for them %
attend a party. There was no continuous
interchange Of calls and oompliments
them and the neiRhbors' children M a.
there 10 here. yet their parents belong n
the upper circles Of society.
4As FOR living in q hotel for weeks ata
time and mingling freely with ohildrsa
not. know what to make Of such an ss. q.
perience. No, there Is nothing democrats
about a Scotch or an English mother a
high degree. Unless the children in her
neighborhood are known to her, or Their
parents are known to her-known favorably
between them and her own children. IN
as the children may. the barrier is not
levelled. After an English boy goes avav
to school he 10 at liberty to choose hs
friends. but not sooner. On the Continent
1t is almost the same. English or French
hotel are kept in their own suite when
not out Of doors, and they seldom appear
in the public dining room or are seen about
the corridors or IN the public parlon Ia
the evening. much less seem dancing In q
hSse s% e soe ress even e why
make any move toward providing Chi.
dren's anusements. They know that ths
children's mothers don't want amusements
provided. This 10 why American children
abroad have such q dull time Of it,
largely BY Americans one notices ' now
q slight relaxation OF rules. There am
more children in the public reception
rooms and in the corridors of an evening
and less formality is observed between
! them; but 60 to any watering place in
needle in a haystack TO find hote man
who bothered his head about providing
amusements for the children in his house.
In America the very wealthy do not
stop at hotels for long IN summer. They
set up a country house Just as the wealthy
number Of the well to do who always spend
their summers at hotel. taking children
nurses and governeeses along. This clan
spends freely even II 1t does not care par.
ttcularly about having country house
Of every. summer hotel proprietor, and
almost without exception these proprietor
have discovered that TO keep the parents
happy the children must be kept happy.
foreigners who visit our hotel summer
resorts are amazed at the attention hotel
expensive plans launched for their enter.
tainment, and naturally they think 1t un-
necessary, waste Of good money almost
But am not 90 cure about that. fancy
that many Of the European summer resorts
Sud stsSs S sbse Of geps
the hotels and pensions to amuse the CHI.
dren. The truth OF It Ii, children travelling
In Europe have mighty dull time Of it,
1The American oustom-the recent Amer.
oan custom should say--of constant round
Of entertainments for very young peoph
ters in a school near Paris, said a wealthy
New York woman. They are II and Il
years old and formerly attended New
York private school. Now my schedule
for them was something like this. After
or an older relative, then any simple boms
recreation they liked and set their bed
time for 0 O'Clock. / was anxious that
they should live like children and have q
chance to grow up with good digestion
and half way decent nerves. Could carly
out my plansf Not at ALL ~
From Monday till Saturday invitations
arrived daily for the two--parties. parties
parties, they said. sure to close not lat6
than 1880; matineSs. concerts, n drive here
an automobile trip there. some other kind
OF outing to go to another place-all TO b
own age. Do what would the children
were on the go every minute they were not
at school, and determined to endit. Thes-
fore last summer. when returned from
Europe. left the girls over there at sohod
VIC tuutS 10 CcTtAln, Wnat0VoF uDoV
french women may enjoy later In life y |
young girls they must live like childrN
and cut out all social engagements whis |
at school. At the school speak Of healthy /
out Of door exercises are about all the e. |
citement pupils have, aside from gams
and dancing with one another. None b
allowed to accept an invitation from outads I
except by command Of her parent. and nd
always even then.
Like itY don't care whether my ghs
like 1t or not. EN- doing this for thar
highest good. and shall keep them at thsi
or some other European school for the men
two yeers. / nearly. always spend part d
my summers abroad anyway in order 10
take the children away from the excite
ment OF an American summer resort, and
shall continue to do so
American women OF this generation,
is agreed, are more nervous than wei
their grandmother, which 10 only anoths
way. OF saying that probably the nert 60
Grafton will be more nervous than thu
generation is, and for one am almost surf
that unless the social and amusement pro
gramme of our youngsters Ia sinhplifed
little the, nerves OF future generations WI
suffer still more