The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-10-02
"A Mother Can Teach
More by Example Than
BY Precept," Declares
Mrs. Charles P. Gray,
''and Make Your Child
Healthy and the Prob.
lem Of His Behavior
VIII Be Simple"
'InstiI in Daughters and
Some the Notion That
They Are in ths World
to Be and Do Some
thing-AOoid Appeal
ing to the Element Of
Fear"

Marguerite M0oers Marshall,
Does the American mother spoii
her chiidren7
DR.. Adolph Berginsky Of the Univsr-
sity Of Berlin declares that she does
But surely the authority Of the Ameri-
can mother herself may be taken as the
equal OF that Of d visiting German ga
want on this particular point Of the
proper caro- Of children And several
women. able to Illustrate their discourse
with normal. well-behaved sons and
daughters. have already como 70 the
defense OF American motherhood. An
other speaks to-day in the person Of
Ars. Charles p. Gray Of No. iS6 Pros.
poet Park West Brooklyn. Mrs. Gray
10 the mother OF two smiling little girls.
But please don't make me pose a. q
pos,-graduate In the duties Of mother.
hood" laughed Mrs. Gray. who has all
the frank friendliness and absence Of
circumstances Of the California
born. You see. Dorothy. my older lit
tie girl. 10 only six. and Charlie II not
quite three. one can't tell how they
will turn QUIT"
yet you have your theories for bring
ing up chiIdren3' suggested.
Indeed, yea I had them long before
was ever married." she asserted, with
twinkle In her big gray eyes. And.
of course. I've had considerable practi.
cal experiences Already. which II apt to
b rather more valuable than theories"
And here. in tabloid form. are the
results Of Mrs.. 0rsy's theory and prae-
Soc:
4 mother eaA tssoh moro ~ e.
smpis than b. prsespt.
1gaks your child healthy aaa ne
problems Of his behavior wiu ~
i comparatively simple.
AVOID appealing TO the element q
Ssar u bringing up your child.
xnst1l u Jour aaughtsrs, ~ ven
- In your soAs, the notion that
thsy are n the worla 20 bs and DO
0emsthiaS.
Il 10 easier TO bring mp two eAr.
arsn than one.
'Contrsr, to the opinion Of that Ger.
nan professor. believe that children
to-day are receiving more inte.hssnt
sare than In any past generation as
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led out. down 10 the smartest detail to
b sure that the various food oompon.
ant, are IN the proper proportion.
n,.nrv oe a., ero AID Ann
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FHoreH Tooo'
my younger little girls bedtime 10 At
halr-pasl hve. and she sleeps fourteen
hours. Neither OF the children was
ever rocked to sleep In her iife. Both
spend al least half the day outdoorA
except In the storuniest weather. As
result. they are spiendidly well and
strong. and that's half the battle OF
good behavior.
Even grown-up persons. whom they
are not we'll. lose their tempers and
n1sbehave In q way Of which they are
ashamed later on. How can We expect
anything different from childrenf be-
lieve that great deal Of juvenile
naughtiness Is really Indigestion or head
ache or nervousness"
But given the healthy child. how
should It be controller" l asked.
Make few rules. but insist on ooedi-
ence TO those you do make" enumerated
MIRA Gray. when the chiio breaks
out In some new fashion. Try to get
his point OF view before concerning
him His apparent naugh''ness may %
the result OF train OF reasoning thst
many ohi'oreh are puhishea .o' 'th'ere'