The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-16
THE NEWEST PARIS COIFFURE
DISPLAYS FOREHEAD AND EARS

sery work-which finds expression In
this way.
What liz important In the matter is
that the child should be encouraged to
the regular performance of certain tasks
and that the proper fulfiliment Of them
be insisted upon from quite early years.
The ordinary child loves helping" and
will really be happier when allowed a
share In what IL going on than IL told
to run away and play, because nurse
Is busy
The toy cupboard is case In point
quite little children may well be en-
couraged to tidy and dust it's contents
say, once n week. and will quickly take
pride In It's neatness: moreover, they
will probably appreciate their posses
sions In this way far more than II all
care OF them is removed from their
small shoulders.
Speaking generally children do not
need to he made" to perform such
tasks as these; If they do. 1t is another
matter. for directly the necessity for
compulsion comes in. the case Ia altered.
and the individual child needs individual
treatment Generally. however the
mere suggestion that such a thing Is
done at such time suffices and a GER
tain orderliness of mind Is inculcated.
For It must be remembered "a fact too
much lost sight Of in these days Of con-
centratlon on the child) that the little
| mind ~ more or less blank, ready 10
| take up the suggestions which present
themselves to It without, in the majority
| Of cases any consciousness that Is
doing so.
In the same way quite little things
| from years old or so, may be encour-
aged to take out their outdoor clothes
for instance, preparatory to going out
TO put their little shoes neatly away
and so on. At the same age they should
be able to do much toward dressing
themselves, their small fingers soon
gaining dexterity with buttons and
tapes: of course II liz far more trouble
and much slower TO let them take their
share In such practical matters, but II
will generally be found a good thing
But IL should be insisted that any such
small tasks be properly done and I'm
ished II begun at ALL the habit into
which many children grow of always
jumping from one thing to another
rarely makes for happiness In the pres
ent or good habits In the future. Fol
surely II Is commonplace OF life tina
sooner or later the force of concentrs
ton must be met, and the sooner habit;
which give II are developed the easier !:
the process
But there Is one word of warning
and that is against constantly interior
ing with a child's occupation. making
do this, that, or the other. for ~ha
must appear TO the little thing purel
arbitrary reasons. The regular per
Torrance OF certain duties. II you cal
call them by such a name. and the en-
coura cement to do things properly.
quite another matter to constantl
setting tasks or forcing routine unduly
indeed. as a rule, in the nursery II
, the child of whom certain small service
are expected who is left free to follow
his or her own devices when such ser
vices are performed. and will do so a
the more happily for the short tim
which has not been at his own dispose
II is far more from the child OF whor
nothing is expected than OF the helpf,
one that one hears the whining. "Rea
to me-" What shall play" Can
go out?" and, most telltale OF all, from
the character point OF view. the perpet
ual What shall do next" And thes
facts give those who really care 10
children "furiously to think"