Evening star., 1915-11-25
Teaching Archie.

Mrs. FadGer has a new plan for lit
tie Archie's development. 1t is charac-
ter building by what is called hypnotic
Therapeutics said Mrs. Happy Home.
maker solemnly. Il am afraid 1 am
too stupid to understand the process.
though che explained it to me at
length. From what / could gather 1t is
a sort of scientific suggestion. If the
child is naughty all the phases of his
naughtiness must be studied; the pos
s:iIe motives leading up to it; how
those motives resolved themselves in
motor forces; the direction of their
operation
"Then the person in charge of the
moral switch $50 to speak) turns on
the electricity; the child is soothed into
sort of semi-sleep, and then IL is sug-
gested to him that the motives behind
hiE impulse were wrong, and they are
painlessly eradicated.
OF course. Mrs. Fadder assured me.
the idea is SO new that the results are
uncertain, for no child has grown to
maturity and had the chance TO test
his hypnotically developed character in
the stress and strain of life. But she
Is absolutely certain that IT will sue
ceed Archie is much sweeter and
more docile already.
Just at this point we heard loud
where Archie was playing with my lit
tie daughter. We found that Archie
had tied our pet kitten to a clothes
prop and stood IL against the fence, to
the manifest discomfort of the kitten
and sore distress of its small mistress.
Mrs. Fadder was much interested in
this motive and carried Archie OF to be
snalyzed.
- told husband about it and he said
IL reminded him Of an article he was
he q
thought of a great Frenchman:
Our greatest vices derive their drst
propension from our most tender in
fancy. he wrote. Our principal edu-
Mothers are nightly amused to see a
child divert Itself by hurting dog or
cat; and there are fathers who look
upon IL as a presage of the martial
spirit when the small son domineers
over a servant; and sign of great
cleverness when he sees him overrea ch
a playfelow by some sly trick--yet
these are the true seeds of cruelty
tyranny and treason They bud then
and afterward shoot up vigorously. and
II is a dangerous mistake to excuse
such inclinations on account Of tender
ness of age. There is just one way 10
deal with them.
II suppose this would be thought
hopelessly old-fashioned by Mrs. Fad
der and her teachers said husban nd
but i believe in method Of charac-
ter building which was probably old
when the Medes and Persians flourish
cd, and II is not hypnotic therapeutics -
The Patent Pig.
DO you know the patient pig ha.
suffered a great deal of unjust con-
demnation in the past7" asked Mrs
Happy Homemaker. laying down a
pamphlet she had been reading.
Of course our strenuous ancestors
used TO thrive Oh their diet of hog
and hominy.' but the idea has grown
up that the reason they could endure
II was because they were in the habit
of cutting down forest or two by
way of an appetizer. and building a
tion.
"Now we are being assured by ex.
perts and scientists that pork is q
most wholesome article of food, pro-
Tided proper care is exercised ir
its selection and preparation. II porl
meat is more dangerous to eat. Ir
fresh prime pork the lean should bt
fine grained and pale. and the ia,
very white If there is a clammy looi
about the meat the pork is stale an.
should be rejected. II the fat is full
10 sure indication of disease.
The loin and ribs are the part
chosen for roasting or for chops, an.
sometimes the bone is removed ant
the leg roasted. The sides of yer,
youag pigs are smoked. saIted ant
rind 10 thin. the fat very firm an,
white. and the lean pale and tender
aad not much Of 1t; fat bacon ii
much the more wholesome. II tn,
bacon looks rusty and has yellow
strssks In the fat, do not buy it,