The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-05-28
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IEVZty1v by scientists and educa-
VS&&xG1I tors to be In every re-
spect the best developed
child In the United States. recently
spoke In . New York theater on Nat.
aral Education" 1900 women were
turned away because there was not
even standing room available.
The most significant incident came
after her informal address. when Mrs.
stoner invited the "kiddy.kids." as she
called them, to come up on the stage
and play with her. There was an i'm
mediate and scrambling response. She
Ii love at first sight to all children:
that was apparent. They rush In.
stinctively toward her as bees head
toward q flower bed that holds sweets
In store for them. Pell-mell the chill.
dren. who never had seen her before.
swarmed about her, embracing her
snees, clinging to her hands. and
without a touch Of self-consciousness
though the theater was packed to the
DIT. fell to learning how to say "howdy
10" and "good-by" In Japanese. To this
they added under her magic tuition .
poem in Chinese. q bit of Mother
Goose" In Esperanto, . game played In
latin and lullaby in French.
1t was easy enough to see how one
who could teach children these things
In IL minutes could as teacher Of her
own daughter achieve the marvellous
results that have made Winifred Sack
Vile Stoner, Jr., the most prominent
figure in the group Of supernormal
children that the magazines and news
papers have exploited so largely for
the past few years.
Winifred Stoner at twelve writes
and speaks eight languages fuently;
she has written for publication since
she was i've years old and has mum.
Der Of books to her credit. among these
. TRANSLATION of Mother Goose" into
Esperanto rhyme under the title Pa.
trino Anserino." that has been pro-
nounced BY college professors worthy
Of professional linsuist or . poet Of
standing"
She has written French verse. . SUI
frase book entitled "A Plea for Gallant
Knights" and 10 now translating her
mothers Natural Education" into
French.
She has passed college examinations
for degrees successfully and has taught
. class in Esperanto in the Carnegie
institute In Pittsburgh.
And she knows most OF the Latin
classics by heart.
Withal. her mother contends thai
she is not . prodigy. but just normal
healthy. happy child who finds as much
pleasure in Peter Rabbit" as she does
In the classics and who has ambitions
to grow up to be cowgirl and a maya
zine editor. Mrs. Stoner shrinks from
having the apple Of her eye exploited
as q psychological problem. 1t 10 only
her keen love for children and interes,
in what may be achieved for then
through natural education that sht
was persuaded to put her experience
and methods with her baby into bool
form and to lecture on the subject
Mrs. Stoner talked more at length
about her work to a representative o
the New York Press In her apartment
in a New York hotel. Winifred. thu
wonderful child. was getting ready fo
bed at eight O'Clock. She came wheI
her mother called-a rather sleepy III
tie girl, with her shoes already unbut
foned-and obediently recited on
GRAFTON from Cicero. There Ia moth
ing OF the pedant about the child.
Mrs. Stoner believes that the des
tinies OF all nations sre In the hand
OF its mothers. The destiny Of na
lions lies far more In the hands Q
women-mothers-t In the hand
. of those who possess power" sh
quotes rroebel. I'VE must cultivst
women who are the educators Of III
human race. else new generatio
cannot accomplish Its task. The Oh
nese were the first people to collee
facts and to give general informatio
70 pupils In schools. but their civilixi
ton did not advance until they LITE
the ban from . woman learning. IN
since they have awakened TO the trut
Of like mother. lihe son. they ar
making vast strides.
Man owes everything to woman.
Mrs. stoner says she 10 the sourc
of his existence: but ~ . stream cal
not rise higher than It's source. 80 Ii
.on cannot outshine his mother. II
q Ion this reason that few great men !
fhe past have had great sons. Thes
men were often 20 enGrossed In thel
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