Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-07
T
 SCHOOL DAYS.
By Kate B. Vaughn.

oW*latkat the summer. is almost
 over allds$chool days are at hand,
 every one begins. to think of the reia-
 tive merits of. the different. schools
 and to debate as to the clothes with
 which we ishallsgal!h the aei.ildren for ,the return tor looksa School days!
 How differently we view them, To the little ones Just starting out. from
 the 11ursesy in Search K>ofdknomle edge, il seems WaEo lp9saaset with difficulties,
 ana al yett how Y sdfgEHy sadtfgEHyly they M aMsit tfe opqlhflag day. WlJ1jha Jja asiaglinlg afs inn portance, fheytoFatNfnlr ffrgsIA. r.gsI atha} first
 days contact with a SCHOOL, even
 though they had entered tremblingiyl ' gshyssr,.s " tpNf wnhf,sly the mother of this little one gazes after the baby
 going out from her, knowing fur we'll; that sshe is giving up a part of the
 child, .as, their interests will never
 be- the same entirely, and there will
 always be- that school life from which the mother is barred. To the older
 boy and girl who have become accus-
 toned toMthe charms of school and
 have been ,Ieveling in the freedom of
 yaca tiol1s$fEhe thought of study is at
 flrsrx repugnant, and Il will take a
 week or two for them to get recon
 clled to the school. habit. I think our
 present method of absolute freedom
 rom study and concentration for three months has a deletericus effect,
 but the vacationS that means gener-
 ous amount of work with plenty of
 recreation, Wiff-s send the boys and
 girls back with bgoader views, bet--ss ter eduipped to tackle the brain work .i,;.r f'f%4 @
 I hope thatsall of'my greaderss have given some serious thought. to. the school life of the boy or girl difling this vacation, and that they have ale ready mapped @ut program for the. winter for the ohildren's development which will include the. parents. The. woman who is Interested in the school, which her children attend. knows the teachers, and gnderstands the condi- tions under whiohythe child: works. II
 have always tllought it a good plan to often look over and become fla miliar with the books used by the children. You are going to say: A
 She evidently thinks we haven't much to do,'. and, I am going to say:
 No, ] know you have world of work, that is what being a mothenl means, but it is the busiest, broadest people who make time for something else worth while. And l assure you that coming right. down to the level
 of the child's cohditibn and under-l standing, will be interesting and finally profitable work.g l
 Right now We are all wondering as to the clothes. Have you ever thought that the mothers create all the ex-] travagsnce in2, the young girls and boys? Not when they are sixteen. Then the trouble has been started. ltl is when they are still ten and tweiye.t Keep the boys in short pants and the girls with hair down their backs. aiiuf If you have to indulge in the styles,l for the little girls, don'tF discuss it l before them, but rather discuss tie | good qualities Qf the garment, how long it should last and what care it !! will be necessarily to take care. of it | to set the 1ulI.,Yalue sof. the, garment | i'll comfort. sss.ss.. ,ss f
 l am going io ask you as friends, { for you know \. feel that you and | f aref friends, bouad fegsthsQ;shs many | common ties to. ask -yonrseives the I teuowlng questions regarding the+ clotAMNofuthe ssansilse eNfosssnSsa sautumnd fS3AeTyAteNafos, eyelv daM enodH ionsd aAds 1nole less npp oat tsaasSnoas1is ssser them for yourself, ftlles. ansNefsaAxiii [ assist you, in this ,cAoAe [
 What pIinciplss' do. gYou lolloM,sin E Maaat gaIllsnts h you ' provide fo'f y6iilf family x
 What connection iss there between.k the body scbvtl Y E aqld the diIt9th E needs of the body xs'sSsa@ M s1'sSss4'fAs
 Z What factors do you consider con- stitute "a bargain in buying cloth ing? s.jl