The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-14

| II eagerly, every word of it, deter
mined to make use of it. And this is
how l did. Not long ago our next
door neighbor was visited by the
stork. Ethel is a very quick -witted
child, and Mrs. Ms appearance before
the event and her illness at the time
did not escape my daughters observa-
ton. Standing at my side one day,
her eyes fixed upon my face. she de-
manded:
Mother. where do the babies come
FROM
II saw that any attempt to rrevari-
cate would be useless. so l took her
on my lap and talked to her long
and earnestly.
Il told her that God sends the lit
tie ones to US; that He has prepared
place for them within the mothers
own body. where she carries the little
one close to her heart. keeping it
warm and nourishing it with her own
blood, until it grows strong enough
to help itself a little wee bit. when
He puts it into the mothers arms to
rear and tend until it grows into 4
girl or a boy. big enough to help and
run errands for the mother. l told
her that the little brides come to
the mother birds in the same way.
only that the mother bird lays the
eggs and sits on them to keep them
warm until the birdlings get. strong
enough to peck holes in the shells ana
hatch themselves. I told her. too.
that the trees and the flowers also
have their children; that there ar.
father and mother flowers. sometimes
separate, sometimes on the same stem.
We went out into the garden and
we opened a rose pip in which the
mother rose had tucked away the tiny
seeds to be sheltered from harm.
Ethel was intensely interested, as
every child would be, and 1 believe
from my words she got a childish
grasp of the wonderful unity of all
life that will ennoble and uplift her
for all time. There are, of course,
many things she cannot yet under
stand, does not even question. but l
spoke of that to her and told her
whenever she wanted to know any
thing more about these things to come
and ask me and I would answer her
questions truthfully. She Is now deep
ly interested in the propagation of
flowers. All her interest in the sub
ject seems centered in that
Each of you must work out your
ways and means for yourself. dear
mothers of the Mothers Club. ac-
cording as your problem presents It.
self But just remember this: Ig
norance Is not innocence. The mis-
take we have made in the past is in
thinking that it is.
The Age for Short Clothes.
Mrs J. asks: when shall put my |
baby into short clothesr'
1t Is the custom to shorten the |
baby's clothes much sooner now than |
1t used to be. Formerly very Ions !
and often heavy skirts were used I'M
til the child was or 9 months OLD. |
Now some mothers put thir babies
into the little second clothes when |
they are only 8 or 4 months old. I
should say 1t would depend somewhat
upon tho season of the year. You
run less risk in making the change
in the summer time.
Keeping Up with the Children.
Mrs. B. writes: MY two children
are in high school and are getting |
beyond me in knowledge. How can
I keep up with them"
Your ambition to keep pace with
your children is very commendable. If
you live near a college or a university
and have time to take one or more
Of the courses OF study offered, you
will get the intellectual stimulus you
want. Or you might join a woman's
study club. am sure there is one
In your neiGhborhood. Any good
course Of study. or reading, syste-
pursued. will keep you from
falling behind your children.