Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-12-26

chance TO imrress forever u,sx m.
young mind a clean and whole. ONE
knowledge Of one Of the most impor.
tant facts Of nature.
Let the mother strive for two things:
TO start the child with a beautiful and
reverent feeling con eerning the origin
~ life: to give this knowledge before
the child can learn 1t in a harmful why
outside the home.
IL Is well To anticipate the direct
question by getting ready before the
child is old enough 10 ask II. How 10
d" This! Begin. perhaps. with seeds.
SHOW the seed-pois Of any plant. The
seeds are the children Of the plant.
The plant gives them protection and
fteds them with It's Juices. They are
part OF the plant. The plant is the
mother Of the seeds. When the seeds
are ripe the pod opens and the seeds
leave their mother 10 live their own
separate lives.
Dwell upon the care the mother plant
takes of her little seed children, Of the
beautiful flower petals she wraps about
the tiny pod. Speak often and rev.
erentiy of motherhood. Make the little
boy as well as the little girl under.
stand and love the mother.
Lessons From Nature.
In the springtime show birds nests
1t possible. II not. show pictures md
talk about the building aud how both
parents engage in 1t. Then show or tell
about the eggs. Explain how the eggs
grew inside the mother-hird. They are
Il part of her just M the seeds are Il
part Of the plant. When the eggs are
ready the bird lays them in the pretty
nest and sits on them to keep them
warm. The father bird sings to her
and feeds her. Both birds love the
baby birds and as 500 as they hatch
out. father bird and mother bird feed
them md care for them and teach them
to fly. A hen sitting on her eggs can
he used to teach the lesson. The
egg grew in the hen. How wonderful
it is that Il little egg can change into a
beautiful bird or a cunning little chick
en-. AS the child grows older lend
him to notice that the seed grows into
II pInnt just like the parent, that the
egg becomes n bird like the parent.
Tell the child how important it II for
children to come from good parents
Speak Of parents and children when
talking Of plants and birds; this will
cause the child unconsciously to con
meet the ideas gained about plants and
birds with human life.
When a chance comes to show thu
child young kittens or puppies or rab
bits, or the young Of any animal, tel
him quite frankly, whether he asks o.
not, that OF course the young one'
come from the mother. that befor'
they were born they were n part o
her. Make 1t all seem natural to tn
child.
Teach Mother.love.
Dwell upon the love and care tn
mother everywhere bestows upon he
children. Include father-love whereve
1t is expressed In the lower animals
When at last the great questio
comes, the child will probably answe
II himself: mamma, did ! come fror
you?" "Yes. darling, you were once
part Of mother. How mother loves ne
little son (daughter)
Each mother will think Of a way I
tell the story according to circun
stances. Only remember two thing
Tell the story properly before anybod
gets ahead of you and poisons til
child's mad. And tell 1t in n way
make the child reverence and 10,
p%arenthood.