Williston graphic., 1919-02-13
HELPFUL HINTS FOR THE THRIFTY FARMER

with mothers who live far away from
any center Of population, and this
fact stands out most clearly in my
mind: The remarkable opportunities
q mother in the country has to teach
her children at first hand what the
seasons bring.
Let them have garden of their
own, in which to grow very simple
flowers and vegetables that are hardy
and easily grown.
| Let them have pets to take care
of. This will teach kindness and SER
vice for those dependent upon them
Every child should have daily du-
ties, and if you begin early and make
play Of these tasks, most children
will love to do them, and feel the
Importance of being q real help in
the home. It seems to me that the
three largest factors all through life
are self-control, independence and
obedience, and we cannot being too
early in any child's life to teach these
virtues.
Another thing the far-away moth
er may obtain for her child is books.
Develop early a fondness for books
in your children, and q great battle
is won. All children love fairy tales,
Nature stories and poetry such as
Grimm's and Andersen's Fairy Tales.
Wise selections of the best Of these
"time-tested stories" are now pub
lished by many publishing houses.
Some of the Grimm staories are too
grewsome to tell to children. Kip
! ling's "Just So Stories," and poems
by Robert Louis Stevenson, Eugene
Field, James Whitcomb Riley and
Jessie Wilcox Smith are all excellent
for children to know.
Six years of age is not too early
to begin to build a library for a
child, and the books should be in his
own room, where they can be easily
reached and become constant COM
panions. The books my daughter en-
joyed most at the age Of z were:
In Story Land, Elizabeth Harri-
| son.
kindergarten Story Book, Jane
Hoxie.
Pinocchio, C. Collodi.
Tale of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Pot
ter.
Tale of Tom Kitten, Beatrix Potter.
Seem-So's, L. J. Bridgman.
Story of Noah's Ark, E B. Smith.
Pied Piper of Hamelin, Robert
Browning.
Little Lame Prince, Dinah NJ. Mu-
lock.
Among the Farm Yard People, Clara
D. Pierson.
Among the Night People, Clara D..
Pierson.
Among the Meadow People, Clara
D. Picrson.
Anon gthe Pond People. Clara y.
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Among the Forest People, Clara D.
Pierson.
Poems of Stevenson.
Poems of Field.
Poems of Riley.
Poems of Jessie Wilcox Smith.
The Hollow Tree and Deep Woods
Book, Albert Biglow Paine.
The Hollow Tree Showed In Book,
Albert Biglow Paine.
The Book of Clever Beasts, M, Reed.
Two other subjects loom up in my
mind for the far-away mother, and
they are music and pictures.
The phonograph as an education
al factor has tremendous value.
Through this means the children can
become familiar with all that is hest
in music, either vocal or instrumental;
they can learn not only the music
but about the composers, and the
great men and women who sing and
play various instruments.
A child's taste in picture scan be
cultivated by having in his room
pictures which are good both as to
color and subject. Pictures dealing
with Nature in any form are always
attractive to a child and if they are
hung in the room 50 that the child
can easily study them and even han
die them if he wants to, this adds
much to his enjoyment. ..
There are many book and picture
firms that are only too glad to send
catalogues upon request. The far
away mother can obtain anything Of
this kind she may want by mail, and
if, besides a garden and pets, a
child can have books, music and pic
lures, it seems there is real educa-
ton of the right kind going on.
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