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The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-10
CHILD'S EVERYDAY EDUCATION
BY KATHERINE BEEBE.
(Author of kindergarten Activltles.")

she say to herself consciously or sub
consciously? Let us be honest and
face the facts, for judging by her re-
suits it is something like this: ut is
lovely to have this darling baby and
| am just going to enjoy him In my
own way; don't believe these people
who make such fuss about training
children get on better than those of us
who don't bother about all this mod
ern hlghbrow stuff. A mother knows
best what to do for her own child. OF
course l will take good care of his
body for l want him to be well, but for
the first few years am going to let
him be happy little animal. / don't
like to play with children anyway,
and reading to them Is a bore. Be
sides, am too busy. He can just play
around as other children do and when
the time comes, go to the kindergarten
and to school and be taught there.
While he is at home and my baby am
going to do just as l want with him.
Being my child, he will of course come
out all right in the end"
Danger In Neglect.
Now sometimes he does, but In spite
Of home influences rather than because
of them. Thanks to his teachers, his
companions and the sharp lessons Of
experience he often manages TO grow
up fairly decent man. But. oh, what
he has missed And alas for the pow.
ers of mind and soul which never I'M
folded, for the spiritual development
unpossessed which might have been
hist
On the other hand, often he doesn't.
and IN view OF this fact how does any
mother dare to take chances2 For
from the ranks Of the so-called. and
well-called. spoiled children come the
fretful, fractions, screaming, unhappy
babies; the shy. self-conscious and I'M
controlled kindergarten children; the
irresponsible scatter-brains of the pub
lie school whose school life Is one long
series or adjustments between parents
and teachers; those high school stu
dents who arrive In college with no
powers Of work or concentration the
girl who Is boy crazy" the boy who
goes wrong. From this class are re-
crulted those children who. as every
teacher knows, have perverted
ideas Of the facts OF life and bad
physical habits. those youths and
maidens whose lives are blighted on
the threshold; those cases Of Adde'S
cents which furnish newspaper articles
sometimes with large headlines. In
the light Of the facts that these things
are all about rs how does any mother
dare to neglect that ali-lmportant
thing. her child's everyday educatIonf
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-10

that Benjamin was on the steamer
with them, thought you should know.
I have warned him to be careful how
he speaks before Carolyn May. You
may wish to hear the story at first
hand"
THANK you" choked Joseph Stagg.
He wanted to say more, but could not.
Benjamin Hardy's watery eyes
blinked, and he blew his nose.
"Aye, aye, mattel" he rumbled, hard
lines-for a fact. / give my testi-
mony fore the consul when we was
landed-so did all that was left Of us
from the Dunraven. Me bein' an UNI
lettered man, they didn't run me very
clos't. / can't add much more to 1t.
AS I say, that purser's boat your
sister and her sickly husband was In
had jest as good a chance as we had.
We nigh bumped into each other soon
after the Dunraven sunk. SO, then.
we pulled off Always from each other.
Then the fog rolled up from the Afri-
can shore-a heap O. fog, mate. 1t
sponged out the lamp In the purser's
boat. We never seen no more Of 'em
nor heard no MORE"
"And were Hannah-were my sister
and her husband In that boati" queried
Mr.. Stage thoughtfully.
II am sure, by the details Benjamin
has given me-" said Miss Amanda soft.
ly, shat your sister and Mr.. Cameron
were two of Its passengers"
swell, It's a long time ago, now"
said the hardware dealer. Surely. II
they had been picked up or had reached
the coast of Africa, we would have
heard about It"
SIT would seem so" the woman
agreed gently.
"You never know what may happen
at sea, mister, till Il happens" Benjn'
min Hardy declared. "What became Of
that boat"
He seemed to stick to that idea. But
the possibility of the small boats hav
Ing escaped seemed utterly preposter
Gus to Mr.. Stagg. He arose to depart.
Miss Amanda followed the hardware
dealer to the outer door.
I'm sorry" she said simply.
"Thank-thank you." murmured Jo'
seph Stage before she closed the door,
he went on to town, his mind
strangely disturbed. II was not hii
sisters fate that filed his heart and
brain. but thoughts of Miss Amanda.
She had deliberately broken the
silence Of yearsi OF course, II might
be attributed to her interest in Carolyn
May only. Jet the. hardware dealer
wondered.
Go BE coNrrNuEDJ
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-10
Kindergarten
Helps for Parents
Articles Issued BY fhe Department
offhe Interior, Bureau OF Education
and fhe
National ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
WORK AND PLAY TOGETHER
Ry MAS. PRESTON r. eAss.


Very little children of two and three
years require the companionshlp Of
other children in work and play as
much as those Of recognized kinder
garten age. The child Of two is In
tensely interested In the activities Of
children four, five and six years old,
and is able to initiate, enlarge his
knowledge and experience, and even
share in their activities. The activi-
tiles Of the adults about him, while they
can be initiated and in some measure
shared by him, cannot have the same
value in his mental or physical devel-
opment.
When daddy saws large board with
a large saw. the two-year-old is inter-
ested; but when the four-year-old saws
q small board with small saw, pos
sibly making some toy that will be
used by the little one, he is more than
interested-he saws wood as soon as
he can. Watch an adult try to amuse
this twO-year-Old with a new box of
blocks. Invariably the blocks are piled
high for steps, towers, arches and so
forth, and the little child finds great
delight in sending the blocks tumbling
with crash to the floor. He takes
no particular pleasure in the building
of one block upon another, and we
think he has not yet reached the age
for building. Now the group Of older
children making structures with these
same blocks do not pile them one up
on another, but lay them side by side,
to form the walls of house for the
doll or barn for the woolly dog. And
Immediately the little one is interest
ed, not in tumbling the blocks down,
however, but in laying them beside
each other, one after another.
In Any Home.
Many mothers realize this need of
their children to have group activity,
but know of no way in which to bring
the group together until they are ready
for the regular kindergarten. 1t can
be accomplished in almost any home,
however, If the mother Is willing to de-
vote few hours a day to working
and playing with the children in the
immediate neighborhood under school
age, or those at home for the long sum-
mer vacation.
Whenever the weather will hermit
activities are best carried on out of
doors and very little equipment is nec-
essary; a sand pile, IL possible, an I'M
used kitchen table, or wide board laid
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-10

Gave on the Sunday when Prince hTA
killed the blacksnake, Miss Amands
had not spoken directly to the bard
ware merchant in all these hungry
years. 1t rather shocked Joseph Stays
now that she should do so.
"Will you come INF" she urged him
her voice rather tremulous.
There was a moment Of absolute 81
lence.
"Bless mel Yes!" calculated the
hardware man finally.
~ assure you, Mr.. Stage" Miss
Amanda said hurrledly, st is no per-
sonal matter that causes me to stop
you In this fashion"
mo, ma'ami" responded the man
stif1y.
II want you to come In and speak
with this sailor who was hurt" she
finally said. "There is something he
can tell you, Mr.. Stage. that l think
you should know"
The big rockingham by the window,
in which Miss Amanda's mother had
for several years before her death
spent her waking hours, was now &C.
cupled by the sailor.
'This is the little girls uncle, Ben
jamin." Miss Amanda said quietly. HE
will be interested in what you have al
roadxv AoId mn ohav,f tha Iooo nR Aha
Dunrayen. WIN you please repeat 1t
all?"
"The DunravenT gasped Mr.. Stagg.
sitting down without being asked.
Hannah" :
"There is no hope, Of course" Amap.
da Parlow spoke up quickly, shat your
sister, Mr.. Stage, and her husband
were not lost. But having found put
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CHAPTER lx--contlnued.


els TT Well, no, they didn't tell me
that" admitted the visitor, "or I'd not
started SO late. You see, come up on
q schooner. This here lake boatin'
amt In my line I'm deep-water, /
am"
$50 I shOaid s'pose," said Mr.. Par.
low. How'd you git up here. any
wayr'
'The war;" said the visitor. "The
war done It Couldn't git a good berth
In any deep-water bottom. So ! thought
I'd try fresh-water sailin'. tell you,
matey, I been workin' as quartermas-
ters mate on the old Cross and Cres-
cent line. a-scootin' cross to Naples
from N'York-there and back-goin'
ON ten year."
"What did you leave your boat forT'
asked the carpenter curiously.
SShe was sunk. There's things hap
PENN over to the other side Of the
ocean, mate" said the injured man
earnestly, "that you wouldn't believe
mo, slrl The Cross and Crescent
tines give up business till after the
wars over. reckon"
you'd better not encourage him to
talk any more. father" interposed Miss
Amanda, coming into the room again.
'The best thing he can do for himself
Is to sleep for WHILE"
"Thank We, ma'am," said the sailor
humbly. "I'll try"
Darkness came on apace. The sky
had become overcast, and there was
promise of a stormy night-more
snow, perhaps. But Miss Amanda
would not allow Carolyn May and
Prince to start for home at once.
"Watch for your uncle, Carolyn May,
out of the front-room window, and be
all ready to go with him when he
comes along" said Miss Parlow.
When Uncle Joe came along, Carolyn
May ran out and hailed him from the
porch.
"Wait for me, Uncle Joel Walt for
me and Princey, pleased Just let me
get my mittens and Princes harness
and kiss Miss Mandy"
That last she did most soundly, and
in full view of the man waiting In the
white road.
"Oh, Uncle Joe, I've got just the won
derfulest story to tell you'll Shall we
harness Prince up again, or will you"
II can't wait for the dog, Car'lyn
May. I'm in a hurry. You oughtn't to
be out In this wind, either. Get aboard
your sled, now, and I'll drag you my
SELF" Mr.. Stage interrupted.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-10

on any available foundation, with box
es for seats or the little chairs which
each child may bring from home. The
materials already on hand for use by
the children in the home, such as balls.
bean bags. blocks, Mother Goose and
other story books, will serve the whole
group. The other mothers of the neigh
borhood are sure to be willing to con-
tribute, for the use of all, materials
which their own children possess, and
each child can bring some Of his PEN
mics for the purchase of paper, paste,
crayons, and so forth.
Fortunately, when we built our six
room bungalow we provided a nursery
for our little ones, a large practical
room with fireplace and built-in
shelves, so that our group found space
for all indoor activities there. Any
room not needed for other purposes at
the time of the school session might
be used equally well.
AS a center for outdoor work and
play, we had a sandpile. under the
trees. This had been left by the build
ers, and to close 1t In the children dug
trenches on four sides, into which we
inserted planks.
Baby Center Of Attraction.
For pets we had goldfish, mother
bunny with little ones, and our own
tiny baby of three months. The baby
served as center for many Of our
doIngs; many times our songs were
sung to him, our houses of blocks made
for him, our table constructed for him.
The children watched him grow
through the months and he was the
real handspring of our group life.
Since the group was made up OF
children of varying ages, each younger
child depended on an older for leader
ship, assistance and consideration.
The acknowledgements learned to
lend a hand to the four-year-olds and
to be patient and kind with the littlest
ones.
Having neighborhood nursery
school has tremendous advantage for
the busy mother who has difficulty In
finding time for uninterrupted work
and play with her own child. Children
will play contentedly together for long
hours, especially if they are provided
with a few materials to work with.
And as the hours Of the nursery school
are known in the vicinity, the children
confne their visits more and more to
this time. The whole routine Of house.
work is accomplished more quickly and
in better spirits when at the same time
the mind is occupied with the learning
of stories, finger plays, songs games,
and so forth, and on the planning of
work for the children.
The nursery neighborhood school not
only affords the busy mother In the
ordinary home a means of giving the
right kind of training to her own child,
but it provides the opportunity for
knowing, in an intimate and unusually
happy relationship, the children who
are to be his playmates for number
of years.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-10

In one of her interesting and illumi-
mating articles published by the Out
look Elizabeth Childs quotes at length
from a book by Gayley called "Idols
of Education" in which the trials of
the college with uneducated high
school students, of the high school
with uneducated grammar pupils, and
of the grammar school with unedu-
Gated children from the homes are con-
,vincingly set forth; the conclusion be-
Ding that many child arrives In the
kindergarten "a badly damaged arti-
Gle"
Kindergartners know this to be true.
When the new group comes In In Sep
,tember its members can at once be
roughly classified into two divisions,
the trained and the unframed. The
former are the teachers delight. the
latter her problem. The former can be
led onward and upward by means of
a normal and joyous activity without
friction or loss of time. The latter
must be worked over, wept over, ex-
perimented with, disciplined and led as
far along the road as their unfortunate
variety Of handlcaps will permit.
The Mothers Viewpoint.
Now what has happened at home to
two such little creatures equally en-
.dowed at birth? What is the reason
for this unhappy difference? The an
swer is In the fact that the mother of
the one child from the first intlmation
of Its existence has consciously or sub
consciously reasoned with herself In
some such way as this: This little
new life viii come to me possessed of
growing body. and expanding mind,
developing soul. During the first
years his growth win be SO rapid and
SO vigorous that what he learns viii
set the tendencies for his whole fu-
ture. He will get In proportion more
education In the first five years than
In the twenty which follow, and this
education will be an everyday educa-
ton. During. oil his waking hours he
viii be learning. observing. absorbing.
Everything he sees. everything he
hears. everything he does win count.
II want him to be- strong. alert. wise
and good must begin at the beginning
and carry on: must learn from the
best authorities how to care for his
precious body; 7 must take counsel
with experts In child training for the
sake Of his opening mind: ! must talk
to him, walk with him. play with him.
read to him: I must provide for him
place In which TO play as well IS 70
eat end sleep; I must see that he has
playmates: must teach him to play
alone, to entertain himself; he mist
learn to love to work. first By helping
me and later by having set tasks; |
must know where he Is and what he Is
doing all the time and we two must
Be loving. sympathetic. intimate
friends
And that other mother-what dies
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-10

Chattanooga = Lieut. Col Knowles,
commander OF the base hospital at
Fort Oglethorpe. said that very few Of
OTIS force weald be discharged from
service. They viii be kept intact to
ook after the hospital during the de-
mobilization period. and then to care
fnr wounded soldiers
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-10

Knoxville. - Col Cary D. Spence.
commander OF the nth regiment.
s0th division. A. z. r. in letter from
France, estimates the number OF cas-
nalties suffered Ly his regiment az
1000, Of which is per cent we're killed
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-10

Swiftly Joseph stage Trudsed Towards
Home, Dragging Carolyn May 20
hind Him.
20 tell Of her discovery In the snow
and about the old sailor now lying
asleep on the Parlow couch.
OF course. when Carolyn May ar
rived at home, the story had to be told
all over again to Aunty Rose Ken
needy.
"A mighty plucky youngster. this
Carlyn May Of ours. Uncle Joe re
marked. "what do you say. Aunty
RoseTs
~She Is. indeed. Joseph Stage
agreed the woman.
Carolyn May insisted on going to the
Pariow house herself after school the
next afternoon to inquire about her
rsailor man.
When she had been kissed BY Miss
Amanda. and Prince bad lain down By
the kitchen image. the little girl de-
Usnded:
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CHAPTER xI.

VIII Wonders Never Cease1
Again 1t showed all night.
II was On the next day, and at noon
time, when Mr.. Stage was returning to
the store, that q most astounding thing
happened.
Mr.. Stagg was walking briskly to-
ward Sunrise Cove In his big felt snow
boots such rs all men wore In that To-
callty, and was abreast Of the Parlow
shop and cottage-whIch he always
sought TO avoid looking at-when he
heard door open and close.
He tried not to look that way. But
his ear told him instantly that the per-
son who had come out was Miss Aman-
da, rather than her father. Knowing
this hvw could he help darling a
glszce at heri
Miss Amanda stood on the porch,
looking directly 1t him.
-Mr. Etagg- she called earnestly. Il
must speak % xon-
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-10

At Camp Dodge one night Swede
was on guard duty. Being new to the
business. time dragged slowly, but
finally the officer with relief cam
along. The Swede said: 'Halt" They
halted, and next he said: "Who was
DAFT" The officer replied: "ofacef
with relief" The sentry. after wait
ing several minutes In vain attempt
to recall to mind what he should say.
brought forth this startling command.
Dismiss yourselfs and De reconciled.s
Needless to say the stiffness Of tn
night was broken By O roar of laugh
ter.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-10
CHAPTER x.
A saIt-sea Flavor.

Swiftly Joseph Stage trudged to-
ward home, dragging Carolyn May be-
hind him.
"Oh, dear mel" exclaimed the little
girl with exultation, "we're all so ex-
cited, Uncle Joel"
Il can see you're all Of a-twitter,"
be returned absent-mindedly. "What's
the matterr
"Oh, you never could guessl" was
Carolyn Mays introduction, and forth
with, in breathless sentences, went on
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-10

didn't the kaiser send you his pho
and the iron croSsy~
"Tes They went together nicely /:
a scrap Of paper and paper WEIGHT
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-10

Memphis-T. ]. Buzard has received
a letter from his son. Thomas v. Blu
Eard. of the forestry division. Ameri-
can expeditionary force. stating that
his left hand was caught in the saw
at a saw,nill where he vas superin-
tendent and amputated at the wrist
Young Buza-d enlisted In the forestry
division in Memphis Nov. "a, 1917. He
sailed for France Jan. 2. Since arriv-
ing "oyer there" be has been in charge
Of sawmill work IN the big forests OF
Eastern France.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-10

Memphis. More than 200 Mem.
phis soldier boys in training In AmeriI
can camps have been demobilized and
returned home. The chief camps turn
ing out local boys were Camps shelby.
Miss; Camp Gordon, Ga; Camp Pike.
Ark: Camp Mcclellan and camps in
New Jersey and New York. where
they were prepared to 60 over
Connecticut western news., 1919-04-24

Peabody--Ophthalmic optician will be at Mrs. George Wilcox April 28, 29.-adv.
 Rev. and Mrs. A. B. Crichton motored from Bantam on Monday to attend the funeral of Miss Ella Brown.
 Mrs. Joseph Franks and daughters have been spending few days in Sharon. -
 Clarence Adams is confined to his home with the humps. !
 Lyman Michaels of the 102d in- fantry has been in East Canaan on a furlough and visited his sister, Mrs Harry Taylor here. MT. Michaels expects to be discharged the last of the month. He has been overseas 19 months, was gassed once and wounded once, necessitating five weeks stay in the hospital. Neither case was serious, however.
 MT. and Mrs. Thomas Sweeney of Ansonia were over-Sunday guests at John Flynn's. MT. and Mrs. Sweeney expect to return to Canaan to make their home.
Connecticut western news., 1919-04-24

MT. and Mrs. F. N. Glass left Tues day for Hudson, N. Y. where they will visit relatives.
 Mrs. Nellie Blunt of Great Bar rington is visiting at the home of her brother, Winthrop Wyckoff.
 Mrs. Albert Barnes has returned from Fairview hospital where she recently underwent an operation for the removal of her tonsils.
 There will be an early communion service at Christ church at ? o'clock on Sunday a. m., and regular ser vices at Il a. m. with special music.
 Howard Lathrop has been visiting friends in Bridgeport.
 Lewis P. Roraback was home from Cheshire over Easter.
Connecticut western news., 1919-04-24
SEED POTATOES.

We urge you to order your Maine Seed Potatoes at once. Our supply is nearly exhausted and at this price-$2.25 per bushel-no more can be 'ob- tained.
 The varieties are Rose, Cobbler and Green Mountain.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-09-25

Cellini, sculptor. and is the head of
the great Emperor Titus as child,
1t Is from this scroll that 1t derives its
name Of Emperor"
The instrument remained In the
Feurlni museum until Napoleon the
Great with his army crossed the Aims
and took Milan. A Corsican soldier
took II as his share of the spoIls from
the museum and carried It back to
France with him. After listening to
a recital given by Ranchery, a great
French violin vlrtuoso of that day, he
presented him with the emperor"
The violin became a favorite with
i,anchery and was his constant com.
panion, even after paralysis brough.
his brilliant musical career to close.
When Ranchery came to realize that
he was about to die he sent for Ole
Bull, who was then In Paris. having at.
tanned the zenith of his career, and
presented him with the now famous
instrument and told him its history.
"This Is the history Of Emperor
remarked Ole Bull, "and not even
king or ruler may talk when my En-
peror' speaks" He then turned to Ole
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-09-25
GLENN DUNLAP
IN AUTO ACCIDENT

Glenn Dunlap met with an auto
accident last Saturday afteroon that
will lay him up for some time.
He was on his way home from
Bushnell. Nebr., Kidding a Ford that
had been stripped Of all superfluous
furniture and was seated upon the
gasoline tank. Seated upon this un-
certain support, he struck rut in
front of the Fowler place and the
car left the road and went through
the aecrobatic stunt of turning a
couple OF summer saults. The car
was smashed up pretty badly end
Glenn came out with his right leg
broken below the knee, one bone in
two places and the other in one
Fortunately he was not far from
home at the time Of the accident
and DR.. Miller was soon summoned
and reduced the fracture.
He is now rast.lg quitc eomloita-
bly,.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-09-25
SCHOOL ENROLMENT
HAS INCREASED

The third OF week OF school is we'll
gone and growing enrolment shows
that all children of compulsory age
In school so far as we can discover.
with continual changes in popula-
tion 1t is possible for some evasions of
the law to escape detection for
time, but we hope all citizens will
feel free to call attention to any
case that has escaped the notice of
teachers or board.
The enrolment by rooms Is now