Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-05


be good citizens and intelligent rnr7n-
bers of society.
But. aside from an scho~,Ifng - ne
conventional SORT ther~ ~ crrtain
cultural education-ror want - a h~-.-
ter name-that is u the utrno~t TN
portanoe- with i. a man - woman
with a mediocre Bchoounz 3 we4l -fu-
Gated Without il, college -radusis
with many degrees lacks s0ne;hinE
almost essential 70 real educaaon-
II Is an interesting ching 'hat y
some ages or The past when educafi0r
among women was discouraged. her
were nevertheless capable ~ he-omlnR
the most brilliant conve-sationalists.
They took an intelligent and active
part in politics and diplomacy Thev
developed into women n intellectual
taste. And perhaps that was due -
the fart that although they Ee~r nor
Taught 70 read and write they Were
surrounded IN childhood With Al fntcl
lectuaI society. They met men ~
ters and women II plt- They Fere. =
spite Of The bad schooling ~ ne day
really educated n taac wider. c1lturaI
sense.
Madame De Genlis vas n eighteenth
and early nineteenth century French
woman who became an autbo-7ty or
education, a brilliant writer and one y
those women who buiit Ep ne F'rencn
salons Her education s interesting ~
Al example Of the way many - he
most brilliant women n tne French
salon period were educatei. Her faLher
who was q student u natural science
wished her % De lnafra.l. 80 e
taught her 70 handle frogs nd 80 DER
But &c id not tea1a d her -le subjects
IN which ne himself Vas so interest 49,.
The little giri vas taught ID sence.
She was introduced TO novei reading D.
sixteen year-oid governess who vas
herself quite without training a. A
teacher. Her mothers maids told her
stories. Her mother taught her 20 act
To be sure this child. unlike many
others q her tine. earned % rad
when she Was young. But 1G1 ler
marriage her education consisted 4 3
little ca.echism. j little music a smat-
terlng Of history and he art ~ needle
work After she vas married. tbs
young woman educated herselt-
Now the whole point : -hat. withCu-
the usual training n The three IS ,ha.
IS 50 commendable, 50 necessary. -
really good education. this woman. H.
SO many others Of her day. had acgul-el
really Interesting in,ziiectul IA. Is
ground-even before She stI-tet u -
educate herself The acqua.utancc
spiders and mice. the feuc.cg .he abr.
ity - act bis - The comedies a1
Tragedies of The lar The lore
and FAIRY story sccreL IN her u.ns-
al these things we're. arter iii - -ca-
Importance N her men-l dove bpruea
What the modern pa-en. ought to 3.
and what uaheS beng j m.~i,-- rf-
ent really iutercStinS is 10 -, tAat -r.
modern child gets both tho cor,,nt.o. {,
school education sard thc int ~est..-
sort of intellcrta1' Background rs
home training gives }.s
As for Books.
There are two WAYS q. maAus ol,,>-
of a general aatu-,, heIpfl' IA ,hc 81
Cural training Of a child. one : .1 I'D.
a few good books N the disposal II th.
child. The child masters them loves
them a. friends reads ana ~Dr,.tl.
them. sometimes writes stcries h8~,~l
on them We have an heard Il some
Of the great men Of ou~ own couutrN
who grew UP with TWO Or ta~er boohs
the Bible, perhaps, i coutrah.lnd sop,
of Robinson Crusoe. ana & "Histurs of
the World" in one big volume Or
maybe il was a 0ne old volume vt
shakespeare n all iu One t1lgr,m.s
Progress" ana The scottish Chiefs
1t didn't much matter What a couple
of really good books that hccuTnc child
hood companions are / wonderful edu
cation in themselves.
The second way IS to turn -he ch.1
loose in HETEROGENEOUS brtry 90
course, tho youthful taste needs guid-
ing. II YOU can trust the chid in
question, it is FAR better not rs forbid
certain books Ii is bettor to advise
the child not to read them. q tell him
that they arc too old for him, unplels-