Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-29
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 Dear Social Corner Friends: The ami nal mother teaches her young the things fhsv need Go know in order to live and to avoid danger. We take the animals and teach them to things that make them safe and useful 10 us. A great many instincts are common to animals Eld to human beings alike. No person shows greater affection or devotion to duty than a weil-trained. intelligent dog.
 But whether animal or human if we tre Co take a useful helpful place Tn the world we have To be prepared for it by Training and teaching and learning. How interesting is the work that the train rd dogs did in the great war-how many lives were saved and how many success luily trained to bark as this would dis iurb the urrd soldiers or give away the r-cret of their position to the enemy And how the dogs learned 10 use their ronderful instinct to decide whether the soldier found was dead or only uncon- Ecious. ard if alive to try and arouse him to he able Co avail himself of the first aid supplies carried by the dog. then chewing off a button from his uni- form Inc dog would hasten back 10 the surgeon who sent him out. so that the colder could hr speedily rescued. Or. if t r-as a dead body he would carry back a different token SO that the rescuers could always know by the object the dog erour-. whether the soldier were alive or mol
 one of ihs worst mistakes ever made is in thinking that children and peo- aie being human will develop without be- Ing taught And our moral senses have l' b- developed in just the same way as we learn arithmetic or Greek or any thing else. Did you ever wonder why % many children of wealthy parents or ef gifted parents turn out badly? fhink it is because the parents believe that their children will inherit or de- velop an the advantages ths. the par pnfs possess Certainly if they under stand they would see that their chill drru were taught all the virtues. Cul- lure is the knowledge and use of the best It may he long time before the principles Of child development and training is understood in the home, but it would certainly be easy 10 make the school training include the right mora training. Tn the, sciN 1ls s the best place for teaching Arericanizsti ton. too.
 lt is not easy to change the ideas oi adults. but they can be reached ana changed easier by the right ideas oi iheir children than in any other way There is always a reason if the hom. ts nof a successful and happy one Sometimes it is because so many chil sren arc spoRd children and keep righ Bn with their selfish petulant gfays i.'on forcs of habit.
 or sometimes the man in the hom 1f ris own develops an unreasonabl and disacrceahIe spirit of bossng every hing and the young wife, who has al Kavs been sheltered from everything un rlss Cant has not been prepared by train ur to know how to meet the condition.
 Many girls n.- have nothing in thei
 N makers and they do not see that the uust make a business of the new du G.s and that confentment and enjoymen Fil come with habit
 Every infant is forming good habit and a good disposition from the first day or ifs life. or bad habits and an ugl Exposition according as they are use' We would not expect good results froi unfrained animals and VIC shall neve get any better results from untraine children and people.
 There ls just one rule needed for happy. successful home, let everyone reasonable. 1t Is very easy to tell v.Ip- say to decide as there is always a zoe reason why it should or should not ! sone 1t is SO much more interesting reason things out. than to decide -aprios and personal prejudice. that V srord an bo reasonable just for the fu Hit
 There arc different kinds. of mothe, ,f course. and a difference in daughter .on.
 should never advise girl to marry nan if his mother was not nice and firnilar standing and ideas as herself, man usually wishes his wife to live ar nave and to do about as his mother h; Hone So if their ways are too dissim ar the girl would probably be made ui aarpy
 mother is tho best friend q girl can has ln her new home. My husbands mothl