The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-15
columns.
THE WIND.
(Ey Alice Wingate Frary.

The winds activities hold the
small child's attention.-the clouds,
the flying flag, windmills and pin
wheels. clothes swaying on the line,
the blowing of children's hair and
the tails OF the fowls, the swaying
trees and grass, while the weather
vane.
Turning, pointing. ever showing
How the merry wind is blowing -
asks repeatedly. Where? How?'
There are a number Of verses
easily memorized which will make
the wind seem friendly element;
The Weathervane. by Laura T.
Richards. Il Saw You Toss the
Kites on High" by Stevenson. and
Christina 2osSetti's''
Who hath seen the wind?
Neither you nor I.
Bit when the trees bow down
their heads
The wind IS passing by"
AS the child makes these verses
his own. listens 70 stories such rs
Jan" lin Mother Stories by Maud
LirdSay) and "Aeolus and the Bag
OF Winds" and learns what the diff
ferent winds bring, he is being wax
ened to finer appreciation OF
force that can be So gentle and yet
so mighty.
Was there ever a child that did
not ask, Where does the wind
come FROM" 1t is part OF the high
Office Of parenthood 10 deepen
chi,d's inherent sense OF reverence
before the elements. 10 prevent II
possible it's deterioration into empty
wonder or morbid fear. 1t is we'll
to cultivate the feeling of awe.
teaching the careless child that the
piling up Of thunder clouds and the
bowing Of wind-swept trees are 10
be appreciated. by this same ap-
probation leading the 1imid one out
Of his fear.
The wind signifies the spirit. No
mother who desires a wcll-round-
ed development for her child will
fail TO recognize his need Of inner
strength. his misconceptions that
need strengthening. While the
kingdom Of heaven is the inheri-
tance OF child like hearts, children
have need OF guidance. and they
guide us too, when We are clear
sighted enough TO respond, but our
emphasis upon values which are
unseen helps 10 raise our children's
standards. Froebers Mother Play
Of the Weathervane brings TO the
child its tale of the winds work
and play; to the mother il brings
a reminder OF the inner forces
that must be strengthened
the inner light that may illumine
puzZling situations. Two books
which are helpful in this rcspec,
are THE Notebook OF an Adopted
Mother" by Eleanor Davids (E.
e. Duton Company. New Yorko
and The Spiritual Care OF a
Child" by Anna Robertson Lind
say CT. y. Crowell Company, New
York; the latter with its vigor-
Gus reinsurance OIL Al tTulu All too
easily ignored.
only God can bring up a child.
Nothing Will bridge the aybss OF the
actual and the ideal except faith.
hope, love. work. and the imme-
diate help OF Divinity
! The Weathervane-Songs and
Music Of Froehefs Mother Play by
Susan r. Bow. Publisher-D. APP
plcton & Co., New York.
The W'ind-A Child's Garden of
Verses by Robert Louise Steven
son. Publisher, Henry Altemus
Company. Philadelphia.
.Ian-Mothcr stories by Maud
Lindsay Publisher Milton Bradley
Company. Springfield, Mass.
AeoluS. the Keeper Of the Winds.
MY,hland. Vol. |. by Helen Beck
with. Publisher. Educational Pub
fishing Co. New York.
OdysSeus and the Bag OF Winds
In the Child'S World by Emily
Poullson. Publisher. Milton Brad
ley Co. Springfield. Mass.