The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-08-31
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% czrch a pun 1r a play IN Eur-fs.
They arH always ready HIr a EUud
lauEf- aHd they arr AL ris happier
iC some Sue WI ens1y ne lsuEt Win
riem.
Fnr-nuars indesn ID he chfId who
ias a teacher Ein indulgss a seuHs
II 1urn1r in 5arh herself and Ter
children And II these same Duuds
racsive fiIrrher enenurzzsmenr az
home car.ugs1 n0ther. tisv dHvas0u
a clean wir whfch IL a joy even While
raey are small The children vha
tally Dlag undsr nF window make n.
MARKS thar rhe clever enough flBr any
Erftsr N uHe IN hts tally aewsuzusr
department 5ur I am not surprised
az c1sir rsmarss wien know ne
teacher Ehn mas them IN charge ar
least four hours each fag She IL
always bHbbang over with mirrli and
never allows tne cfrss0me details oc
r1urne N diuI 1er perspective She
never loses A chance 70 r1rn a word
or a phrase az the pr1ser moment
20 tliat he children ca1cf the hun0r
And they zrBw % IKE rhfs game 0f
mHcehfng Efrs vim me k4enesr alert
mind of the icirtng teacher
I viafrsd chs1 teachers runm one
day and The class was writing a cDm-
position "a -N0r1er- R1Irh raised
her hand and asked. How 10 you
sDsiI 'zxfIIs' Miss Allen hooked
ar her moment in surprise and then
said. Why. Rarh- gou douft mean
you're using that word in a talk of
Mother" zHEh's eyes danced and a
broad smile broks owe rfsr Ezce az
she replied -I inst zsExed mar On
purpose 70 see you I05a surprised I
know how % sDen thar word and I'm
sayfnz ny mother does awful nice
things for ne The idea was thar
he child planned 10 Use thar word
this r. nor the place u discuss the
1r7Drfety u its ussl and when she
Jaw the opportunity for Joke. she
'sir az liberty 70 share her discovery f
With the teacher because there was
.ha5 certainty of appreciation which
Miss Allen had encouraged.
Yesterday that same crowd q emil
ireu rn which 7 have previously rs-
erred Vss exploring the mysteries
= a new house in proeess of eon-
.Jruc1ion. The carpenters had laid
he shingles around The TOP Of the
GOT In bgnches Iust a. they came
rom the lumber yards. and Dorothy 4
.ad never happened 20 ace shingles
r that shape before- So she said
arslessly. I didn't know shingles
anne that way and Bobbie. catch
az the remark quick az a wink. said
How did you think they came. IN
,aste board boxes wrapped in pink
issue paper" Now, Bobbie goes 70
chool % Miss Allen, and in addition
= comes from a family who although
cry modestIy endowed financially.
ave q wonderful faeuIty Of getting
IN out OF life They can construct
gioriOusly happy home on the very
Of adVertsfty. simply be-
aass they mix In that wonderful saw
az grace, a sense Of humor.
Aside from teaching the children
his happy trait, IL is a most help
al factor In adding zest to the daily
asks Of the teacher. A good laugh
: a splendid nerve tonic, az any
'hysician will testify. and the ten
ion Of everIastfngIy-heeping-at-it can
e relieved many times during the
ay By the Well-directed habit Of
gaming on for a moment into
lighter vein Some ehildren as we'll
.s adults are more richly endowed
" nature than others with this char
leteristic Of humor, but IL "a Won
lerf1l what cultivation Of even the
iniest germ viii produce even in the
Oberest and seemingly duIIest indi-
LOckridge Reid.