Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-26
THE LIBRARY TABLE
By the Booklover.

It Is also interesting, which is another
matter. The subtitle OF the book Is
"a message from teachers to parents.
telling what the modern school is
can help" Miss Cleveland was for
many years connected with the De-
troit public schools and one OF its
schools Is named for her. She was
at different times teacher In an ele-
mentary school, in a high school, in
the continuation school, in the school
Of education; she was an elementary
school principal, a supervisor OF the
girls continuation school, OF classes for
err organizations of the city and OF all
the girls and women's activities OF the
public schools She was known by all
the teachers, parents and school chill
dren of Detroit. Her reputation as
constructive educator had become so
established that at the time OF her
death she was being asked to speak
before national educational and social
work organizations and universities. In
an Appreciation Of Elizabeth CleVe.
land" by DR.. Helen T. Wooliey, az
the end of this volume, story Is
told which illustrates the fame OF MISS
Cleveland among school children. the
colored woman who cleaned Miss Cleve.
lands apartment had q 10.year-olo
little girl in the public schools. one
day the child said to her mother
Mother, don't you never dare neglect
Miss Cleveland's room. Do you know
who Miss Cleveland is? She's the mis-
tress of the board Of education" Tne
chanters of Miss Cleveland's book are
Entitled: Health, Command Of Tools
and Fundamental Processes. worthy
Home Membership, Vocation. Recrea-
tion. Citizenship, Character.
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At the end of each chapter are
catechism and list OF suggestions-.,,
"the cooperative. parents catecnsm
and suggested Parent-Teacner Assoc
citation activities" Some OF tne quss-
tions in the catechisms are searching
and might prove embarrassing 10 care
less parents. "Are the adults In the
family living according to whole
some physical routine?" "Is the home
atmosphere free from irritation or de-
pression?" Can I help them ethe
children) at weak points?" Am l
keeping up with the new books on
child psychology, so that I can APP
preciate more and more intelligently
the working of the child mind?" do
my children enjoy their homer" do
they show affection for the members
Of the family and find pleasure in
the house is theirs?" "Are both boys
and girls learning to mend, to wash
dishes, to cook, to keep the house
neat2" Am following the school
lessons In home economics?" Am I
noting carefully the kinds of activities
each Of my children engages IN when
he Is free to choose for himself?"
Have I marked preferences or preju.
dices regarding my children's careers?
Am I in danger of hampering their
free choicest" "Are they learning to
correct or pay for their own mis-
takes?" Are the girls being trained
vocation?" "Have my children plenty
of time to play2" "Do they like to
read? Are they learning to epjoy good
books? Am providing enough?" "Are
they learning to appreciate good music
and art?" Does the spirit of play
pervade the family atmosphere" "Are
they learning to look out for the rights
Of younger children and protect them
from being bossed or bullied?" do
they play fair'?" do they hear dis
cussions OF current events?" SIS my
not cry over trifies or give up easily?"
do they regard cheerfulness as a
duty?" "Am ] guarding against any
tendency on their part to be priggish
or morbidly introspective?" Are they
liked by their mates?"
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Among the suggested Parent-Teacher
Association activities" are the following:
Experiments in school lunches, milk for
undernourished children, etc." lease
studies Of problem children" evening
COURSES for parents in child psychol-
ogy," school exhibits Of sewing, dress
making. cooking, etc." campaigning
for vocational guidance departments or
technical courses in public schools, Z"
assistance to authorities In checking
undesirable kinds of recreation, includ-
ing movie censorship and dance hall in
spection;" Lectures by experts on civic
problems, Endorsement Of legislation
providing better educational conditions"
minded clergymen, social workers and
court ofhcials;" ''round-table discussions
on handling Of lies, stealing, cruelty,
tantrunls and other faults Of children"
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For those who go to Paris to eat
French cooking, Julian Streets where
Paris Dimes" Is valuable accompalii-
ment, especially as it contains a gour-
met vocabulary which may be inspected
before entering a restaurant or while
waiting for e waiter to take the order.
Thus, one may avoid ordering rare duck
when he desires lobster, or calves
brains when he is on the trail of a
souffie. The book is a manual of Paris
restaurants, with much helpful descrip-
ton. The restaurants are classified in
four groups-thoSe of the first class,
than which nothing can be better; those
which are merely distinguished" good
restaurants of the middle class" and
lesser restaurants Of the middle class"
0a he "a Z
the Tour d'Argent, Montague, Joseph
and Voisin, and, of course, he hardly
needs to say that In all of these places
well filled purse Is necessary. In some
OF the secondary restaurants the cook
ing Is as good as In these supreme six,
but prices are lower because they have
not been discovered" In fact, Mr..
Street feels rather guilty about writing
this book and telling Of the good eating
he has found In out-of- the-way places
for fear tourists will flock In, raise prices
and spoil the cooking. This is what
happened to q small restaurant he dis
covered at the top of Montmartre and
wrote about 1t In his Paris q Ia Carte"
some years ago. To his four classes of
other restaurants Mr.. Street adds some
miscellaneous groups-sea food places,
cafes and brasseries-places specializing
IN american food, tea rooms and night
clubs.
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Into the heart of the Central American
tropics, on an island IN the Panama
Canal Zone, DR.. Frank M. Chapman has
retired to observe the wild life of the
region. The cabin which he has built
on this island he calls MY Tropical Air
Castle" and in a book newly published
under that title DR.. Chapman describes
his adventures on the island. DR.. Chap
man has included in his book aStound-
ing photographs which were taken by
means of hidden automatic cameras
worked by traps sprung by the animals
themselves.
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