Evening star., 1938-07-18
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Do Not Start
What Can't
BeFinished
Sounder Beginnings
Make for a Better
End in All Things.
By ANGELO PATRI.

ny ANOELO fAIhI.
THE kind of start one makes has
much to do with the quality of
the end, and its success. This holds
true in every field of endeavor,
whether it Is rearing a child or max
ing q cake. Start right. It will be
easier to make a good end.
The mature man or woman is re-
vealed in the child. From the start
the character is indicated and the
mother has many hints as to what
should be done in one direction or
another. Temper. temperament,
strengths and weaknesses, gifts and
handicaps, all show before adoles-
cence comes to set them. If correc-
tions are to be made they must be
made at the beginning; if qualities
are to be cultivated the cultivation
starts when the first sign of quality
shows.
1t Is well to begin on a plane that
one can stay on for some time.
mean by that, stay within the means
Of your housekeeping, the type of
education you give the children, the
quality Of the food and the clothes
they get. or the friends they make
Start simply, well within your hopes.
Start training the baby in the fun
damentals of regularity, cleanliness,
obedience. Hold fast to those points
until they are well set before be-
ginning to teach him prettinesses
like bows and smiles or exhibition
stunts of any sorts. Teach him SIM
pie rhymes, prayers and songs so that
his speech starts with simple, beauti-
full words that grow out of simple,
beautiful thoughts. With that start
he can decorate his speech no end.
But make sure of the sound simple
structure at the start.
Select the simplest clothes for the
children in the beginning. Pretty in
cut and color. but simple and mex
pensive. Don't buy expensive things
whose abuse must worry you. Chill
tren learn to take care of their be-
longings only after years of expert
ence and the experience will have
bitter flavor if it has cost too many
tears.
Start on plane you can expect
to finish on without sJraining every
financial nerve in the family's budget.
Take the school that is within your
means. The expensive school rarely
offers more educational quality than
the less costly one. Don't bother
about the social contacts your chill
dren might make in the expensive
place. Those contacts depend upon
money and if you haven't 1t. you
haven't 1t all round, which means
that your child cannot wear the
clothes, keep up the friendships. go
to the same places, as the others
And what good if they did at the ex-
pense of their fathers health and
their mothers peace of mind? Better
start where you can finish gracefully
Don't start what you can't finish
Look well ahead. Maybe you can
afford this expensive matter for this
one child. How about the next and
the next? 1t Is always hard to have
to go down the scale. Much better,
much healthier much more profit
able to go up. Going up implies the
lower start Starting at the top
there is not much choice as to where
one goes next. 1t is always down
Begin wisely.
Mr.. Patri has prepared a leaflet
entitled Poor Readers" in which
he gives parents many suggestions
on how to help children to improve
their reading. Send for it, addressing
your request to Mr.. Angelo Patri,
Child Psychology Department of this
paper Inclose self-addressed,
stamped t3-cent) envelope.
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