The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23

self is only an acute form of home
sickness; bitter longing for the
old faces, the old voices, the dear
old ways. 1t seems to Jean and
Ann today that they never will re-
place the lost associations; but they
will, and a year from now they will
be innocently wondering how they
could ever have feared that life
would never be satisfying again.
When you do leave for short holi-
days, go where nice young people
90. This is one infallible way of
making acquaintance. Boys will
dance with Jean, girls will shyly
make overtures of friendship to Ann,
and before you know it you will be
meeting mothers, discussing school
ing, and sharing plans for the au-
tumn.
When you get this far, your next
step is a hard one, but I think it is
perhaps the most important duty
that falls to a father and mother.
I mean the duty of drawing little
circle of associates about your girls,
knowing something about every one
of the young men, and sacrificing
not only your own time and COM
fort, but your own pride, in sense,
until you get things started.
By pride I mean that you must
take the hurts that youth quite I'M
consciously will infict upon you and
your plans. Mother, his own house
is just palatial!" Jean will say, when
you speak of asking the nice Robin
son boy over to spend an evening
with you. Mother, all my friends
go to the movies and they all ex-
pect to 60 to the movies!" Ann will
wall, at the suggestion OF chocolate
shakes, cookies and games at home.
Suggests Games.
But perSevere Ask a few young
sters to come in to celebrate-oh,
anything! jeans birthday, Admis-
sion day, Fourth of July. Have pen
ellis, scratch pads and suggestions
ready. No matter how awkward
they are in starting, games will
break the ice, and when you slip
away to see to the refreshments
they will be carrying on at great
rate, on their own.
| Make up your mind that at the
first attempt you probably will draw
seven girls and two boys; that a
the last moment the boy Jean espe
cially likes will telephone that hi
has a cold and that his mother
doesn't want him to come, and re
sign yourself to the fact that Ca
Jean won't want Ann anywhere il
sight, (b) Ann will be raging, ant
(c) not until a successful party i
over will you get the slightest CO
operation or enthusiasm from Jean
This is part of mothers job
If you can get only three friends t
come in, get three. Next time Their
will be nine, and the time after tina
: the youngsters will form hiking
dramatic and dance club and Jean
! social start will be fairly launched
With Ann 1t should be easier, 70
: she is young enough to want gil
, rather than boy friends, and tn
friends she makes in school surel
are going to dancing classes on FIR
: day nights, and in no time at a
! she will have all the dates she ca
: keep.
Years ago 12-year-old girl that
loved duly opened her breakfast t;
BILE gifts on her birthday, and kept
stiff upper lip until she could escal
to her own room, where she bur!
into tears because at the new scho
nobody knew it was her birthday
At IL o'clock, however, an almo
unknown little schoolmate callee
] Grace had to go up to the club fl
q Mother. Would Kit come along? K
q dried her eyes and went along,
. find at the club a rose-wreathed t
BILE, a heap of ribbon-tied gifts, ar
> IL joyous girls singing birthds
song.