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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
Miss Register
Becomes Bride
Of J. A. Gore
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a street-length dress of aqua crepe
and a hat of matching artificial
flowers with white accessories.
She carried a white prayer book
topped with a purple orchid.
Immediately following the cere-
mony 4 reception was held at the
home of the bride. The table was
laid with a lace cloth and was
conferred with a threetiered we'd
ding cake. Burning tapers in three
branched candelabra flanked eth
err side of the cake. The home was
beautifully decorated with ivy and
summer flowers.
Mrs. Gore is a graduate Of New
Hanover High school and holds a
Bachelor Of Science in Physical
Education and Business Education
from East Carolina Teachers col
lege in G%reenville.
Mr.. Gore received his education
in Tiffin, Ohio, which was his
home until 1889. Since then he has
been employed at the Atlantic
Coast Line.
After the reception the couple
left for a wedding trip to New
York. Upon their return they will
make their home at PIP South
Front street in the city.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
Pc RSONA

Mrs. Josephine Render Gala
chez left Friday for Reidsville te
10 visit Mrs. T. w. Smith.
Mrs. Gallagher and Mrs. Smith
will 90 on to New York for a two
weeks vacation.
Miss Gertrude Chambers and
Miss Mabel Lewis of Canton Ga.
are visiting Miss Chambers
brother, Johnny, at his home, 4Ol
MARKET street.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Grant and
d~aughter, Julia, of Stanton, Va,
are spending two weeks at the
lands cottage, Wrightsvillc
Beach.
Mrs. D. E. Brady has returned
IN her home in Lakeland, Fla,
.fter visiting Mrs. j. H. Haskell
for three weeks at her home on
South 18th street.
u +
Mrs. Wellington Yaple and son,
Peter. of Plymouth Meeting, Pa,
are visiting with Mrs. Yaple's
narents, MI. and Mrs. Lowell
White.
Mrs. George W. Lamb of Man
bassett, N. Y, will arrive this
week to visit Mrs. C. L. Meister
in the Oleander Court apartments.
Dr.. and Mrs. A. L. Harriss left
Saturday by motor of New York
and Niagara Falls to spend a two
weeks vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". G. CLANCY and
son. Billie, of Forest Hills, w i
leave tomorrow for Durham a n d
Greenville, S. c., to visit relatives
Miss Martha Cooper, student
nurse at Watts hospital in Dur.
ham. will arrive Tuesday to spend
her vacation with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Clifford Cooper at their
home on Orange street.
Miss Margaret Kingsbury OF
Washington, D. c., arrived today
to visit Miss Maude Kingsbury, 211
South Fifth street.
Billy Pittman, 1947 graduate of
New Hanover High school, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. C. Pittman, 1910
South Fourth street, has enlisted
with the regular Army Air forces,
aid is taking his basic training at
Randolph Field, San Antonio, Tex.
Mr.. ard Mrs. J. C. Hardwick
and children, Margaret, Jesse,
and Jerry, have returned to their
home in Forest Hills after spend
ing the past ten days in Miami.
Tampa, and Atlanta.
Mrs. Homer P. Metger and son,
Bobby. from New York, will ar
rive Friday to visit her aunt, Mrs.
R. J. Doss, for ten days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Higgins
and son, Allen, left yesterday for
q motor trip through New Eng
land and Canada. They will re-
turn to the city in two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted R. Ray and
daughters, Sylvia Ann and Janice
of Atlanta, are spending a week
at the cottage of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
NJ. Hall, Jr., at Carolina Beach.
Miss Christine Ray, Mrs. Hazel
Ray Compton and daughter, Linda
of Atlanta, are spending a week
at the cottage of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. M. Hall. Jr. at Carolina Beach.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
Miss Fisher
Mr.. Gardner
Betrothed

Mr.. and Mrs. J.. D. Fisher OF
Carolina Beach, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Vivi-
an. to Henry E. Gardner of An
gier.
The wedding date will be an
nOunced later,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
$50 Tar Heel
Girls To Make
Debuts Shortly
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N1 % MdIy Alice COttam, MISS
~ 'e Garrett, Miss Zana
Groome (High Point.
eno4ope Wolcott Fagar
lHilsbro).
Miss Charlotte Walker Blanton,
Miss Maude Baynor Foy, Miss Pc
cahontas scomb Whitaker
(Kinston).
Miss Helen Harper NaGrange).
Miss Mary Anna Dunbar, Miss
Ann Borden Evens (Laurinburg).
Miss Jean Elliott Dunn Leaks.
ville).
Miss Alma seagle Courtney LIE.
noir).
Miss Betty Cloud CLilesville).
Miss Mary jeanette Fair CLin.
~colnton).
Miss Nancy Carlisle Griffin
Houisburg).
Miss Mary Corbett Moore, Miss
Ruth Norment Moore Lumber.
tom.
Miss Katherine Carolyn Taylor
(Morehead City,.
Miss Barbara F owger, Miss
Marjorie Yokley mt. Airy.
Miss Aubrey Jean Rankin mt.
Holly).
Miss Laviece c. Oliver (Mt.
olive.
Miss Harriet Davis Cooley
(Nashville).
Miss Lucy Gale Turnbull New
Bern).
Miss Julia Drucilla Fowler Cpl
lot Mountain).
Miss Pescud Chisman Hanes
(Pine HalD.
Miss Doris Faye Ashby, Miss
Johnsy Beaman, Miss Elizabeth
Moultrie B e S, Miss Mildred
Briggs Chamberlain, Miss Marga-
ret Elizabeth Cummings, Miss
Mary Frances Dillon, Miss Nancy
Lee Duckett, Miss Martha Moore
Duncan, Miss Anne Dewey Heart,
Miss Katherine Lewis Holding,
Miss Betsy Tom Lawrence, Miss
Betty Lee Lokey, Miss Mabel
Peele Mcdonald, M S Martha
Ann Olsen, Miss Jenny Park, Miss
Kay M a t h e W S Peasants, Miss
Elizabeth Marriott Proctor, Miss
Sallie White Ruffin, Miss Anna
Lee Smith, Miss Barbara Ann
Smith, Miss Mabel Duke Stephen
son, and Miss Jane Winston IRA
leiqh).
Miss Shirley Marshall Pruden
(Reidsville).
Miss Dorothy Lee Arlington,
Miss Henrietta Williams Thorp
(Rocky Mount.
MORE MORE MORE MORE MO
Miss C carolyn Joyce Tomlin
(Statesville).
Miss Mary Riddick Long CThom-
Miss N cy Pauline Newell
(Roxboro).
Miss Peggy Harrill Rutherford
tom.
Miss Vivian Anne DUNCAN
Salisbury.
Miss Irene Campbell Williams
(Sanford).
Miss Muzette Kitchin Brown
Scotland Neck.
Miss Ansley M o Schenck
(Shelby).
Miss Mary Louise Milliken Isl
Ter City,.
Miss Patricia Ann Ashley
(Smithfield).
Miss Annette Hathaway Avery
(Southern Pines).
Miss Anna Jackson Morrison
(Stanley).
Miss Edith Fawcett Allison,
asville).
Miss Ann Sheriff. Waldese)..
Miss Harriet Purcell Mclean
Wagram).
Miss Dorothy Marie Jones
wake Forest).
Miss Eliza beth Lockhart
(Wakesboro).
Miss Mary SpotSwod Basker-
will. Miss Catherine Jane Nichol-
son Peete Warrenton).
Miss Lucinda Edwards, Miss Jo-
sephine Copeland Hoyt WaShing-
tom.
Miss Marguerite Way, Miss
Alice Elizabeth Siler (Waynes-
ville).
Miss Josephine Croker Mad
drew (We]don).
Miss Dorothy Whitehead Wood
ard (Wilson).
Miss Pauline Louise Gray, Miss
Frances Jean Hamilton, Miss Pol
ly Haywood, Miss Ann Rawley
Long, Miss Dorothea McCuiston,
Miss Eleanor R o e a u, Miss
Sarah Marie Shore, Miss Mary
Louise Spaugh and Miss Lulu Hall
Vance Winston-Salem)
Miss Amecia Eure (Winton).
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
BIRTH

Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Steinert of
Wilmington, announce the birth of
a daughter, Diane-Lynn, on
August 2 at Marion Sprunt annex.
Mrs. Steinert was the former
Dorothy Schwarkopf of Brooklyn,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
Betty Brown,
A. K. Burriss
Wed Saturday

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white orchids from her bridal bou-
quet.
Mrs. Burriss is a graduate Of
New Hanover high school.
Mr.. Burriss is a graduate of
New Hanover High school and is
at present in the Navy stationed
at MAS Oceania, Va.
Evening star., 1947-04-27
Miss Anne Monroe
Bride Y esferday

Simple decorations OF Easter lilies
and altar candles made an impress
Isive setting In st. Paul's Episcopal
Church in Alexandra for the we'd
ding yesterday afternoon Of Miss
Anne Hebb Monroe and Mr.. Herman
tCharles Winter, which took place
lat o'clock.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs.
John Wallace Monroe OF Aiexan-
dria and the late MIR. Monroe and
Is graduate Of Brenau College and
the National University School OF
Law.
Mr.. Winter, who is located in
Chester, Va, where he and mis- bride
will make their hcme, is the son of
Mrs. Rudolf Winter Of Elkhart
Lake, Wis, and the late MIR. Winter,
! and is a graduate of Cornell Uni
lversity.
| Mr.. Evan Pattishall, organist, and
Miss Grace Powell, violinist, fur
nished the wedding music and the
Rev. Thomas A. Fraser officiated at
the ceremony.
Escorted and given in marriage
by her brother, Mr.. John Wallace
Monroe, jr., the bride wore gown
of white satin and carried white
prayer book soverlaid with white
sweetheart roses and a shower of
white stock. Her veil of old italian
lace was the one worn by her sister,
Mrs. Robert G. Whitton. at her
wedding.
Mrs. Whitton served as the ma
tron of honor and was dressed in
light green satin, with which she
wore matching mitts and carried a
shower bouquet of mixed flowers.
The other attendants were the
brides sister-in-law, Mrs. James
NJ. Monroe, Mrs. Philip w. Keller,
Miss Mary Ann Gray of Warrenton,
both cousins of the bride, and Mrs.
Linn Moor Hazen of Lansing, Mich.
They were costumed in light blue
satin and carried shower bouquets
of spring flowers, and each attend
ant wore a headdress of the same
flowers.
| Mr.. Frederick Winter Of Whining
ton, Del, was best man for his
brother and the ushers included Mr..
James M. Monroe, Mr.. Robert Juer
of Petersburg, Mr.. Douglas Burrell
of Richmond, Mr.. Lydon Sedgwick
Tracy, jr., of Syracuse, N. Y, and
Mr.. Ralph Won Briesen of Mil
Waukee.
Following the reception, which
was held at 602 Cameron street,
Mr.. and Mrs. Winter left for their
wedding trip before going to Chester.
Evening star., 1947-04-27
Miss Jonathan,
Mr.. Smith to We'd

Mr.. William Henry Jonathan OF
Philadelphia announces the en-
gagement of his daughter, Miss Mil
dred Keeler Jonathan, to Mr.. Nal
lory Reynolds Smith of Washington
and Greeneville, S. c., son of Mrs
Walter Lindsay Smith of Green
vile and the late Mr.. Smith.
Miss Jonathan attended Friends
Select School in Philadelphia and
was graduated from Bryn Mawr
College, class of 1914. For two years
she served with the American Red
Cross and for the past year has been
engaged in child welfare work In
Boston.
Mr.. Smith was graduated from
Furman University, served in the
Navy for four years and, received
his degree in February from Har-
ward Law School, where he was an
editor of the Harvard Law Review.
At present he is affiliated with the
law firm, Sutherland, Tuttle &
Brennan of Washington and At
lanta.
Evening star., 1947-04-27

Florida State College for Women
and attended Columbia Uniyersity
and the University Of Chicago. Dur
ing the war she was q member Of
the Eastern Area STAFF OF the Amer
lean Red Cross and for the past
year has been nutritfonist for the
District Of Columbia Health De-
partment.
Mr.. Stevenson Is q graduate oil
Baker University and the Univer-
sity Of Kansas and attended Louisi-
ana State University He now is
with the Research and Development
Division Of Humble Oil q REIN
ing Co. in Baytown, Tex.
Evening star., 1947-04-27
Large Party GiDen
For Miss scbaeffer
Bv Mss Price

The attractive home out In Roll
ingwood Of Capt. and Mrs. Allen In
gram Price was lively spot early
last evening when their daughter,
Miss Mary-Stuart Montague Price
was hostess at an informal party In
honor of Miss Mary Lee Schaeffer.
The hostess and Miss Schaeffer
were school friends out in Coronado
and last evenings party. which was
from $50 to 7:3o, was in celebration
of Miss Schaeffer's return after a
year and a half overseas She is
the daughter of Capt. and Mrs.
B. H. Schaefer, the latter assisting
Mrs. Price and Miss Price in receiv-
ing the guests. She was sent
abroad for duty with the American
Red Cross In 1945 and for the most
of the time since then has been in
Germany.
Miss Price was most attractive in
a gown Of woods violet color
slashed at the hem line with an
inner trim of American Beauty. and
Miss Schaeffer was equally lovely in
black lace gown fashioned with
q hustle.
Generally assisting in seeing that
the large number of guests were
served with the generous and de-
licious refreshments were Mrs. Will
liam A. Disque, Miss Laura Belle
Wyatt, Miss Martha Lindsay, Mrs
Jean-Pierre Gabriel. whose husband
also was a guest; Miss Polly Nor
ment, Miss Annie Laurie Rankin
and Mrs. Grayson Headley, who was
accompanied by Col Headley.
Among the young people enjoying
the gayety were the Misses Margery
Kirby, Jocelyn Freer, Mary Stone
Posey, Ann Gillespie, Jane Lingo,
Carolyn Wendt, Betty Ann Stewart
Nancy Weigester, Anita Cajigas,
Elaine Lefevre, Nora Martins, Ed
wilma Walden, Romona North, Cath
crime Spaatz, Betty Benson and
Virginia Ellis, with the young men
among the guests including Mr..
Clarke Cole, Mr.. Gallatin de Knox,
Lit. z. j. King, jr., U. s. N; Mr.. John
Dunn, Mr.. Edward Gavin, Mr.. Lucius
Battle, Mr.. Paul Devine, Comdr.
William Guest, U. s. N; 1t. Robert
Huber, Mr.. Bowdoin Craighill, Mr..
Allen Jones, DR.. Albert Marland
and his brother, Mr.. Jack Marland; !;
Mr. Frank Turner, Mr.. Turner
Bailey, Maj. George Marthens, Ma.
Burnside Hoffman and Col. Moss
Yates.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fritz w. Ellis were
there and also Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Washington, Comdr and Mrs.
James Scott, 1t. and Mrs. Trond
Brekke, Mr.. and Mrs. William c.
Pennington, Capt. and Mrs. Millard
Hudson, Rear Admiral and Mrs. H.
A. Stuart and their daughter, Miss
Valerie Stuart; Capt. and Mrs. Rex
Hicks and Comdr. and Mrs. Thomas
Hickman.
1t. Comdr and Mrs. E. A. Rodgers
came over from Annapolis for the
party, 1t and Mrs. M. S. Essary
were there from Dahlgren, Va, and
others were Mr.. and Mrs. John
Reading, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert How
ard, Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Manning,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Wilds, Mr..
and Mrs. G. M. Scott of Baltimore,
uncle and aunt Of the hostess:
Comdr. and Mrs. Gardner Luce, Mr..
and Mrs. Lee Pennington, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Roberts, Mr.. and Mrs.
Farnham Blair and many others,
Evening star., 1947-04-27
Benefit Partv Set

Plans are being made for q bene-
fit cocktail party to be held on
May Is at 1926 New Hampshire ave-
nue., proceeds from which will be
used to aid the orphans of the
Foyer D'Enfants, Villemaison sur
Orge, In Paris, which is under the
auspices Of Princess Mestchersky
and Miss Sonia zernoff.
Mrs. Royal r. Jordan Of Paris
entertained for her committee
Thursday in the home of Mrs. w. R.
Wolflnbarger to discuss the plans
for the benefit.
Evening star., 1947-04-27
| Martha M0yr0U
VII Be Bride

Mrs. Thomas Lacy Morrow Of
Bethedsa announces the engage
ment Of her daughter, Miss Mar
tina Morrow, to 1t. q. 90 Cushing
Phillips, jr. fCEC), u. s. NJ, son
Iof Capt. Phillips, q. s. NJ, and
Mrs. Phillips.
Miss Morrow attended Mary
Baldwin College In Staunton and
George washington University. 1t.
Phillips was graduated from Cor
nell University and Is stationed In
Washington after having served for
more than two years overseas.
The wedding date has been set
for July S.
Evening star., 1947-04-27
Engage11 ent

Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Simpson
Of Newport, Md. announce the en-
gagement Of their daughter, Mis-
Mary Louise Carmel Simpson, to
Mr.. william j. Frere, son of Mrs
Phyllis Frere of Tompkinsville, Md.
and the late Mr.. John e. Frere
The wedding viii take place in
June.
Miss Simpson is the granddaugh-
ter of the late Mr.. and Mrs. j
Preston Tippett OF Newport.
Mr.. Frere Is a grandson Of the
late State Senator and Mrs. William
j. Frere Of Charles County, Mary
land.
Evening star., 1947-04-27
Engagement old

Mr.. and Mrs. Luther G. Goodhart
of Arlington announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Miss Shir-
ley Lee Goodhart, to Mr.. William
Sheriff. Hoofnagle, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. B. Hoofnagle of Atkins, Va.
The wedding will take place in the
late summer.
The bride-elect is a senior stu
dent at the University of Virginia
School of Nursing and her f1ance
is a candidate for a degree from
the University of Virginia in June.
Evening star., 1947-04-27
Helen G. EDerett
To Be 1Hne Bride

Mrs. James Murphy Everett OF
st. Petersburg, Fla, announces the
engagement of her daughter, Miss
Helen Gould Everett, to Mr.. Clar-
ence Henry Stevenson, son of the
late Mr.. and Mrs G. E. Steven
son of Savannah, Mo. The wedding
will take place June 81 in Christ
Church in Alexandria.
Miss Everett was graduated from
Evening star., 1947-04-27
T D " el IN June

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Murphy an
Inounce the engagement Of theil
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Ida Mur-
lphy. to Mr.. Richard Edgar Schaefer
son of MIR. and Mrs. Ralph G
Schaefer Of Riverton, Wyo.
/. Miss Murphy attended the Uni.
Iyersity OF Maryland and Mr.. Scnae-
fer is student at the University
|of Wyoming.
The wedding will take place II
June.
The Nome nugget., 1947-11-14
America Lacking In Aerial Attack Warming System

WASHINGTON (P)-An agency of the national defense establish ment is looking for means of mending a critical gap in the na- tion'S defenses-lack of any ade- quate system to warn of a sudden air or guided missile attack.
 pr. Vannevar Bush, chairman of the research and development board, said today two committees of his board are seeking ways of integrating the radar warning net work with the normal navigation al aids used for peacetime civilian air operation.
 Bush said, in reply to news con ference questions, that there is no existing nationwide ''early warn ing network" Ca tied-in system of radar stations on shore, in the air and at sea by which fighter air craft forces of the country could be warned if enemy aircraft started winging in on the United States
 It also was disclosed that sim liar gap in the warning system ex- ists in the vitally important polar outpost of Alaska. A recent state ment by the United States air force said plans are underway for the location of strategic defense elements in Alaska, including an "interdependent system of early warning sites"
 Air force officials said, in ans wer to questions after the Bush comment, that this system is still in the planning stage There is very little radar warning equip ment in Alaska, they reported, and it is mostly material left over from the war
The Nome nugget., 1947-11-14
'BritOns Protest
 Tax Increases

LONDON, (P)-BritonS of all classes grumbled yesterday over terms of the Labor governments interim autumn budget calling for new curbs on spending power to reduce inflationary buying, but newspapers generally protest d that the measures were not suffi- ciently severe.
 Chancellor of the Exchequer Hugh Dalton's budget proposals, submitted in the House of Com mons Wednesday, would affect rich and poor alike. The budget demanded twice as big slice of company earnings, higher pur- chase taxes and other revenues.
 It also slapped taxes on dog rac- ing and football pool betting and upped the cost of a pint of beer one pence (tWo centS).
 I don't expect this to be a popu- lar budget" Dalton said Wednes- day night in a radio address ex- blaming the fiscal proposals to the British people.
 Dalton said the proposed reven- ues would mop up an additional S832,O00,O0O in annual surplus spending power, estimated at around $3,2OO,OOO,OOO.
 Lord Beaverbrook's Daily Ex- press greeted the proposals with the headline Everything Up Ex- cept Smoke)", but many leading editorial writers assailed them as halfway measures.
 Only the Laborite Daily Herald expressed outright approval, com
The Nome nugget., 1947-11-14
MRS. LAURA HAGBERG WINS TRIP TO NEW YORK

Mrs. Laura Hagberg, formarly Laura Beltz of Haycock and sister of the Beltz boys of Nome, was the lucky winner of queen contest in Fairbanks at the Central Labor Councils Labor Day celebration in Fairbanks.
 AS winner she receives a free round trip to New York. Mrs. flag berg, who is the mother of six children ranging from 10 to 20 years, will visit her fathers fam fly in Pennsylvania and have Thanksgiving dinner with her hus- bands people in New York. She will also visit in Minneapolis and Chicago. In addition to the trip she receives a purse of $500.00.
 She is taking fur parka and mukluks and quantity of movie film on Alaska, which she plans to show on her trip.
The Nome nugget., 1947-11-14
Secy. Anderson Presents Awards

WASHINGTON, (P)-Secretary Anderson presented special serv- ice awards yesterday to 50 em- ployees of the agricultural depar- ment for distinguished and superi- or service in the fields of agricul- ture, science, writing, public ad- ministration and heroic action.
 The awards were presented in special ceremonies which the de- partment plans to repeat in May of each year hereafter to honor special effort.
 Among those receiving distin- guiShed service awards was the Alaska spruce log program, forest service, Tongass national forest: for providing supplies of spruce for airplane construction at time of critical shortage.
The Nome nugget., 1947-11-14
Sundborg Says Sale Of Timber "NOt Orderly"

JUNEAU, (F) - George Sund- borg, executive assistant to Terri torial Governor Ernest Gruening, said yesterday the reported sale of timber by Rake and Kasaan com munities to the Timber Develop ment corporation of New York doesn't appear to be the orderly way of going about disposing of timber"
 "We thought it had all been taken care of under the Tongass Timber act passed by Congress last session." he added.
 Forest service officials here es- timated that at present stumpage rates the reported $2O,OOO,O0O sale of TongasS National Forest timber rights would amount to approXi- mately one-sixth of all the mer- chantable timber in Southeast Alaska.
 The sale was reported Wednes- day by Mrs. Ruth Bronson, secre- tary of the National Congress of American Indians in Washington, D. C.
The Nome nugget., 1947-11-14

menting that the measures which the government has taken so far have prevented that breakaway imitation which afflicts many other countries"
 The independent Times criti- cized Dalton's half measures" for failure to strike note of urgency.
The Nome nugget., 1947-11-14
EARLY VENETIAN CLASS

makers guarded their trade secrets so closely, according to the Ency- clopaedia Britannica, that by their rules any glass-maker who car ried his art into foreign state and refused to return was liable to the penalty of death by emissaries from Venice.
Evening star., 1947-02-21

ures, must suffer disappointments
again and again. What parents can
| do is to see to it that the successes,
the good accomplishments, over
balance the ones about which child
feels cast down. A child who gives
up too easily may be helped by hav-
ing his experiences carefully graded
to his ability.
Because there is a strong posi-
bility that early acquisition Of good
bodily control may predispose o
child to later feelings of self-con-
fidence, its good idea for parents
to give young child opportunities
for great freedom to build UP bodily
skills. In this way he begins to feel
sure of himself, and this feeling of
sureness carries over into his rela-
tions with people and with things.
A father who plays with his baby
so as to encourage freedom from
bodily fear and to help him be quick
and strong, may be doing lot more
than Just having fun with his
youngster.
Leaving such things TO chance
may work out like this. A child
whose play has gone undirected may
not enjoy rough-and-tumble phys
ical combat when he first runs up
against it at school. He doesn't
know how to defend himself. First
excused on the basis Of "he doesn't
like rough play" he may fall back
more and more on play that doesn't
involve physical skirmishes. His
own estimate of himself suffers be-
cause he has sneaking notion that
he SHOULD be doing other things.
The little child should not be
drilled in formal and conventional
behavior that is beyond him, Of
course, but home living which re-
fleets courtesy and consideration
will build up many little habits that
will leave its members free from
vexing questions as to what to do
and how to do it.
The effect on a child's personality
of his own personal appearance
must not be forgotten. AS early as
the age of a child has been known
to be shrinkingly conscious of a
rather minor physical defect. What
piling up of self confidence or the
opposite inevitably occurs when
child either hears himself spoken
of favorably or sees disparaging or
pitying glances cast at him!
The effect is equally great when
one child in a family differs mark
edly from the others in appearance
or trails. In general, parents are
not so careful as they might be to
see that EACH child gets recogni-
ton for SOME behavior, skill, or
trait that might contribute to his
sense of well-being.
Children need to feel that their
parents are always standing by,
ready to appreciate them and en-
joy them. They need the reassur-
ance of actually being told, now and
then, that they are wonderful
children.
(This article Is the 18th OF q
series.)