Babyhood . life-long lesson of self-control, have mostto do with themselves. They must beadvancing fast in learning to be andkeep quiet under all circumstances;to be open to peaceful influences,that the same powerful help maycome to their child; not to be fretted 278 BABYHOOD. by little things, and not to let any-thing stand in the way of their doingtheir whole duty toward their times a fretful state in a childis truly, though unconsciously, in-vited by a similar condition in themother; then they work upon eachother until a long crying-spell is thefinale. One word more: to beg mothe
Babyhood . life-long lesson of self-control, have mostto do with themselves. They must beadvancing fast in learning to be andkeep quiet under all circumstances;to be open to peaceful influences,that the same powerful help maycome to their child; not to be fretted 278 BABYHOOD. by little things, and not to let any-thing stand in the way of their doingtheir whole duty toward their times a fretful state in a childis truly, though unconsciously, in-vited by a similar condition in themother; then they work upon eachother until a long crying-spell is thefinale. One word more: to beg mothersand guardians to separate the offence from the offender as far as possible,in all discipline. When a child criesand screams, while you proceedfirmly with what seems to you thewisest corrective, try to keep thefault in mind rather than the childwho commits the fault. Be inwardlywatchful foi the least indication ofthe approach of better things, andready to cheer and encourage assoon as it appears. R. T. MUSICAL PRODIGIES. A Born Genius.—If musical ba-bies are to be chronicled, will younot give my little maid a place amongthe infant phenomena? Schillers Ode to Joy calmed the most vio-lent colic when all other tunes andremedies failed, and at two monthsold she would stop crying to listento a hand-organ. A little uncle, whodanced for her amusement, alwayssang the old jig-tune, Old MotherHare, and the baby surprised us allone day, when she was ten monthsand two weeks old, by singing thelittle air slowly and correctlythrough, from beginning to end, ex-cept the last note (about middle C),for which she gave a nod, but wouldnot attempt the note. We made herrepeat it often, and in a week shehad it all, beating perfect time with one little hand as she sang, and keep-ing time for the rapid chorus, whichshe never learned. Before she wasa year old she would sing a singlenote, if sounded for her, changingfrom one to another; but she usuallytired after the third or fourth also
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