. Babyhood . story of Toads andDiamonds, Beauty and the Beast,and others in Andrew Langs hooks. Thestories from the classics, too, some ofwhich are presented in such attractiveform for the children of to-day, teachobvious and valuable lessons. Can anyone read the story of Baucis and Phil-emon in Hawthornes TanglewoodTales and not receive a lesson in hos-pitality? or of Pandoras Box andfail to see the evils of disobedient curi- osity? For more advanced children wehave such beautiful parables as TheWater Babies, a story of which theynever tire, and which can hardly fail toimpress upon their rece
. Babyhood . story of Toads andDiamonds, Beauty and the Beast,and others in Andrew Langs hooks. Thestories from the classics, too, some ofwhich are presented in such attractiveform for the children of to-day, teachobvious and valuable lessons. Can anyone read the story of Baucis and Phil-emon in Hawthornes TanglewoodTales and not receive a lesson in hos-pitality? or of Pandoras Box andfail to see the evils of disobedient curi- osity? For more advanced children wehave such beautiful parables as TheWater Babies, a story of which theynever tire, and which can hardly fail toimpress upon their receptive minds thetruth that in helping others there isever to be found the greatest happiness. In the use of the parable in teachingwe follow not only the example of emi-nent teachers of the present day whowhen they had a lesson to teach told astory, but are following in the foot-steps of the greatest of all teachers, whotaught His disciples by parables andwithout a parable spake He not untothem. Jean OCCUPATIONS AND PASTIMES. Let the Children Help. Mothers, what do you do when yourlittle girls tease to be allowed to dosome of the grown-up work, as theyusually express it? Do you let themtry to help you, or do you send themaway because you know they will hindermore than they will help, and you dontlike to have them fussing around? The wise mother sets the little girla task and tries to teach her the bestand easiest way of doing it. Motherdoes it this way, is usually quite suffi-cient to make the child work patiently,for her great ambition is to be likemother. It is astonishing how much alittle child can learn to do, and manyof the household tasks require no morestrength or energy than much of its play. If the work could be made asinteresting as the play it would do thechild just as much good, and eventuallythe mother would be saved many steps. One sensible mother has encouragedher daughter to help her since the lit-tle ones third birthday. They worktogether while making
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