. Suggestions for handwork in school and home. e shop windows this abominationflaunts its grotesque art and its corrupt senti-ment in the face of a long-suffering public. Ifthe adult population alone was exposed to theunwholesome atmosphere of the comic valentine,the situation would be sufficiently deplorablebut, alas, our little children, at their mostformative period, exquisitely sensitive to everyelement of their environment, unable to dis-criminate for themselves but ready to absorbthe evil as well as the good, are open to itspernicious influences. Indeed it is principallyto the interests
. Suggestions for handwork in school and home. e shop windows this abominationflaunts its grotesque art and its corrupt senti-ment in the face of a long-suffering public. Ifthe adult population alone was exposed to theunwholesome atmosphere of the comic valentine,the situation would be sufficiently deplorablebut, alas, our little children, at their mostformative period, exquisitely sensitive to everyelement of their environment, unable to dis-criminate for themselves but ready to absorbthe evil as well as the good, are open to itspernicious influences. Indeed it is principallyto the interests of our children that the ait andhumor of the comic valentine aim to maketheir appeal. What can we do to counteract its balefuleffect? How can we raise a barrier that willtruly protect our young people from its allure- 182 in School and Home 183 ments? These are the questions which everythoughtful teacher and parent must ask herselfiu all seriousness. It is not sufficient to banish these monstrositiesfrom the schoolroom and the home, for there. Figure I. are still the influences of the street and of out-side companions to react upon our little child and mine long to be up and doingwith all the others. They crave the harmlessexcitement and delight in the mystery connected 184 Suggestions for Hand Work with the sending and the receiving of these secretmissives, therefore it behooves us to do moretlian merely to take a negative attitude and toexpress our disapproval of the comic valentinein words. We must do something must substitute the beautiful in form andthe graceful in sentiment for the ugly and thevulgar. In other words, we must identify ourinterests with those of our children to such an
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