The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, August 16, 1933, Image 7
OUR
CHILDREN
By ANGELO PATRI
CHECK UP NOW
CHECK up on your school child's
work. Study his latest report card.
If there are signs that he Is falling In
a subject, If any of his marks are fall
ing off, take up the mntter at once.
Talk first to The child and remember
that your attitude on this Is of flrst
importance.
If you take the tone that the child
has neglected his work and disgraced
himself you won't gel very far. Go
about It gently. Ask him where he
thinks the trouble Is ind when he
says, "Aw, she never gives me a
chance," don't fly up at him and end
the conference In a tense situation.
Listen. Keep on listening. Let him say
all be has to say In his own defense
and question him further. By and by
be will begin to disclose something of
his difficulty and that Is what you
need.
After you have talked to the boy go
to see the teacher. Once more you
muBt go about your task tactfully and
In the spirit of helpfulness. The teach
er Is your partner, your working part
ner, and unless she Is with you
strongly you are not going to succeed.
Tell the teacher you want to do all
you can to keep the child progressing
steadily and ask her what you can do.
Then plan with her. Don't he satis
fled until you can answer these ques
tions :
Why Is the child falling behind V
What must be done first to make up
the falling? How much more work
has he to cover before the term end?
Can you see a way clear for him to
accomplish it? Can you make a
schedule of work that will enable the
child to complete his work well within
the time and allow him some time for
review nnd reorganization?
You see you have not only to bring
the child up to the standard Just now,
you have to plan to help him maintain
that standard. You cannot do the
work for him but yon can so organize
his work In co-operation with the
teacher that he can carry on for him
self. All you can do. once you have
found the difficulty, strengthened It,
laid out the term plan, Is to stand on
the sidelines and coach and cheer. He
must do the rest.
If sickness has kept a child from
school and cost him his standing don't
try to make if up at one bite. Talk
things over with the teacher. Scnle
down the subject matter to the essen
tials. It Is surprising how much
easier this makes the child's work.
Sometimes a special program will
enable a child to make up lessons.
This can usually be obtained by ask
ing for It at the school. Drill will not
help clear up misunderstood lessons.
Get the facts right, the understand
ing clear before you begin the drill
* ? ?
i LOST IT
< ? i >M, where Is your cnp?"
1 "1 lost It."
"You lost It? Where?"
"1 don't know."
"You don't know. Do you suppose
that all I hnve to do Is buy you one
cap after nnother? Now you go look
for that cap until you find It."
"1 don't know where to look."
"Neither do I. Yon lost It, You ro
find It"
After a brief Interval Tom cornea
back. "Well, did you And It?"
"No. I lookod everywhere Out It
Isn't there."
"1 suppose so. I'll have to buy you
nnother cnp. Thnt makes five this
term. I don't know what Is going to
come of you If yon don't take cnre of
your things "
Why buy him nnother one'/ It won't
hurt him to do without his cap. Mnny
a boy never wears n cap, except on
very stormy days Kven If he has to
go to church nnd Sundny school hnt
less, what of It? He doesn't wenr a
hnt In church nnywny. And If he real
ly wanted n cap he wouldn't lose It so
mnny times
I believe thnt Is true. If n child
truly wnnts a thing he won't lose It
snve rnrely. Me Is conscious of the
thing he wants to keep He loses a
thing he Is not conscious of wanting.
The tony to get him to keep his hnt Is
to mnke him conscious of needing It.
Thnt you do hy letting him go with
out It
Thnt goes for other things thnt he
loses nnd forgets. Do not replace It
and mnke him go without until he re
places It If possible.
A child forgets nnd loses the things
he doesn't want to keep In mind or
pocket The poor report Is lost or
forgotten. The good one. never.
When yon find thnt n child Is for
getting certain things, losing other
things, habitually, consltler the rea
son. Study why he wants to lose or
forget There Is always a reason The
child's mind In always on .hi* side. It
helps him to forget and to lose unde
sirable thoughts. It closes them out
with n finality that Is as complete as
darkness a) midnight. Plnd the rea
son.
Don't accuse the child ot willfully
forgetting, lie does not wll Ifiill.y for
get or lose the unplenslrifc thing or
Idea. He la unconscious of ids desire
to forgo! and to lose. Ilemove the
cause of his desire and put something
desirable in Itn stead, (live him ex
perlences that will make him con
scions of his need to remember and
hold on. and he will do both
6 R#1l SyndtcM?.~-WNU Morvle*
Close to Nature
in Sunny France
Where Modern "Hustle" Is a
Thing Unknown.
In the Paris Herald of July 7 we
find the following, descriptive of
French peasant life, with, to Ameri
cans especially, interesting comments
hy the writer : .
"During the coming week, In a
corner of southwestern France. 880
elderly couples are to he the heroes
and heroines of a collective mar
riage, anniversary. Kach of these old
couples has been unite*! in wedlock
for fifty years or onger. it will he
Frmwe's nearest approach to an old
home week. It serves as confirma
tion of the not unfamiliar dictum
Mint America Is a great country for
the young, hut France Is a land
where the aged find especial sym
patic and comprehension.
"The .'<80 old couples live In the
Medoc. the sandy peninsula lying he
yond Bordeaux, which protrudes
westward between the Hay of His
cay and the Itiver tJIronde. The soil
is ton thin for grain. It Is charac
terized h\ the maritime pine and the
scrub oak In fortunate years po
t a toes and oats prosper moderately,
travel Is everywhere near the sur
face. IUU. with Its torrid days and
nights, its acidity and stony slopes,
it Is Idenl country for the vine. It
lives hy Its grapes and its wine. ,
Among this sparse and poor papula
tlon. however, gathered In tiny vil
lages among the unending pine for
ests and vineyards, there are no
fewer than .<80 pairs of old partners,
who hnve summered and wintered no
less than fifty years in one anoth
er's company. Can any like surface
of the globe equal this record of
longevity and conjugal fidelity? While
It would be unscientific to deduce
hard-and-fast conclusions from it,
several facts must prick the Imagi
nation.
"The beverage of these peasant
families Is the red wine which they
produce. On high days they treat
themselves to coffee, with sugar.
When unwell, they procure and drink
milk, upon the doctor's prescription.
Water is considered inimical to
health as too chilling for the stom
ach. Probably none of these gohlen
weddlng folk has consumed a gallon
of pure wnter during the last decade.
In the Medoc there are no cinemas,
theaters or amusement parks. Cook*
Ing is done over a wood-fire In a
chimney. Steaming bowls of vege
table soup are the foundation of ev
ery repast. Tobacco is the luxury of
the men, conversation the solace of
the women. Sleep Is gauged by the
setting and the rising of the sun.
Husbands, wives, grandparents and
babies labor together in the bay
field. the potato patch, and the vine
yard. Their routine, timed by the
clock In the village spire. Is almost
as regular as a process of nature.
In this trnnqull and robust orbit of
existence romance is neither shaken
nor shocked to extinction. Nerves
and arteries sustain the passage of
pacific seasons. In our metropolitan
communities there are many who
disclaim a desire to live long. They
wilfully curtail life by Indulgence.
Hut to those who care to prolong
life the Ingredients are available.
They are hand-labor, conjugal for
bearance, the open sky, plain nour
ishment and red wine, regularity
physical fatigue and adequate re
pose.
"To the gentle old people who will
be feted next week we extend our
hands It) undisguised felicitation.
Perhaps vlthont realizing It they
have discovered the philosopher's
stone. They revive the era of our
pioneer American grandparents. In
the confusion and chaos that seems
to grip our world they recall us to
sanity and wholesomeness. They
typify the soil and those who live
close upon it. With all onr para
phernalia of modernity they may yet
be our superiors both in wisdom and
in happiness."
Old Problem of
"Wagging Tongue"
"The summer vacation is always a
problem, V writes one of our readers,
"but thldv^ear It was specially so.
Ob, we kneV. where we were going,
to the seashore, a charming place
within commuting distance of my
husband's oftlce. But the problem was
about my mother, who lives with us.
Each year she says we should be
separated for vacations. 1 know ray
husband feels the same way, and
each year 1 am disturbed over what
is best for everyone concerned. I
know my mother really wants to be
with us. where she has the children
and the comforts of home, and par
ticularly of late years she has come
to depend on me so that I know she
I would he unhappy alone. ?
"I always hope It will work out
that .she stays with us. because I
know she is well taken care of. her
little special diet conscientiously at
tended to, and if she should not feel
well I am right there to do the right
thing. She is the type of person
who would never send for me. so
having her away alone for two
months would mean constant uneasi
ness on my part.
"How happy I was when my hus
band said the word that gave things
ii little extra push? pave mother that
little extra coaxing. Mother was com
ing with us; even the children
seemed relieved.
"And then one evening, n week or
two before we were to leave, my hus
band came home particularly tired
and Irritable. For some reason, cer
tainly unknown to herself, mother
chose that time to remark annoying
l.v on a subject on which he is'|v,r
tlcniarly touchy, lie made an
l.v annoying retort, and after r.io?'?nr
went to bed lie reproached me in n
way that pave me a very disturbing
feeling regarding the success of the
family summer.
"Hut even then everything would
have been all right. The next day
my husband had some good news,
the clouds passed, everything was
forgotten, and in the refreshing at
mosphere of the seaside, with taut
nerves relaxed. I know things would
have taken care of themselves and
we should all have been happy to
gether.
Hut, things had no chance to
work out that way. Because I told.
After my husband complained and
reproached me I thought I must go
into the matter with mother to try
to avoid similar happenings In the
future. I must make her see my hus
band's point of view. And that was
all that mother needed to set off her
own Wllng of dissatisfaction That
settled It. she said. She would most
certainly not go with us to the beach.
The result Is a spoiled summer, as
far as I am concerned, am' I do not
know yet what for mother.
"I realize now that sometimes It
is impossible to make one person get
another's viewpoint; they are all so
sure and so eager to he 'right.' And
the best thing in those cases Is to
say as little as possible to let things
pass over. Tf only T hadn't spoken.
'* only I hadn't told ? everything
would have blown over."
Summing up 'the foregoing, these
few terse sentences of comment by
a prominent woman contributor to
our columns, are vital:
"We all know the way it works,
don t we? This business of peoyde
talking in anger, then another talk
ing. and another, it's like setting
off a fuse attached to a whole string
of firecrackers. if only one along
the way had refused to Ignite, every
thing would be nil right! When no
body Is wise enough to do this the
result may he disastrous, all the way
from an explosion to n conflatrra
t ion."
?. 1933. nil) Syndlrnfp. ? W Nt " Sorvlro
Her Guen
Him ? What makes that kid cry so
much?
She (wearily) ? T don't know, un
less the milkman has been bringing
us milk from discontented cows late
ly. ? Cincinnati Knquirer.
"Pin Money" for
the Little Ones
Scheme Devised by Wise
Mother Approved by
All Concerned.
The mother who wants to keep her
floors free from pins and needles, so
disastrous t<? vacuum cleaners, will
do well to adopt a successful ineas
lire of one Ingenious parent. The
floors in her house are never dotted
with those weo spikes of polished
steel. damaging alike to feet and
vacuum cleaners. Her children
search the floors with eyes eager to
discover pins and needles, nor do
they ever have to he asked to do It
Kaq&^juln or needle means a penny
or ^^rcictlon, of a penny for their
litNeHrVrses. These youngsters have
literal pin money, it can he spent
at their own Inclinations and foi
whatever they choose. The one ex
ceptlon to this Is candy. No child Is
allowed to spend more than five
cents a week for candy.
The value of pins and needles is
estimated as follows: One needle, a
penny ; six pins, a penny When anv
question arises about unusual pins
such as safety pins, flower pins. etc.
mother's decisions are final. As the>
are always generous, they are un
challenged. Flower pins are apt to
count as a needle. But the pins for
extra value must he large fancy
headed pins. These fancy-headed
pins are valued according to their
size, sometimes three are worth a
penny, sometimes four. Safety pins
of large size are three for a penny.
si"!!1! ones, the for a p-?nny. <Wi
needles Mr-re Is a fl* ed ran ot one j
cent e:ich. v,h:'t ever their size.
When the dressmaker or seam I
stress Is at the house, It's harvest
time for the youngsters. After they ,
leave, the children hurry to their I
field of prosperity, and a merry ,
scramble ensues. Kach lias a hak ]
ing powder tin or a bottle into which
the pins and needles are dropped. If
there has been much fitting of gar
ments, there is an especial harvest,
and always there are many additions
to the little containers.
The time of payments Is variable.
The pins are counted out In little
heaps ofslx each, with peculiar kinds
all together. Needles are In rows.
Tin* children are expected to do their
own calculating, with mother as a
sort of expert accountant. Some
times the children save up their pin
money, putting the coins in their
hanks. Thi s is when they want
something worth saving for. Hut
generally each pay day Is celebrated
with a visit to a flve-and-ten-cent
store, or some nearby shop where
articles of small cost and which ap
peal to youngsters are for sale.
This pin money takes the place of
an allowance for the very small folk
As they grow a little older, the sums
are augmented and more Is expected
to be purchased from the money
Hut a margin Is left for childhood
luxuries which the pin money Is
supposed to cover, excPpt when fa
ther or mother stand treat.
?. 1933. .Bell Syndicate.? WNU Service.
Sacred Cannor
The Sacred Cannon or "Maria m
Besar" as the natives call It lies half
hidden, a little outside of the fJate of
Old Batavia, In the Javanese city of
that name. Its history Is not known
and It bears no date. But the butt
end of It In shape represents a closed
fist, with a peculiar turn of the
thumb. An Inscription, cast In the
bronze, reads: ? "Ex me Ipsa renata
sum," which means "Out of myself I
was reborn." Natives l.elleve this
gun to possess the power of grant
ing fertility to humanity. For this
reason childless native women t?urn
incense as an offering.
LIFE'S
LITTLE
JESTS:
HOW THEY GOT IT
There Is a man who yearns to HM
tiis house with comforts, while his
wife yearns to fill it with antiques.
Her pet theory Is that In pawnshops
one may find many treasured heir
looms.
"I suppose this was handed down
to yo" by some great-great -grandfa
fhei." said a visitor, tapping a snufT
hox. "So." replied the brutal hus
band. "It was second-handed down
to us by an 'uncle.' "
Well, Now
"1 found a four-leaf clover, dear."
"That means we'll soon be mar
rled."
"Oh, but I thought It meant good
luck."
Record Time Saving
Hank ? Bill's powerful lazy!
Silas ? Awful ! Had a dentist yank
i Rood front tooth, so's he rould spit
without movln' his Jaws!
EMBARRASSE*
"I was reully very milch worried
about Henrietta while we were at
the seashore," said Mr Meek ton con
fidentially to tils slster-ln-law. "Slio
would Insist on swimming n good
way out."
"Well, you are perfectly at home In
the water. You could have saved
her."
"Yes. But it would have taken the
rest of my life to convince her that I
didn't do it merely to show off and
humiliate her."
Sign* of Buiynen
The busy housewife was making a
hurried trip downtown and at the
last minute decided to sew n rip In
her dress.
On the car she noticed several
youngsters looking at her and laugh
ing. and on looking down she found
that she hud her hands folded nicely
In her lap and on one finger was her
thimble
Why Be Precipitate?
"1 think Uncle Jack is going to
take us for a ride. You'd better go
upstairs and wash your fnce."
Willie ? Hadn't we better find out
for sure, mother? ? Pathfinder Maga
zine.
Unlucky Man
Mrs. Jones ? Oh, the Dodgers are
sure to lose today.
Mrs. Brown ? Why do you think so?
Mrs. Jones ? Why, my husband
has two cigars bet on their winning 1
?Brooklyn Eagle.
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