MANNERS FOR CHILDREN.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14393, 7 January 1911, Page 1 (Supplement)

MANNERS FOR CHILDREN.

Yon must expect good manners from little Jane and little John, or when they are older their manners will • be atrocious. As scon as a babe is in tljp world its education must begin. In the cradle the mother's gentle touch begins to mould the plastic clay. TVkat little ones are taught early remains with them to their latest "day. •'Bow to mother, Francis," 1 heard a lady sny to her two-year-old 6.0n. The son is a grown man now and a model of graceful politeness. If our .children are well taught, they will not squabble in the nursery. * p O' young children may be taught self-restraint, and taught to give up to one another, to share fruit and divide candy, to lend boots Ti'nd toys, and to be quiet in the Wise, They may learn to meet friends cotv d:al.l\\ with the little hand outstretched. There is no need that thev should eat in a slovenly manner, or be greedy and selfish at xhe tabJa. *\ot long ago a baby of three went to a children's party. It was given in. honour of another baby pi three. The first little person way' a persoijage a£ honi-3 accustomed to having her owii undisputed way. So she entered the room like a tempest, pushing, pulling, and slapping, so that the babies fled in terror and dismay, hiding their brads in »no£hers' and nurses' laps. The naughty ojfild was le-s to blame than tii:? 'Vms poglecting her i.*if|y training. Litl!<? boys should rise when ladies enter a room, and should stand until •o'li'oi: are They should pull off

their caps to mother if they meet ker, and to anyono they know, or anyone who speaks to them on the street. Little girls should also rise and remain standing when older come into the room where they are. A most important part of children's training come« to 'them by example. They we imitative beings, and if invariably the,y are treated with perfect courtesy .they will themselves adopt the lnajiJiL'ts they tee. When 0112 hears cliildren shrieking and screaming, when one notes that their voices are pitched on too high a key, that they interrupt and contradict; •-and argue when they should obey, one may bo quite sure that they obsen'o such conduct at home, that it is in the atmosphere they breathe. A .sweet, 1ow.v«:ok! mother has sweet, low-roH-od children.—Margaret K. Sangster.