MANNERS FOR CHILDREN.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1012, 30 December 1910, Page 9

MANNERS FOR CHILDREN.

You must o.Tpcot-good ; mnnners from littlo Jnno and little John, cr they nrc older their mnnnor's will lis atrocious. As soon ns a babo is in the world its 'education must-begin. In the cradle the mother's gentls touch begins to. mould the "plastic clay. .'What .littlo ones nro taught early remains with thorn to their latest day. "Bow to mother, Francis," I heard.a lady say to her two-year-old son. The son, is a grown ,man now and a model of graceful politeness. Jf our children aro well taught, they will not suuubble ixi thci nursery. 'Very y?ung 4 children may •be taught selfrestraint, and taught to give up to one .another, to sharo fmit and divide candy, to lend lx)o;c3 and toys, and to bo .quiet in the house. ' They may learn to meet friends cordially, with tho little hand outstretched. Ihere is no need that they, should eat in a slovenly manner, or be gi'ccdy and selfisji at the table. Not long ago a baby of three went to a children's party. It was given iu honour of another baby of tUrcv. • The first little gerjon was a personage at homo accustomed to having/hor own undisputed way. So she entered the room like a tempest, pushing, pulling, and slapping, 60 that the babies fled in terror and dismay, hiding their' heads in mothers' and nurses' laps. The naughty, child wcs less to % blame than the mother-who neglecting her early training. Little boys should rise when ladies enter a r6om, should stand until ladies arc seated. They should pull off their, caps to mother if they meet her, and to anyone-they know, or anyone who to them on tho'screet. Little £irls should also rise and remain standing when older people come into the room where they are.. I ■ A most important, part of children's training comes to them by example. They are imitative beings, nnd if invariably are treated witli.perfcct courtesy they will themselves adopt the manners they see. When one- hears children shrieking and screaming, when one notes, that tMr voiccs aro pitched on too high a'utey. that they interrupt and. contradict, and argue .when they should obey,-one may b3 quit*' sure that they observe; such conduct at home, that it is in the atmosphere they breathe.' A sweet, low-voiced mother lia* sweet, low-voiced children.— Margaret E. Sangster.-