COUNSELS FOR YOUTH.

Putaruru Press, Volume II, Issue 35, 12 June 1924, Page 2

COUNSELS FOR YOUTH.

The British Humane Association is holding in Wesminstcr an unusual kind of exhibition, "The Times” states. The rooms of Humanity House in Tufton Street are hung with panels and friezes of child life and educational pictures. A collection of 170 pictures published by the National Child Welfare Association of America illustrates the American method of propaganda. From earlier youth the American child has the necessary virtues and the evil consequences of their opposites driven home pietorially. Tidy children putting their toys away show “habit ns the basis of character.” An angry infant illustrates “emotion is a good but a bad master.” Co-operative pla%- in childhood as a training for the cooperator of the future is shown by an amiable group of infants sharing their bricks. The influence of music on the character of children is the subject of an important group of picture.-., and there is a useful maxim, for mothers. “Avoid singing or placing discordantly.” Counsels of perfection in hygiene arc urged on the small boy:—“Brush your teeth twice dailv, and don’t forget vour neck and ears'.” Rhymes tell the young American how to spend his “dime” to the best advantage.