Untitled

Putaruru Press, Volume II, Issue 36, 19 June 1924, Page 3

The British Humane Association is holding in Wesminster 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 ef their opposites driven home pictorially. Tidy children putting their toys away show “habit as the basis of character.” An angry infant illustrates “emotion is a good servant but a bad master.” Co-operative piny 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 pictures, and there is a useful maxim for mothers. “Avoid singing or playing discordantly.” Counsels of perfection in hygiene are urged on tlio small boy:—“Brush your teeth twice daily, and don’t forget your neck and ears.” Rhymes toll the young American how to spend his “dime” to the best advantage.