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uttle Lnpples nelpeq io Regain- Normal Lffc>’“ •ry * JL I'-VHIWIP tUiMf -dny iuCvyr-.Aii3*-. you. wijtcljoii little.,clii'ldren x —elill'lt'< , n fronvtmlr to six Of ’age—and fin.every liuinifiU; in kin 7i dorgurton they played < ‘Hospital.’ If yoti 1 Were s - "* their toutlitti'i whnfMtwnihl you do? perhaps, you would yriort* rtryrff;inrr*Tiwr ,vprr**rmiM-'ni. In Inly try to find a remedy. Ypu iv.ii](3!P.Tt''WW'St)Ttjr''tmr i~ the jvorld, when he could play anything he liked, chose to play ‘nospltal’Hluit youpwould exhaust your ingenuity to givej l him a substitute. You would |umw that he played., rauH' ho did not know anything else to iflay. You rememher that ehllfl sincib lie was one, or two, or three yeufs old and that he was playing the most Interesting, the most absorbing, the finest captivating thing he knew houi’ to play. fPffi I limit'd two little girls, each with a iloilf in her arms, say, can't I case of scar let fever? ThcV piny nil the little games that I renter about the life ttyey lead; the lioioe, the lty'ifttdkMttnfc:' j thfefi<9rfltatMj to the store',• the I*going' 1 *going' M rnlU'ond station with Its U'itlry>' jynU, Journeys, the' garage with Its automo biles and taxis, the post office fire house. These are the common hi- - terests of childhood. Since the ten derk'y of lr mtWfc'i!#!'*Bchlcation ts : to.' teach the subnormal child to take his place in a world of normal people why not start right here?" . _ * The foregoing Is the beginning of an article in-Abe Wopmn's Hpme Com panion by lthenn Anita Cugsley. The children she Is writing about arodHthV crippled patients of the ltellevue hos pital In New York. It is a boUHdng story. It is also a most instructive story, with‘n lesson-ip it for mothers, nurses and Teachers everywhere, no matter whether the children are handi capped by heredity, sickness or en vironment or are normal and healthy children In wholesome surroundings. Miss I‘ugsley says next: So wo began t‘itb the htiuso. That is n universal need. If you do not real tie how ‘in the race it-Is. watch any little child in a room with other children. If there are two oh a Ira. he will draw them together. If there is a soroen, he gets behind that with his blocks. He likes to feel he has a place that is alt his own. So first each child should have his house. Hut how to do this, with twenty children or more? Just oxafkfy tlTo jright tfrin±|, igas at band -thfllblg pasfeboafd,. cartons in which the baking company delivers bread to the hospital. So a snjqdy of tiicse paper boxes was moved luto the playroom. Writes the authbr: Virst Uir were the windows to b cut. Ij \Vc ’till kc<J ( over tfic fieei for thfiirf-anir Wlttg twfj r ought'to be. ”1 \va'l\t ,'rii ine.'t like "Mot*-' ion’s,“- ’SS- What' ‘,'fhin S' like rfuj k 1 ,‘JI warn Hrnre%'(trffif'iWt child was at liberty to do ’■'tW*’ .wished. Such improvised tools as we had were pressed Into service—some tiny saws from old tool boxes that had "f. . nTrrfiW' t %v i ? scissors, a dull knife or two. You do -U.O UjlH ii O.U) Wis o*l tr, tn a house"'wfiefi the hwrter'of tHrff house Is ly(ng flat on a "prone board.” tits i'legs'effeld down by weights, but those children could show you. "I'll hold it.MLkeyc, and. y.yu': cuu". , “Nw. you hold Wt-’and ‘ rfl'but ftwfif'yt)iS.” ,matv;H-fif.,ttfi t ftlfjsjr ar)f--pl?ft(Jy>k/oute oyer* pur di.mcultics. If you want to .children's ward kn a hospital. .: y, >Tifrrt'<o c>s> rtt-** After the painting papering lind been done and the houses' were ready, Inside and f-Wi-next? f prob lem was furniture. Here the materials were a|s(^igfcd—l*sx7;£ and sizes, blue paper" that comes around >tt®Sijjl2o i bristol board -that. .nmtects,..Uu' X-ray.. plates. Nat urally \VhT*fio "YHifr teaelier’s part to reproduce the homes from wKfcli many oi tliese^nildrtm for all tlie activities of housekeeping in one^room, the ,children were led ;;l" h0 )r igget -TlTt-fy the T \\Jhen the, furn.ttu.re was made, the pillows, blankets, bedding and curtains all had to be planned. This indeed had \W ecu 11ar joy for me. T had long needed anew sugar-coating my special pills. It was such a food * thing for those little -paralyzed hands to sew! Any work or exercise which stimulated the shrunken mus cles to attend their old co-ordination was so valuable. Wl.th what words of encouragement I had T suggested plant ing peg-hoard flower gardens and then urged the child, basket In hand, to pick a bunch of flowers for me from the 1 same gardens because I knew that by the simple concentrated effort he was i doing more for hlipself in those few minutes than applied massage could do . for him in an hour. How many times had f played “Peas porridge hot" and ■ held tip my hands to bo clapped because ' that was another route to the same des i tlnation. Now, here at last was our ■sewing The .same medicine, again, but | what a different taste! So every day wc tried to get a little of it done, not too much at a time, yet we were gain ing. It appears, however, that It is not safe to count on fooling all the chil dren all the time, even if they are lit tle hospital patients. J-'or, one day. Miss Pugsley said to Pauline: ‘‘Pauline, your house is really quite disgraceful. You have had only three curtains up for weeks, and visitdrs are coming to see you all the time. Now tomorrow, the first filing start on your kmrfsin* and see if you can get the 'other three done." And ‘tried from the lps of that five-year-old came'these words, "More sewin'! God la heaven, all that 1 hear is sewin’—sewin’— sewin’!" The, "senin’," aside, you cannot hu- THE DANIELSVILLE MONITOR, DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA. J: ii j 1; : m| :i mm jt +- “SPi 1 if j' ft "• * fr! r.L^fnF^f -7w383i ik>i — W* —■-■--■ ■ causfe ‘tivey loved to play fUey v. ere cooking: Over and Uvdr again Miss I’ngsley hied to ,4top >te drink a ;cup-c of hiiby . wji.nts mo ..to . take. Jigr <?}!*” 4’ er hostess would say, serving ffiat play 1 yin of tea with as niti'ch "cereiudtiy, lio*pHt‘al‘lfj; -and' cbilrtesy 'as : If site had J^een.ftet.teabhferts 'OWiphge. .:•*• ;v ~4once the “Clef cluh,’’ an organism- s ts>jn,.flf Gi>iare-,,|o ghje: fjjcimceri for a <J#y a Ijft’tle’ 'four-year-old. picked out ■<ylhirgfe"'rourth box' and’siffttnirned a' Ift-_ 1# RftYfSMn-inVihttion of-trie ibusfdhns. 1 TSliefKav ith!’sirggesttonstflittd - help -frotfe f&Jm ills box. Out of that experiment;- gjyw the music store, with glaptis, cellos,.. bnnjps,' drums and pifunois,' all of rlie children's own inak- I fe||. —*> *r.;u :xl Witii that—success;-t+ie-fteW—of ln tatest again widened. Xg'V.A&yd.W ll | brought jlWdozen or more automobiles came Into J be|nigf?'-jsCrir#.t rfcilnwKbt. stat<*v isns Ltvoljfetfe a- dajr-ip-' 'yl.itch | body had made trains. (They rwtsy.. to. fronj ethe.r boxes.) ! • Nhxt i’eter's arrival produced the tytuse-furnish store with its iif tyqm&rttlrfe-*la ’dvery <?hilil lores twcmodetiwirh cln.vio They- 'paint* eB jthevdisHP> and after, they-.'rt:ere- ! dry,., s,b-ellp.fked r tl.aw. -Whym,. {Tony cihie—Tqny f whose, farther sold fruit—, t icy began' iTieir first fruit and yege tithife-store.' ' Shelving; bad to 'hk put in for tlie apples, oranges, batiitnak, po -1 tjitoes; squash. pur6p&rS*, cfthßUge find Meets,- nil -of. which were modeled, painted, shellacked and sold. Tony | received, the orders ovep thQ.telep.bpne-. A church came next with, beautiful .col-, orod windows, pews, and high altar; then the post ofiled.' n florist sliop. and -tfnally, that the childi'eti’s • Httle ;i city lack nothing, a hospital witli its little group of a dozen beds. Says Miss i Pugsley: ,?j. '** ret., •. But never the first idea grew ihto being have I heard the children play “Hospital." They live in a little village; they have their beds to make, their washings to do. their dinners to cook and their shops to tend, to say nothing of their endless building and remodeling operations. Mali- nnd de livery, wagons, baby; carriaggs-r-tlte never-ceasing demand always creating the s?nly. Girls “Pester” Athletes At the Putney regatta iu Knglaiu recently the police had to protect the oarsmen of the rival crews, from en thusiastic girls who“ stormed the.ir dressing room afTer tlie race, asking for -autographs. A big policeman, how ever.; politely barbed tlie Way and told the girls the crew was forbidden to give any autographs this year. It Is understood the new rule, was made to prevent the men from being “pestered" as in the pasL anyway. . It was a revela tion'' to; fees* howtf those hdflses grew. Soil)*}, "children eon 'centh\f6(l on the bTHtrorrrn,' others on .the--Hy^tt: r ° oin . : but very 'often it r \\"as tile fcfttnen be*'' MlutmuO-jaa 'ElMmiy - —„ i rm&y ho Melter^f|;||||g ‘ >,IJ I:ii rrih v r ;rL-vr. in' .-jv/iuln ; —>■, < •*3v.b •- i • ■j. w* t ?ltl •• ffiffiffß wnMl■ J-~- *' y,,J r *!. !.• W-j’w'wB r” **s -•-■ By Mr. Hv FWra mil Ai> •Tf'd f eilu'tfttWK as we r , $ e j&<ra&. AMajMfaAfi 'COST on all subjects pertaining to the subjiav w&'iifc foh . r tftt?s#a!*<,' for Me ffMlfimvt ftl#: PW>W colint or his wide experience as laditor, Author and Alanufacturer. he is, wither °u;t oft)#, f h%^g>heat-%utfcofljty thesV subjects. Address all inquiries to iVilliarti-'t.A. “iftadiorei, No. ; *B2>l ve|!4 dlk,; Utak OiAy^. t\v6-cent stamp for reply, i .‘I: w- xrr:j.v{ts;;.r- o,- attv £ 4HBWkt&t WM&; of. apjjrsjggd , itDd more and tnofe'the "raisers of'" hogs, are realizing that theljr'proofs depend ..Jo, a large exte6t v 6n > ffre care given to the il - •*;&' probably not all farmers making a business of-■htjg'Ttrrsrng—vrili 'have 26 briood so\vs2-’ amp-Sd •'sliiitS;.tfiliH.’:tbufctfoliWwit 1 1 whom |4>is situiition is .possible,, the design £ gopd. 'lt imu "be to rSthe v Slnanef : *3j}e%foi‘. !! ' ' '' *£• rbfef‘tyi)e7?ac^ : ing wliichigivesi t-h'e IMeAvlnte?•' ‘Stm a chitnce to get into all the peas. t r Uh chouse .JUt^pf^,fr4^e, ;! .\Mi:th, a concrete .floor', and, MjigrU, ~irodm£. '6n ,eaefi“ fife Jfeetling. al le>y”mfougri:iime PeHte/'Bf6 IJ iS itfilf-’ .oidijaKpeSSfV dirt sfdy -WTB'-' : ljihcft' : epherete ftor y b'sdu-that ••tthoc house may be,p^d, > shgitfir ; dusing the hot summer m^xhf,, build ing is 24 feet wide anti?.9l* feet long. ►i) ■ 1) -iT- y You May Have House, but Have You a Real Home? '. Do you live in a house, or do you live In a , w . }i •, r This is flie pfrtinen.toiuestjfin that is asked by Better Homes in AmWlcW.tia ti'onal educational mstitrution which lias i Tesi den t Cfi Wta K3OOll or-di ai Irin an ©f its advisory council,.Herbert Hoover, secretary^.of the Department of Com merce, for its president, and.Df. James, for its executive director. . , One great troiibie' witii the ’tlnitecf 'States today, it points out, Is that too many people live in houses* tathler than, da hjomes. tpiky a straight a,nd honest rlook at your abode right . noy, and make up your niiiHl 'wliether' it is. a jioirie, or nfetely a lioule! ’ i’f.it is only (lie j v ou art hping ! ciT'eafed out Of the hestcthliig timtdife*trs to-offer, abd 'tlie.b.est thftt;uit-:be given you: is to excliang^. you for; a home., .......... . . ... ....... T(iere is an important distinct tween' hbuses and hollies. A'ruillfonalfe' who f bwtos ? ii T %Core of may-not have.: one-iin- the: -whole number 'that qualifies -.as a iMaue,, On-, the. other hand, almost every American family, Vio matter how* their income may f he, provided‘that they go'at .it. in the i*lght way, can affdfd W lidme. ' No one should be satisfied to live in a house In stead of a home." “Better Homes, in is .the oqly organization ot its* .kln3 tn, the United States: - chief em pliaSlk'-'ap'on 1 fli-e spicitfifal ! £fepe£t : t)f fhe’ dioroe, the qualities that make a home out of, n.-hoijse. • In- the second place, . its chief interest is, in, the problems pf '/the.small home owner, tlie making.of, ' wortfiy for families with little 1 money to- spend. ’ ’ ' When is a house'a home? Perhaps , Pfesideat.-Cooiidge answers the quest I- tion fully, in. his letter accepting- the |. .chairmanship .of,the advisory council S .f Better Itomes In America when he 'says thrit : homes should he “attractive, Worthy and permanent,” the kin 4 of places "in Which home life can reach its finest• levels,, pnd in which ran be | ; reared happy children and upright ! citizens." , s .> i A house is permanent enough to ! qualify as a home when it belongs to tlie family whose members live in it ■ and when its possession gives satis ; faction and content to every member of the family circle. It must be con -1 venieatly arranged and have contriv i'ances for reducing household drudgery j to Its minimum. So that time is left ■ over from tlie- work of 'housekeeping i for the more important work of home , making. A well-arranged kitchen leaves a motlier leisure to cultivate companion ship with her children. A comfortably and ha rmoniously furnished living room is a place in which spirits as well an bodies map he at;peace* I. The worthy home need not have wily furniture but it will have good ..-’is and music, and the parents will * ' ’1 t, ■- (T; 3B ri ifi- i ,J > ,L j :-"i :*P t r ft T= ’'•*% ' Hl# fe4‘?B 53s — 5 — I S _ "' | : | fi| |^.| jj so . : i I iiv. i wu in r devote time to play with their children, since r ' ith’efe 7 'thingS ; are’of the spirit, ehd / ai- worthy -hotne ministers: first.-ut •-i all to the spirit., .High ideals gre js., essential as comfort or efficiency in a home. ~i; i . r .i’r* u A house is attractive enough to be a home when-it possesses the priceless attributes of appropriateness and har mony and.,Ji£auHV no...matter. Jio'.v modeSt its iurnlfefiWgs hncTdecofations. All the furniture in a home may come ,iinder‘Hto ; thtmSand’’ dollar mark, tind yet it may liave tivese. inyaltwhlo.tpp'jfi- wt ties.-- fflivy with..real, antigpes aM expels,ive jP- w ‘estries and priceless pictures, and . vet :|fl . ■comi'bieaf’ev to’ fieirfg than i •: f i " ; ; Cre sh'bPid-'be taken’w' chfibshg .colors: in fumisliings and decarationa - > ' ap^ySuftr..-crucial matter.- ” r Xs fgr. ornh^nts,, th^j:.often.-dcqrpiise,:- in value, as the}*, increase In, pumper.,,, , j: In''general, it '"may be said, that, a , home is°atffrf6flVe only when it p'-s- ( tfiorfiiigh harmony, I 'in its inner as WOH as toirts'outer aspects. .'• r Contracts Should Be in , "Writfe and;in Duplicate When .you,- sign a epntmet for ike purchase of .a home,, flie building if home or a preliminary agreement Tor purchase,' u you should deni anu a eppy 'Of ' the contract and insist taa you receivb one! • , Tlfis -not 'only protects you any change in the contract ;t -*■ Ing with a dishonest contractor u broker, bu.t. g ttlso is proteCt against misunderstanding. The safe method of dong ll ,si ness is by giving a copy of the com tract to every person signing - • ‘ shoqia.be dbng ]u every instance. your DUslueSs along safe business and you will have no cause .or -om plaint. . i Many times in dealing wit; ' estate broker, one whom you he had considerable dealings wit- -- past, vou are inclined to ! ; tract and tell him to complete • fill it in later when he gt ; ., h This is poor business, an-, o sooner or later will result m serious situation. The broke absolutely honest, but thrnug understanding, make a ve /-\ _ ~ error for which you may be he. ly in account. , s Ail ffgt'eeroenfs, contracts • _ transactions should be signed in duplicate ami corop.t-.- not under any conditi-m w- ; detail to .verbal agreement.