WOMAN'S PAGE
THE MIND OF THE
CHILD.
CHILDREN AND THEIR
OWN LICES.
Negotiations are in progress for the establishment of a training centre for the training of Montes- sori teachers in London.
It is more than twenty years! since Dr. Montessori began to de- velop her now famous method." A year or two before the War the fame of it reached England and since that time it as gradually been revolutionaing teaching e- thods there. And in most other countries, from China to Peru, in unexpected places like Morocco, Algiers, Palestine, there are to be found nursery schools.
Dr. Montessori is more than the expounder of a method or teur: she is the apostle of what might called "The Child More, ment. In a talk with a repre- sentative of The Observer, in which her. Oeagerness and vivacity some- how "o'erleaped the difficulties of language and the intervention of interpreters, she proclaimed children's charter.
"A Serious Person," Its first point is one which all intelligent mothers and teachers have known from the beginning, though they have not always had the courage of their convictions. It is that the young child is a fundamentally serious person and should be treated seriously, and not-as many nursery-rhymers will have it a fundamentally frivolous person who should be treated play fully.
A Ban on Toys.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1929.
Similarly, toys are mostly bad. lt is a well-known fact that children break their toys or soon get tired of them," she said. They too, are unserious-grotesques.”
And fairies 1"
Dr. Montessori was ruthless." "They, too, have to go. A child of twelve is much more interested in fairies than a child of seven or a child of five. I am more interest- ́ed in fairies than any child."
She thought children needed serious, netive lives,
"We build "R fine world for ouradver and a fine world for dolls, but no world for the children," she said. The result ja that they are reduced to living in their imagination."
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And might that not have its advantages?"
"No, it is like sitting in a. theatre all the time instead of liv ing your own life. Dolls,' she said, are growing bigger and bigger and bigger. Why not take bigger; their furniture is growing the next step and let the child in- bert the doll's world?"
The Real Children's HourS. She hoped that there might soon the built a house, for children in which they could live their own lives in which everything would be proportionate to the size of the children; the doors, the rooms themselves, the steps, some photographs of some children in a Montessori school washing the dishes, their clothes, going through
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She had
great part of the domestic routine which girls habitually go through with their dolls-only in this case it happened to be the taking the delight of the young real thing. And there was no mis.
It follows, for instance, that
The real children's practically all traditional decora-house, she thought, has not been tions are wrong. Dr. Montessori calls them "grotesques.
She has been making experi- ments with thousands of smali children to discover which kind of picture most pleased them. She found, among other things, that they preferred their pictures un- realistic; they disliked pictures in which the frame cut the figure (and, incidentally for that reason she has decided that a Raphael Madonna and Child," a copy of which was displayed prominently in her first school and which has ainee, therefore, appeared in scores of schools all over the world, is a bad picture for children, for the Frame cuts across the Madonna's waist) in short, their theoretical demands seemed to be beautifully เก accordance with Iatter-day aesthetics She found that Fra Angelico, Giotto, and the primi-
tives were most to their taste.
washerwoman.
built yet, though there are in Germany and Holland some houses
designed for children which are ap pronching her ideal,
Children." she said, over and over again. “have their own lives to lead, They will be different from our lives. We are only be ginning to find out what the true child life.. is. It used to be said. years ago that a woman could not go out alone: that this prohibition was in the nature of things, was inevitable and eternal. It turns out to be wrong. life. of her own. different from man's life, but we are only jhst be ginning to discover exactly what ita nature is. Similarly, children can be allowed to have a life of their own, a freedom unknown as yet."
Woman has
She spoke of it as a battle fought between children and their elders
that the relations between the two
SNAPSHOTS OF A MAN ASKING FOR THE BUTTER
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
AEKS WILL SOMEONE PASS THE BUTTER PLEASE
FAMILY COMES TO LIFE AND PASSES THE BREAD
REQUEST 60ES UNHEEPED DUE TO LIVELY ARGUMENT WHETHER THE CHILDREN HAVE TO FINISH
THEIR SPINACH
REPEATS PETULANTLY, IT'S THE BUTTER HE WANTS, BUTTER, STARTS AT LAST
·SUBSIDES INTO CHAIR, BUT TER REACHING HIM JUST AS
REPEATS WILL SOMEBODY PLEXE) PASS HIM SOME BUTTER FR HIS BREAD
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ASKS FOR THE BREAD, NO ONE HEARING BECAUSE ARGUMENT" ABOUT SPINACH HAS BROKEN
TRIES TO REACH BUTTER HIN- SELF BUT IS STOPPED BY WARN- LING FROM WIFE NOT TO SET HE FINISHES NIBBUNG BREAD BPD EXAMPLE BY REACHING Copyright, 1927, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc. OUT AGAIN
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For the Small People. There are
delightful little cardigana for children now in Whitenway, Laillaw's. They are made of brushed wool in three colours-pink, saxe, and green, with stripes of the other colours. These coats are made in various sisen. »
I wau, too, a box of crochet cap for infants, and another. of brushed wool"kati for older children which I thought very pretty.
partice should be completely read- justed. But it is a bettle which ought to have fortunate results. since the two parties love each other and desire good."
now
Whiteaway, Laidlaw's are showing some attractive dress tweeds in toning plain and checked designs. and also fine velour cloth for making
coats.
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LIGHTING AND SHADING THE EYES.
Other eyes nced no shading tech- nique; they look their best in full view of naked daylight.
This, however, is a problem of light and shada slightly too involved for any but artists to understand. The artistic relationship between Colour is the saving grace, especial-
A woman's eyes and her hat is close.ly if we augment it by a alight atten-
vious questions.
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When to Avoid Brims,
All the old masters of art knew this.tion to line-study of the more ob- Accordingly, we never see the por- trait of a eleeping wothan, or one with closed eyes, wearing a hat. The effect would be too ludicrous for words. Be assured, if it were not so, the great painters would have pounced on so original a pose. By following the classic artists we follow the most reliable beauty guide in the world.
For instance, a woman with large eyes set in a tiny face should never choose a large sweeping-brimmed hat. This is the most obvious of all laws of line. Again, the big-faced, small-eyed woman is on dangerous ground by wearing a brimless, tight- Etting hat.
Delicate Shadows, Were they living to-day their Coming to colour, wo find that greatest difficulty in accentuating of all varieties of eyes those of a the beauty of their sitters' faces greenish cast are easiest to match. would be focused on the high, hard-All shades of green hats sympathise crowned hats and those of the brim with green and hazel-coloured eyes. less type.
The colour-association of the eyes and the hat in this case is entranc ingly restful.
Apart from the question of colour, certain eyes demand the softening
effect of delicate shadows.
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Most of the warm blues in hats act off brown eyes, and, of course, blae-eyed women have the great ad- vantage of being able to wear any range of blue. Light eyes reflect colour, and what can be more charming than this characteristic
CHINESE CLERK COMMITTED.
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MAN WITH A GOOD RECORD.
:
The Chinese clerk employed at Volunteer Headquarters who is charged with embezzlement and mis- appropriation of Government funds was yesterday committed by Mr. E. W. Hamilton to the October Criminal Sessions.
Major I. A Wolle Murray giving evidence stated that the cheques involved were filled up by accused and that he (witness) had nu suspicion that the accounts were not paid, the defendant having produced the receipta on each Decasion. The fact that certain cheques were not crossed was ex- plained by witnces who said that small Chinese firms were embarrass- ed by crossed cheques as they had no banking accounts.
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1. Egyptian singing girl. 5.A garment. 9-African antelope. 12.-Tethered. 13.-Facility.
14-Goddess of the dawn.
15.-Latin for and.
16.-Kind of bird (plural).
18-Article,
40.-Pronoun
22.-State of disorder.
2-A continent,
27.-Excited with interest.
20. Fent.
31-Conclusion.
32. Satiates,
34 Narrow opening.
38-To act
37.-Pilfers.
33-Conductor.
41-A sloth.
42-Underground part of plant.
41.-Area.
45-Poctic: distant.
47-Courte,
40-Greek god of love,
50-Disdainful person. 52.-A plant. 54.-Comparative ending. 56. A number.
57-Inclined walk. 50-Pertaining to. e1. To be indebted to. 63,--To give out. €5.-Malarial fever. 07.-A colour. e8.-Small masses. C3-A flower,
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12.-Plural pronoun. 17-Part of" to be." 19.-Exclamation.
21.-To carry,
23. To trade for money.
23.-Improper in action or sperch.. 26.-Loves greatly.
7.Tests value of 28.-Equipment.
30.-Expires.
33. Deliberate,
35,-Narrow band of cloth,
38. Chimney carbon.
40. To venture. 43-Very warm. 46.-Observed. 19.-Benches. 51-To exist. 53.-Type meLaure. 53.--Modern. 58.-Equality. 80.-Recompense. 61--Conjunction. 62.-Pronoun. Bs.-Mother. 68-Boxing match.
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applied for help from the Officers of the Comps, he would certainly have obtained it. quate
In regard to the Pharmacy at- count, witness said that he knew a refund was due to the Defence Corp. He had no idea that the defendant had collected the money, Lut added that it was quite possible that the defendant" might have re- turned the 891 odd concerned by paying it into the bank before the end of the moath, as the cash book had not been closed. In answer to Mr. Loseby, witness said that the defendant, since his arrest, had disclosed everything in connection with the accounts and had kept nothing back. In fact, it was the year na u special reward for good defendant who called witness at service -I can't swear to the sum, tention to the Pharmacy item. but I know there has been a per- Answering further questions, sonal present of some kind...
At this stage the defendant was Major Wolfe Murray said that be Witness also stated, in answer to
seen to weup in dock. was aware that the defendant was Mr. Losely, that the defendant was Mr Loseby at the conclusion of the father of four five children, on duty throughout the strike and the evidenco said that bis Worship that he (defendant) had been ill and was given a reward of $50 by had had the whole facts of the case and that there had been consider the Government.
put before his and be hoped that uble sickness in his family. His
Mr. Hamilton would not commit. salary was $143 a month, whict in- |
In committing the defendant, his claded. 816 rent allowance.
Witnes went on to say that sings 1912 the defendant had been in Government Service and had a clean record until the present case Mr. Lonely: I think it is on record that the Commandmt of the force has been paying him, 850 a
Mr. Loseby: I think I am right in saying thus friends have offered to make restitution on tis hebal£1. Worship stated that he felt his Yes. It has been refused, by the duty was to commit the defendant. Government.
The Judge at the Sessions would Asked for his personal opinion | no doubt be given the full facts of the defendant, Major Wolfe of the defendant's case and even if Murray said: "I trusted him and the mari was not legally represent- looked upon him as a loyal hard ed, everything in his favour would _worker."" If the defendant had go before the learned judge,