Forgotten How To Play

Gentle mother, whose life is full of ! work and care, have you forgotten how to play? If so, let your own children teach you over again. Join in their frolics, share their sporta, learn to play their games, It may seem loss of time to ycu, but it means infinite gain to the children for the mother to be also the playfellow. This cannot always be done, but it can be done often. enough to increase manyfold the child's delight in sport. There is no opportunity like it for inculcating the doctrine of fair play and of unselfish sharing of toys. Vrom being plcascd and proud to have mothei play with theni, they can easily be led to the desire to make her have a good time, and frcm that to the consideration and practice of giving other peopie pleasure. Remember the play tima is his best time for the average child. They learn quite early enough that they can have good times without the mother. Do everything to postpone that evil day, and, leaving the welfare of the child out of the question, the play will do the mother good. It takea away the worry and makes at least one bright and sunny half hour in a day that may be full of cares. We have no space to enumérate the advaii ■ tages, but they are many. Try them for yourselves, dear mothers, and help each other by reporting the resulta of the trying upon your heart, and also upon the temper and spirit of your child.