Our Children By Mrs. W. B. Davis Hindering Children: One problem in teaching chil dren arises out of the fact that those who have mastered actions until they can be performed very easily often do not appreciate the helpleness of a beginner. Many of us forget the difficulties we en countered in mastering the tasks which we teach our children so much patience is required, so we are apt to commit a common fault in teaching—we try to correct children’s mistakes by talking to them and scolding them, with the result that we often confuse and discourage instead of help them. Men who perform sleight of hand tricks always talk a good deal to their audiences, and for what pur pose? Because they know that if they can attract the attention to what they are saying, they can prevent people from seeing all that is going on. A person cannot think keenly while listening to a stream of language, especially if this language is sarcastic and of a fault-finding nature. This is par ticularly true as it applies to the teaching of the young. We are too apt to expect only success of our children. This reminds that they must also be ready to admit their mistakes, rally from their disap pointment and learn every ex perience. The mother of five whose oldest is twelve is not only twelve years a mother, but has had forty-one years of mothering; Twelve plus ten plus nine plus six plus four—the ages of each added up, and not only does each child require his full share of love and training, but each is a person ality so completely different from all the others that the experience gained in dealing with one child is of almost no value in dealing with the next. Sometimes batt ling seems to win great victories at the time. The battles come mostly over common childhood phases, disagreeable habits which most children develop at some time or other in their careers and eventually out grow. Perhaps the most futile of all are the battles against the inevitable, those fought to hold back the clock, the many and utterly hopeless strug gle to keep children forever in a state of original innocence. Sing-Fesis Second of the Sunday evening Christmas carol singfests will be held at St. Paul Methodist church, December 8, 8 to 9 o’clock, under sponsorship of the Lincoln Minis terial association and Women’s Division of the Chamber of Com merce. Prof, Marvin Wadley of the University of Nebraska school of music will direct the carol singing, and also present the Grieg Male chorus, a singing group of 28 business and profes sional men. Rev. Thomas A. Bar ton, former army chaplain, will deliver the brief meditation, and Rev. R. R. Kreps will preside. Y Teens, formerly Y. W. Girl Reser ves, will have charge of the ush ering. -n ■i- Patronise Our Advertisers O. E. S. Elects Officers At a meeting held Tuesday night at the Urban League the following officers were elected to Amaranthus Chapter No. 3 Order of the Eastern Star: Mrs. Clyde Malone, Worthy Matron; Clayton Lewis, Worthy Patron; Mrs. Eve lyn Knowles, Associate Matron; j Beulah Bradley, Secretary; Mrs. Maude Johnson, re-elected treas urer and Miss Frances Lewis, Conductress. Plans are being made for a public installation. —-