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methods. Giving reasons for conduct when possible. Avoid loose
threats. The great value of truth and accuracy. lies and halftruths.
Methods of training.
Pnnishmenit.—Punishment should be for reform and not in revenge.
Fear not suitable as punishment, but a great cause of ill-health and
debility.
School Life.—Care of the "machine"—the body. Eyes, teeth, lungs,
ears, nose, throat, nerves. Sleep, play, work, clothes and food of
school children. Importance of attention to these things early in
life. Medical inspection of schools. Child labour.
Education: Physical, Mental, Moral.—Training the senses. Manual
training and its relation to character. Relation of parents and
teachers. School and home training should be in harmony.
Beauty and Grace of Life,.—Duty of right teaching as to the facts of life.
The happiness resultant from good manners and a sense of beauty.
Etiquette as taught in schools of Japan.
Leaving School.—Education should continue through life. Advantage of
" evening classes," technical or otherwise. Apprenticeships, domestic
service. Parents not to take short-sighted views. Skilled trades
pay best in the end.
Se/f-Ditciplinc.—Food, drink, amusements. Earning money and laying it
out well. Saving for a purpose.
Adolescence.—What girls should know. What boys should know. Companionship
and right behaviour of young men and women.
Home Making.—Choosing a wife or husband. Knowledge of domestic
affairs. The mistake of very early marriages. Saving and making.
The girl's bottom drawer.
Recapitulation.—Various points. Summing up the whole.
The following Table is a List of Schools for Mothers, compiled by
Dr. Philip Boobbver, Medical Officer of Health, Guildhall, Nottingham,
January 25th, 1910 :—