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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1924-10-30, Page 741, Putting a '''Piano Course ; Within. the ,Reach Of • A�1;Chatkeau rea°hers in Canada and'aerees the border hav0 for many years worked on the -principle of clans teaching. They 1 eve' found that whether it be aritla rnetic, geography, grammar, history, or what not, they get exrellent reselte in class weals, partly because of the group seirit, the competitive aspeet`of human natureand other reasons so" generally accepted that it is quite uu- neee&eary to itemize them. It is only in recent years, however, that this class .method. hes been applied to the teaching of piano:. Axid now dotted a•1l. over the contiuont are centres where piano glass instruetioa is in practice with excellent results, The writer las been present inclaes rooms when this work was being car- ried on through the Music Department of Public Schools, and it was, astound- ing to see the progress matte by obild- ren front 6 to 10 years of age. So ef- fective has the grotip method of teach- ing piano become that eur„neighbors to the south are .now giving it a place in really a very big way. One of the latest- developments is that Mr. W. Otto Miessner, himself a former supervisor of School Music, and .last year's President of the Music Super- Visors' National Conference, has made. available a plan for instructing school, children in piano playing, even though" they Have no piano at home: An ingenious Chart. In brief, this plan furnishes inedritc- t en for ,children from 8 years of age to 14, who have not ,previously had , any piano les•sous, and whose parents work at the present time, One: reason are apparently unable to afford the for the urgent necessity of this work money necessary to give their children would seem to be due to the fact that, lessons from a private teacher: Mr. as a rule, very little medical or nurs= Miessner's course is called "The ing supervision is given to the pre- lVIelody Way to Play the ]?fano," It school child, and consequently it ar- inchides an ingenious chart known as rives at schoolage with. its physical the Key Finder. The chart represents defects, if anyuncorrected. The medical supervision of school children a section of the plane keyboard on is at the present time much more in which the child can locate thevari- vogue than the supervision of the pro- ous notes, even though he has no school child. This is, in a sense, re - Mane. A collection of piano selections giettable, because if the defects were that attract children because of their corrected earlier, they would not melody, goes with the course. In cause so much trouble, and it often places where this class instruction has i happens that when the child has ar- : age the defects have already caused irreparable damage. A BY Dir. J. J.- MIDDLETON Provincial Board of Heaith, Ontario Da Middleton will be glad to answer questions eat Public Health mete tore through this column. Addreas him at Egadina House, SRAM Cresceaa Toronto. Keeping' school children up to a nor- mal standard of health and efficiency is an important part of public health rived at school been instituted, an invitation has been extended to parents to enroll their squint, for instance, unattended- to in children for a eourse of twelve piano early childhood will result in defective lessons, the total cost of tuition, key -I vision which often cannot be success board, music and necessary supplies • fully treated after the child has reach - not to exceed $2.00. ed the ago of five or six yeare. Numer- It has been found that by this method, ous cases have come to the attention piano study becomes interesting in-, of child welfare workers where a stead of dry. Again, the child has the squint . was alowed to right itself, advantage of • the company of the other and inconsequence the child a year or children 1n the elites where that spirit' 'wily oneleye.Jen latepractically the use of Within the past year or two, an at- tempt has been made in all well -organ- ized health centres, to 'continue the work of child welfare through the pre- school period. In the, early days of the movement, the scope of the work was 101%817 limited to infants and the period ffi'om birth to Bei attainment of of childish rivalry spurs on their am- bition, which as one can imagine, is snore conducive to progress• titan be- ing shut in'a room alone with the com- mand to "get in that hour's practice." • Advantages of New Method. One really needs to see a piano class at weals to realize the full 'advantage one year of age. It is now recognized, of the method of teaching piano, When however, that the child between in - one adds to that the faot that the • fancy ,and school age cannot be ex- course instituted by Mr, l'iltessner pate' eluded from any system of control and t results are to a working knowledge of the pianolsupeivlsion if the bee within reach of the childreu of the masses instead of confining it to the fewer number whose pasents can af- feed private instruction, it Is reason- able to expect that piano classes will become much More general than they now Are. It has been found by investigation that in many homes where there is Just as apt to be musical talent as in any others, 'tire musical environment le at low ebb, partiy because that home toes not posse -as a piano, Frequently in iBtch homes there's refeelingthat of a piano for their ohilti,ren s musical education; the extra cost of private ,i,V s soar"es thein off the idea. They priglit ev(iu 6e willing to skimp and Lave to afford that private instruction if they knew what one or more yf their children realty possessed any Musical i al�ent. alis cuss instruc- tion, as outlined above, appeals to such parents because It enables them to locate musical talent in their home, .le euch'.there be, with practically no Cash, outlay. - .__—_a___--... Farm Queries Answered by Radio. • mho agricultural knowledge elowlY gathered by devoted masters of the ve-orid's oldest eoience will be made "mailable to the farmers of Eastern Canada by meene of an arrangement LLtti� r.tered lat�eg . tween Macdenald 71 ' tilfn •a� &folie e, di.. Anne's, and trterconi radio stat s &CIA - If a termer hae• a problem which neede solution, or is anxious to have advice upon some phase of his- work, it will Wylie necessary to write to Mas- ooni•station CFCF, Montreal, and iiia matter will be turned over to the eel - lege for attention. The replies to the inquiries thus re- ceived will be broadcasted together with the enquiry, froth s�e CFCer ging-t ie Mondavi i,,ga _ ay even- •ing Weir "; %e' an hoer which ill kg 1 11°0 .later'. In this wrb9blit '7 Mil��y e 6 iginal enquirer, •but other fa," who loiases }radio Bete vela benefit ft;;SRe the advice gi7ede out from the oolleger, This new etepl,forwited in radio 'ser- vice Wee made, posetbl threiigh the whole-heartect co+operation Of Pro - feasor 1r. O, -Harrison, principal of Ma cloaald College, who has offered to aseis•t in every way to make the scheme a success. - &V&A iii .tile; eoula affor Che- purchase Ibe obtained. It is, consequently, now ithe aim of all complete schemes for 'the workers to keep in touch with the [children aged one year to five years land to endeavor to conserve their ihealth during ,the early' years of growth and development, when so many chronic and disabling diseases are apt to originate, if there is a. fail ture to observe the early signs of per- verted health. The movement in favor of conserv- ing infant, and child life is now viewed on even broader grounds. The desir- ability of watching over the health of the expectant mother, of bringing to full term the large number of pre- ;mature re-tmature births that are known to occur, and of providing spilled attention at the time of birth is everywhere recog- nized The, solution of the problem of infant mortality is to be found through a variety of means. One is increased educational facilities for mothers, and especially young mothers, to learn the art of child -craft, another is breast-feeding, another is regular and periodic examination by the fam- ily physician. Some means must be found for providing the necessities of life in the way of wholesome food and healthful surroundings for the moth- eis of the poorer classes who are .fight, ing year in and year out against desti- tution and want. Minard's Liniment for Rheumatism. Jasper Park, 4,400 square miles, is the biggest "playground" in the world. Next comes the Yellowstone National Park in the United States, 8,848 square miles. The ° ew Easy Way to Have Beautiful Waxed FIbors Every one can now have beautifully polished floors and linoleum.with little effort -no stooping and at small expense. 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They are looking for the arrival it a monster cornet. .'Not one of the "hairy stars'; (as the anciente call,' them) that journey arounlatbe'atin in veet'eiliptioal.orbits, returning to our neighborhood at regu- lar intervals, but a visitor from the outer void ;of emote,., .ruse about once in every ten years such a stranger ,cornet of large size makee ita appearance in the heavens, The next one is almost due, and the comeetuntere are ' :watching for 'it.. Some astronomers specialize• in hunt- ing for &Mete. They use for this .pur- pose a peculiar hind of telescope, of low power but wide field of view,. There is more than a purely scienti- fic interest in the.,djscovery of a new eemet. "Astronomershave long since eoncluiled by purely mathematical rec- koning that a comet Is likely to hit the earth "head • on" sooner or later: Novelists ' have dealt with this possi- bility and have drawn fantastic pic- tures of what would happen to out• earth if it collided with a comet. And scientists: agree that in the event of such a catastrophe the entire popula- tion of the world' might he destroyed by the poisoning of our atmosphere frcm the gas carrie;l by the comet. The head of a comet is gas -lit. It consists of e relatively solid "nucleus" which looks like a star—in some cases thousands of miles in diameter, sur- rounded by an imiliene envelope of burning gas. The quantity ,of gas carried by a big comet may not probably be. greater than the earth's entire atmosphere. One tan imagine then what might be the result of a profuse mixing of tile gas-, very probably unbreathable, with our air, THE FALL HAMA HARD ON LIME ONES Canadian fall weather is extremely hard on little ones•. One day it is warm and bright and the next wet and cold, These sudden changes bring on colds, cramps and colic, and unless baby's little stomach is kept right the result may be serious-. There is notir- ing to equal Baby's Own Tablets- in keeping the little ones well. e They eweeten the stomach, regulate the bowels, break up colds and make baby thrive. The Tablets are sold by medi- cine dealers or by mall at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co„ Brockville, Ont. Just the Thing, Bug "Marathon Runner—"Gee, but this 1e a dandy track to train on for those Olympic tryouts:" The Rebel I looked into the sky, at night, And saw, how, horde on horde, •T•he stars came forth, in ordered bands Obedient to their Lord. Then,' further down the slope of blue, Along the West, I saw A. fiery :meteor pace -a fool That eine against the•Law. He left a line of sputtering red To vex the quiet ,shies, Brief as an atheist's doubt of God That makes a show and dies: Claribel Weeks Avery. Wanted. --A National Anthem The Government of the Irish Free State is seeking a national: anthem for Ireland, and a competition has been enggested as the best means of find- ing one. Curiouly enough, the only European national anthem written to order was the Norwegian, composed by the poet Bjornson. The old Portuguese na- tional hymn is unique in that it was written by an emperor, Dom Pedro of Brazil; although the ex -Kaiser an nonnced during the war that he had ween a new hymn for the German nation. Apparently, howeVer, it was never pualiehed. The gscmon"s Russian national an- them is noteworthy in that the tune, by the composer Lye; yirg written be- fore' the words, which weere dokaelbied afterwards by command of the Czar. The authorship of our own National Anthem' hae never been definitely set- tled. Its tune has been appropriated by both Germany and Denmark for national hymns, fNl;W STRENGTH FOR WEAK STOIACHS Indigestion Disappears When the [piled is Enriched. The urgent need of all who suffer from indigestion is a tonic to enrich the blood. Pain and distress after eating IS the way the stomach shows that it is too weak to perform the Work of digesting the food. taken. In' this condition some people foolishly; resort to purgatives, bait these only further aggravate the trouble. New strength is given weak atom - eche by Dr. Williams Pink Pills be- cause these pills enrich and purify the blood. This is the natural process of giving strength and tone to the stone; ach, and it accounts for the speedy relief iu stomach disorders that fol low the use of Dr. 'Williams' Pink Pills. The appetite revives, food can' be taken without discomfort and the burden end pains of indigestion are dispelled, Miss Mollie Averill, Clan- william, 'Man., prove,s the value of these pills in cases of this kind, She says; "Some years ago I had a terrible attack of stomach trouble. Pay stem -1 ach rejected all food and I could not even keep down a light custard. I tried some tablets recommended for dyspepsia, but they did not do me a particle of good, Then I got medicine from a doctor, but with: no better re- sults. By this time I had changed animals ,give mills, but in tropical. from a robust, healthy girl to'a Qom--; countries the dairyman has competi- plete skeleton, losing flesh daily. Then tion from the vegetable kingdom. my parents asked me to try 7]r. Wil• A tree in the West Indies, known to Barns' Pink 'Pills and I began their the natives as the hyahya, yields from use. After taking them for a shtrt.� its bark and pith a juice richer and time I began to feel better and con - thicker than saw's mills. The people tinned the treatment until I was cam- who live where the hyabya grows use pletely restored to health. Since, on i its juice as w0 use milk. The tree rare occasions when I have Pelt the when full grown is almost 40.ft. high need of a tonic, I turn to Dr, Williams' { esti 181n, in circumference. Pink Pills and they never disappoint Folks who want the very best use RED ROSE ORANGE PEKOE � EASY TRICKS Dro. 340 Three Squares 1"'"'T'.1.7:1.. l PIG. a, FIGO. Arrange four matches as in Fig- ure 1 and tell your friends that that is the easiest way to form a square by using four matches. Tell them that another square can be formed by using four matches only. They will not have much difficulty in discovering that the matches may be arranged as In Figure 2. Tell them; however, that the matches may be arranged in an en- tirely' different way and 'another square. formed. They will have difficulty in finding the third ,meth+ od which is that illustrated' in Fig- ure 3. The square is formed by the ends of the matches. (0Ep this out and paste It, with other of the series, in a scrapboole.b Milk From 'frees: It is generally supposed that only me. Most members of our family have! The C ngalesehave a tree, the kirig- at some time taken the pills with good results, so I now always recommend them to all in need of a reliable tonic:" You can get these pills from any medicine dealer or by mail at 60 cents 'a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Dema>IAd for Bible Proves People's Real Need. At the moment of writing I read in the newspapers that the presses which print the Bible cannot peep pace with, the demand. How did this demand i arise? What maintains it? Why do people buy and read this ancient book, when they can buy and read so much that ie newer, fresher and on the sur- face at least, more directly suited to their twentieth century needs? writes Baeil Iiia in "Harper's." Of one thing we can be certain, that unless these books euppiied some- thing which the heart of Europe and America craves for its sustenance, no such demand would continue. No- where else in history, to myn ow- know - ledge, ledge, do we find a group of people, ex- tremely diverse among themselves, ap- propriating . a whole literature not their own, which they had no part in producing, and living on it as they never live on the mast vital works of their own. children. The phenomenon calls attention to iteeelti end is• perhape its own best ex- i l: gi. Demand is always in proportion to the quality of the supply. That is all. There is no further mystery. It is with the Bible as with everything else, Where there is that which meets a need, those tulle feel the need will turn 6 it. No fictitious sentiment would keep the printing presses of the 'Bible working overtime. No pietistic or sec- tarian of ecclesiastical incitement could, year in and year out, support a sale which possibly equals that of all the rest of the books of the world put together. Life sloes not work that way. Noth- ing le continually and a gerity bouga sail pard Lioi whioit Is Sit worth its p ice tothe ptirchaidem. Deception or overesPiteefen may rule for a time; but it is ciie covered in the long. run. if in tate long run the demand for any ar- ticle is greater than it ever was, we may depend, upon it that there is value fe that article witch is not to be found els�egwhere: • Th net Alen, is the bask; aita`sin POf til lige autherity—ite venue. Make, the allowances you like for the un- read Bibles on the shelves of homes, schools tend churches, and there stili must remain a east number of persons in the world studying these books and finding in them truths'. ,essential to their welfare. Payment for articles advertised in this Column ahould be made with Do- minion Express Money Ordere—a safe way of sending money by mail, Whatever his vocation or station in life, the thing which each should strive' for most earnestly is the unqualified approval of his own soul. 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