Things that Appeal to Children 57 



in peace and contentment, and a place over which the 

 Spirit of the Most High may brood in great strength 

 and beauty. 



WHAT APPEALS TO THE CHILDREN 



In the selection of a location and a site for the 

 dwelling the welfare of the children must be thought 

 of, second only to that of the house mother. Now, 

 what material arrangements will appeal to the grow- 

 ing children and add much interest and romance 

 to their lives as in future time they view them in 

 retrospect ? First of all, perhaps, a broken landscape 

 might well be mentioned, a hill or two near by the 

 place, with a sharp cliff or embankment to the crest 

 of which the children may climb and there cast 

 down missiles. Such things tend to add a charm to 

 the young lives. And then, if possible, have a 

 brook or larger stream of fresh running water. A 

 large river is less desirable on account of the danger 

 to child life. But a stream which may furnish, not 

 merely water for the live-stock, but a swimming and 

 bathing place for the children in summer and a 

 skating pond for them in winter, to say nothing 

 about the pleasures of fishing and boating these 

 will appeal most strongly to the boys and girls. 

 And then, the woodland, or at least the shady grove 

 with trees to climb, and possibly nuts and wild flowers 

 to gather a place where chipmunks and song birds 

 and the like may have their natural habitat, and 



