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me, it is hard to kill me. Still, I am opposed to 

 stopping with mere play. As I see it, there is too 

 much mere play going. The girls are ashamed of 

 the kitchen laboratory, and the boys are mortified 

 by soiled hands. I hate the sight of a tennis- 

 rigged lad whose father is over there in the field at 

 work in the sunshine, and his mother bent over a 

 washtub." When we organize a new home we 

 should never plan to separate the family. All the 

 members should work together, all should play to- 

 gether, and all should rest together. That society 

 is a rank falsehood which divides father and son in 

 the functions of every-day life and joy. That home 

 is a humbug that gives sport over to the young, and 

 toil to the old, or does not make rhythm of every 

 day's occupation. Your nooks, your corners, and 

 your playgrounds should bring together mother and 

 daughter, father and son, re-creating them into a 

 daily better image of God. In this way associate 

 all the functions of true living — play and work, 

 rest and recuperation, creation and re-creation. 



This seems to me one of the finest things about 

 country life — that the children can grow up more 

 natural, with broader sympathies, and, if wisely 

 directed, a higher morale of character. In this 



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