nking--and repeat if necessary to get results. In
dealing with a nervous child we must follow the directions on the
bottle of the old-fashioned liniment "rub in until relief is
obtained."

No "spoiling practices" should be countenanced in the case of nervous
children. They should be taught to sleep undisturbed in a room in the
presence of usual noises. They should not be allowed to grow up with a
sleeping-room always darkened by day and a light to sleep by at night.
They should be taught to sleep on without being disturbed even if
someone does enter the room; they should be taught to sleep normally
without having to quiet and hush the whole neighborhood.

PLAYMATES

The early play of nervous children should be carefully supervised and
organized. Under no circumstance should they be allowed exclusively to
play with children younger than themselves. They must not be allowed
to dictate and control their playmates; it is far better that they
should play at least a part of the time with older children who will
force them to occupy subordinate roles in their affairs of play; in
this way much may be accomplished toward preventing the development of
a selfish, headstrong, and intolerant attitude. When the nervous child
is miffed or peeved at play and wants to quit because he cannot have
his way, see to it that he quickly takes his place back in the ranks
of his playfellows, and thus early teach him how to react to defeat
and disappointment. The nervous child must not be allowed to grow up
with a disposition that will in some later crisis cause him to "get
mad and quit."

If the nervous baby has older brothers and sisters, see to it that he
does not, through pet and peeve and other manifestations of temper,
control the family and thus dictate the trend of all the children's
play. Early train him to be manly, to play fair, and when his feelings
are hurt or things do not go just to his liking, teach him, in the
language of the street, to be "game." It is equally important that
the little girls be taught in the same way how to take disappointment
and defeat without murmur or complaint.

TEACHING SELF-CONTROL

When nervous children grow up, especially if their parents are well to
do, and they are not forced to work for a living, they are prone to
develop into erratic, neurasthenic, and hysterical women, and
worrying, inefficient, and nervous men; and in later years they throng
the doctor's offices with both their real an