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PotRAYti That Please beautif ul ,mounted in' photographs 7x 16folder.s 1$6 Pro f s submittcd on appro vol LEugene L. Ray' STUDIO UNI. 2238 education of a child. Fortunatelv myths have a' natural appeal for chii- dn.Tbey grew in the realm of the imagination and that is where the child is at home. The questions whicli the myths answered are questions which children naturally ask. And theý answe rs the ancient Oreeks gave are more interesting là. -young cbildren than the answers sci- ence gives to them. Any young child would rather think thatz the rainbow is reallythe trailing-garments of a great messenger who' sweeps acros js the sky at the.bidding of the queen. of the gods, than to be .told that it is caused. by the, ref raction and. the reflection of'the sun's rays in drops of rain. The first explanation is one he -can understand and appreciate. So we start with: a ýgreat advantage when we.offer mythology to children. The difficulty is that there i s so verv much to offer. Chidren 'Are Puzzled Having spent rny own childhood trying, to get the Greek gods and demigods untangled, and ail the Imy-tbs connected with each separated and' put -into> sorne sort. of order, 1 was in a. position to appreciate the1 confusion in the miuds of mv owný ebjdren and in the minds of nearly ail the chlîdren with wo I camne in- contact. It seemed that thetrouble shouldj have some Sort of soluttioni. Certainly j it was not that we. needed more books containing ail the xnyths. There are. plenty of excellent vol-J ,urnes, that. ~* it* modernlie. 'lat nas oeen oone. But, alas, with what results! But while there were children who con- fused Demeter with Dionysus and Athene wth Aphrodite, to say no0- thing of the confusion of the lesser dieities,, it seemed there w-as some- thing 'left to be done in the'field of Greek mythology. Retains Honeric Atmosphere! After some analysis it seemed that what was needed was a very simple story which would assemble the Zeviewed by Vera MeDerid Floy Little Bartlett (Mrs. Sidney F. Bartlett) of Winnetka bas gath- eredtogether sixty 'pages of games, stories and puzzles. The. volume ivas compiled for ber daughter, Miriam, to amuse'the child duringr boring hours, of à long journey or duli times ini- doors. IJt includes such garnes as Dot Box, Tit-Tat-'Toe, T Square, Blind Pig, Hang the Butcher, and there are.cross word puzzles, number figures to-trace, and a story of Bach in rebus formi. The children will gloat over it, and:it is'the answer to avery real hieed every parent will recognize. Miss Conover's illustra- tions done in .black and white are ,gaily aillluring. It is'interesting to know how Mrs. Bartlett had prepared- her book. A year ago last summer she and her. daughter were making a journey to, Malcolm Balfour Studio- a ranch in Montana. Before'leaving, -Ply'i ité1 Brtettof'Winéka Mrs. Bartlett inquired of several FloyLiUe .artettof inntka large stores for a book containing a lias cempiled "The Busy> Book"-' a variety1 of materia wh wou in- series of ganes and',puzzr.es. which terest a. child onthe train. She was chiliren vv'illt finid fasicinuting. She unabe to find the volume- she was has alo iicIdcdsevralof er looking for and during the summer lia. aso ncldedsevralof er on the ranch sbe started to work on ozi»; song comPOsitions. Mrs. Iher own book, later taking. it to ,the Bartieti has been active, »in he saine Chicago book stores she, had ýArtist Recital series, în plantiing ivisited before: going West. She was their pogas h scara advised to0 take. ber manus.cript té o! he zuic eprtmnto! he New. York, which: she did. And of he"iiisicdearnie>zt f te presto! weý have "The Busy Book." innctieka Wo»zýian's club. Mrs. 1Mrs. Bartlett has always been par- 1Bartlett lias forty Pieces-o! music ticularly interested in work *with, on te tarke. .children. Sbe has written dozens of, -.children's songs as well as songs for grown-ups. At least forty of ber greatest of these gods in some sorti compositions have been published, of order. It should show the twelve and she. is now on ber third seven grea relms nd f -wat ach on-year contract witb Arthur P. Schnmidt, gret ralis a-n ofwht ech oncoxupany of Boston. Mrs. Bart- sisted. It should form a basis for an 'lett was forxnerly on. the Ravinia understanding and an appreciation of committee to plan the childfen's pro-. Greek mythology. Hav-ing decided grams. She is now chairman of the that much, there stili remained vani_ music department of the Wirînetka' ous troublesome points. To be of Xoa' lb adaieT~ e any value to a chuild thIs story rnust.1 weekly duties she is'busy. on Sunday retain something of the Homnéric at- t hmnouy t t-hleineta Congre- mosphere. These deities nmust have gatiol church; the cilre nre b- dignity and beauty. To be interest- gcomin alirhwth thienestéhymns. ing o achil itrnus kep th qui rs. Bartlett was a charter member ity of an interesting tale.b of the committee wbich sponsors theý There were the three horses to be Artist Rctlsre.ad o h -Concerts To Buy or To Reut 1724 Orrington Avenue Evanston orrlngtonJIlotel BIdg. And Some Beuutifully-Bonnd Dictiones With Inlays of Cinnabar and Jade. FIRST FLOOR ers emtiUU, and auînougn tne chiar- acters are good they are not conyinc- ing. The tale doesn't present the realistic picture of niountaineer life that you had hoped it would do. It gives the picture of mountain people, yes, but nôt a vivid, realtistic one, for it borders too mucli on -tbe senti- mnental. 6 Evanston