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“You can judge a man by the way he treats his dog. There is something very far wrong With anyone who mistreats animals." Grandma. tn lter later years. was an ardent member of the Humane Society. Let anyone dare to come to the farm Wllh a neglected horse and Grandmother see hint. he would really be taught a lesson on the care of anintals in general. “Honour thy Father and thy Mother" was one of Grandma's strong points. "No one can ever prosper who neglects tlte aged." “Respect the hus- band of the house." As I grew up. Grandma am! I had a few arguments along this line. as tny ideas were rather modern. so she thought. Grandma was a wonderfttl lover of flowers. Anything would grow for her. “You have to love them and love to be with them. it's funny â€" but they know.“ Her fuehsias grew like small trees â€" their beautiful colours were almost tropical. Her geraniums. too. grew and blossomed abundantly. and the visitor who admired her plants was promptly given a slip of her favourite to take home. Her garden. as long as she could tend it. was a sight to behold. She had great faith in home remedies. and the flowers of tansy. bonesel. cam« omile and hops were picked and dried. along with wormwood. dandelion roots. smartâ€"weed and the toothache plant. to be used in tea for various ailments. “Never overdrcss. my dear granddatiglim _ one good jeWc-l. no more“ â€" how ditlcmn HM. costume jewellery of nowadays! And ‘ ‘N be influenced by a pretty face. it's what's in neath that counts." Time and again I have i Grandma repeat these admonitions. “\‘L‘I lllkl', " tltl Grandmother loved to tell of driving in n. â€" (now Kitchener) â€" and on more than occasion of picking up "Billie King" (Mat: King) on the outskirts near his home. and . W him a ride down town. Born a Conservalit ill. became a staunch Liberal on marrying m)» c. Hy father. When she met my hushandaoybe. wit. .._ ferred upon him one of her greatest compli .i â€" he resembled Mackenzie King. I. l‘, l] couldn‘t see the likeness. but. from then . was in her good graces. My grandmother lived to be almost nlnct‘ She was one of the first Women's ln\llll|lL bcrs of the Winterbourne Branch. North t.“ loo District. Her childhood and lifelong ‘ was its first president. “We can always lean» others. and we. in turn. must never be illtt to share our knowledge with them." Dying. she said. “Don't mourn for mg i outlived my generation. I am happy to 5. She left a wonderful heritage â€" her mentor a few of which I have tried to pass. on to it in] mite ’l'.‘ How Can I Train My Child To Be A Citizen of the World? By Susan Bonsteel Ontario’s First Prize Essay in the Fll"IC Essay Competition 1959 My oldest child is five. She is growing up in a world which has conquered its own borders and is turning towards outer space. Fantastic as this fact is to us. to her it will be commonplace. She will see that man is in a fair way toward conquering the universe. while at the same time his own nature and his own society bathe him. The contra- diction will either make her cynical or make her exhilarated. I hope it will be the latter. if that exhilaration will lead her on to greater learning and deeper understanding of herself and society. My child is shy. I cannot change her nature, but perhaps I can lead her to see that shyness is often self-absorption. I can take her with me on visits to homes of opulence. homes of neatness and homes of squalor. and by my own attitude show her that it is only the person that is imâ€" portant. A wealthy person may be stufl'y. and a slatternly woman dull and boring. A farmer’s wife may be neat and clean. a doctor's wife may be a poor housekeeper. and yet they may both have the joy of living in their eyes. I will try to show her that she must help other people. not because she ought, but because she loves them and wants to do things for them. I hope somehow to get her to think for her- self. I will give her a first-rate grounding in my own faith, but encourage her to use it only as a foundation on which to build her own castle of belief. When she comes to the point of abruptly 16 questioning all she has learned. I hope ll teaching will show her that merely pulling one set of beliefs is not enough; she in the vacuum with something that satisfies 1 hope by example to instill in her a | I reading. Children's books will be everyw‘ 't the house. with a good sprinkling of stone i other countries. Later there will be good and biography. history. travel and the lll‘ that seeks to find the reason behind ll‘ltlt: will learn to read newspapers. and keep "* date on current events. A large map of t and a globe of the world will be in front of ‘l the time. I hope she will become a goou ~- dian. because a citizen of the world is Ilrs at a citizen of her own community and it» '7 nation. When she is in high school. I shall em :â€" her to bring home all sorts of friends. l in “C will bring them home not diffidentl}. i Iurally. entirely forget.ing to "warn" us that J» is Negro, or Harurtti is Japanese-Canadian 1 can learn to accept people as people. likln it“ or disliking them for their own pn‘rw “L” and not for their appearance or backgrotn its will not be in danger of professional "doe-gr- in her relationships Iater on. I should like her to spend a summer 7 French-Canadian family. learning their \ OI life. their society. their religion and their 1M "96 tit HOME AND to: "R"