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The article reflects on the implications of the signing of the Japanese Peace Treaty in San Francisco, California for the symbolic dove of peace of the Communists, especially the Russians, in September 1951. It discusses the history of the illustration of the symbolic dove of peace by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso in 1949 wherein the wings of the dove beat over several continents including Europe and Asia. The author also explains the start of the call of Communists for peace in Europe.

The article presents information on the book "Notes of a Son and Brother," by Henry James. The chief detaching force during the period of Henry James's childhood was the long educational sojourn of the James family in Europe, treated in "A Small Boy and Others." They returned to America late in 1860, but, owing mainly to the singular character and position of the father, did not effectively "join on to it" An independent Swedenborgian touched with Emersonian transcendentalism, the elder Henry James seems to have shunned for himself and his sons as the gravest of all perils the pressure of any established routine, creed, or institution.

The article offers information on the suggestion for effective traveling with children in Europe supplemented by Leila Hadley in her work "Guide to Traveling with Children in Europe." Hadley suggests the nursery whoop-de-doo Jelmoli's in Zurich, Switzerland where mothers can leave their children while shopping. She adds that the Anti-Poison Center of Brussels in Belgium can be contacted by parents to find an early antidote in case of poisoning during unlikely hours at night.

The article reports on the opening of several play schools for parents in Europe by psychiatrist Tobias Brocher, to teach parenting to parents. Brocher says that, he started the schools after he realized that there was no professional training for parenting, which perhaps is the most important profession in the life of parents. Brocher says that, it is necessary to first make the parents recall their childhood, as only then they will be able to understand themselves and their children better.