Randolph journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1865-186?, 1867-02-07

fhe foildwing rtsnilfks arc from
the C'i'ctgo Journal OF COnImcrce:
In or. cities, where trade drives
and + cnacting, and where anuse-
mrn., and fashion Mold such de--
pDtic sway, this evil --fOr il is am
evil ofab-cnieeism from parental
AMI maternal ddti /. growing
one, AMI threatens 10 iniure botn
vidullS. and s3riptt'. more than
w nmy expect. Hurried life life
too exclusively cOniiacI 90 the
coulting-roDn; life with the crowd
in the bonding hons or the hotel;
life that Is restless and gay 80 the
verge pi dissipation. this sort of life
with il obviously denoralizing
effects upOn America in IL teens.
il qlitc t1p c1mnpn. Verify, il
mighi properly be sud that partie-
have 40 moral right % br
married and have The "olivr
plants speing up arOIai any IT,
ble but the sable OF their own dom
it.ii where they cauund arc anxious
tOlooS after the welfare, the growth;
and the culture of their offspring.
Tie PNlmist tells is that, God
satrth the solitary IN .fboiaics."
which means, w -Gppnse, that the
W. people oaghttD livc,isip houses
holds, Wnrrs the natural relations
and the natural affections shall huVe
the privacy, the separations from
thc great bu-tling word and the
eOncpursc OF peoplc they require
for their right enjoyment and their
pure and hetlthful cxercisr; yet how
sally Is thisOrtIimtion ofprOvileacc
tnterferri with and di-regardcd,
ominously 81, 10 otlr great aad
mIltitddinOus towns! Indeed il Is
or becoming, AVERY serious ques-
ton, now whut are assumed 10 Ic
the Imperative demand, OF bu}i-
ness, and what are felt To be the al-
most irresistible solicitations OF
"seiety," can b. reconcile | with q
dccen;ly faithful regard 10 the
claims of domestic life.
We dread the street and gutter for
the little chaps; We Talk OF the pre-
mature old heAdedne-s Of the shoe
blacks, newsbovs, and other yaga-
bond youngsters; but really it adj
nlits of doubt whether rags or
rOWlYism i'm blind alleys are worse
IN their intluencr on the generation
than hotel entries and ballra0ms,
i aud the company of grgpns, coach
lien, and other.seryants. Pie gon-
4, zion % vicious and loose habits is
not Warded of by fine clothes, and
little gentlemen may get infected
+ 10y II quite - easily, prrchanc2, ~
little gamins. Certainly, "tcrrihlc
iniants' i'm costly attire are about
IL frequently met with * those
whose elicf garments are q coating
OF dirt. = II t.. therefore, Very de-
sirablc for the rich ~ well a. the
poor that well ordered family liv-
ing should not pass away, and that
the intercourse anil association be-
tween parents and their children
should become less Intermittent AMI
closer. Of what advantage Will il
be- 10 make fortune for ones he'
and to seat them IN lu>urN, L.,
meanwhile, they are LETT without
careful watching, without special
and solicitors care fos their. moral
training ~ watching and care that
can not b. safely intrusted 10 hire
lings?
It'Would be we'll for some mer-
chants and professional men TO put
this inquiry TO themselves, as they
remember how they daily come out
of their front doors in shr morning
not 10 re-epter tham uVil the.even-
/ ing, and then only. to- prepare for
giving good portion OF the night
+ to engagements in which home
matters have not lot or part. X aep
your boy whilst ne is boy; we'll
behaved, polite boy; Il manly boy;
Il courageous boy, self-rcliant boy;
no milksop boy tied 10 his mothers
skirts, but still Il boy; not a weak
ling, aping the airs and acquiring
the habits Of grown up danlics and
! fast charac.e rs. Don't make a self
indulgent small gentleman OF him
Ia wait upon and take care of him.
self, and to respect his interiors and
treat them courte0usly and kindly.
Pray save him from The absuflity
of cane and Kid gloves and gar
ments that are not suitable for
downright hearty play. 1t may be
pretty and aristO,ratic aVd sign of
your opulence TO dress him up in
the height OF fashion; but in 50 do
ing YOU run the risk ofspoilins him
for any robust and useful living.