The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-11-03
uoe,l. Parents,

D0etlo EarontAs
A scotchnan. rsturned homo from IN
American tour, gives some smusing .lu.tra.
lions he met which helped to explain what .
New England lady meant whsn she said, ~
am learning to be docle parent
"Psrents. obey your children IN oil things,
is the new idea. 1t is not, after all, 30 Areai
a stretch to anticipate, as somebody sne'
cests. that We shall by-and>by see on the
s,spbosrd Of some American stefs - ohs
Smith Father
Let It not b. supposed, however, the Amer
| lean children are rude, or ill-bekrssd Or
tie contrary. they struck mo AS more polite
more co t'.rse more orderly, genera
rule, III. gu ,wn; bn' they led 10 hs
dealt with in = different AZ. You must ap.
peal to their reason and good ense. If you
appeal merely TO your own authority, you
| are apt TO get pert answer.
Remember who you are talking 70, sir T.
said en- indignant parent to fractions boy
Il am your father, cir, 'sWell, who's to
| blame for that ~ SAID young impsrtinsnce
'taint me
| One little bay, 10 whom have already re-
ferred was making himself very dissgreeable
| on one occasion when his mother had him
With her on visit to soms friends. She took
him to the bedroom, and told him that ifhe
did not behave himself she would shut him
up in the closet, "You cant Thers sim
a closet here,' said the child triumphantly
"Ill put you into thss wardrobe, then. y
mo, you won't +" ri will" "You try III
She took him instantly, put him in and turned
the lock. Thereupon Young America be-
gan to kick up . tremendous noise inside,
hattering the doors Of the wardrobe - if he
! would have knocked them of their hinges.
r.. L.. fo~ .E,1 - - -orA Ia -, It
either to himself or the fnrnis7re, and re-
membering that the house was not hers. took
him out and said in great distress: 30,
George, don't know what to do with you ~
.'Don't you p said he, looking up into her
face mo, indeed, don't. "Thsn," SAL
he, s'if that is %, I'll behave which he
accordingly did, marching into the other
room with her, and conducting himself for
the rest of the evening like . little gentle.
man. She had capitulated-g up the strug-
gle for authority. he WAS Row behaving on
hi. o. responsibility.
This case suggests smother which Hue
trates the same point, but has . grotesque
feature # it, own. A geptlaman in North
ampton, with whom I spent very delightful
week and Who belongs to one Of the old
Puritan families, told me that for several
year. he had tried whippisg With his boy, but
found It Intellectual. On one occasion the
boy was caught in 40 oft-repsaksd fault His
father took him TO his room; unbranded him
for his persistent disobediencs; reminded
him (which W. probably annecessary) that
be had several times bssa oatsesdr IL ,ahe
Ny Of pArsntal duty, 70 apply shsf "a a
correction; that II seemed - bavs g yes besn
IN vain; that he was much disheartsnsd, and
was at loss what % A with him. A bright
thought occurred 10 ths boy. Father"
said he, suppose Jou pray rtsfnher
WIS good man, and could not refuse TO do
this But having Wrong suspicion il his
mind that the boy bad suggested this Chris
tian exercise il order to escape punishment.
he prayed for the young reprobate first, and
whipped him afterHards. he told me, how.
sses. that be ka4 sever been axle se make
snything ofthe boy till he gaveup hogginG and
appealed to the boys sense Of what VS. right
and proper.