Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-10-26
pocket money. The unhappy results Of
this are continually before their eyes.
But the remedy lies further back They

PoCAct iiUity. ne unhappy results OF
this are continually before their eyes.
But the remedy lies further back. They
should be trained from Their early years to
the use of money. 1t is an exciting time
! for boys when they begin to have the
sense of manhood coming on. tits a true
intoxication, at just the moment when all
the passions are breaking into life, and
when the love of appreciation of compan-
ions is the strongest, to feel AZ am now
to become my own master" And it is
simply tempting the devil, to add to the
fpower of this intoxication by letting a
boy awake precisely then to the unused
feeling, $ have money in my hands and
can dc as please with it." And yet this
can hardly be avoided. A young man,
in the matter of spending as in other
things, cannot be kept forever in leading
strings.
The true method is TO teach him to
spend wisely, to begin early, and dill
gently train him to use money for himself
and TO use it we'll Parents must OF
course judge for themselves what arrange
ments it is wise to make. But suppose
that when your boy is ten years old you
furnish him an allowance sufficient to buy
his shoes and gloves. Let it be large
enough to cover also such trifles as a boy
needs, and whatever it is right he should
give away. He will be proud of the trust
you place in him. He will gladly seek
your aid in fulfilling it. He will, more
over, willingly consent, (and this is a
thing of indispensable irlportance) to
keep an exact account of lis expenses.
In this way, and by enlarging the allow
ance as circumstances permit, parents
may hope to gradually accustom their
children to the use of money, and to pre-
pare them for the time when they shall
control entirely their own expenses.
Much might be said concerning the
many advantages that would result from
such a course. Poor children might be
taught not only to spend prudently, but to
| save carefully, if any object required, and
especially to give, from true principle and
out of a loving heart Our children are
too much restricted in their power OF
making others happy.
But we pass this by, to say word upon
the confidence that may come to be estab-
lished in this way between the boy and
his parents. The child's best safeguard
is not the lore of parents; but hearty
confidence between him and them. Hap
Ply will be your boy if you shall win such
trust from him as shall lead him gladly
to admit you to share in all his life A
sad thing it is when he no longer tells you
| what he does with his evenings; sad
and ominous thing when he begins to in
cur expenses of which he is unwilling tc
have you know Forestall, so far as posi-.
BILE, the danger of this Let him have mon
ely at an age when he will naturally seek
your sympathy in the use of it. Trust
begets trust. Your confidence in him will
awaken his in you 1t will appear to his
honor. This, which is so strong in boys,
and goes so fearfully wrong often, be at
pains to set right. 1t is fears other and
better side. 1t is loves strongest side
Make it, in your son, mighty pledge OF
his confidence in you.
In few years, if this boy lives, it will
be the most important practical question
that can be asked concerning him, 'Does
he know how to use money!" Teachers
will watch concerning this. His employ
ers will ask about it anxiously. His
answer to it will be potent to determine
his life. For ours is day when most
men have more to do with money than
with anything else. The mightiest pas
sions are involved in it. And as a man
spends, so is he.