The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-02-17

clpllne, feel like sparing n few sug-
gcsllons relative 10 the best method OF
bringing up children.
Bong Il bachelor without children,
my suggestions are rs likely TO he dis
Interested as II | had never seen Il
child.
According TO my observation, the
most difficult time to bring up children
Is In the morning. You can some
times, though seldom, bring them up
In the morning by yelling ut them, but
the effectiveness Of this process dimin-
ishes with It's reputation even when
not entirely neulrallzed by the chil
tlrelPs tricks Of stopping their ears
with the bedclothes. The most prompt,
effective and absolutely reliable meth
cd Is TO bring them up by the hair.
II your children have Il good healthy
scalp, without any tendency TO prema-
ture badness, this method will work
with most gratifying efficiency. Try
IL about once u week and YOU will be
surprised TO observe now It's influence
will extend through the six days in
teNal, inspiring your child with the
liveliest possible interest IN the re-
splcndant pageanlry Of sunrise.
To bring up n darling child by tho
hair requires the exercise of some on-
ergy and tirmncss; but no ailectionate
parent will hesitate at any little sacri-
lice Of thus Kind for the welfare of his
offspring.
Nothing can be more fatal to your
discipline than TO allow your children
TO contradict you. If your happen to
be betrayed into any misstatement or
eXaggeration in their presence don't
permit them to correct you. Right or
wrong, you must obstinately insist on
your infallibility, and promptly sup
press every symptom OF puerile scepti-
csm with force if need be. The mo-
ment you permit them to doubt your
unerring wisdom, you will begin to
forfeit their respect and pander to their
conccit.
There can be no sadder spectacle than
a parent surrounded by olive branches
who think they no more than he does.
| wildly remember how my father
who was one of the most rigid discip-
llnarians-quelled the aspiring egotism
tHut lloulH ltu lHc W COITcCl HIS care
less remark (when he was reckoning a
problem in shillingS) that five times
twelve was siXty-two and u half. $50"
said he, climbing over his spectacles
and surveying me grimly, eye think
ye know more'n yer father, hey?
Come here to me.N His invitation
was too pressing to be declined, and
for u few eXcrutiating moments | re-
posed in bitter humiliation across his
left knee with my neck in the embrace
Of his left arm.
| didn't see him demonstrate his
mathematical accuracy with the palm
of his right hand on the large patch of
his trowsters, but l felt the old man
was right, and when, after completely
eradcaiing my faith in the multiple
cation table he asked me how much
five times twelve was, insisted, with
tears in my eyes, that it was sixty-two
and half. "rhet's rightv said he,
an learn we to respect your father, if
! have TO thrash you twelve times
day. Now go'n water them horses,
an be lively tooW The old gentleman
didn't permit my respect for him to
wane much until the inflammatory
rheumatism disabled him, and even
then he continued to inspire me with
awe until / was thoroughly convinced
that his disability was permanent.