The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-11-23

by man and woman than parentage.
To be the means of ushering immor-
tai souls upon the stage of human
action, to give them character aud
mould their destiny. is responsibility
second to none which devolves upot.
mortals. To train child in the war
it should go IS often ole of the mos,
difficult tasks imposed upon parents,
and that difficulty is enhanced in some
directions, while it is more rapidly
overcome in others. by society The
country with its isolated homes, and
its industrial employments. IS la many
respects much the bust place t, Fear
children. They are there measur-
ably free from tie al,urernents of vice,
and the evil example CT vicious char
acters. Besides, the occupations of
rural life employ the time, and use the
vital energies which the youth will.
aud must expend either in wholesome
labo. or glresome sports, or waste them
in lndulgences destructive of health
and character. But as society is now
constituted. large numbers of children
must be relred in villages and cities,
and their manners and characters must
be formed under the difficu lties Of be-
setting temptations and a life of CON-
parasive idleness. Cities and villages
afford the best Of opportunities for in
tellectual and social culture. and child
rem who are born with virtuous ten
drncies often have the advantage of
those in rural districts, but if. as is too
ftsn the case. they have Inherited pro-
clivities toward any of the beset,ing
siHs which abound in topulons plat es.
the ben,iit OF social opportunities for
g""d, Is overbalanced by the oppor-
tuniti for evil, AID the town becomes
''the Lewis workshop" crowded with
apprentices. The fact is patent to all
observers that there is an increasing
element of juvenile upstairs infesting
all our towns, who are q social nuisance
and a moral pest to the community.
One can scarcely pass the length of any
street without seeing or hearing most
offensive evidences of youthful deprsv-
ity. The air is made hideous to mo
dest ears with loud vocifcratiors of
vulgarlty, profanity and obsceniiy is
suing from incipient iinitators of bar
room barlequins. and loafers OF rger
growth. Boys and girls who ought tn
spend their evenings at home, or if
abroad, under the restrictions Of guard
iansnip. run around loose" in even the
purlieus of vice. c.tching the lof-ction
which emanates from ctss-pools of sin,
aud which is morally certain to develop
in virgin soil all the seeds of evil whose
fruit is garnered in gaols and prisons
and asylums. Is it not strange that
parents are 80 needless Of the welfare
of their children as to give loose rein
to their hoyd-nish aud hoodlum pro-
pensities by allowing such unrestraint.
There is far too little family discipline
in modern homes, and Young America
is raining wild because of ipcoDsider-
ate parental indulgence. Relaxing
from the rigid code of Puritanic days,
which was often too severe and reprcs-
sive to childish incIinatioAs. many go to
the opposite extreme, and before the
child leaves the maternal lap its petu-
liant will has gained the mastery Of pa
rental authority, frequently because its
incipient rebellion is encouraged AS an
evidence of wonderful "smartness" in
the young rebel. Mistaken paternal
and maternal love refuses to uss such
discipline as will check the first mani
festations Of perverse will. and soon the
young tyrant has an ascendency in the
househould which is ever after kept,
and in early childhood is developed the
lawlessness which eliminates in family
discord, social disorder. and public
crime. 1t is fatal mistake on the par.
of parents to bring up their children liz
idleness. which is 1.-THE devils nppor.
tunity." 1t is the fatal error Of the
times that wholesome daily labor in
domestic duties or in any manual en-
ployment of practical life. is dishonor
able or degrading. Children of both
sexes onght to be trained in some &C.
tive labor portion of every day, both
for their physical health. and to &C.
quire industrious habits indispensable
to future success in all conditions in
life If mothers. instead of being
drudges. doing all the family work,
would train every child to help them
according to their strength. there would
soon be beautifully less" hoydens and
hOodlums in the streets gsdding after
UNIV holesome settlements. and acquir-
ing those cortupting habits which lead
to future ruin.
Let parents awaken to their respon.
sibilities and do their disciplinary du.
~ toward their children from infancy
to majority. and nearly all will "honor
their father and mother" and bless in.
stead Of curse socie.y.
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