Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-02-03


such reverence on my part. want him
tosee that have never told him as
truth anything which was not true, aud
that ! have never told him az true
things which merely had reason 80
suppose might bn true"
4" Boys sometimes pick UP bad words
from street boys, and the first thing tou
know they are yentlating their aequi-
sitions upon their nurses or mothers
| g''Well, tell my boy that rs a gem
tlemans son he is under obligations to
himself to be better ana deeenter in his
\ lifo and habits than tho boys in the
street aref aud I,have explained 60 him
that swcaring and blackguardisn gem
orally are wholly lillwoFthyiof 9antle-
man. A boy who has gentlcwoman
for o mother and a gentleman for
father ought not Il tellhin) to act as a
boy would who had been brought up in
I q stable"
Your boys don't read dime novels
surreptitiouslyP
fIhat is hardly conceivable"
"WbyP"
Because from their earliest child
hood they have always regarded me as
4 their best friend and most Intimate con
.lfldant They conceal nothing from me,
\ because they are not afraid of me-"
"Of course, you don't encourage
either Of them TO report TO You the pee
cadilloes Of tho other?'
\ '.No. Ny whole theory and practice
OF education and government with both
my boys has been TO develop manliness
and TO set up in their minds rs an ideaf
type OF manly frankness, truthfulness,
courage and purity. | have discouraged
everything that initiated against this,
encouraged everything that worked for
it, and generally In everything | have
done have given them the reason in
order that they might understand what
was trying TO make ont OF them and
work with me to the same end. II one
has not tried IL il would surprise him
TO discover how readily boys may be
made to feel that parental action is de-
signed for their good and improvement
and happiness. and how heartily they
!. will second every effort in that direc-
ton precisely as they viii help you
. when you are getting your fishing tackle
ready if you propose a days fishing 10
which they are TO join.
Perhaps your boys are exceptional
7 ~ Rbbil uulHs
"Notat all. There is not trait Of
the prig in either of them"
They have in their lives done what
you would call bad things like other
boys?'
= Yes. and regard their bad conduct
as do bad cold, and ! have tried to
cure IL as I would cold, because il
would hurt them, and | have taught
them to look at il in the same way"
/" Do your boys ever fight each 9th
"Yes. good deal"
I" What do you do?"
~ interfere aud stop the fight.
treat that ms another bad cold. 3"
"Why not let them fight it outp'
{" Because don't think the indul-
genee in passion Is good for them.
'.If4hey were twins would YOU LEI
them fight ii out?"
"No; they see enough of fighting in
the streets"
u aWha, would YOU do if some street
boys had an alteration with themP"
81 have taught Them that they mus
q not violate n street, boys rights in any
1 way. but that self-defeuse is right o.
theirs, and that they must exercise it. '
Have they eyerh had opportunities o
: putting into practice your teachings OF
that pointPn
| q lots of them. My oldest boy
/, (eleven years olIi) had o difficulty will
/, a boy about his own age and thrasheC
! him; whereupon this lad cried out, III
take il out OF your little brother (eigh
I years old). Next morning my wife
! said 10 the eipht-Vear-older You haC
: better not come home across the lots
but come down Lewis avenue WhyP
j said the little fellow. Because tina
q big boy win be waiting for you in th'
: lot II don't care he repliedi Il an
! not going TO be driven from one stree
0 to another. The streets are public.
7 am going 10 come the usual way.
\ Wei, said his mother. What If h
. attacks YOU? 1 viii lay down M
T books and fight him The street boz
4 did attack him and got him down. M,
1 boy wriggled until he got hisaegs free
! and then by vigorous kicking brought
: his adversary to reason. Then h'
s brushed his clothes, picked up hi
Q books, came home and said TO hi
B motheF Now shan't have AM
I trouble. II | had come around BY
Lewis avenue he would have waited 70
= me there another day. He hasn't beer
troubled since; and in all such mattor
IS l teach him that it is best not to "eom'
: round by Lewis avenue. IN y Post
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