Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-28
PARENTAL ADVICE.
Bill Nye Tells How Children Should
be Raised.
Denver Opinion.

Denver opinion.
We should 20 live that when the
summons comes to he u parent II will
find us prepared. Like IA thief In the
night, NJ an early hour when we think
not.-llke n thundcrbolt from n clear
sky, the call may come to us. Let the
night-lamp, therefore, be trimmed and
burning, and the alum where ye can
lay hold OF II at any time. But, above
all we should make ourselves convers.
ant with those little parliamentary
rules which must govern the conduct
of the parent In his or her social contact
with the child. A few suggestions upon
what constitutes etiquette aud shows
good breeding In this branch OF s0ci-
city, readily marking and contrasting
the cultivated parent, and distinguish.
Ing him or her from the vulgar, the
plcbeian, the canallles las we say In
France), the James Crow and the sans
culottes parent, might not be ill.tiued
or inopportune.
In wiping a child's nose DO extreme.
ly careful 10 leave the nose. some
parents use 30 much unnecessary
strength In doing this that they find
when IL IN too late that they have
wiped the nose Of u pet child into
space. Nothing gives more need less
pain. Nothing can be more pitiful
than the child's look of sorrow and
disappointment when he starts up
10 Wipe his nose and discovers
that II IL gone. Pause. fond parent,
while the wipe In In its incipIency,
and resolve that you will spare lis ose.
IL can be OF no Use TO you. and the loss
Of IL Will be u constant source OF an
neyarce TO the child. s.
Teach your child the beauty of frank
ness and open cand0r TO ward all. I'm.
press upon him the beauty OF be-
Ing what you appear 10 be, aud hate
deception everywhere. lf you will
fondle him and dote on him In society
and jerk him bald.headed In the se-
clusion of the home circle, no will
readily understand what you mean.
Children soon learn that " you hug
their little Uizzards while
visitors nre about, and then,
when the home life IN again re-
sumed, you throw them down cellar
and wenr out table leg on their
chubby limbs, that life is real, life Is
earnest. and the square.toed, open,
frank policy Ii not generally IN use.
Parents should inlpress upon their
tiO bruNt.f WI bttI hUh
self-abnegation, " they know what
that is--I don't. Iftbere should be but
ono piece Of pie, give IL to "poor, sick
papa" II may XIII him, and after the
funeral your young life VIII be one
prolonged hallelujah and rose-tinted
whoop-'cm-up LIZA Jane.
Parents should not be. constantly
suspicious Of their children. This
will evidently breed hypocrisy aud
unreliability. II you fear that your
son IL playing pin.po0l, do not break
down your constitution and bring on
delirium trernens, hanging around tho
pool-tables watching all night for him.
He will look upon you with distTust,
aud no doubt ~ last tell you TO go
and soak your head.
DO not constantly tell your boy chow
tall he ls--that he grows like a weedu
and flnpiiy make him think he Il q
giraffe. II you keep II up You will
finally make round-shouldcred
awkward, bashfal bean-pole out Of q
mighty good-looking boy. II
every tall boy In this conn
try will agree TO lick every
wooden headed man who tells him
show he does gr0w,u / will agree t0
hold the coat or said tall boy. I am
now dealing with u subject Of which /
happen to be informed The same
rule applies 10 girls NJ well. II you
want 10 make your daughter fall over
thc piano aud yearn to climb tree
whenever she sees anybody coming
toward the honse, tell her''what great
swslloping tom boy she Ii getting 70
be-" In this way, II parents act judi
ciously and In cOnccrt, we can soon
have nation OF young men and w0-
men whose manners aud carriage will
be IN beautiful aud symmetrical As the
plaster cast Of sore toe.