The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-08-09
Hsutics OF Parents.
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summons comes TO be parent ~ VIII
find us prepared, Like thief in the
night, at an hour when we think not,
like thunderbolt from a clear sky.
the call may come to us. Let the
night-lamp, therefore, be trimmed and
burning, and the alum where we can
lay hold on it at any time, But, above
ALL we should make ourselves CONVEX
SAINT with those little parliamentary
rules which must govern the conduct
of the parent in his or her social con-
tact with the child A few sugges-
tions upon what constitute etiquette
and shows good breeding in this
branch of society, readily marking and
contrasting the cultivated parent and
distinguishing him or her from the
vulgar, tho snide, the plebeian, the
canailles Gas we say in Franco, the
James Crow and the sans culottes.
parent, might not be ill-timed or mop
perfume.
In wiping child's nose be extreme
ly careful to leave the nose. Some
parents use so much unnecessary
strength in doing this that they find
when it is too late that they have
wiped the nose of a pet child into
space. Nothing gives more pain.
Nothing can be more pitiful than the
childs first look Of sorrow and disap-
pointment when he starts to wipe his
nose and discovers that is gone.
Pause, fond parent, while the wipe is
in its incipiency, and resolve that you
will spare its nose. 1t can be of no
use to you, and the loss OF it will be a
constant annoyance to the child.
Teach your children the beauty of
frankness and open candor toward all.
Impress upon him the beauty of being
what you appear to be, and hate de-
ception everywhere. If you fondle
him and dote on him in society and
Jerk him baldheaded in the seclusion
of the home circle, he will readily un.
derstand what you mean. Children
soon learn that If you hug their little
gizzards fiat while visitors are about
and then when the home life is agair
resumed, you throw them down cellar
o and wear out table leg on theil
chubby limbs, that life is real, life il
earnest, and the square-toed, open
frank policy is not generally il
use.
Parents should impress upon thei
: children the beauty of self-sacrific'
. and self-abnegation, if they know
what that is | don't. If there shoulC
be but one piece of pie, give it t.
:, "poor sick papa" 1t may kill him
and after the funeral your young If
81 will be one prolonged hallelujah ant
rose-tinted whoop'emup'lizajane.
Parents should not be constantl
suspicious of their childr n. This wi
inevitably breed hypocrisy and unre
;, liability. If you fear~that your son j
playing pin-pool, do not break dow
your constitution and bring on deir
um-tremens, hanging around the poo
tables watching all night for hin
He will look upon you with distrus
and no doubt at last tell you to go an
~ soak your head.
- Do not constantly tell your DO
. chow tall" he is-that he grows lik
woodland finally make him thin
y, he is graf. If you keep it up 20
~ will finally make round-shouldere,
: awkward, bashful beanpole out Of
mighty good-looking boy. If ever
% tall boy in this country will agree
lick every wooden-headed man wi
tells him show he does grow" l wi
agree to hold the coat OF said tall DO
- am now dealing with subject
which / happen to be informed. III
" same rule applies to girls as well.
you want to make your daughter ia
over the piano and yearn to climb
tree whenever she sees anybody con
= towards the house, tell her "what
great swalloping tom-boy she is sc
-. ting to be-" In this way, if paren
y act judicious!y and in concert, we CT
~ soon have nation OF young men al
women whose manners and carria
will be as beautiful and symmetric
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