The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-05-15
Hints to Boys aud MOtherv,

If girls are often awkward -,
ful and liable to fall into bab;ts laeef
inlure both their health ana hs saloa
what shall be said Of boys Of The ss
age! Most mothers take great n 0aiuo
with the girls of the family. seemi ra'a :
think that their 'schances', : o
largely depend upon their loots las
manners. -s ana
Yet these same mothers seem Ittsrl.
indifferent to the disagreeable hahiss !.
their boys; or they shift the resn0 ,s =
bility on to the shoulders OF the dan ySs,.
master or boarding school teacher an5
grumble if he does not CHANGE ~ ~
into Apollos; or, after few inea;o;snn.
efforts, they give up with despairinas.
81 don't believe boys can help be'ps
awkward. They'll come ont n
right after a few years, and no one A.
poets much of boy.n Now It is ms.
sible, though not probable, that the n.
couth boy will become fine-annea,;;,r1..
man; but, even if he should. il Il wores
while that he should for wears renda.
himself disagreeeble to all but his nas,l
est friends; that lie should repelinsteas
of attract?
Outdoor exercise and sports do much
to make boys strong and straight; vetil
Is very common among those who ara
growing fast Especially if they read Or
study a good deaD, to find the head
thrust forward, the shoulders ro1nd
and STOPPING, and Astounding. unorsee.
full carriage. Until these things ara
corrected, no boy can be thoroughly
strong and vigorous. Is The health II
your boy of any less importance than
that of your girl?
Biting the nails is one of the most an.
noying habits. and yet one which aipos,
any boy will fall into unless his mother
''nips it in the bud. Not only is it al.
most uncomfortable for nervous person
to sit in the room with one of these nail.
biting boys, but the young mans hands
are injured in appearance, and, if ths
habit be carried to excess, they will b.
come almost deeormed. In these DAYS
of professional manicures, mothers
ought, at least, to see that there are no
ragged nails and raw fingers among
their children.
A habit of snuffing, or of scrapingth
throat, of tapping the floor with The
foot, or the table with the knuekles,
comes on gradually, but, once fixed i
exceedingly difficult to overcome.
Eternal vigilance should be
mothers watchword. for the true secret
of curing bad habits is in never allow
ing them to be formed. The 'soanee Of
prevention" is worth more than the
''pound of cure. -"
would not take away anything d
boyishness or naturalness- A real boy
is worth half a dozen tops or dudes.
But do not see why boys should not
be as graceful and well-mannered as
their sisters; why they can not sit down
at table withoGt hitting it and jarring
the dishes as well as the tempers Of the
whole family; why they can not eat
slowly and noiselessly; why they can
not cross a room without stumbling
against the furniture; or close q door
without slammiHg it; or sit quietly while
reading or listening.
It should be perfectly natural for
boy to lift his hat to his motheror sister
when he chances 20 meet them on the
street; to rise from q comfortable chair
when older persons enter the ROOM 2
entertain a visitor when the rest Of tho
household is occupied. Do you say I
is too much for boy to think Of by
these thingsP If the mother has trained
him from babyhood constantly ana
carefully, he will do them WITHOUT
Good manners are growth, and boy
hood Is the time, and home the place,
in which they should grow. Mrs. Y
@. Rankin, IN Co1lgregdtioHdttSt.