The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-05-20
TIE IRREPRESSIBLE BOYS.
Many Different Kinds, But Alp
Much Alike.

The great poet has said, What a
pisce of work is man" and he might
have added, bow much more wonderful
a piece of work is boy. Can there be
greater bundle of contradictions than
real, live. healthy, stiyping, natural
boy? Loving yet IhougAtless, tender
yet often cruel. needless vet never
meaning to do sDy harm, fascinating.
yet often provOEiug, they come into
our lives bringing ga entirely lew eIe--
menC WITH them, and making us tIemble
With their vast possibilities tOr good or
evil. ''Often we Sss'at a loss what to
do with them, but what wnuld we do
without them?" Some one has said
that there are great many different
kinds OF girls in the world, hut onlv
one kind of Boys, and Ito a cen tain ex--
tent, this is true.
With all their diversitaes Of character
there are constant points of resem-
bl&nce. Was there ever a.bou horn
Without an distinctive love for balls and
tops, marbles and kites, wanting mo
end OF pockets to keep tAeIr treasures
IN, and with a suprem goa sempt for
dolls, or any other girls nonsense?'
Ii you have ever seen the contents of
one boys pockets, you have seen them
all-strings, nails, sIing-shots, marbles,
tops, skate straps, crackers and crumbs
with general sickness perVading all,
strongly suggestive of molasse5 CANDY.
L always put my hand into one with
dread, not knowing what it may en-
counter in that awful receDtacts.
Then boys have more investigating
turn OF mind than girls, and desire to
UiH nj
had had large experience in teaching
both boys and girls was asked which
she preferred. "Oh, boys infinitely"
she replied. and then as an example.
said she WAS once teaching a class of
girls IN physiology. 0ne of them in a
drawing tone salu she had always sup
posed that there was a direct onening
in the head from one ear to the other,
and was greatly astOnished to fn6there
was not. Now" said the teacher, "a
boy would never have asked such
question. He would nave investigated
at once with lead penciI-not on his
own ears, bat probably on thossof a
younger brother!"
Then, did you ever seee a really
natural, healthy boy who always re-
members to take off his bat at the
proper time, and say Yes, sir" and
mo, sir, and II thank you, sir 20 OF
course, these courtesies must be taught
them, but it is slow process. and
must be given Line upon line, precept
upon precept, here a little and there
a little" The fruit will come finally in
the well-bred gentleman, but it must
not be expected all at once in the boy.
L never would punish boy for faults Of
this kind.
Love brings patience. and itgoes with
out saying that it does require a large
amount of this rare virtue to bear the
slammlng of doors, the muddy boots on
the carpet in utter disregard of door
mats, and words spoken in tones loud
enough for q deaf persoo. But if the
hasty word can b. suppressed if the
boy only hears loving, gentle voice in
reply, the reward is certain. If the
mother wins the boys affection, she
will have the mans. If she ratientIy
hears all his boyish griefs, listens with
interest to all his school recitals, enters
heartily into his sports, covers his balls,
untaneles his kite-strings, helps him to
find his hat and books, which, some
how, never are in the right place, she
will not fail to have the entire love and
confidence of the youth when he is ex-
posed to all the temptations-Of coming
manhood. To her ne will come for adj
vice and sympathy, and her hand will
be his unseen guide through Life. Mrs.
l.. u. 5. Spaulding in Farm Gad Home.