The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1889-10-12
AMERICAN CHILDREN.
HOW MUSH THEY DIFFER from
pARi~iAN LITTLE DARLiNGS.
ir.uch Children Taught To behave Them
sri>c~--rhrIi i'oii'cn,-S> Towards %ii,icr'
in vivid CONTRAST; tu ,oun:: Americas
Nass-:hc secret at Us. Matter.

Sirahirg nf American children I have
oftc.i vpnd @ why II vas that they wcro
Ecncrali, s,tfying to tiv world al largo
oatsilr OF heir iciavlialr families
Wrench chs. .rvii are treated With quite ~
i1nc'i II mol mnrr injniiciots iliul -cnre
| have liuwn lr'itli parents to %stipul1ie
before accepting an Invitation I" Il diNncr
parry. That they sliuul iH' allowed to
bring with ',irri their durlin, daughter,
agcd ,iS And hi, was b., no means ai
isolated or extraordinary instance Bat
no one ever s.,w Il French child swinging,
on the back of "A visitors chair or liu.,ilg
lis Gngris into the callers rora or crawl
iny under the table ~ Investigate the
callers shoes or tl,,ilg his ct her I'm
brclll to ride cock hor>c OH it. or playing
cir.i.s around Tie c'ut riablr with N.hoUls
ana yclis enough To- dciicn the bysianGeIs
while Il visit was III progress
T1E BAD ROY ~ PARIS
pIssin'. along the Paris streets. if you
Sc Il wei, dies @ boz of Swinging ON
all the iron bars in trout Of HE shop win.
dows getting iIto peoples way. and
making II mi ,ancr OF himself generally,
you may bc sure that the youth is all en-
bryo citi.rI of the great United States
On one occasion il IL London boarding
house. two boys OF 10 and respectively
tried TO hoist up II Lovl of custail fro.i
tie hall table down stairs 10 the third
lcnr l~aa,in. bs means of u moose of cord.
Ci course tnr bnwl was overturned ed
broken and the tale and carpet were
dclnggd y.iti the custard roing left TN
punished and even unrebuncd, by their
parents. they lowered ncXt day II spongc
into the soup turCcn. and the family Tcro
forthwith requested to leave the house
| do not wonder that the landlords Cf f.ti
or furnished louscs in America r2f,.sc
often to take families with tail.rCu.
When one hears of n set Of furniture COW
cred with Zine stamped leather having its
covering cut into strips by the children Of
All American tenant tthis occrrrCd in II
London hotel), one ceases to marvel ut tho
apparent cruelty of those proprictor5 who
seek To shut out such destructive iilpS
iroul their premises. Tor are these dread
full Young ones the scions of people in Il
class of lifo in which one would usually
expect to find Ignorance of the finer ia
stincts of life. have seen an American
bog belonging to ono OF the most aristo-
cratic families in the United States seated
on the floor ut n Juvenile party with Il
plato piled high with dclicacics bet vccn
his legs, and gobbliny down the dainiics
with uncoutli noises and unrestrailcd
grccdincss
Now, these dreadful small boys and
girls almost Invariably grow up into wvll
behaved men and women. cut the rrcat
source of their i'll conduct in childhood
arises from tho fact that american pa
rents seldom or never think il worth
while IS teach their children manners. a
French boy or girl is trained from its
earliest infancy to rise from its scat when
u stranger caters the roOII, to sit per-
fectly still when Ela.;iug Il call. and not
TO speak till s1O.;Va to, to remain quiet
whcl taken ont driving. and not to ask
for water or to complain Of being tired,
TO walk along the street like Il Indy or Il
gentleman, never 10 touch the belongings
of any grown person. etc. | lave siaid
at tho lionic of q French lady whose
Youngest and iaoliZcd child Was ticn Il
liuc boy of . In the absence Of his father
the young gentleman (Which he was, most
emphatically) could Eravcly enact tie
part of host, Offering re his slender RrlI
10 take me ont to diuncr and TO lead re
back to ny seat. and always leaving re
with the profound bow required by French
etiquette.
POiITENESs A ELDERS.
The American boy or girl. oven when
nearly grown up, is entirely ignorant Of
any form or demonstration Of poli,cncss
towards his or her elders. None of my
young country people. unless educated in
Europe. ever think of risiuT when an
elder person enters the room. of drawing
r-.do 10 let such Il person first pass
through Il doorway. of rclinquishing n
scat on the sofa or in an arm chair To an
elderly visitor. etc. 1t is not their fault
their parents huvo never trained them
in manner while they were little children.
had M cxcmplilication of the difference
in manner between French and American
children the other day whilst paying u
all At one Of the great parisian hotels.
AS ] was waiting to get into the elevator
an American boy. about D years of e.
pushed past me with all his small
strength. Jumped into tho elevator rrl
took the only c"ailabie seat. leaving me
TO stand. My visit once paid. | lett my
friends room and encountered in the hail
IL group of French children. seated on Il
sofa ana evidently waiting for some one.
On seeing me. one of the number. II littlo
fellow in Il collogian's uniform. instantly
slipped oil nG his scat and raised his cap
10 salute lne as ] approached. Possibly
the American boy may grow up Il much
finer fellow and will be hereafter moro
really polite to ladies than his Partisan
contemporary Dut meanwhile The latter
Is by far the most agreeable individual for
all elderly lady to encounter CASUALLY
rhc secret uf the wh,lo latter is that
inaiiners, like foreign languages, should
I've taught to children IN their earliest
years. ] have heard American parents
talk OF the charm of letting children grow
up natural and unrcstrainei The natural
and nnrestraincd / G. the unlraired and
unrestricted child is "A dotestabic howl.
Ing little savage. II the world. as in the
days of Ldcn. held only one married rnir
ind their offspring, suc. Il ease Of severely
letting alone the inculcatmgo OF what Ao:lc
une calls the minor morals Of Humanity
would do we'll enough But,us long as
there are people on earth vino Ar Halle 10
be worried by other peoples clildnn ii i.
the duty of parents To- render their
d~Irliu,S rs little obnU-ious 10 STRANGERS
~ possible. and not TO SO brinC ihcm nm
that We may wonder il lieelzoUIb. nfter
creating u Sufficient nu Der of irps Tor
tho reolms below, had not left over Il
large quantity OF unused material which
had been worked into the substance OF
which American children are composed
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