The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-06-04
SOME HOME PICTURES.
Ways by Which Children Are Taught to
Become Cowards and Liars.

Tommy. you have lisobeyed me.
and am going to punish You. so walk
right into this dark closets"
The voice was cold aud stern. and
the manner was equally unyielding.
Tommy, crying aud struggling with
all his might. was pushed and dragged
into the closet which was certainly
dark enough for all practical purposes,
and the KEY was turned in the lock.
Mamma. it's so dark, I'm afraid.
Please letrme ont!' pleaded the abJect
Tommy. But be was not yet subdued.
The mother, stealing nolselessly up TO
the door groaued in most horrible
manner. and ratified a piece OF chain.
oh, mamma. shrieked the frighten-
ed child. please let me out! I'll never
be bad any morc!'
Then the door was opened and the
little prisoner came out, whlte-iaced
and wild-eyed.
This was Tommy's first lesson.
Here. Tommy. dear; take this nice
medicine the doctor left for you. Come,
now. open your mouth, pet. and take
your good medicine"
Il thought YOU said it was good!'
si1I lthttt 1OlillliN, ~ liCi INC iitR'A 5'pNS
down the nauseous mixture.
so it is dear-good for sick boys"
was the calm reply. as the mother put
away the spoon and bottle.
That was Tommy's second lesson.
Tommy had been standing at the
gate for more than an hour, watching
for his mother. The day was cold aud
the wind blew upon him mercilessly,
put still he waited, his eager little face
pressed against the bars of the gate.
At last he saw her coming away down
the street, and then how he went rush
ing out 10 meet her. his cheeks glowing
and his eyes shining.
Give it to me- mamma! Oh. give
it to me-" he cried, holding up both
hands.
Give YOU what, Tommy" asked the
mother. pushing past him.
Why. my candy, mamma! The
candy you promised to get me-"
Il forgot it, Tommy. You'll have to
do without this evening"
But, mamma. you promised it,"
cried Tommy, in the midst of copious
tears. us though that was reason
enough.
But didn't you hear me say | for
got it?' asked the mother, as though
that, also. were reason enough. And
then Tommy was sent to bed supper
less because he cried.
There were several lessons for Tom
my in this-I really can not tell how
many.
Mary" said Tommy's father one
day in gricvcd voice, how does it
come that Tommy is growing to be
such IA coward? [ wanted TO send him
upstairs after my slippers last night.
and nothing could induce him to 90
because it WAS dark The idea of a
ing TO be perfect miiksOp-and | was
so anxious for him to be a fearless,
manly boy"
And then the mother said she
couldn't account for it any way in the
world. She was sure there had never
been any cowardicc in her family.
She had never dreamed of such thing
as being afraid in the dark when she
WAS child, and it WAS mystery to
her how Tommy got such notions into
his head.
Mary" said Tommy's father again,
i, few days later, twice lately | have
caught Tommy in deliberate lie. and
| have suspected him of lying half a
dozen times in rs many days. Now.
| lying is one thing | positively can't
stand. have tried so hard to teach
| the boy to be perfectly frank and
honest and to tell the truth 1T whatever
| risk
And Tommv's mother said that she
really couldn't understand it. that
| Tommv's training had been Of the
| most careful kind; but she thought
! Tommy must have learned TO tell false
hoods from that last servant-yirl. As
Tor herself, she had never told lie in
| her life
Whereupon Tommy was called up
and was lectured and talked TO and
! talked ut until his brain was in whirl.
He did not say anything in his own
defense. He might have said great
| deal. but he was no orator and be-
sides he did not understand the whole
situation himself. Even if he did I'M
ierstand it all it would not have been
very polite, would it. for Tommy to
| say that his first lessons in cowardice,
| and meannesS, and seltishness, and
falsehood, and deceit, were taught him
by his mother?
The above is merely little series of
pictures, says writer in the st. Louis
Globe Democrat. They were not taken
with Il kodak. but the camera was
very good one and has taken vast
number of such pictures. Have you
ever seen auVtI inp like hemp