Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-09-26
TRAINING CHILDREN.
Az IMPORTANT DUTY THAT UsU-
ALLY RESTS WITH MOTHERS.

Reflections on the Incidents Of ono Dny's
oall-Severai Kinds Of Young People
In Several Different iIou-chold.-why
Many Mothcrs Fau.
II & u course true ihnt no general aud
Uniform system OF training the young can
be- expected. Diverse natures will show
ihrlr diversity In thcir relations u other
people, Il has been my furtuur 10 make
calls tSSay On dlucrut families. and at
each one 10 find children. At house No.
lmgt nt the gate a big headed, biz eyed
10y that by temperament you could STE
was an inventor Everything In this world
existed for him 20 use ior u purpose, aud
that purpose YOU would ho likely 10 ind
original with himself lie had hi, foot on
the rusc trl,h-uuw what do You suppose
that trclis was TO himf Clearly enough
tons u was foe r0syhush to climb ON,
but 70 him IL was just rs evidently Tor linn
toclimb on
Up he went. got caught 10y tho rose and
IN tue struggle the boy got the worst Of 10.
II Is not hard to see why rnsehushcs have
thorns In that yard. IA | entered the
house big eyes was just In front Of me,
walking backward and talking In halt
NY way In order to ilnd me out. 10 evi.
uehlly understood ne, or thought he did.
moment after he had run up stairs,
mounted the balustrnde .,i,d came riding
agwn with whnek no his mothers feet
I'll tell your fnther, sir, II you do that
hsainl" She cried at him. Two bad things.
cue had In one sentence owned up that
hle could not manage him herself, aud
ihat hrst wrhg was TO be repeated he.
lore 70 became c0rrcctahlc. We had some
Domestic matters to talk over, aud the
subject OF canning fruit to discuss, which
'ooE US to the kitchen. Little Phil was
everywhere, fun Of Inquiry and never still.
hu. al every move his mother was sharply
SAYING stop that, sirl II you don't I'm
"il your father, aud he'll train you.n
should have liked 20 see the boys
thoughts. Did he learn to fear his father
.hu dread his coming, or were all the
threats OF his mother mere fustlanf /
wonder II she really ever reported the
.uaps performnnccsi | believe not. IL
va" a case Of weakness She was not self
.aueated to educate any one else. An
tHtongh my visit there was not ono poi-
nll, not one sympathetic word OF guild.
age' but constant effort TO stop him. The
por fellow had, instead OF a mother, 4.
.laAe'inan or brak,swoman, whose whole
uu.'hess In tho way of training child
was TO checl, him.
~ nome No 9 | found case of this sort,
p'e'ish girl, 80 puny could not be sure
,' u'I age but about sis. The little crea.
.Si' nAu not one easy nerve In her body
ivslless' irctted body that always wanted
nethlng and did not know why. The
.sN OF her trouble was her stomach, and
le seerot Of that difficulty was inherited
loh Doth parents The father is am inyot.
'N'e smoker and the mother doyotoe OF
anu nervousness. The child of course Is
Ns ana not easy to endure. The moth.
uAl hal enough work to endure herself.
say as "heh 1t came TO two more selves Of the
,-ue sort she gave mp an effort at using
,O,,''loh sense. The little girl had only to
,nI 'e iot anything In order to get IT,. II pos
~ ehe ate az all times whntovcr sho
,''vu' notwithstanding the mother knew
hr difficulty. "'' '7A "''''"s
"A'n ! h9d been seated on tho vcranda
s, ,',oohlag u pretty garden the chlld bc.
~ 70 pull on choice flowers and throw
i ia,i,lh my LAP. There really was no us,
,nA, Tor could not carry them away
4 uiu not Wish " do 50. Placing my