Feliciana sentinel., 1892-07-09
vho I. now nother to her baby brothers

BuO 6lUp0IA
The loving heart Of childhood makes
Il very stron1. often and often. 1t can
be verv wicked, too 1t can be very
wicked, too II can fight and steal and
swear and lie ferociously. ! almost be-
1;eve that a bad child is worse than
bad man. for I never saw a man VINO
had not some soft spot in his heart, and
there are children in the citys grimy
streets who seem 70 have no Vulnerable
Doipt. who do not even understand
when YOU are trying 70 be kind to them
Children, Of course, are always In 2 |
n,easttrs, idrsoraht; but they are always
learning something by experience
They build wonderful castfcs; they have
glorious hopes. They are absolutely o.
more importance than we grown folk'
for all our experience and all our lnven-
tions will descend TO them, and they
will have their own to boot While
many are petted, and even spoiled yer
very few are treated preciseiy rs lheS
should be. The COMMON habit OF treat
ina them AZ though they were unrcason'
ING t,cinps, Il a terribly wrong one.
That other fabit OF forbidding child
tn ..asIx ouestionsn amounts TO insanity.
Its opinions should be inquired into ana
set ri9ht, II need be; its questions civil
" and sensibly replied to; even its
| tastes in a measure consulted. II
child .sbates fat meat" why should 1t
| be forced to swallow it? If it Graves
sugar. nv opinion is shat nature prompts
the desire, Always being taught that
I! its parents and guardians have kindly
and loving authority over it, it should
still. from the first, know itself a re-
sporsible being:
! Above a1t, early youth should never bc
| forced to endure mortidcRti6ft Chill
dren who are sent to school are placed
bv this act III u little world of their own.
This world criticises minutely at1d is OF
great importance to itself. Many gooa
parents. knsNing that certain garments
are serviceabie, will fotcs their children
to wear them against fheif OWL *Teil'
and despite their prayers and entreatles
There are popular opinions in all schools
and if Mrs Smith cflooees to send he1
boy to school in calico apron Will l'ne
sleeves, or to dress him in tunlcs a1tc1
the regulation age for pantaloons ane
Jackets, his life will be made mlsera oit
for him by the school tyrant, little Bill
Brown. lie will he laughed at ant
tcased and agonized; and when he pray:
tn he dressed like others, the matte
should be considered. Atfectionate pa
rents, remembering only nice little vii
lase pay schools" will often refuse t
g listen to entreaties from their children
J, for clothes like other boys-for lunc
= boxes. instead of a basket
= - fancy that case of brain fever wa
once brought about by sn ill-judgin
maiden aunt, who, out Of pure love
!, forced a sensitive boy of nine to wea
!. his sisters hood to school for u Hveei
90 90 after "a bad attack of mumps. Ho'
90 to church in a mans tall stove-pir
u hato Yet you would suffer less tina
% that wretched little martyr.
w Children are people of very stror
\, feelings. much ignorance, intense sens
!. tivencss, and of insufficient height al
~ ~ strength and command of language L
'e this worlds hustle, and so we ought
-, look upon them. And so we DO II
:" have any small amount OF commo
a. sense or not blinded by the intense ee
% % tism of maturity. - Lucius FRANK
20 Roberts, in n. Y. Ledger.