The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-03-14

There IS s0Ueth iog laeAt !esslDiy sou tnin-
giea with The high hopes which Eli our hearts
pos souls when we soc cur dear boys go out
IRON, the home circle whether it be 10 college,
10 tho vide fold Of labor TO business life in
search Of pioDeer conquest, or adventures In
strange clmes and countries.
Orr dear itnnrlsive, ambitious, energetic
boys How near they stand 10 the hearts OF
their mothers; aud how careful are those
mothers TO guide their steps In paths OF fecti-
fude and duty.
Vet how snon tho voices of the world call to
them and they are gone; over the dear old
threshold never, perhaps to return, theush
mother eyes grow weary with watching and
mother arms yoarn TO onfold them.
Perhans the gregtest work Of art &C the
Worlds Columbian Exposition, because il best
expressed universal truth, was the painting,
Severing Home Ties" and illustrating the
parting Of the boy and bis mother.
Someone has we'll said that we never re-
nav our parents for all that they have done for
us Our debt is not TO them. butito the child
rem Of which we may, in turn, be parents, or
TO the children Of the world around Us in the
broad humanitarian sense. 1t is always going
forward, never back.
O. mothers Of hays! Have you held your
sons close 10 your heartsp Have you lived be-
fore them and for them and with them lives OF
sweetness, patience. courage. trust, faith. SYM
pathy? Have you practiced for them add with
them the high virtues OF cnafltys uuelity,
temperance, purity, fraternal lover
Have vOu Taught them the words OF wisdom
drawn from Holy Writ, that be that conquereth
his own spirit is greater than he that taketh a
CITY; that il is better TO trust in the Lord than
TO put confidence in princes; that tho love of
gold is the root OF great evils that their treas
ures should be laid up in heaven where
neither moth nor rust do corrupt nor thieves
break through and stealP
Have Won taught them kindness to the
hunblest of Gods creatures. to see in every
human being their next OF kin; to protect the
weak. defend the oppressed, to deal justly, love
mercy, and walk humbly before their God2
O. mothers OF heysl See to il that when your
sons pas over the home threshold they carry
with them the trne weapons Of defense against
the allurements the temptations the democrat
sizing and vitiaiing forces that will confront
them on every hand.
Be 10 Your sons what the mother Of Thomas
Benton was to hini, who never in all his long
public and official life either drank, smoked,
or eembled, though living at time when
drinking smoking and gambling were consid-
cred manly accomplishments; because. as be
raid, he promised mother never to do So"
Or, remember Cant. Jack Crawford the poet
scout who. though most of his life has been
spent on the rough frontier, and among the
ru6eet Of men has never pat TIE Intoxicating
CUP to his lips. because when hoy OF ia be
nrCmlSeG ms GNlDB UelDtT BeNeE 10 w ~.
Someone has written beautiful little poem
on the hoy leaving home for a preparation Y
school which is full Of tender paihos, and
which many a mother will read with tears.
Here 70 is. and may it stimulate every mother
30 Go her best for her boy while be is with her:
THE scHooLBoY.
We bought him box for his books and toys
Aud a cricket bag for his bat.
And be look ed The brightest and best OF boys
Under his new straw hat.
We handed him into the railway train
With a troop Of his young eompeerS
AND made though il were dust and rain
Were filling our eyes with tears.
We look ed IN his innocent face 10 see
The sign of sorrowful heart;
But he only sAoaldered lis bag with glee,
And wondered when they would start.
Twas not that be loved p heretofore.
For the boy tender and kind:
But iiis a world iilst stli before,
Aud ours Was 8 world behind.
'Tu.s rot his fiu.terinc heart was cold,
Fgr tire child was loyal aud true:
And the parents love the love that Is old,
Ano the chiidTen's love that lie new.
And we canle TO know than love 8 a flower.
Which only grOweth down;
Ane SCARCELY spoke for the space OF an hour
As we drove back through the town.
pox'Ts-FoR BOYS ONLY.
flEhR g. q BOYS. ItTfilb ne 10 buDnI 10
Won few Don'ts" confirmation Of what
Won are accustomed 10 practice. aud of what
you may already know. rather than to init
mate that which you do not DO, but ought to
do:
Don't be a bore.
Don't quarrel or act toucby."
Don't fan to be punctnal.
Don't swear or use vulgar language.
Don't FORGET 10 change your handkerchief At
least once a month.
Don't believe all that IS represented by sneer-
inc cynics or whining poets.
Don't be generous before being just. or be-
fore paying your bills and meeting your obi
cations.
Don't fail to greet kindly all who greet you
Don't discuss your private afairs, except
with your most intimate friends.
Don't carry your purse on your back. Keep
q little IN your pocket.
Don't say hain't" or amt"
Don. let your friends pay your car fare, cafe
bills aud hack hire.
Don't eat candy fruit. or anything on the
street, ia the strcet-car, in any public place.
Don't sandwich! yourself between two ladies
by taking their arms, unless special emeTgen-
eies demand H.
DOME be selfish.
Don't make the door swear when you shut ID.
Don't, by any means. eraaie ate the vitalizinR
exubeTant boy element within you; but rather
requests Of an ail-wise. kindly Providence.
Don't form any had habits, but know that
the manly virtues are born OF good habits and
that a babitual sense Of duty gives command
over the passions, power 10 fight tenn ptaioH,
and makes obedience to the principles Of robust
naniiUeas comparatively easy under most cir
cuDistaHces
Don'i forget that orr social and domestic
fabric IS made OF HAIRED by the habits which
have grown into q second nature: that the en-
ligbJened world loves habits Of courtesy aud
respect for the rights Of those around us.
Don't forget that only occasional acts Of
eivility belong 10 the bo0r Pbarisee, but
that they quality unknown to the we'll
rounded geEtlem&n OF the dawn of the goth
century.
DoB't betray your ignorance and unsub-
dued tendencies hy scofing at the Bible and
the manly aud B0manly exceileuces therein
set iortd ios heroic emulation Rather saw
wood" End no fault, aud diligently pcrseyere
IN the lratce thereof yourself as best you can,
and !bns become a belter patriot.
DoAi boast, but rather note what Addison
save ia ref renee thereto: A." II a man looks
upon himself in an distracted light he has not
nuch 10 boast Of; but ID he consider himself
with regard TO Others, be may 6nd occasion Of
PioryinR If not IN hs own virtues. az least in
the absence ofauOther's impericciions"
Don't suck the filthy, obnoxious. degrading,
oemorslizing, deyitslizing tobacco weed.
Know that it is Objectionable TO every lady
AND gentleman OF refined tastes, aud that il is
next IN kin TO the infamous monster, King
Alcohol" IL is one OF His Satanic Majesty s
nost powerful instruments wherewith young