The evening times., 1895-12-10

!. .If Wa received our little ones as limo
cent and pure as the parent receives his,
II believe there would not he a cane found
in ans institution: hut alas! they come to
us with their minds poisoned, their hearts
think bad thoughts. and their tongues say
bad words: the world Mas been aga inst them,
and they are against the world
After a time. when they perhaps learn
: to really care for these over them, love
makes everything easy. AMI ii is enough
to show one is disappointed in some failure
To do right To make the child regret aud eX-
press sorrow for the fault.
'.Bu, at the first whom the feeling often is
especially among older boys-'if cannot
get my own way, l VIII get as much OF IL
as I cau, why. sometimes. II is really htc-
cssary TO give a .:iiiing. Besides. there are
some faults that children brought up in the
lowest surroundings may have that Well
cared for cil iidren Know nothing about:
and. Those funits must be stamped out or the
tilild's body aud soul will be lost. Out
stl,rS. who are so ready To judge ana con
denim the head of an institution. really
,u.Iess they have occupied such Il position
themselves never dream of the cares ana
auXicties one IGust-hayc when one has so
many, iff.r,.at t,.hardctersand pccuiarfaultS
TO deal with
p For my own sake ! use the Tod as
little as possible because there is always
the danger that one may grow used TO
il. too much or too often. and ii is only
as last resort l would wish tn use IT,
ONLY FEELS DEGRADED.
There is one thing ! am sure about,
AMI tfat is. that q big girl should never he
whipped. She is naturally 50 much more
modest than a hoy that she feels the in
dignity far more than people sometimes
| imagine, and it only hardens her; and, in
deed. Il hig boy, unless he is decidedly STUB
born and determined TO persist in some
fault, only feels degraded, and one wishes
To teach them sclf-respect, not make them
feel insignificant
Il have a 10y at present, over thirteen
wears OF age, who has q peculiar tempera-
ment, and sometimes he gets INTO such wiid
spirits lie can not control himseH. WAen
| find that putting him for short time
by himself will not compose him 1 give
him n slap with the cane and he at once
subsidies; presently he will come out or
his retirement. as weet and pleasant as
possible
Agent Lewis OF the Board OF Childrens
Guardians:
I'm the supervision of the children in
foster homes the agent of the board in
Quircs what punishment, II any. Eas been
resorted to- and with what effect. Foster
parents are advised that the highest sue
cess Win CHIluTen VIII usudily Dt dttdiheu
with a minimum Of punishment. and that
whipping is only 10 be Tesortcd to III cases
of fragrant INSTRUMENTATION. Striking about
the face or head with the hands or with
any INSTRUMENT is forbidden whenever any
such method is reported. If foster Parent
is suspected of having punished inconsid-
erately or in anger special inquiry Is
made and the foster parent is cautioned
or the child rcmoNcd rs seems 10 fe rec
7 Ill lnft
who tlisregarts the advice and directions
of the agent in this regard"
Supt. Tracey himself thinks whipping
should rarely he rescr,ed 10. as At tends
TO produce evils greater than it can cure.
other punishmenis into which temper
or momentary irritation are less likely
to enter are preferable.
Col. Tracey aisp points out that there
is considerable rom for improvement IN
the largest institution under his care. the
Washington Asylum. There is need of
more money for the place. as shown in the
estimates. and the food might be i'm
proved The institution, he points out,
is not intended as wholly correctional.