The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-04-04
SIDE OBSERVATIONS.

AS the twig is bent the trees in
clhed." The bringing up Of children.
inSthe present day, has degenerated
ltosan alarming extent. Parents fail
1t0see fault in q particularly cher
5Iished boy or girl. Twice in my
life I have heard q mother say that
she would take her sons word against
lany one, in each instance the child
3being under ten years. Any parent
who will make such a declaration in
the presence Of a child is planting q
seed that in after years will form into
la growth Of selfshness and deceit
that no earthly power can uproot.
IA}woman remarked in my presence
/ the other day that her mother was
1.-THE last person in the world she could
canfide. Can any person excuse a
parent who will not listen to the
childish grieva nee, youthful sorrow or
mature disappointment which must
Unnecessarily fall to the lot Of each one
ofaus to certain degree. It is some
thing which is beyond my compre-
hension. firmly believe parentage
:Eisfast becoming a thing of secondary
consideration. Conceive, If you can
ola female professor, an educated,
Ecultured person, saying that she con-
Esidered bringing up a family quite as
honorable as teaching school. What
is the cause of this strange state of
affairs? I believe it is the manner in
which children have been trained.
I Parents often fail to impress upon the
minds of their sons and daughters
the nobility of life and it's responsible
. tiles, and often times children are left
togo as they will, and often become
implicated in crime in which they
may or may not be guilty. Families
are torn asunder, and in the agony
ola soul, torn from it's very roots, the
!: parents cry that the cup held to their
lips is too bitter. r &. -
It is so difficult to break up estab-
alished mode Of action, and turn the
5channel of ones activities in life, who
Hhaye suffered from not being started
Iright in the first place, should lay, as
they are inclined to, great stress on
the Importance of making in all
soc 2'.i M III; liiIi u 4 L.
Ia few habits which form a pretty
!. good foundation for success in life
and insure the friendship of the dis
cerning and virtuous. First among
them we would place the habit of self
help. This may and should be form
ed in child before it can walk or
talk, by providing resources for it's
amusement and leaving it, within
due bounds, to depend upon other
resources. Then, as it grower older,
it should be taught, and gently COM
PEELED to perform in its own behalf
all that it can do. Few of us but
know young men and young women
perfectly helpless for all the ordinary
uses of life. If they alone were the
sufferers it wouldn't matter much,
bnt they are social leeches, always
demanding service and never render
ing it. Good husbands, good wives,
good parents rarely if ever are found
in this class of people. They are so
dependent upon others-so perfectly
unused to the graver uses of existence
that no reliance can be placed upon
them they are of little use in the
world. Parents no moral is needed; !;
look to your own children-enable
them to be of use, for, unless they
possess this faculty, humanity is no
better for having known them.
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You may get through the world,
but twill be very slow, if you listen to
all that's said as you go; you'll be
worried and fretted and kept in a
stew, for meddlesome tongues must
have something to do, for people will
talk. If quiet and modest, you'll
have it presumed that your humble
position is only assumed: you're a
wolf in sleeps clothing, or else you're
fool, but don't get excited, keep
perfectly cool, for people will talk.
If generous and noble, they'll vent
out their spleen, you'll hear some
loud hints that you're selfish and
mean; if upright and honest, and fair
as the day, they'll call you rogue in
sly, sneaking way, for people must
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