San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-01

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regarded. the mess forced down its
unwilling throat and the whole ma
chinery of its digestion impaired.
A little judicious education OF the
gustatory nerve, through timely
preparation and modified arrange
ments of food, would have pre-
vented all this trouble. II the ele-
ment of uourishment cannot be
taken in one form it can be in an
other, and it is the duty Of parents
and nurses to see that children
have their food in the way least
Objectionable to them.
AS the child grows the evil grows.
Its natural tastes are considered as
only so many dispositions to evil,
or so many marks Of deprsvity, or
only so much crankiness, a stub
bornness to be whipped out OF 1t If
1t will come out in no other way,
and the whipping follows, accord
ing to Solomon. Nine times out OF
ten the foolishness Is in the heart
of the thoughtless parent, and 1t Is
a thousand pities that there was
not some rod of correction to drive
IL out of them. Unfortunately
there is not, and the children, even
after birth, continue to suffer for
the sins Of their parents.
There are some colors that are
terribly distressing to the eye of
child, just as there are some arti-
cles Of food that are actually nau.
seating, and some smells that are
u nendurable. The proper regard
for the rights OF that child would
relieve it from unnecessarily hav-
ing to endure the real suffering
tn at these entail. Parents do not
take these things into account.
They regard these revolts Of the
little nature against what is natur-
ally repulsive as only "foolish no.
tions' to be disregarded and dis
ciplined out Of the child, when in
fact they are deep rooted aversions,
the implanting Of the likes and dis
likes Of past ancestors and really
ingrained into every fibre Of the
ma ture. The personal rights Of the
child in all this should be regarded
If that child is going to heir its
true inheritance of comfort and
pleasure and improved condition
in the world.
And still the child grows. Char.
acter develops and the tendency
with which it was endowed at
birth grows moro manifest. Ma.
ture has set Its seal upon the char
acter and told in its own way just
what particular kind of man or
woman should be developed out OF
the boy or girl. No attention is
paid to the indications of this
wiser mother, nature, and the par.
emit and the teacher and the col
lege facn} Y put the boy through a
course Of sprouts and finish him
of, without having the least
idea what his mission in life
should be as designed by his con-
stitution of mind. This is one rea.
son why there are so many abor
tions in the world. The children
are in the wrong holes.
The world Of men and things i!
under intelligent direction. There
are laws immutable as time tina
govern the relations of men anC
things. The life that is lived il
conformity to these laws is sue
cessful life, and the life that il
lived in defiance of them is fail
ure. 1t is the business of those who
, have the direction of life in it
earlier formative periods to stud!
we'll these relations and the law
governing them, in order to place
those whom they send out into tn
:, world in the best possible condi
tions for success. This can onl,
I be done by studying closely tn
I inherited tendencies OF childhood
q giving nature its first place ii
, showing forth those tendencies
Z paying attention to the inheren
i qualities that manifest themselve
@ and acknowledging in all the gov
o eminent OF the child its rights I