The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-11
THE RISING GENERATION.

sam Jones Draws a Picture OF the Chill
| dren Of America.
Civilization as history shows II is like
a road in the hill country, up and down.
! born in poverty and ignorance, and
dying in aftiuence and pleasure; thus the
| history Of the past is but the history of
the rise and fall of nations. However
from the high tide Of each nation some
| thing has been preserved 10 add TO our
permanent progress. The question often
arises. will our magnificent civilization
| go on to perfection or rot at the top,
like other civilizations. The hope of q
country is In her succeeding genera
tons. The boys and girls OF to-day are
the men and women of the next genera
ton. We may read in our children the
future of our nation. AS my children
begin 20 take position as citizens, this
question becomes more interesting 10
me.
THE CHILDREN or AMERIcAi
When l begin at New Orleans on the
| gulf. find the steps of the foreign part
of the city crowded with French and
Italian children, as distinctly foreign i'll
looks, Language and habits. as If born
in France and Italy. When l come up
into the cities and towns OF Alabamn,
Georgia and Mississippi, and find the
cabins in The negro quarters jammed
together and as full Of negro children as
a cheese is OF shippers; and when /
find the old farm residences OF ante-bel-
lum DAYS deserted by the whites. who
have moved into the towns and cities,
and literally fun Of negro children, all
OF whom are growing up almost as
ignorant as II in the heart Of Africa;
VIXEN l 70 to the northern and eastern
cities, and find tho crowded portions of
The cities made up Of foreign popula-
ton, with foreign languages and habits,
and almost every home crowded with
children; when l add 10 this the fact
that the saloon gets its heaviest patron
age from these classes and consequently
these children are born into the world
part drnnkaris 10y heredty; and When
add the other fact that these children
arc without homes, with no religious
training, turned loose in streets and
3 alleys as scayeneers Of all the impure
things about them. drinking. stealing.
p gambling. clrslug and lewdnesS, on
. every hard, I confess the picture is not
encouraging 20 ne.
n the foe OF This picture is another
p fact. tina, in tie hoIncs OF the more cul-
s ;ured Americans there are few chill
4, Dire. - te found. alsd 10 what is called
high society, ohild-hearing is becoming
T. repro0ch, and children are an accl-
dent ard = nuis4nce, guarded against
g bv internal medical skill. Task Won as
+. q thoughtful citizen 10 rot into ,our
~ buggy, and drive down the lending
- streets Of your CITY. then in the heel,
streets. and count the children. Then
look forv ard - year. aud count citi-
1ens and voters. Eut us dark as this
picture looks. an eoadil 10 say have
os much Loie in ~" lower .-soe as I
e hage ID what Is called the highest @ ASS
Of soc.etv. have very httlc hop in
either My hop" is ia The middle class
- far as mak'n- uscf1l citizens ia con
cerufl. bod abou; ae soon r.st the IT,
p, uorauce and neglect % the s'ums as the
card tlflo, wine Silpncr. dance and the;.-
ter az tl.c ,,prc- c,...-,.,
yhef'uitriSt.t... is -,l,ir,, ,orr,, inf tor
o est in stool. RAISING and IN, opueor,c,,ts
!, We are rni.ir5 v.r,l-brcd horses c,,,-s
' ho.-i and dor. W. have Journals on
a horse breeding. Journals on dog breed.
"a inc. and on cattle breeding think
il wonld lie well to have some
< mere good literature on the breeding of
% children. do not think our once,e ors
came from ,he monkey lint do mini,
we had better block ~, the ,oad mat
leada 10 the r,,2or-Docl, bop Tbo conn
try SEEM, to be headed halfway
notice from the nanors ,ba. al, o,r
schools and COLLEGES are fuller mis-
/. YEAR tbon usual This is q f,oo1 irdi.
j. cation. lint ,be bovs ana iris ore Ia.
B Gated in colle,,e boor,Iin,, horses and
$ priyate families away from, tho lima
,. and sau,orv ipfuenccs of tho I,,otbcr
b. The had orr children 30, o,yo',. iron,
homo NJ school ,nixed vim ,h,. r,ood
2 they ret makes i'm many cases , ,lo,,ht-
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