The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-27
A TEST OF GOOD BREEDING.
Tho Standard of Home Life Mani1est-
ed in the Children.

Vno Sta00or0 az home Lf1e Ma01xests
ed I'm the Children.
'I can always judge pretty accurately
about the training of a child by the
way in which it comes into the room,
takes its seat and arranges its books, y
remarked teacher, whose long expert
ence gave her opinion great weight.
Observe that boy who is just coming
in. He drags his feet, kicks against
the mating. SHAMELESS against the desks
and filings himself ipto his seat, bang.
ing his books and Gathering his feet
not quite loud enough to receive repri.
mand, although he knows he richly de.
serves it. That boys home life is some
thing to make the angels grieve. From
his earliest years he has been kicked
and banged about, literally that. blows
and beatinss, and more than once he
has crept into a corner Of the shed be.
hind the house and wrapped himself
in old blankets and carpets that he has
concealed behind the woodpile and
among some old boxes for this purpose.
He has become sullen, stupid and
slouching, and has more than once
threatened to run away. He will un-
questionably end his days in crime OF
degradation, for every bright and man
~ idea and inspiration has been warped
and crushed out of his nature.
''What a contrast to this lad who is
just entering. A fine, frank. noble little
fellow. He has the marks of good
and happy home life about him, and
has evidently been trained by a care
full and judicious method. He come.
in gently and at moderate pace, makes
no noise, sits quietly down and places
his books on the desk without noise
His face and manner command respect,
and it is plainly to be seen that he re-
spects himself and his surroundings.
mo one can overestimate the impor
lance of good home training, and the
women of to-day who fail to compre-
bend and appreciate the object and
scope of this great work are woefully
lacking in proper sense of the appro-
pirate sphere and mission Of woman.
kind. To make a bone and good and
beautiful one is unquestionably the
highest ambition Of every normal speci'
men Of femininity in the whole human
family. To have and preside over her
own kingdom. to feel that she is the
light and the life, the sun and the center
Of a realm that she can mold and man.
ago as she will, is something that ap
peals to all Of the womally instincts
and ambitions.
'And when. in addition to this, she
gathers about her little company OF
bright young faces. all her own to train
and educate and mold into beautiful,
symmetrical and brilliant men and
women, she has an added incentive and
grander aim. All learning, all wisdom.
all achievement make her better able
TO train her family, more capable Of OF.
dering her home and more likely to dc
ii judiciously than the woman who half
knows a few things and dabbles in
few others in an amateurish and I'M
certain fashion. knowledge gives the
power to command and control, and
happy is the woman who has wisdom
and discretion and tact enough to &C
quire the solid information and the gift
and grace TO take on the ornamentAl
and purely decorative ard make il like
the morning glory, the woodbine and
the egiantine-6t material wherewitA
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