The times., 1897-09-19
lTo Be continueal
HIS FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

This Is the day when he begins his edu-
cation. SO put ON his new jacket and tie up
his ruffled collar and send him away Kiss
him il you want TO, but for goodness sake
don't let him see you crying. You don t
want him to stay baby always, do you?
OF course not. Put his slate under hls
arm and send Mira forth!
There he goes down the street, strutting
like q peacock How absurdly small he
loC ks! After all. perhaps ii would be aS
well TO call him back and let him start
next year. What If the teacher should be
cross with him? He never could stand 1t
TO be sculded. 1t always broke his heart
And of ooursethe teacher won tunder stand
how to comfort him, and 1t viii never
occur to her to hold him awhile and tell
hiui stories or possibly she Will not notice
HIN at all, or will think he is just d
commor child Ike the other children.
What If the boys should fight hint
Trey might, as likely as not, not knowing
how soft his body is yet, or how the baby
pesctincss il on his cheeks, or how tender
his little mouth Is. Or what If he should
get hungry in school. or want to take a
nap, or to ask a question: How In the
world is he going To get along without
asking questions? Why, he was never
silent ten consecutive minutes in his yak
in4- life! Really it's out OF the question
to let him so to school. .
Il was perfectly silly of you to lie awake
the way you did last night and to GO IN
three times to look at him. Anyone would
have Thought he wasan early Christian who
was to be flung to the lions in the morn
ing instead of boy going to public school
The idea OF picking Ip his shoes To see il
theylnoked big genoughfora schoulboyI You
know that you We're hoping allthe time they
would seem too small. But you We're sur
pgised to see how big they were-not hint
In them OF the baby shoes you used to be
/ looking at a few days ago. Well .of course.
IT'S more than few days ago. He looked
so long as lay stretched out there in his
bed-all the baby lines gone. He used to
curl UP like a kitten and be a Il dirnples and
pinkness. Now he has boyish angles-and
yet, rs he walked down qhe street on his Wa y
TO school he seemed sma aler than lie last
night. In fact, he seemed rdiculously y small
The best thing TO do is 10 rJn afterhim and
bring him back home. Probably hescrying
for yon already or ha s lost his way, ur been
run over by trolley car
Oh, whatidi9cy, Letthe bovgo He'scot
to grow up, hasn't he2 He's got to know
something else besides you ana what you
teach him. Very likely he VIII admire the
teacher more than he does you. That 5 moth
inEi 1t won't be 50 very long before he'll
te liking other women great deal better.
Yes he's got to learn things bad things rs
wei as good Ones. Oh, no doubt you'll hear
hiln saying something dreadful some dayi
He's gone ont into the world. There's %
ba65' In tie house. Best put the high CHAIR
IN tie attic. He's quite tall enough for the
cthe; chairs, and you know he's ashamed
10 stir the high chair when there's company
at dinner He's gone out to Join the men Of
tte~orid -FourbabYmanhas. Allbaby ymen
have to- Don't make a gooseof yourself he
fore people. II you've got to, go away and
cry over iiistoyS and his first pair OF shoes.
sfinr and lock the doors and have your cry
out! Chicago News