The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-03-24
The Cost of 8 Boy.


boy was found in the Chicago Advance !:
It does not take as much money to
live in the country. or in small town,
as it does to live in the city. I read the
other day that it cost SIS, 900 to bring
up city boy and educate him and dress
him we'll. I said to myself, "That is
because everything in the city has to be
bought and living is high.'' But be-
gan to study the thing, and I found out
that even a country boy cost his parents
a good deal.
When you count what a boy eats and
what he wears, and the schoolbooks he
has to have, and the doctor bills that
have to be paid when be gets the measles
or the scarlet fever, he will cost his
folks at least 500 a year. I guess if a
boy is pretty bad to smash things or to
kick his shoes right out he costs more
than that. So when I am 81 and old
enough to do for myself l shall have
cost father more than So, 900.
Mother cooked my victuals, made my
clothes and patched them, washed and
ironed for me, took care of me when 1
was little fellow and whenever was
sick, and she never charged anything
for that. If she were dead and father
had to hire all that done, it would cost
him another 500 year more, and
that's $4,000 worth of work mother
will have done for me by the time am
a man. Four thousand dollars for boy |!
What do you think of that?
These are hard times. When parents
put "a, 900 into boy, what have they q
right to expect Of him? Is it fair for q
boy to play truant at school? Is it fair
for him to play ball, 60 in swimming
or hang around town all of the time,
when maybe his fathers potatoes are
not dug nor the wood brought in for his
mother? Is it fair for him to disappoint
them by swearing and drinking?
Some of our parents have put about all
the property they have into US boys and
girls. If we make spittoons and whisky
jugs Of ourselves, they will be poor in
deed. But if we make good citizens and
substantial men they will feel as if
they had good pay for bringing us up.
Little Musician.
She is only years old, chubby,
pretty little girl, with rosy cheeks and
bright black eyes. Her name is Henriet-
ia Scholder, and she lives in New York
city. Her father is workingman who
has not much time CT money to spend
on music, but he liked it so we'll that
he bought piano and Segan taking les
sons so that he might be able to teach
his children what he learned himself.
Little Henrietta was greatly interested
and watched him, and when he left the
piano she tried to initiate his move
ments. No notice was taken Of her for
awhile, but one day her father was as
tonished to find that she could rattle off
with perfect ease from memory the ex-
ercises and tunes that he had been slow
~ learning for weeks.
A good musician, Professor William
G. Rehm, heard the little girl and
agreed to teach her to use her wonder
full gift for music. Recently at private
rehearsal she accompanied the we'll
known cellist Karl Grienauer through
many difficult movements. She played
with remarkable intelligence, skill and
power, running her little fat fingers over
the piano keys with evident delight.
Henrietta goes to public school, plays
like other little girls and is fond Of
dolls. She is a happy and healthy child,
with a love and gift for music.-Wom-
ans journal.