Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-01-13
the COOP OF PLAY.
Sensible Hints to the Youthful Members
Of the Family Circle.

OF the Family Circle
Every hearty boy and girl is fond If
play, and it Is right that they should
be. Ronping and rollicking are
pleasanter and cheaper than being
dosed with bitter medicines; and the
former, no doubt, often save the need
Of the latter.
Young folks are apt to make afcw
mistakes, however, as TO what playing
really is. Let us see if we can expose
some of the errors that come to the
surface often, and that do result IN
spelling the children's merry making
Cruelty is not play, certainly not to
the sufferer; and the latter deserves tG
be considered IN the matter. Itissur.
prising how anyone who is kindly
treated at home can set about tortur.
ing poor dog or cat, or other helpless
animal. The latter have FEELINGS.
and they are capable of showing much,
gratitude.
True anecdotes are told of pets who
have been so faithful to kind mas
ter's memory that they have lain down
upon his grave and refused to take
food until death ended their sorrow
The praise Of even dumb brute Is
worth deserving.
1t is not fair play to make sport at
another's expense, liza poor child has
to wear old shoes or patched clothes,
or if he limps or is cross-eyed, surely
his lot is hard enough already, with
out the extra pain Of seeing lads better
off mimicking him, or joking about
his infrmities. before his face. II a.
classmate is somewhat slow and dull
sharper lad should not twit him.
about being stupid, 1t sometimesi
happens that those slow scholars tarn
out to be the greatest men in mature
lie Daniel Webster is an illustriou;
example Of this fact; and in intel
lectual labors he far excelled school
fellows who thought themselves
vastly his superior
1t is not play to handy or tempt a.
companion, especially if he be the
younger, to attempt feat that is
risky, or to do an act that he fears is
wrong, or that his parents have for
hidden. Such tempter may be lead
ing the other to take the first z>isste1
N the path Of wrong-doing, kss5se
ending may be at the penitentiary.
And if he does, it is sure that the sin
Of this enticement will in some way
react upon himself
1t is not play to be over-boisterous
and rude in tire family circle at even
ing, when father has settled down to
his paper, mother to her sewing, and
the older children to their studies or
coy games. At such times shouting
and jumping ought to be discarded.
and quieter amusements INDUCED in,
Out-of-door sports are the best Of
plays if the players DO not race until
they are almost in fever.
Plenty of fresh air and moderate
running are the best tonic for the
folks that are growing up to be hale
men and women The evening games,
where boys and girls intermingle,
with the chanting of the old-fashioned
nursery rhymes, ought never to be al
lowed to go out of fashion, nor will
they be likely to as long as spring and
summer twilights are balmy, and boys
and girls are young.
Good, honest play, in word, is Civ
ing innocent pleasure to oneself and
associates, ard without causing anyI
discomfort to third parties. In this
spirit of forbearance, my young
friends, enjoy yourselves always a.
much as you can, taking care not TO
sacrifice any present duty in order to
contrive an amusement. - Golden
Days.
FUTURE OF AFRICA.