The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-11
but Bringing Zip Boys.
BY PRUDENCE wINTERGREEN.

-s2.f az Darentnoou. lfuiy II was
ss.ss for something Of the kind.
~. the strict discipline Of the
~ school, OF parents. In which
snd fruthfulness were incul-
q. "A, si,e rod, passed away. there
u ksve been a time in which chill
~ -. rvowed." For generation
se 4 riaht. They grew In the fear
a. ss3 snd In the practice OF right
! ~. <S<ause they saw their parents
.-s 4 those paths And the proceed
49, .s~tions had been SO well trained
n isost one generation OF children
~ q ssld TO have been born d.sci-
- oid traditions OF the conduct
- ne young were in the air. and
La 1872. child aid very well when
W n on the odds and ends OF the
3 zzIrS eoceived By IT'S parents.
n M q.
- ~ dav is past. we have only TO
- ~ nurseries OF our friends TO
p 3s..: s6ere IL Willie Blank Willie is
.z'ssS boy. and regret to say he
< Ne has been brought into the
~ "a shown en- 10 his mothers
s. ~ often for him to remain igno-
M. a "a own charms To say he Is as
s33 N. { III would malign most girls.
1s 10 WilIje il only years old One
~ lrur aKo he strayed into the par
xsc ~ had not been sent for. and
E " 'Ssu nother and her callers IN the
4 1s 21i = N ! conversation In which they
& sw much interested Willie wan
~ seSsnd forlornIy. wondering what
4 ur1 that nobody commented on the
zSS y III yellow curtis and the size 81
Ss., siue eyes. When he had borne
sssIset until It grew uncomfortable. his
H~elfed. Suddenly he threw himself
4 ID ~ Seoe hstween two Of the guests
S1tsA - his voice with tears:
SS.E ebout me-! Talk about me. Talk
W MR. he demanded. punctuating hts
1;1coo With kicks and screams.
& WIl1e! For, after all. 1t Is his
k6vs fauIt.
ius 4 no need to multiply instances.
4 ~ ~vvtsdy knows q Willie. 1t Is. per-
S 3eans, the need for a body Of
1;lrs a the subject is 70 clear that
/; S1 - teen such an increase In the
u literature on the subject. A
s1as 1omestic magazine has been rum
eur1ss entitled Mothers Mistakes
/. 1sfhes's Failures" but somehow II
4 2r1G9 sosm TO furnish the right kind Of
!. 1rf ~ me parental backbone. When
~ - "a that fathers should be guides.
Pr &4efnors. ana that "the humber.
S - alnplo guide he Is. the bet
b ~ ~ n !" ~ feel n little doubtful
m ~ when humility was preached TO
a onl the human beings turned
II eo1os that system have certainly not
- sofpassed as yet by those trained
~ SITTER" methods
~ TEL n that most OF the current
1n1fns On the subject Of child culture"
6'&otf nonsense, and Ia apparently writ
r. 6lh2 " girls In their teens or by
1me(hers OF 50, who are, proverbially.
y ~ Hodu1nAfians Once IN very long
Gh ~ ct treatise on the subject by
Is VoQou Of experience and breadth of
Z ~ no knows whereof she speaks.
~ o7lSeatise IL bringing Up Boys"
= m Kate Epson Clark. Mrs. Clark Is
~ ~ experienced but successful In the
16l0lRs Of which she writes, and as a
tunoquence her little book is very prac-
\ k and Is Interesting not only to the
ul1eRa Of boys but to everybody who
~ 1eas about the Young idea.
~ Clark maintains--and we can all
~ az statement II our memories are
\ ~ Ueggh-thAt on the whole children
4 y ~ treated ms they deserve" and
4 thfs have a kind OF blind recognition
II ~ heticc Of Arm rule
~ youugstcF knows at once when he
~ ~ upper hand, and he despises the
\ M MO gives up TO him when she
XqX NJ. Children seem to know by
~ that the stern refusals OF wisely
q ~ motheys are the mightiest OF gifts.
y ~ maj cry and protest al the time,
when the excitement passes or. they
@Euflste ana are secretly glad that they
~ betA properly dealt with
~ nothsr.' hoy OF 2 was over
M % sar, would have fixed that Ru-
~ n the Ffencon.a stories. She would
~ made good hoy OF him In less than
4neptA
What voull she have donee inquired
exeas playmate with q spice of In
9ealll} ~ his tone
a oont know replied the boy. sim
, 81 sxnhefant confidence You never
'ea what she'll do; but she wouldn't
nseh works as his--she wouldn't
~ tntm for one minute. Il was be-
- ~ mother didn't tend TO him that
~ kaaolphus
AZ NJ N
~ Clark believes In all kinds OF
ndlnf &c boys The llt.le book has
Lets on THE Boys Manners TAX
hoys ser5ously" and Boys versus
snrh'aliiy" which ought TO he turned
usfse and distributed broadcast. How
Z ia ~ parents think seriously about help
~ OVER the awkward age2 And do
Me8 aecep, the natural endowment
veg sons In the matter az sentiment
Rms'hink no more 10 De changed than
eear u their eycsf Mrs Clark be-
nst'y that the feelings can be
A<a as well as the mind and body
- net esrect spontaneous honesty
'aneoS purity, spontaneous temper
poa'sneeus courage. spontaneous
nor spontaneous poli;eness !"
49, .1 'Asns should we expect gratitude,
: sseh and the tinoF feelings generally
10 without cultivationf Some
W9ssd they do The author tells