The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-20

guess she knows it now and 1 am afraid
they Will have to 60" was his mournful
answer
after l left him I went to the Super
intendent of Schools and asked him if
ne knew such a boy He replied that
he did. 1 asked him how he got along
In school and he said to me: Fine; he
IS freak along one line and that is
natural History. He knows more about
those things than any teacher in the
city"
returned to the home and said to
the mother, DO you know what your
boy has down under the house?" In
stahtly her nose went up A mothers
nose often goes up at what a boy likes,
or at his whim. We talked a long time
and that mother, who loved her boy,
saw the mistake and commenced from
then to encourage that which some day
may make him a naturalist of renown
THE BOYS LIKES AID DISLIKES.
we are to reach a satisfactory So
luton OF this problem il must not he
alohg the fast and hard lines of ethics
out rather touching the irregular lines
"hlch pound boys likes AM dislikes. We
nave already touched the matter of the
BOY hobby, and will add just this that
Il the school, home and church are to
reach the boy and develop him to the
-. oo' ehldse' they must consult the
legitimate tendencies of the bow life
ms believe the present plan proposes
10 90 The home is confronted in an
other matter that should seriously con-
Germ IL We often allow the bow to
pan All OF his own amusement and it
OFTEN leads into doubtful channels. or
we attempt to plan ali Of 1t for him and
II ooes not lead anywhere. A boy wants
BOY amusement. The mother and
+ tn
sether they must plan, the mother fur
hShlng the details and the father for
eetuhs the Office for a time returns to
ms boyhood days and furnishes what a
boy likes. for boys like the same things
whether they are sixty, sixteen or six.
rms should be considered with regard
10 boys playmates and comrades. Do
not allow him to do all of the choosing.
nelther do all of it yourself Think of
the boys both Of you know, and parents
/ should strive to know the boys that their
boy knows, even if the father must go
10 the scnooi playground to meet them
t ana from that list of boys choose to-
sether the fellow that both of you like
to have In your home. With this kind
i OF conference the bad can soon be
smut out from your boys list, and the
fellows that you are drawing around
/ MN Will be helpful to his DEVELOPMENT
And in the last thought Of what a boy
likes and dislikes, l want to say he dis
/ likes a garnet or little alcove just big
/ enough for a bed, but he does like a
room where he is lord and master, and
to which he can invite his boy friends
I In your home if you have a boy it will
( be better to let that boy have a room
! furnished to satisfy his likes, for that
boy is with you 365 days in the year,
than to have a parlor for occasional CAL
lers who stay fifteen minutes.
LOVE vs. DRIVE.
One of the things perhaps which has
| caused the continuance of this problem
has been the fact that some parents
/ think there is side but he parents
side, and that some boys think there is
no side but the boys side. We must rec
ognize both the numerator and the de-
nominator.
The hopeful sign that makes US believe
that the boys life will receive attention
not only one hour day, but all of the
hours, is the fact that the old law of
drive is being changed to one of love.
The world and home must recognize that
We can't drive a boy either to- heaven
| or success.
The school teacher that used to whip a
boy until the flesh was blue has been
replaced by the teacher who can put his
hand on the shoulder of the boy and
nave MS commence ana love.
| When the passive love that Is in our
! hearts for the urchin and for the rich
mans son alike is awakened, and we rec
ogniZe that our boys are living souls and
that wrapped up in them is pure man
which. If taken In time by home, school
| and church, need never be blackened and
polluted. The hardest life that can de-
velop in the boy up to the time he is
twenty, can be softened and changed if
thos bot 1T
and that his interests are our interests.
Don't drive the boy with a merciless
whip OF a false obedience. Know him,
and see to it that he knows you and the
motives that lead you to punish him OF
to help him. Love In action is, after all
the one golden thought that will bring
any hope or any solution to this problem
which concerns US ALL
If we are to give to the enterprises
that will help the boys we must first
of all give our hearts love- A cent OF
a dollar amounts tn little il when we
meet the boy on the street we curse him
Love the boy and in Tue end he will
love you and will some day rise up to
bless you.
Is A BOY WORTH A CENT?
Yes; a thousand times yes; the boy is
worth a cent. He is so valuable that
we cannot name what he is worth OF
every mans love and sympathy. He Is
worth enough that God clothed His OWL
Son in boyish form and saw Him play
and develop as boys do. God in His
wise handling OF his earthly Son taught
us lessons that it will do Wen for US al
to remember. He taught US that boy
hood is worth jealous care and protec
ton. and no investment can be worth
so mucn Boyhood should be trained il
hand, head and heart, as was the divine
Son Of God. I believe that if in this CITY
where boys are such a serious problem
we are to reach them we must cour
wisdom that is more than human. LIE
us educate their hands to be useful To-
their own advancement and that of hu
mainly. I believe in the men Of Homo
lulu who are lifting up their voices IL
behalf Of the boys, and there is but ont
, thing for the Christians of this commu
/ nifty to do and that is to support then
in this enterprise. 1t would be a bless
, ing If through the means of the play-sid
, OF the boy being touched that the boy
of Honolulu are taught to use thei
hands. to think with their heads and Z
, love the nobler and truer things wit
? their hearts, Boys are worth all tina