Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-24
Miscellaneous Matters Of Interest.

Cf any disastrous consequences to COM
monpiacC outward apparel
And then the soap ana water tyranny
which Is constantly endured by the de
iencelcss children. The combing and the
brushing. and the washing 10 wnich they
are subjected day after IA! are thert
no grown up people that remember the
carly y, naIticS inflicted b., the tooth brush
and the nail brush. We may be born into
thus world endowed with Godiness. hut
cleanliness is an acquired taste ana one
not caSl.y or RAPIDLY acquired either.
To he In a position To he freely criticized
without REGARD to any sehSlpiii'ieS whicn
We may chance to bC possessed OF ana u
b, al the same time dcbarred from eN-
ercisinS our powers Of criticism IN return:
this Is asSuiediN. a HaPPA' tdreiSS
state ~
men to he subjected 10 all of child
hoods inevitable diseases. oh, most uh-
lovely fate, NumpS. measles whoopinS-
cough and chCkcn-poN and other equally
or more distressing maiadieS must claim
you for their prcy while you are III tile
naupy state Of childhood. Why these I'M
plea SAINT illnesses must lie the necessary
accompaniment of early Year" NJ" ueHei
been explained. unless IL ~ " uiS'ipiih.
the ChilurcnS parents. ,
1t is more than enough to try the well
developed patience OF grown ul person
to cut two painful sets of tVCth. nut 'nlS
affect on is melted out with all the otf"rS
"a hanpN childhnnd. our carry years are
emphasized and punctuatcd and cmbit :,
tered by the arrival and departure oi
teeth. first or second. upper or lower
front or back. which must he coaNcd or
or pulled. filled. or Strengthened OF
polishcd until we wish that they had
never come at all. and long to live on
LIQUID food
Doubtless. it is right and proper that.
until we reach years of discretion, We
/ should Ne ordered round like slaves and
dressed according Ia the tastes OF other
! people and our preferences nor con- "'..u
4 ,t,i,
| crown tntk.s may be- correct in their ideas
ard WAYS that does not make 1t any nicer
| tor tn" children.
Their wants and wishe@ are rs strong.
their like; ana dishkes as decided. ana
| their @riets and diSappointmontS Just as
| keen as those Of grown mp people
What is the dream OF the small Siri who
| swings upon the garden gate 10 bt Il
! grown up lady.
| OF the small boy who grnds his heels
| into the concrete walk! 70 he great
big man These are the aspiration INA
! mi their youthful breasts.
q hlnpE children, why are you not con-
| tent t. stay Just where YOU are
Why Is it still the heart $ desir" of every
! child to be smanCipatcd from the reuters
! Of childish freedom?
| To be A grown up man and come and go
at pleasure. to sit NJ Just a. late as any
body else to cat Just what ne pItaSeS. Is
| there hoy who does not long 70 iedch
| that blessed state
l. there a little girl who does not eve
| with envy her grown up sister IN DAINTY
! party gown and long TO put h'r mar up
! in a Psyche knot. and have her dresses
! sweep the dusty sidewalks when she
! walks down town
! Undoubtedly; childhood IA been
| cholv tim. And poets and enthusiastic
have hlndiy or wiltuily mi'r'PreSehted
| TO-DAY. however the prospect is begin
ming to brighten. and childhood is slowly
| h1It surely emerging from its former state
| of meek subsection
Children are throwing off the yoke Of
| slavery which they have borne 50 long
| and patiently and parents are rapidly
! learning to adjust themselves t" the new
/ and altered position which they occupy
! and are acCCTtinS without q protest In"
/ subordinate places Nhch are h'lllE dS-
| signed them
! one by one all childish restrictions are
| being done away with. and rules ana reg
| ulations which have thwartod ana
| hemmad in children upon every side are
/ vanishing away.
\ clear. bright future is about To dawn
/ for childhood. y day OF freedom ana DC
! light is surely coming. Parents no longer
/ arr. to be consulted or tIru.d to for -
! vice. but are to seek instead Tor All dc-
sired information, and humbiy ask the
children for their opinion rec lrdlnS mat
] tiers Of Importance. and Willingly anu
! promptly shall the parents obey all CdlctS
and commands issued by them.
The coming generation Will argue thus
J Granted the boy Is ldtHtI ~ tilt iiidt''
why. then the boy should tell his father
what to do. And SO he will. And tn,
! small girls will keep their various man
mas in a suitable state Of mild suhJcctlon-
| III. tim, is row at hand tor the aboliSh-
ment OF all the tyranny which has reiGn'd
over childhood. The oppressed have
/ slowly and imperC. pthly been strength
| ching their once helpless position, little
by lttl" they have advanced along the
road To victory.
Let those who hook for now power
I. which is to rule this mighty land no more
seek for Peoples party, or for success
| among the Socialists ana the Rcformers.
but let them realize that the party which
is coming to the front with rapid strides.
/ and which is soon to b" more powerful
/ than all the Others, is II be called the
/ Children, party.
Already is this rising power supreme in
! many households. and VINO dtreS say 1t
shall be long before its might shall down
! all opposition and assume entire control?
And when at last the 'hildrens party
rules the land, then shall the poets be JUS
titled in celebrating as loudly rs they Will
the joys "t happy childhood, '-caroiine
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