Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-28
.OUTSIDE POINT OF VIEW

iUUlSlDE POlWl UF VIEW.
Written for the Times Republican.
i Mr.. Pessimist had just returned from
q little trip. After giving in some in
4 teresting facts concerning what he had
4 seen, he suddenly broke out with these
gentle words: "Of all the misbehayed
i children / have ever seen anywhere or
at any time, it was at the hotel IN
/ Rlankville, where the worst speci-
mems We're on exhibition. One young
one punched the other with knife,
while the father calmly read his paper.
i Another cherub got down out OF mis-
chair and crawled under the table put
ting his empowered hands on my
4 trousers legs, this while the mother
was drinking the third cup of tea. She
/ had baby in her lap and allowed 1T to
paw over her food, which, while not
/ affecting her appetite, did affect mine
These We're well dressed people, who
/ should at least have common sense and
! decency at q hotel table where others
were obliged to sit and eat. When
was a boy children We're not allowed at
the table till they were old enough to
behave themselves. l remember being
sent away from my fathers table once
because in a hurry l said to my
brother Give me some bread The
trouble with the present generation of
fathers and mothers is that the man
1 with his business and the mother with
| her society affairs have their minds on
something else than raising family.
and the consequence is the children
grow up like weeds, and 1t takes years
Of later contact with people and things
! to knock off the bear cub habits. Many
before they become really civilized
| themselves take to raising another
family of uncouth savages. Why,
there are some families where have
stopped visiting. just because their
children act so like the --, so badly
las was saying, that my clothes and
person both are in danger from the
time enter the house. Now, when
was a boy my parents"
THE speaker will have to yield the
floor" said the scribe-chairman pro
tenn. only five minute speeches are
in order Mrs. Birdseye. your at
tention. IL you please. Pessimist will
thank me for continuing his line of
thought He was about to say that
when he was a boy his parents allowed
none of this weak-minded exhibition of
grandmotherness, regret to say is Il
trait of your side of the house. / have
noticed. Madam. that Seraphima's two
boys have already caught on to the
idea you interfere to prevent necessary
parental punishment. / notice that
when Seraphima was about to speak
(good old English, Madam) Alexander,
the young man, ran and hid behind
your skirts. That the yearling, Gerol-
stein, already runs to you to prevent
being put to bed at the proper hour.
am obliged to assert, Madam, that
you allow Alexander to slap your face,
and do not correct him, only pretend
ing he has hurt grandma. That
young Gerolstein pulls your nose with
impunity, and doing SO without pun
ishment, he Of course tried the same
game on the preacher who was doing
the Christian call act. Madam, my
daughter Serphim is trying to raise
family properly, yet your interference
lis sadly demoralizing family discipline.
When was boy my parents"
Il regret to inform the speaker" in
terrupted Mrs. b., that your time is
Bp.i You have already spoken six min
.utes." must plead guilty to some of
your indictments, but what makes me
tired slang, Madam, said the writer, |
slang from a grandmother in the pres
ence of two youngsters who ought to
be in bed this minute)--is for Sera-
.phim, aided and allotted by a wise old |
philosopher, to intimate that she knows I
more about raising children than her /
mother does. I've raised four chill
dren and believe they behave pretty |
we'll. till it comes to correcting grand
mother on how she is spelling Alex and |
Gerol. And it really does give me that |
tired feeling to hear an old philos-
opher (self-named) point out as weak
ness my grandrnothers. Have ! ever
allowed either of those blessed chill I
dren to smash my watch. ten dollar
repair bill following. Whose cane, that
the K. c. BIS gave you, was broken by
Alex playing horse with it. Whose six
dollar silk hat did those young ones
play house with? Who dressed for the
party the other evening and in hugging |
a dirty fingered grandson had to delay |
the procession till he changed his dress !
shirt? Who gave Alexander 10 cents
worm OF Sdlteu peanuts ana WOulQ
have given him % cents worth more IL
he had cried a little louder? Who
taught Alexander before he was two
years old to slide down the banister?
Who allows Gerol to throw the foot
ball in the partlor and smash the brio
a-brac? All of these things did not
come about thru my grandmotherness.
When I was a girl my parents
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The silent partner" regretted that his
time was up. and he must go. Had
had remarkably interesting game of
whist this evening.
Mi1naLez5