Evening journal., 1902-03-01
ANOTHER

So hard to yet retain them.
ANOTHER
The toughest kid in all the town:
The house can never hold him.
He gloats on bears and pirates TOO,
4 And all the stories told him.
A rent is in his pantaloons.
His Jacket torn to tatters;
But he is happy all the day.
And that is all that matters.
p His pocket is a treasure place
OF fish hooks. strings and marbles;
He whistles bllthely at his sport
AS any bird that MARBLES
He isn't fond of Keats at all.
And poetry despises,
But blood and thunder must be in
n The books he really prizes.
AZ twenty he has lost his warts
His freckles all have vanished;
His marbles have been laid aside
His diffidence has vanished.
} His views of life are full of hope,
His laughter clear and mellow,
And all his friends proclaim him now
A hustlng jolly fellow.
Q o o
Recently | was very much interested
and amused in listening to dissenta-
ltion of young lady yet in her twenties.
on the proper training of children
There were present several persons who
had learned from experience the bur-
lden of responsibility the rearing OF
children entails. these sat and listened
to the enthusiastic utterances of the
young woman. and answered only with
a smile that was half of pity and half
of incredulity
The papers are reporting the Mother
Congress now holding its meetings in
/ Washington. and a little surprise is
depicted on our countenances when we
hear Of scholarly papers which are
being read to that body by numerous
maiden ladies'
One thing strikes us as peculiar in
this gathering, and worthy of note,
that very few Of those actively engaged
in the discussions of the meetings are
mothers in the sense of having i'm
present charge the problems that come
from rearing their offspring. Some
nave never been mothers, and are
therefore mere theorists. while there
are many maiden ladies who have long
since passed the period of that active.
strenuous but delightful time when
the little ones are demanding the
motherly care and attention which is
so absorbing, yet so satisfying
b The women too. who have sufficient
!, time and means to travel far to attend
this congress, are not representive
mothers. In most instances their off
!, spring are entrusted to the care of the
nurse. while the mother is engaged in
the exacting duties Of social and
club life. and may be i'm attendance
Z on mothers congress.
The average American mother has
4 no time. and cannot afford the expense
! of attending any such meetings The
: normal nurse is the mother and the
, majority of our mothers do not violate
the rule.
1t may be for the reason that thesi
gatherings are not representative o.
the great class of our mothers. tha
these conventions are regarded with 81
q little seriousness. Yet the problems
which they have to consider are all
A important to the race. and the creates
i minds Of all time have been bent OF
their solution.
Il What we are to do with our childreI
in order to assure their future happi
Is ness and our own. is a question whicl
10 no one may solve oh-hand. II is
problem more complex than any othe
we have to meet. and one which solve'
~ in a given instance arises anew Il
~ every other.
Ih We recently read of a man who whe
~ asked if he didn't like the wing of
~ fowl. replied that he had never taste
\ one. Said he. when / was a child tn
- elders got all the choice bits, and sine
y became a man all such portions al
~ saved for the children
Poor mani he illustrates the live
:, OF many unfortunates of the preseI
y period whose childhood was spent
"a that period when self-enacement wa
a the portion of children. and who hay
w. lived to help advance the new theor
/, that the rights of the child are 81
ev preme. II may be necessary in the PR
al cess of evolution that there shall
no martyrs. but certain parents of u
present day have spent a life in u
background. witnessing their parents
one generation occupying the frol
seats in the balcony. while in this ge
Grafton the children have moved up
EN- the vacant places.
le- There are many persons living wi
ol- could tell a tale of evolution regardh
De- the idea of the care Of children whi
n has occurred in one generation. Ia
ze- about the emancipation Of women
ar Il is nothing in comparison to {
er- emancipation of children.
ass Why in those good old days ca
rch household had is brood, running fix
t. ," six TO a dozen. and therefore their
ar facement or subiection became a matt
red of necessity. Think of the result vi
80 flock consisting of twelve healt
children if each had to be pamper'