The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-24

duty Let the boys romp on the car
pets, says one member. We have never
seen any boys whom it was possible to
keep from romping on the carpets.
The boys known to the Cook County
Women's Clubs must be models Of juve-
nile behavior. In this part of the coun-
try il is customary to thank heaven IL
the boys don't jump holes through tho
floor. raise the roof and pull down the
house DO the boys need any permis-
sion to romp' on the carpets? We
should say the great demand of the hour
was an indestructible carpet
Love WILLIE more than you love the
grass says another Lacquer. Surely
not hard command to obey; but per-
haps the Chicago folks are more devoted
to grass than the New Workers are.
Make your backyard attractive for
WILLIE continues the childrens advo-
cate; let him have his friends there.
Sound and healthful advice, if you have
a backyard and a WILLIE. let him
loose there, and he will make it lively
whether you make il attractive or not,
We don't know how thickly settled Chi
cago is. In some places your con-
founded neighbors make great pother
if you try to make your backyard at
tractive TO WILLIE. Still. if the neigh
bors don't like his whoop, they can go
hang One of the incidental advantages
of backyard is the opportunity which
il gives to difTuse sound. And between
grass and WILLIE, no judcious parent
will be doubtful as to Lis choice.
What checks and balances to the con-
stitutional freedom Of WILLIE should be
maintained Mrs GEORGE NJ. kAUF-
MAN Of the league is somewhat too con-
sentative. 1t is her opinion that there
is such thing as an extreme. would
draw the line on football in the dining
room" Yet football in the dining room
is quite netting We can think Of
few simple pleasures more enjoyable than
a boys game Of football in the dining
room, provided the dining room is not
your own. Mrs. KAUFMAN will not find
the boys disposed to insist obstnately
upon their right to play football in the
dining room. A game in the parlor
might be even more productive of happi-
ness. 1t is only just to Mrs. KAUFMAN
tn give little experience of her own in
juvenile diversion:
When dear Mas LEVENs was alive she brought
between forty and nifty probation children to my
home once 10 enjoy quiet little party had
springs IN my chairs until the boys went home
They thought the chairs were sprinKboards guess
They rode on them like a bareback circus rider 1t
was lot, OF fun for the boys
This is the practical method of teach
ing children that chairs have springs
But perhaps it is better to move the
chairs out Of the dining room before the
football game begins. Judicous par
ents always clear the decks before
action.
We agree with Mrs. JAMES FRAKE Of
the Chicago and West End Woman's
Club that people ought not be so care
full Of their grass and their homes, but
more careful of their children We
can't agree with her when she asserts
that" club women ought not to recognize
the mother who does not allow her son
the freedom of her home" The pun
ishment of such mother should be
sharp and terrible, but not so cruel as
that What would be left in life for a
Chicago club woman whom other
club worhen declined to recognize?