Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-04-16

and respect OF all with whom they
may come in contact You do not
wish to have 1t said of you, as it was
Oh mother l once knew whose chill.
dren, two boys, 3 and years. respec.
lively. were such terrors that her
friends dreaded to see them: II do so
Ike Mrs. b." said one long suffering
acquaintance. but | simply can not
have her visit me when she persists
In bringing those two dreadful children
with her; | cannot stand their tan
trums." You know you would rather
secure unbounded love for those lit
tie ones than such dislike.
This Is not difficult result to bring
about. If you care enough to strive in.
telligently for 1t; IL you are not i'm.
pervious to frowns and lily concealed
aversion on the part of acquaintances;
IL you so dearly love that precious son
and daughter that you can not bear to
have them fouted never yet saw
the person who did not like a wellbe
haved child. Churls there are all
over the world, who pride themselves
upon gruffness of demeanor: yet even
such melt before the sweet, sunny
glance of happy and amiable little
one; grudgingly maybe, but. never.
theless. melting and yielding to the
charming influence
And how can you expect that small
son and daughter to learn how to
comport themselves properly away
from home, unless you teach them
proper department home? 1t is Just
here that the trouble lies. You take
your little daughter shopping with
you; she cries, begs for everything
she sees, handles everything she can
reach. keeps you in state of anxiety
and so on. Instead of teaching her
to be better behaved. you leave her
at home next time; so how can she
ever learn? Why not impress upon
her most forcefully when you reach
home that such conduct will not be
tolerated.; then take her again and
again. until she learns the right thing
10 do in the right place. may illus.
trate: A careful mother was morti.
hed by the behavior of her 6-year,
old little maid one day. when the child
most ungraciously retured the pleas.
ant greeting of caller. Not a word
did the produent parent utter until the
caller had gone; then did that small
girl receive n lesson that she never
forgot The mother seated her In
the parlor, bade her say Just what
the visitor had said. while she (the
mother) entered as had the child. re-
ceived and acknowledged as the child
received and acknowledged, as the
child should have done. the greeting.
and emphasized the lesson with a
good switching. There was never
again churlish manner shows by that
little daughter.
point of Importance is to reserve
the reprimand and the lesson until
you are alone with your little one;
1t does not improve matters to ad-
minister correction before anybody;
on the contrary. 1t embarrasses the
visitor. discourages the child, puts
you into an unpleasant frame of mind
and 1t is not the right thing to do
But admonish. instruct and command
as soon thereafter as possible, with
the promise. to be strictly kept, of
unishment on the next offense.
know 1t Is very hard to keep such
things in mind. too. in cold blood, as It
were. hold the culprlt to Justice; but
If you Will remember that you must
teach good behavior II you wish your
little ones to be tolerated, do 1t as
stern. unpleasant, yet peremptory
duty. And child can be taught any
thing.