The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-29
Child and
Parent
DISC USED BY. CORRESPONDENTS
AND MARION HARLAND

a FRIEND called TO see RE thia
~ Afternoon She Is one OF the love-
4 y Hest women | kaow-reftned. gen
Tie. wefi-bred and intelligent She
was accompanied by her e-Sesr-cId
daughter. Having greeted me. the moth
er turned 10 the child. Annie. speak
TO Miss H" As the mother took her
hand 20 draw her forward. the infane
drew violently back. buried her face IN
her mothers skirt. winding herself hp
In the folds. cOcoon-wise-aDd howied- !
can give the outcry no more eigEinea
name.
The mother looked terribly mortified.
but smiled apologetlcaliy. Poor dear.
she whispered she has peculiar DIS
position So shy and so sensitive! esn
bu, hope she viii outgrGw IL
She did not begin the cgtgrowth whiis
In my house. | had not a gsmpse OF ner
face until tho mother arose 10 take
leave, and then only when the nonkey
slipped from one side OF the protecting
skirt TO the other.
$50 sadly peculiar" slghet my visitor.
looking hack a me after the cherub was
lifted into the carriage BY the COACH
man.
lives in fashionable suburb. Her g
year-old boy was I'm ;her. sitting room
when | entered lie stood staring az
me. stock-still. until | said. How DO
yo.i do. Charlie?' and held out my hand
Then he slapped il with his dirty fingers
and grunted
my darhrg"' exclaimed tho mother.
Good little hoys don't behave In that
way, Say-'Very we'll, thank you,
Whereupon the darling cropped upon
ali-fours and rammed his head under MS
mothers chair-as TX Marvel says.
"dreadfully exposed To assaults IN the
rear by his position and beloved nss
n bull-calf OF Bashan. continuing TO bel
low at intcrvals-his breath gave OUT
sometiInes--all the while STAYED
Il do not know what We Will ever 40
with HIM! the mother said 10 me in tna
hall He is such a peculiar child.
There is no such thing as managing him.
l am IN despair sometimes.
Yesterday a cousin OF NY mothers
brought her i0-year-old boy with her
to lunch with us. Tie refused soup. tegc-
tables, bread and butter. fixing his eyes
and affections upon chicken pie set be-
fore me. And of this he woEld eat moth
ing but the pastry cover. pusning UP MS
plate like a wheelharrow three times Tor
more pastry" until the pie wac actual
~ denuded-a pitiahle sight.
mol no, my SWEET sad the fond
parent when he trundled Up his barrow
for the fourth time. Pastry isn't whole
some for little BOYS And 10 me In q
stage aside" as he stuck out his lips.
lowered his brows. and looked more than
ever like a bashanic buil-calf-' lie - 50
pecuiiar IA his tastes He always makes
n meal Of one dish. alone. and never
the same two days IN succession We
can't break him OF the popularity
Now Mrs Editor. these are three rep
resen.ative and entirely authentic anec-
stotes l cannot comprehend the sort OF
family government that allows these
terrible Infants 20 scourEe society.
SUPPOSE In the interests Of the race and
because OF one clause IN the Decalogus,
they cant be abolished Bot can notn-
ing be done 20 abate The nbisancsf
Must the peculiar child be a persr-
rial institution How came they 10 be
uocuilarY who did sin--these children
or their parents7" I panse-at iast'-
for a reply. 4 sPINsTER or EARS.
7 BEGIN BRIEF REPLY-BRlEf
for want Of rOom-answertng your last
question. The parents nrst last and
always, God does not send children
into the world with the pecuiiaritiss
you describe. IL they are bound Up su
the heart Of the infant. the rod OF cor
rection should drive IL far from him.
The parents Fin--there Is 10 nildsr term
for TIN letting the poor little things
grow Up willful and und3scspiined-
curses 70 society. 20 homo and them
selves
] had not the heart TO leave out oas
sentence OF your letter, ]. too. have
been there Who that reads this hss
rot7 and who can suggest a tet;sr
method than tha Solou.0nic-an ortso-
dox. oid-lashioned epankinz-for the
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