Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-12-05
Ba by's Bringing Up.

They hung over the basket in which
IT slept. They were the Young Father.
the Young Mother and Its Aunt. 1t fgas
~ weeks old and miniature copy Of It's
Its rosy little fists moved and for d
brief second smile parted It's lips while
II dreamed of angels.
wish | could keep him a baby al
ways. whispered the Young Mother. II
cannot bear to think of the time when
ne mus, play with other boys"
Teach him at home" pleaded the
Aunt. Never. never send him to a
., No said the Young Father, firmly.
he is net to be brought up Ike a
houseplant. lie is TO go out and be n
sturdy boy among other boys. He shall
play ON the street and he shall go 10
public school. He must learn 10 hold
ms own not coddle at your apron
Yes, sighed the Mother, ''but think
OF the bad influence child is subjected
to IN such Il life. o my little bow" she
whispered TREMENDOUSLY. leaning over fhe
basket, Mother win never wish TO put
her snow-white blossom ont into the
m 1 Of miscellaneous boyhood- the chill
dreu of the streetr'
Children from the purest homes nick
UP EVIL at school," gravely said the Aunt,
who is herself teacher.
Not if they have had the right home
framing. objected the Young Father.
u want that our boys home Influence
shail be strong enough TO 90 with sim
INTO the world ana Keen MIN spotleSs
III we succeed in teaching him honesty
and gentleness during the first six years
OF his life, | have 40 fear but that lie
VIII ne honest and gentle ever AFTER
But the Aunt smiled a little sadly.
i{oh you Know, said she. that it
Is the very children who have pions
precepts drilled into their ears from in
fancy that oftenest turn ont the hlaei,
sheen of the neighborhood
Were not going to drill our boy with
plous .rreeepts or anything else am
swered, the Young Father. Tell her our
plan, dear
So the Young Mother told it.
1T is Henry's hope and minc.' She
said, gently, Ito teach our boy by az.
ample rather than precept. The anal
ties we wish him to possess we shall tly.
to live daily before his eyes. We believe
a child VIII be more impressed with self
control. gentleness, affection. patience
unseliishness, honesty. purity. if he sees
these things lived constantly in his pres
ence than he would be by thousands Of
words on the virtue of such qualities. If
atmosphere he win not need 10 be
drilled by note in these things
$50 Henry and you. for the hoy's sake.
are about to adopt angels wings. z
laughed the aunt, STOPPING to press her
lips lightly to the tiny forehead.
We have to, smiled the Young Moth
er, in order to keep him proper COM
pany."
The Young Father smiled. too--a So.
rious sm.ie. that made his boyish face
look strangely mature.
But I'm going to be his chum,
though. he said, after moment. 'He
is to be as free TO come and tell me
whatever he thinks and does as to any
boy he knows. In some things Mother
and | shall never be bit older than he
is. shall we, dcar?'
Well said the aunt, CHANGING from
one glowing face to the other. and then
down at the little slumbering form.
you seem like a precious pair Of chill
dren for task like this. | hope you will
succeed. and somehow. i
think yon are goiHE Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin.