St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-12-12
FAULTS OF CHILDREN.
heredfty Explains Many of the Worst
Ones-A Few Bits Of Homely
Advice.


Advice.
If you want a mental and spiritual
portrait of pa and ma, watch Willie
and Susie at their play for half hour
or SO, writes Alfred ]. Waterhouse, in
New York Times.
Brown says it is strange that his
Charlie tells SO many wrong stories;
but am able to control my surprise
with Brown.
My Tommy and Mary played keep
ing house the other day, and noticed
that large part of their play consist
ed OF pretended pickering between the
head of the family and its foot. Now
wonder where they got such repre-
hensible ideas of domestic life?
Peters contends that there is moth
ing in heredity, but even he admits
that he never knew mongrel dog to
give birth to high-bred Gordon set
ter.
A good and great man may be born
OF the slums, as One came out OF
Nazareth, but it is just as we'll to re-
member that gold mine rarely is
found in a mud hole. If your bog or
girl betrays no desire for forbidden
fruit, try liver Notwithstanding
is radically wrong.
If the man who wrote book en-
titled The Innocence of Childhood"
had listened to the conversation of
some group of youngsters on the street
of an evening he might have added
several valuable chapters to the book,
but they probably would have demor-
allied it's general plan to a consider
able extent
/ frequently punish my child for be-
ing too accurate an imitation OF his
pa-and SO do you. g
My children are not perfect, but,
then, what could you expect? Their
mother is nice girl, but she has her
little faults.
Brown says that he feels panied
when he observes the selfishness of
his children. l sympathize with
Brown; but l have not caught him in
the act of hunting for places of need
in which to give away some of his
money
If George W., Jr., is inclined to
paint things red," don't be too severe
on him. Remember what his father
was, and judiciously endeavor to con-
vince him that there is paint of mild
ly pink shade that costs less in the
long run.
After all, the world does not alter
us as much as we imagine. The boy
who lost his ball and wept bitterly
grew into the man who lost $50, 600 on
Change and Immediately went into an
attack Of the doleful dumps ana q
barroom.
; You admit that your Jimmie Is very
bright, but have you noticed any Of
the neighbors rising to second the mo-
ton?
You can't always tell, anyway. One
Of the ounces of our school has since
been a congressman. Still, do you con-
slider that there is any proof that his
mental characteristics changed as he
grew older?
And, again, you can't always tell.
Sadie vowed that she would be an old
maid, and you ought to see her seyen
kids!
If ever the gods on high Olympus
enjoy themselves in these days, it
must be when they hear Wall street
broker telling his little son that it is
wrong to play marbles for keeps.
It is dollars to nickels that your boy
knows his fathers peculiarities bet
ter than you know his.
Nature sets her own stamp. II your
child was born to be hoodlum, no
fine raiment will conceal the fact very
long.
II school-teacher does not feel
pretty well acquainted with some par
ents whom she never met, she Tor he)
should retire from the business. She
Tor he) lacks the deductive reasoning
faculty which is essential to success
full teacher.
The child is father of the man, but
a good many of him has no particular
occasion to be proud of his progeny.
CHARACTER READING.