Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-12-12

hack upon his sire. He has no right to
despise the parent who cared for him
when he was a little child and who ed
ucated him and started him out as
young man into the world" On the other
hand. some Of us side with the son in
stead of the father. We say that some
fathers are mean and selfish and grasp
ing. They never want to give their
sons their rights. 1t Is told OF old EN-
peror William l. OF Germany that when
the court artist painted a picture OF
the German court. with Crown Prince
Frederick's foot upon the lowest step
of the throne, King william called the
artist to him and said: Take that
boys foot Off that throne step. AS
long as am king want to have the
throne for myself" But in all proba-
billty II you can get to the inside facts
Of that quarrel between the father ana
the SOIL they can all be traced to dis
position in the father which has been
inherited by the son. The father may
have been a high strung, nervous, quick
tempered, overwrought, overworked,
impetuous man. The son may have
inherited the same fiery disposition. 1t
is a scientific fact that opposites con-
1oin, not similarities. The positive and
the negative poles work together III
harmony, not the electric wires carry
ing the same current The reason the
wife is able to live harmoniously with
| the husband is that her nature Is en-
tirely different from his and Is Its nat
ural complement. The father and the
son were continually irritating each
other. One night there was a domestic
explosion. The father ordered the son
-om the house The boy never came
| b *. He went to live In another city.
II plunged into a life of dissipation.
| Th. father blamed the son. The son
blamed the father. But are there not
grievous faults on both sides?
Heal Family Troubles.
Take. for Illustration. that difficulty
| which exists between tho daughter and
| her parents. There are faults there just
the same. Faults are on both sides.
The daughter may have grown up to
be the pride OF the parental heart She
| was the idol Of her father and mother.
| They sent her to school and gave her
every educational advantage that mon
ey could procure, but while they were
giving money and. seemingly every
| advantage those parents were not care
full about the acquaintances their
Il daughter was forming. They were not
/ careful about looking up the records OF
the young men who were calling during
the evening hour. The result OF this
parental negligence was that the daugh'
ter formed an affection for a young
man who was not regarded favorably
by the parents. They did everything
in their power to prevent the marriage
but the trouble was that the parents
awoke to the danger too late. The
young girl was obstinate; she married
against their will. After the daughter
left home she felt that her husband
and children were not wanted back II
the place where the wife and mother
was born. therefore she does not Vlsl'
where they are not welcomed. The
narents in an unguarded moment, may
have said that all their children want
ed of them was their money. Inc
daughter is poor, but very proud. A
; t,mes she has not had food enough ever
! for her babies. How much happiness
II would give on all hands If a recon
ciliation could be effected and II th'
parents, remembering that their negli
eence contributed to the trouble, anC
the daughter, remembering that hare
.. words spoken in q moment OF irrita
: tion. should not weigh against lont
years Of love and parental kindness
should come together again and agre
TO forget the faults on both sidesl
What is true Of the difficulties be
tween parents and children is also tru
of the difficulties between brother'
, and brothers, sisters and sisters. Id
evitably faults are to be found on bot
sides. Therefore what is the practica
; conclusion of all this trend Of thought
a You. O man, and you. o woman, hav
no right to complain about the in1uS
tices which others have done agains
. you unless you at the same time nav
done all in your power to atone 10
the sins which yon have, INTENTIONAL
or unintentionally, done against you
l. brotherl If you will 90 and honestl
. | 70 fOrCiUQ IN
wrong you have done him. in ninety
j nine cases out Of hundred that brotl
:, er will ask you to forgive the in1u'
tices he has done you. Then, as 20
J ore both ready to atone for the evil
YOU have done each other. there WI
. he no further cause for domestic strif'
{ Try TO smother the flames OF famll
u trouble by asking your brother to 70
: give you the wrongs you have don
u him. Try 1t, my friend. Try 1t. IT
it before the coming Christmas festi'
tiles.
y Family dissensions should cease, an
Ie Immediately cease. Why? Becau'
T. nearly all family troubles are cause
II by one member Of a family misjudglr
L the motives and position of other mer
q bers of the family. Because it Is
7. + most impossible for people IN OF
81 sphere Of life to properly apprecla
IL the difficulties and the trials and Il
'e worries and the disappointments al
oI the heartaches which are continual
Il nagglng and sapping the lives OF peop
5 in other spheres of life. Because 1t
III not easy for one to read "the signs
20 the times" through another's spectacle
Because every pair Of family glasse
=. as a rule, has q different lens ana
% different focus.
n Put Yourself In His Place.
Just study for moment the diHere
"A ways the country brother and the CT
90 brother look at the matter OF FAM
an expenses. They can rarely apprecia
m one another's positions. The orotn
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