Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1904-05-05
Uncle Tom S
Chat.

subject but since you have spoken
of it | will point out some things
that have been overlooked. First,
nearly all mothers will conceal
the meanness of their children
from the father. Many fathers
are ignorant of the conduct of
their children and often looked
upon as a man not caring what
his children do. He cares but
the mother knows and conceals,
therefore the child feels safe
from punishment. All children
know to fraction the attitude
of mother towards them. We all
love mother and all mothers love
their children, but mother lets
her love hide too many faults,
consequently the child goes UNI
restrained because the mother
doesn't make her husband her
confident in the management of
the children. This is wrong and
decidedly wicked in mothers and
positive injury to the child.
No mother can afford to conceal
the least wrong from the father;
she should tell him but never be-
fore the child. John A. Murrell
said his father was an honest
man and tried to raise him right
but he thought none the better
of him for that, but his mother
was of the pure grit and taught
him and all the balance of the
children to steal by the time they
could walk and concealed for
them. | do not charge that all
mothers will conceal the thievery
of their children from the father
but | do have a good and sulfi-
cient reason to believe that some
do and | believe that unless the
mother alters her attitude these
children will grow up thieves.
Evidently from observation the
child becomes what its mother
makes it and the child does know
lust how to measure it's mother
and to what extent she will con-
ceal from the father its mean
ness. Ny experience is that |
could keep mother from telling
on me and thus save myself from
getting a licking. Mothers COM
plain of drunken and gambling
husbands and desire a reforma-
ton. You can have it by quit
ting this concealing business.
You are the fence and pickett
that encloses your children and
so long as you fail to report to
the general in-chief the DISC
bedience of your charge, you will
continue to turn out drunkards,
gamblers and thieves to prey on
society. Let your discipline be
Just and kind and not of that I'M
ceasing quarreling kind. Some
mothers tongues are so long that
no bell clapper can equal them.
If you must exercise your jaws
and tongue buy chewing gum and
use it for it was invented foI
long-tongued people. Never tat.
tie or gossip with any one and
especially your children. A gen,
tleman said to me a few days age
that he thought | ought to say
something about tattling; per.
haps | ought and | will some.
time for Tracy is badly effected
with this lothsome, deadly dis.
ease. All my chats are about
home and things that concern us,
| don't 90 away from our country
for subjects; my idea, dear Miss,
is to use plain, every day language
and subjects belonging to real
life, interspersed with enough
levity and humor to make people
listen or read me. | am not out
of soap or something to say, the
only trouble with me is | can't
reach the ones | would like tC
reach because they don't take
Mrs. Grundy. Miss John, tel
Bro. Quinn I appreciate his com.
pliments and admire his friend
John alias Morning Glory very
much. UNCLE Tom.