Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-08
ROOSEVELT ON
REARING CHILDREN
Should be So Brought Up That
They viii Have Things That
Make for Soul Of the State
THE FOOLISRNESS OF PARENTS.
They Spare Their Offspring the Ac'
ouisltion Of tn. Qualities That Have
Secured Their Own Triumph,

San Antonio, Tex, April with San
Antonio richly decorated with patriotic
omblems. flags OF all sizes and like
resses OF the president and the streets
nned with cheering throngs of people,
Theodore Roosevelt today could not
,,,stake the hearty welcome accorded
him along the route OF the procession
from Fort Sam Houston 70 Alamo pla-
m. where an address OF welcome was
delivered and response was made
The people felt that they had as their
e,lest not only the president of tbs
r-nited states. but n man toward whom
Tho people of San Antonio feel especlaI-
10 friendly on account OF the fact that
n was here that the Rough Rider regl-
ment was organized.
Ue was pleased that San Antonio
npreed with him In his ideas ON race
suicide. He noted with satisfaction the
attention Texans were paying to educa-
lion The law OF the worthy life, tho
abort I'm a cause worthy Of striving for
syas his theme, His reception through
out Texas had touched him, he said
The speech covered much the same
ground as former addresses The presl-
dent said:
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS,
you must train your children up so
that in addition 10 having what counts
for material prosperity in a state YOU
must have the things that tell most FOR
greatness. the things that make for the
soul OF the state. Here in san Antonio
what Is the building you're proudest
Of? "a voice-The Alamo)
Exactly, the Alamo, But II Is not
evactly up to date. Other buildings are
larger. You are proud OF 1t because II
commentaries forever the spirit OF
those who made It's fame immortal. So
I'm the state itself, important though Il
IS 10 provide for the Industrial welfare
OF the commonwealth, the thing that Is
most important is to take care of the
really most vital crop, the crop OF citi-
gems The thing which the state most
needs 10 care for Is the welfare, not
merely material, but moral and intel
lectual az well Of the children who are
going to make up the state 10, 20 or Is
wears hence, and that is why | am
glad to see the care which you people
of Texas are taking In the training OF
the generation that Is now coming up,
THE thing that Is rather distressing
10 me to see is that sometimes the men
and women who h; done well In life
show curious inability to train their
own children In the way that has re-
suited successfully to them, | think
that all of us know people who because
they have worked hard and triumphed
feel that somehow or other they Will
spare their children. They will foolish
" spare their children the acquisition OF
the very qualities which have made the
parents triumph. Too often you see the
man. and, | am sorry to say, the wo-
man, who says: L have had to work
hard, my sons and daughters shall have
an easy time He Is preparing ruin for
the children about whom he says II.
"Of course you want TO give your
children all the love possible, but 1t is
not right to mistake folly for affection.
When you spare the child that which
alone will enable It to conquer In after
life, you are not doing It a blessing
YOU are doing 1t the greatest wrong in
your power, Bring up the boy and girl
alike with the understanding that life is
not generally easy; that there will be
plenty of rough times, and that what
they have to show Is not spirit that
avoids difficulties and finches from
them, but a spirit which overcomes
them,
There is only one Of my fellow.
citizens to whom l will touch my hat