Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-15
GIVE LAssIES FREEDOM
Burbank Declares Against Keeping
 Girls Housed Up.

Following along tine line of former expressions on children and the im- provement of the human race. Luther Burbank in speech delivered in Santa Rosa, Cal, recently gave his ideas of the training of children in order that they may attain the higher standard desired, says the San Francisco Exam iner. Burbank spoke on the subject "our Flowers. the Children" He said in to,..,t .l..',s-4. l.s.. R
 It is natural that we should associi' ate flowers and children. as they are so much alike in many respects, and they should in some points be treated very much alike In dealing with flow. CTS we are obliged to somewhat adapt ourselves to them; so with children.
 "All flowers cannot be treated alike. They have their peculiar habits and tendencies. and utter failure would be at once encountered if we attempt to treat them all alike. And another fact applies to both. You must be sincerely honest with them if you would expect the best from them. Plastic child na, ture intuitively absor5s your Intent, not your words. It is naturally respon- sive and constantly strives to get at facts and the truth. and any deceit. though perhaps aiding your own selfish purpose. will only react on yourself later
 T believe in. the barefoot boy. The country is always the best place for growing children. London statistics show that no child lives in that great city whose great-grandparents were born there The country must con stantly be drawn upon to furnish the brain and brawn for the city. City life and our forcing educational methods are the most destructive agencies of q normal physical and mental growth and perfection
 Education should always be the guiding of natural appetite for facts. never a hastening. forcing process. which Is the surest means of procuring a uniform product of nervous wrecks and a painful lack of the power to grasp. digest and asslmilate and make use of the facts of life which always surround them and to which they must learn to adapt themselves and to make the best use of.
 "Our educational system is perhaps the best in the world. but it win in time adapt itself nore to the Individuality of the children The quaint remarks and straightforward honest questions of children usually strike sf the very heart of things. subterfuge and deceit In deallng with them will fa the end bring regret to all concerned. Let us make them as joyous. bright and happy as possible. Teach them by exampls that 1t is Safe to trust you always, eF- erywhere and on all occasions.
 The training of boys and girls should ia alI essentials De fbs came. Outdoor exercise does not uaks a girl any Less sweet. gentle or tender. while ft does give physical integrity. sound heaifh. beauty and happy. serene nerves Children should hare some thing Of their yer orn- Ii k not q sound busineSs poiicF uE fair reatnenf to give a boy cT sri a pige01. lamb. a roosfer or e1if aad then seIi it and put the proceeis ia your own pock- et. IL does uot provoke a tende1cT la chldren b follow tbe Golden Rnie. ard tt seficE eEh9ncss thetr aSfuirsrfnn and respect fer yoa
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