Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-10-14
VIGOROUSLY BAD
MANNERS OF
AMERICAN CHILDREN

American children who travel
abroad with their parents are objects
OF much uniayorahln criticism.
This simple statement viii arouse
the ire 90 an American parents wac
read ID. but before you. fond father
or mother. express your iLdignaton
toward your foreign critics let me ank
you a few qUestionsi
What aIe you doing 20 prevent your
children from making Themselves
nuisancrs IN their association with
their olders7
The fact that they do not annoy
you Is not sufficient. the fact that
you find them the most Interesting
ana remarkable children IN the world
a not convincing. and the fact that
toov are exceptionally bright and In
teiileent or asionlshinRiy intellectual
even has nothing 70 DO With the DIS
cuHslOn.
In ruth. intellectually and agree
ahioncss are often strangers In adults
a. well as In children.
Have you taught your h0yH that they
are to walt for all women and al older
people ID pnes though n door or into
a publlc corveyanco3 or DO you per-
init them 10 push and ioatle their way
through a company or crowd and mon
opohzo the most desirable places IN
vehiciesf
4 Ia 90 seldom one finds an Ameri-
can lad OF any class WAC steps aside
to let 4 woman proCede him IN public
places that he attracts Immediate at
tentlon when he Is encountered.
The average boy thrusts his elbows
against the rihg Of the man or woman
beside him and dives forward into
car Of omnibus at the risk " tripping
the unwary or topping over the weak
and then II this occurs no word OF
apology 10 ever heard from the lips
OF Master Aars and Stripes.
Nor have ! yet TO hear an AWerl'
can parent reproye a child for a per
Torrance VI this kind But when
othtes have administered reprOof he
has met with "fond parents" defense;
"He "a only a hoy he didn't mean
q, OF course. One cant expect child
rem to be az thoughtful as their eld'
ers," and ~ on.
Hat one can expect their elders to
teach them the rudiments OF behaV'
Tor.
Have yuu told your children that tho
toothplck should no more be employ.
do YOU allow your representatives 20
parade through public halls and ~ on
vCrandaa and In drawing rooms, or
even al table. and WELD this disgdst'
ing woapon7
h YOU have neglected this very inn
portant item In their education, let
mo beg Of you 10 instruct them from
this hour forward tO attend TO their
toilet matters In private and without
compulsory witnesses.
II your children say that well dress
I'd men and women commits thin same
Offense against decency end good taste
assure them that they are unfOftu
nate in having no well bred parents Ia
teach them better manners and that
they are NOT 20 be emulated, bat
piued.
Have you spoken 20 your daughters
regarding their high pitched voices,
or do you hear them shrek through
the house. hotel and street like the
steamboat whistle or the trolley gong
with no word OF protestY
Aud DO you amilingly say, "Mollie
IL 50 foil OF life. you can always tell
when she Is around"
D. you train your boys and girla
when at table 20 walt until the process
OF mastlcation Il finished before in
dulging Ia active conversationi
Are your children allowed 20 stand
upOn the seats OF public conveyancca
with dusty and muddy feeti
do they interrupt the conversation
~ older people, with no apology, and
eater rooms with the whoop OF Wild
Ipdians on the waTp&hi
on. yes, | know children are full
of vitality and irTepressible life, bat
/ have seen aplendid specimens OF
childhood who exudede health and vi
tally as a sponge exudos water, yet
who had been taught good manners
and consideration OF others by parents
and who did not commit these Of
fenscs.
There Is no amount OF education
you can beatow upon your boys and
girls which will make them cultured
or we'll bred members Of society unless
you build this ground work OF decent
manners and habits In their early
youth.