The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-10
What Every Child
NAV Claim
b. MARGARET sANesTER.

consulted in that matter al All, anu do
70 child OF the human race ever yet
chose rs 04zn godparents, this right, /
although it is one TO which children
have a clear title. is the one oftenest
denied them.
By the term well-born. I do not mean
that children should be born OF arlsJo-
cratic lineage OF bark back to ancestors
of royal blood. Blue blood may Re de-
fcient IN red corpuscles. Kings and
queens may entail or their offspring
heritage of weakness and degeneracy. /
A child is well-boTn who comes OF clean, /
wholesome, vigorous and sturdy SJock' l
who has no shadow in the background
Of scrofula or insanity and who begins
this earthly life with the advantages OF
health and without the disadvantages
Of feeble vitality.
All things considered, the child Is
best born whose father and mother are
neither too young nor too Old 70 insure
their children q good start ana VINO
from the cradle issendowed with enough
staying power to- resist the encToach-
ments of disease
The chiId's right to be we'll born
should be taken ntOsaccOunt by parents
long before the little one Is called INTO
being An inalienable right o. this
hind should not he withheld from the
babe whose first cry is almost a protest
against entering the arena where there
must be so large mixture Of privations
and hardshfDs to temper the joys and
successes that shall be his portion
Persons who are aware Of handicaps
in their own condition, handtcaps OF in
herited frailty OF pronounced tendency
to cancer or tuberculosis, should hest
tate long before they marry and bring
into the world a family Gurdened as
they are themselves
Yet. so kind and generous is Nature,
and so affiuent in resources tnat once
a child is here, she manages to keep II
we'll. even though it may have been i'll
born; plenty of sleep and rest is the
first requirement. Of the little king who
is so hOnored by his loyal subjects IN
the home. The nursery should be
hushed place. warm and coy - a nesy
and brOOded over tendeTly by the moth
er-bird.
Babies should not be on exhibition. II
is a shame to wakeu them that inquis-
tive strangers may judge the color Of
their eyes, and to suffer them to be
kissed. cuddled and tossed NJ and down
by admiring relatives, is a bIunder and
aan outrage.
Babies should be let alone. AS chill
dren grow older they still have a right
TO be left a good deal 10 their own de-
vices Youthful parents are so anxious
TO fulfill TO the utmost every obligation
that they fail through the intensity OF
their vigilance and wear out their own
nerves. the patience Of their friends
and the tempers Of their children, by
too much fUsSing, nagging and manage
ment. The right TO grow as plant
grows in the sunshine, is a right never
to be withheld from a happy child
When we come to the question Of priv
ilege. we turn the shield to its other
side The privileges of an American
child are manifold. not merely IS the
-b;rd c~oo1 homo of cT7rt1. -
as YOURS and mine, sent TO school and
taught the rudiments of book learning,
but in these days the path Of education
- strewn with flowers
The tyrannicaI sChOOlnaster Of the
mast who was more or less an ogre IS
an obsolete figure, and although we ind
him occasionally in literature, he has
vanished forever from life. Mr.
Suueers of DOtheb0ys Hall would nCy
be tolerated today and though IN for
eign lands school discipline IS more
autOcratiC and more severe than with
US yet the English and French mas
tiers Of the present century are mir
acIes Of gentIeness as compared with
those described by ThaCkeray and
Charles Lamb
II is the privilege Of children to be
Contented and happy in the schoolrocr
and TO find the ascent Of the hill Oi
learning graded so carefully that theil
wonder if We are not OVERRIDING th'
thing and making our school books to'
simple and emitting from the cUrTICC
lum the harder struggles that tougher
the muscles and strengthen the e1dUr
Ence.
For boys and girls alike among cher
shed privileges are the opportunity @
athletic sport that develop the bod
and make II a fitting home for tn
mind Games of every kind. field an'
track athletics friendly contests witt
others and the training necessary e
success in sport Of every kind help t.
make Young people strong and beauti
full. Girls are not debarred from tn
gymnasium and it is their privilege Z
compete in many physical exercise
with their brothers, not indeed as RI
walls, but as comrades.
A privilege of childhood is to Shar
the pleasures of gTOWn-up people Il
family life at least as spectators, If no
as actors in the daily drama. With
out intending it, there are parents VIII
quite exclude their children from tn
realities Of the home Either they loo
upon their children with too much ten
dernesS, or they regard them with 10
little understanding. and therefore tn
children are kept on the outside O
everything. Where the conversation Z
a cultivated home ranges over man
topics Of the hour, where guests com
and 20 and meet with cordial welCOm
and are speeded away with genuine re
greet, children acquire early the graCI
Gus manners and gentle arts of FRIEND
ship. When there is trial and trOubl
in the household it is not altOgethe
fair to children TO shut them entirel
out Of it. Their little hands should b
allowed to minister 10 those who az
older and their little cups of cold waite
should never be thOughtleSsly decline,
A privilege of childhood is to renal
as long as possible in the Garden {
Eden which is the garden Of innocence
Not too soon should we tear away tn
wells that hide from Chiidren's eyes til
evil that is around them To hasten til
day when they shall be aware of tn
baIefuI effects Of sin and 10 show theI
the misery that stalks abroad is "a
from kind or wise. They will learn a
too early about the presence or evi
u q Of frlrln.crna q nfrnr1 u