The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-24

A~AA ~PIItDic@ LII A1AuFltI OCCASIONAL
~ drew him for our amusement. an
he figures in many jests and anec
G0kea.
This sometimes uncomfortable spe
cimen Of childhood 10 not necessariI,
disagreeable or srciIed. He simply a
his best state has habit OF appearfns
on the scene when he Is not wanted
and q blurting out bits OF truth that
more tactful elders know enough "a
suppress. A child Of this variety was
one day sent BY his mother to carry
an extremely beautiful pair Of Slip
peFs to gentleman living in the
neighDoThood. She wrapped the gift
In tissue paper and placed 1t IN a box.
With her card, addressing It carefully,
but she forgot 70 tell her little mes
senger 70 Leave the box at the door.
and return directly The boy had his
own friendliness toward the neighbor.
and waited 10 gee how he would re-
eeiye the gift Your mother Is won
derfuiiy good faid the gentleman.
These slippers are just what wanted
most II was lovely In her to make
them for me-
ron" exclaime the child, mother
didn't make them for you; she made
them for my father, and as they did
not ut him she was so yexed she did
not know what 70 do. At last she
thought she wouIfI send them over
here, and she wouldn't need TO bother
about buying you q Christmas gift"
This rather dulIed the odge OF pleas |
uTe IN the case, end made the recipi- |
enrs thanks trifie perfunctory.
Ask your father" said Bobbyss
mother, III he does not want to come |
TO the library and see dear Aunt Fan
ny, who is soon going away" on
rushed the child. 10 be back in a min
ute, saying: Father does not care
about coming in to see Aunt Fanny
He says she Is an old cat" When a
little later, with an afr OF gentle bon
homie, Aunt Fannie's nephew by mar
riage presented himself, the situation
was awkward and the old Iady's man
ner q little strained.
At table where several friends Of
tne family we're gathered. young lady
remarked to little Percy, eight years
ola, II you won't play games with
me ! shall not come again" 4
\ hope you never WILL" frankly
answered the child. Il don't like YOU.
and shall be glad when you go
away" [
There lives in 4 southern family
tradition that socn after his famous I
iuel with Alexander Hamilton, Aaron
Burr was a guest beneath its hospita- 8
'le roof. Duelling was not in those ]
ays regarded In southern households
8 necessarily djsgracefuI. II prelimI- c
aries had been duly arranged. and b
ne affair OF honor had been conducted c
ccording TO the code. Nevertheless b
good deal OF comment OF an un- G
indy nature followed Burr after that
atal ending Of his duel with the pop- Il
lar Hamilton. The survivor was less s
,rtunatc than the victim. A child OF el
ne house wandered into the guests Il
'om and. seeing there silver-mount- II
4 pistol, DoSste@scd himself OF 1t and. al
ntering the drawing rc0m abruptly
lquired; rs this the pistol, Col. Burr, Fl
ith which you killed Gen. Hamil- 81
,n7" !,
One may imagine the confusion and W
smay OF the older people at the In III
'cent and inopportune romark. Of
sc
Conscientious parents are often puz- nc
ed what to do with the enfant terri w
9. lie would be less formidable II az
ey remembered two time-worn and
'mcly adages, namely Little Pitch M
have big ears ond. Children should VIZ
seen and not heard. We
children do not interrupt or
nvcrsation, say disa asreeable things. an
repeat what they should early learn ne
u wound the feelings OF others.
nerican children are far too much in I
foreground. Their place IS not
lere II should be in the happy pri- Ev
cy OF the homo. for foolish parents
u them out aud make them show
Pr PAGES until they are pulled up
th vanity and Importance. The I
ndulum in its swing from the sever in
OF an earlier time. has gone too
in an opposite direction. Children .
not happier for having unlimited
erty OF speech. Unless a child be
'eptionally stupid, and the enfant
rible as a rule is exceptionally
YER, he does not put himself in evil
ice when he ought to be silent |
he parent In whose eyes truth is TO L
at any cost, rather prIdes [
self on the candor Of her offspring. L
en- he tells visitor that she has a
4 on her nose or asks her why she /
lrs such a queer bonnet. "Do your L
b come out at nlght?" inquiries one t
those little terrors. TO the annoy /
0 Of bashfnl man, who does not
b attention called to his looks. And
child goes unreproyed, because his
her Is afraid that reproof may tend site
make him deceltful. able
be fact Is that virtues ana good shor
titles are relative and that In tram wasl
children we must not lay the en-
lls on one point more strongly