Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-08-25
MANLY QUALITIES THE ONES TO
BE EMPHASIZED.

MANLY QUALITIES THE ONES TO
BE EMPHASIZED.
Don't Coddle Your Boy Too Much
Win His Confidence-Consult His
Tastes Before Deciding on His Ca
reer-Boys Should Have Daily
Chores-Teach Your Boy to Be
Knightly = Insist on His Being
Accurate in Money Matters.
BY MARGARET E. SANGSTER.
Boys are on the way to be men, II
they were to remain boys it would
matter very little about their bring
ing up, but the period of boyhood hur-
ries on, and the lad will presently be
out in the thick of the fight scrambling
for a foothold and having hard work
to maintain his own among the fierce
competitions of the day What sort OF
man shall your boy become?
1t is not too much to say that the
little fellow, eager and earnest at his
play, foreshadows the older fellow
who will be no laggard in business and
who will find as much to engage am
bition later On as he finds in sport on
the playground now Some OF us cod
die our boys too much. Women are
especially in danger of shielding their
boys from every rough wind or treat
ing them too tenderly and of making
them effeminate through their over
anxiety and continual fussing. Men.
on the other hand, make the mistake
of beginning the hardening process
too soon, of being too rigid in their
requirements and of forgetting wholly
that they have been boys themselves
If you want to bring boy up Alright.
you must win his confidence, keep In
touch with him, care for the things
that please him and occupy MS
thoughts, and at the same time hold
him to a right standard of conduct.
Neither too much indulgence on the
one side or too much severity on the
other results favorably in the educa-
ton of a boy.
The first years are important beyond
others because in them are laid the
foundations of character Truth, hon
or, obedience, kindness to animals, and
fairness in intercourse with playmates
and friends are inculcated while a boy
is still wearing short trousers ana
while he is under supervision and
tutelage at home and at the primary
school. Principles of self-control, of
submission to authority and of defer
ence to women, If not practically given
while a boy is very young, are seldom
well taught during adolescence
After boy has mastered the ele-
mentary studies of the grammar school
it is time to think what shall be done
with him in the matter of active prepa-
ration for life. What is he to be?
Here his tastes and capacity must be
consulted, and it is most unwise for
parent to arrive at a decision without
careful balancing of the arguments
pro and con and without knowledge of
the youths fitness for this or that ca
reer. The boy whose chief delight it
is to care for wounded and suffering
creatures, who likes to look after the
animal that is hurt, and who in child
hood shows deftness and dexterity in
making bandages, may have in him
the germs of skill that will by and
by make him a surgeon or specialist
in some remedial direction.
81 am going to be a doctor" said
a boy who had successfully set the
broken leg of a pet dog. and who
found pleasure in ministering tc any
dumb animal that was suffering A
doctor he became and a good one. II
boy is to be an engineer. he must
for that profession and If he is to be
a lawyer or a business man, equally
his studies should be directed in such
way that he may not fail when he
attains an age to enter on real work.
There are golden opportunities
everywhere to-day. Success or failure
may depend on the personal equation
The boy who is first manly and honest
and next capable. prompt and efficient.
will achieve success. He will push for
forward to the front rank.
A boy OF IL whose home in New Eng
land is in a hill country remote from
village, walked last winter and the
winter before three miles to school
over a rough road and three miles
back. Neither storm nor sleet nor
wind nor rain nor weather of any
kind interfered in the least with the
school attendance of this sturdy boy
He simply took the weather as it came,
and went to school. Incidentally. he
learned valuable lessons of courage,
steadiness and pluck of this indiffer-
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