Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-06

TedcnlnB mAnnOOu 8nd WOmAnDoOd,
and 1t was very pleasant to see 30
many parents among them last even
Ing. The ladies acting as patronesses
last evening were Mrs. Jack Parsons.
Mrs. Frank Balster, Mrs. c. E. Nc
Connell. Mrs. c. c. Perkins, Mrs. Sam
Wall and Mrs. H. T. Henderson.
Among other guests were Mr.. and
Mrs Jakway, Miss Muzzy. Miss Rail-,
Mr. and Mrs. Redman, Mr.. and Mrs.
Peterson. Miss Mcdonald. Miss In
land. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Sloan, Mrs.
Sam Sloan, Mr.. Reynolds, Mr.. Wheel
er and others.
We talk much about the need OF
child training! What we need far
more is parent training. The average
child grows UP In spite OF Its training,
not by reason OF 1t. The wonder Is
why God, in His infinite wisdom, al
lows many man and woman to be-
come parents! The worst victims OF
our modern complicated style of liy-
ing are the children, and upon them
our drifting away from sane and sim
pie ideas falls the hardest We love
our children, yes; but love for child,
while all-important, is not all-suffi-
| Client We need something more:
common sense judgment, the time to
think, the effacement OF self and self
| ish ideas We fail to understand that
dissatisfaction, born OF our pride In
| tn La1f Inn aQ
the realization of what is good and
best for the child. whether or not our
own notions and self-desires are sat
isHed and fulfilled. A child should
train us. 1t should develop our char
acters. 1t should sweeten our natures
are fitted to train It, but only after
its simpler nature has first trained
us. No child-training Is worth the
snap of a finger that does not come
from the child to the parent, and then
applied to the child's needs and prob
lens with parental love and ripper ex-
perience. II we knew our children
better than we do. II we studied in,
dividuaIly their simple natures with
keener eye. we could learn more from
them than from all the writer's and
lecturers on child training In the
universe.
The following editorials from the
Ladies' Home Journal are so much in
our own line of thought but so much
bette expressed that we want every
one to read them.
The woman who tears a piece OF
paper into bits and throws the bits
into the street is child OF nature
That is the natural thing to do. But
the proper residence of a child OF
nature is the woods. For the word
civilization" is akin TO the word
city" Civilization Is the condition OF
those who have come out OF the woods
and have settled in a community
some the privileges of savagery; fol
the initial fact on which II rests Is
the fact OF social responsibility. They
who live In civilazation are bound tc
consider their neighbors. Indeed. the
: progress OF civilization Is to be meas
ured by the amount OF social con
sIderation which is found in society
Where there Is a law standard of so
cial consideration they who live ac
cording to that standard. whether they
throw paper into the street or drive
automobiles over their fellow-citizens
| a ra tnI IJ,,o futIf h Iul
ly-civilized person is sensitively aware
OF the presence, of the rights and OF
the needs of others. She has regard
even for their feelings She is the
soul OF courtesy. She assists In max
Ing this planet better place to live
in by attending to her own business
and by providing as little unnecessary
work as possible for other people
When she drops anything her con
science Immediately asks, who will
pick 1t up?"
The woman who leaves somebody
else to pick up the paper which she
tears up Is first cousin to the woman
OF whom 1t was said that she never
borrowed trouble; she Just went home
and made 1t. When schoolboys in
New York were set to picking up the
paper which blew about the streets
they were given a valuable lesson In
one OF the first principles OF citizen
ship. They were taught that the
public places OF the city belong to the
citizens. and that the citizens are re-
sponsible for them. Whoever defaces
this public property defaces his own
possessions and ours. The City
Beautiful depends on the question,
Who will pick It up7"
This Is also true OF the privileges
OF public hospitality. The great parks
and the fair gardens are forbidden
to us not by the owners but by the
people who will not pick 1t up" The
owners would be glad to share their
pleasures with their neighbors, but
their neighbors discourage them. "If
you let us in" they say-or their
| actions say-'we will litter your lawns
and woods and the banks of your
| brook with the paper bags In which