Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-04-13

here and there. Make him little
gentleman" at the expense of manli-
ness. Cut on the buds of promise rs
rxcresences, Keep him In the atti-
tude of u Prince and dress him like
King. Revcrent not only to God In
formal, Quaker-like way. but to a
host of heavenly and terrestrial d.
whites who never were gods.
Certainly children must be taught
something. They must nave a respect
for sacred things, and for persons
who deserve respect. But all this
tan be required without offending the
sense of independence in a child.
Let them talk to God as they would
TO a friend, IL they wish. Say as my
little four-year-old child says in her
play: God, you are very good gener-
ally, you don't often make mistakes
you make II rain sometimes when
it vets the clothes, but | won't spank
you this time" Such talk would
shock many mother and father and
the talk would be corrected. But
that is entirely unnecessary at this
stage. The proper reverence will
come. 1t will grow when the little
girl sees how the love Of God influ-
ences the acts of men.
We do not need to enforce mjlitar-
ISM or curb all the legitimate forces
CT child's nature.
II the Moseley Commission or any
ether Commission who come to us
want to find out why we are success
ful nationally and individually, they
most look into this phase of the sub
ject, for II is the key to our primary.
And this freedom of development
gives moral force, too.
Leaving out foreign and amalga-
mated forccs-the unfinished process
Ses of leavening now going on in our
Country-there is not another nation
whose innate purity, honesty, and
morality in all relations of life is so
clear and deep and persistent. No
where else Is there more genuine per-
ceptiOn OF the higher deeds of life; in
perhaps no other place is there more
I cal religion. II the French Commits
sion that came to find out why Amer
leans are 80 ingenious and so in
ventive--so forceful in execution"
will study this child question they
will get the answer to their question.
And II the German Emperor, who
wants to "infuse some of the Amer
lean spirit" into his institutions of
learning, will study our child life,
which so many of his subjects are an
will be able to solve the problem
without borrowing from us our Uni
versity professors by the courtesy of
exchange.
1t is perfectly disgusting to hear
the ordinary criticisms passed by
some foreigners who have come to
America and are shocked by the ac-
tions of the average American child.
These bright, perhaps "saucy'. boys
and girls are so different from their
own offspring that they recoil in hor-
ror.
Wait and see! Turn the unpromis-
ing, independent, unmannered Lin
coin into man and see how many
acres OF European brains his will COW
er. Give the saucy. spoiled Roosevelt
boy 40 years and see what he comes
to!
Wait for old Clemens "obstreper.
Gus, darn, good-for-nothing boy" to
mature and see how the unrestrained
elements have grownsinto the com.
pleted Mark Twain! A man sound
tc the core upon every public ques,
, lion.
, Oh, yes. You must use common.
sense in the bringing up of children
rs well as in the raising of horses and
} cattle.
And until very recent times we
even in America, have done little clsC
with our blessed children than t.
keep Ahcm under.