Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-01-28
w. C. T.U. COLUMN.
PROTECT THE CHILDREN.

those who nave mace close oDSeE- |
walton of the growing child that at
seven and eight and nine and ten the
seeds are sown that shall either
result in fair harvest or in yield
barren of the pure, good, happy
/ things of life. AS the ground is pre-
pared and tended and trained in
these early years just so will the child
/ benefit or lose in after life. Yet 10
! spite of the need of great care in the
bringing up of a child people will
persist in ignoring the child, if not
half of the time, then whenever their
convenience requires Things which |
from the grown-up's standpoint are |
harmless, if one keeps them within
proper bounds, ara permitted in the |
presence of child with the idea that |
the child being young is and will
remain ignorant of the harm that |
turks within a number of things If
not carefully handled.
was rather forcibly impressed by
these facts by something which saw
few days ago. Three women, all
over 40, came into a great hotel din
ing room at the lunch hour. With
them was a little girl about 10 years
of age. She was a bright, pretty
Guild, Of the sort who invariably
attracts admiration and attention.
She was modestly though becomingly
dressed and was evidently the little
daughter of well-to- do parents.
could not determine which of the
women was her mother, but they
were all we'll dressed, cultivated ap-
pearing women, and perhaps sisters.
; They ordered bountiful lunch, and
while it was being prepared cocktails
were served the three ladies and
. lemonade with a straw in it was set
. before the little girl. One could
:, readily determine this was the Gust N
S with this party, and that any one of
:, them would havet been at somewhat
. of a loss and not little offended if a
d dear friend had suggested that there
q was any danger to the little girl in
reaches the age of IS or 20 she evinces
> partiality for Bohemian resorts,
! cocktails and the bright lights, music
: and general glitter and sparkle of
!: such places, her mother will probably
. blame herself last, if at all. If she
2 turns out to be thoroughly bad girl
whom no effort Or appeal can reach
q despi the good home and the many
q advantages that she has had,
wonder will any of the three womer
a who were her guides and example one
~ day this week ever look back to thes.
days and blame themselves for he
n faults?
a The dining room of this hotel wa
ct filed at the time with men and WON
IL; en- of good repute, but it does no
Il. seem to me that it is the place TO tax
n, little girl with eyes and ears ope
to everything that is done or said
IL her presence. think that her mothe
and her mothers friends should hav
. selected a quieter, more seclude
paid to things that charm the eye
or and ears and where the child woul
80 not have seen men gaily eating ar
drinking, and been permitted to ent'
DC; into the spirit that pervaded the pla'
herself, with her festive glass
leI' lemonade.
~, I have friends who have a lit
zan girl of about the same age, VIII
Judging from, her beauty and ter
rel: permanent, seems to me to be in ne
lrd. of very careful guardianship. Il
parents take her everywhere wi
them as a usual thing. She is
familiar with the better class hot
hcn and Bohemian resorts in New Yo
'no as persons three times her years, a
, .o her parents believe that they &
nor. rearing her properly. They aft
! o. that when she gets older she will ha
25@ no curiosity in regard to such plac
) a and ii that way eliminate dams
nth from that source. Perhaps they
lern right. I only hope that in both
ints' stances the parents are not Great
'"te' an appetite for worldly pleasures
'"i'' Injuries that can lead to unhappins
n,- that it will be impossible to satisfy
ax. myself believe that the child
is brought up to look upon orinf
but one OF the greatest evils in existe1
Elk who never sees any of its people
SIZE; dulging in anything of the kind,
I11c: who is reared in an atmosphere
eavy keeping with the child's years
o9 safer and better off. Not only {
were but that it is the duty of older PEI
UP to protect children from things vi
may be injurious before character
eadv will are permanently formed.