New-York tribune., 1908-11-08
PITY THE POOR PARENT
"Obeu Your Children" !" Modern Yer
sion of Scriptural Injunction

.ps,,rt, obey your children" Is the modern
v.rsion OF the scriptural injunction N niAnS
households The younger generation nsS 40
hard struggle In forcing rebeihcus parents tnlo
submission. but II s believed tne tAs1 rs 80
pretty well accomplished The reToio1on71J
.nIrit Of youth has overcome the handicap e1
such perverse ancient mexims AZ spare ehe lou
ard spoU the child and pathetic dramas uAe
K,np Lear ana sentimental novels OF the styie 0I
pare Coriot all written In the interest of pateTnz
rvrannv To-day grovu-up folks are On the oe-
S.nsive and auailing before the deteru1ineo so-
vance OF bowling eoddlers ard uenacerni tots N
pinatores II the parents know ~nat IS sOoo IOE
than they will tender meek surrender. Eney
are aware that their offspring are capable OF re-
sortfux tc violence IN support Of their rights ana
m Governor would dare % call out the troops
against the night riders OF the nursery
n is we'll that the yoke o. superstittcus vener-
alton for parents IL broken says LiteIIa COCKS
in. The New England Magazine The notions
% family discipifne that prevailed In the days
~ our zrandfathers are absurd as they are
on, of date Fruebel wrote che magma charta OF
childhood when he said that parents should nVe
for their children Since thar time many parents
have regretted they never had chance 20 get at
F-ubeI The Irrepressible instinct Of youthful
f,denendence was Illustrated BY the reply Of ths
little girl to grandmother who had told her
abe must not cherish unkind thoughts OF her
playynates: II shall II want to; you shan't boss
my think"
tses OF modern facts when he instructed sis but
Ter 20 serve breakfast 20 the small boy Of the
house az any hour ana In any room desired oy
shat autoerat Despite Ms willingness 10 hon>.
and obey his son. this father must have ra-i ed IN
some detaB Of his duty. for one morning ths
.o,,a ~ blozs with q cans was heard from the
library, and the servant who investigated has-
tened to relieve the anxiety Of ner associates
below stairs with the report: "Oh. rs only Mas
ter Tom beating his fatherF' II followed natu-
rvgsh
parepf whom he vac compelled 20 chastise and
would not speak him until he had aDoiogfzed
and ir effect admitted that be had deserved the
thrashing
A clever ias Of st1 often forced oeediencs from
his reluctant parents o5 ths threat made n the
or,.snc. Of company IT you dou't I'll teD
your. There always minor skelefo1s ii every
household such matters OF sccHomy ana false
teeth and the bright boy ~en knev thar ne had
the whip hand over his prUgenitors when he threat
snso 20 reveal such items to outsiders Another
Man more commonly practised. Of reducing self
~uled parents to repentance was thus described -
Z young OF seven: When wanI anything
and they don't give II ysn and yell and
yell and then I'm sure TO get r. No one can
deny that q series OF splitting yeIis ars capable
OF strikirs panic the most o6durats Erowu-gp
bosom Il perhaps sad that the extreme nsugnu
ness Of fathers and mothers requires such terror
tStic penalty
Thsre vas onca an elegantly dressed woman sit
ting wit her young son al dinner at fashion
able watering plsce She had a coiurs somewhat
larus and eccentric conformity the prsvau-
ing mode The boy had eaten hearty dinner. and
after devourins piece Of cherry pie asked the
waiter for another The mother hurabIy advised
Freddy rot "a overload bis stomach with ancLheI
piece Freddy heedec not the snsctionate counsel
hut called the waiter second time anG ordered
,bs 0ie The mother dared esnnter-nand the
order ynereupon Freddy With black scowi and
cienched hsts. looked upon hls ancestor and
shoutsd You tousls headed eullr Although TIE
guests Al adjacent tables perhaps admired tbs
vouux gentleman classic wit II ukenins bis srizzls
haired parent 20 the cusied Assyrfan buIl they ex-
ner+eo q fundamental reversal OF the scholsrs.
form and the impact cf some hard material On a
asahy part OF the anatomy Freddy had nis mother
too well trained for any such act Of revolt 5hs
quickly called the waiter and whispered. You can
bring him = very small piecs-very small please r,-
memberT
One little girl who had studied the duttsn ~
pareuts returned from an hours baaishrneut for
irupertineDce an1 when asked whether shs nad
told God OF her behavior. replied. Yes I I'D ana
He said: On, don't you mind about Il ! really
think you half much blame a. your
mother was" Another young person OF dvs vno
had teased her grandmother unrsrcieaIy sa-
dressed the old lady al bedtime Good night
grandma; I'm SO glad 20 yoG n a Setrs. Ieravsr
tonight than you thIs morning You fssI
better don't you. grAndnar p
Thers was a father who brought % A kean
realization Of his position when. after telling nls
son It was mean and ardly bit a boy snaaIlss
than himself the I'gician replied Then what a
coward yea were 10 whip ne ysstsTdAy: you ougnl
10 Ss ashamed Of yoursslfi"
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Lady with some hesiistionD-E-er-v1sA IooA
TsctfuI Salesmant1Certainly, madam What shade