The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1909-04-09

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say NY chiidfch hove snimtls a.
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puppy ~ them ~ play with rhrn
have yoa observed those children
whilc W playg Have YOU seen the
helpless kitten crushed under ftt
little afin, and heard its useless walls.
~ The "lnvlng child9 maulcd and
hauled u about With NJ word ~ pro.
test from the mother
II you called the attention ~ the
mpthcf ~ the fact that the kitten
or puppy was being misuscd, ten to
one she became your enemy Tor life,
and spoke VI you ever aftefwafd as M
impcftlnebt and ill.bfcd person who
undertook ~ tell Others how To bring
up their children.
zone OF the important features Of
humane work is the direction ~ the
thoughts ofthe parents TO the rights
0f animals.
Percentage Is the oldest profession
In the world for men and women; but
there arc the smallest number Of
prize winners In that profession OF
any in the world
Many a woman believes herself n
good mother because she Is ready to
fight for her child through tre and
water and 10 walk over the dead
bodies OF other mothers, and other
children. In the effort to make way
for her own; and because she loves her
child In this selfish manner she IN
blind to any suffering II gives other
human beings or animals.
TAUGHT CRUELTY IN THE CRADLE.
Real good motherhood must include
the universal motherhood. 1t must
make woman love her child SO un.
seishly that she Is willing It should
suffer while learning It's lessons OF
kindness aud thoughtfulness and
protection, rather than to enjoy itselI
while taking away the joys, the
privileges or the rights OF other
creatures-human or animal.
Almost every, even half.civilizcd,
woman today shrlnks from the sight
Of cruel driver beating a horse, OF
from seeing the kicks and blows often
given wretched street dogs or cats.
They are ready to report such cases
OF cruelty to the society But hun
dreds OF good women are permitting
their children to grow up with cruel
instincts; worse yet, they are teaching
their children cruelty In the cradle
Before you question this statement
listen and think
Do you not over and over again
see mother whip a hobby horse
to amuse her child? Do you not see
her punish an inanimate object oveI
which the baby has fallen, Ia order tt
distract the mind OF the baby from
its burt?.
l have seen rag dolls spanked, ovel
and over again. and Teddy beart
beaten by mothers TO make bab,
laugh.
What can you expect OF that chile
when II grows up, save that IL will
avenge itself upon anybody wht
annOys 1t, by physical cbastisement' 81
The boy who has been educated t
beat his hobby horse will beat BIZ
real horse when he has one.
THERE'S A FAR BETTER WAY.
The time to begin TO teach a chilt
Kindness and sympathy Is In tn,
. cradle. Say to your children as soor
as they are able to begin to play will
! toys: "Be good to your toys; the.
need love and kind usage. Let you
: dolly rest sometimes, and handle he
tenderly. Your Teddy bear and you
hobby horse are needing your love.
! II your baby stumbles and falls owe
! chair or rug. instill politeness an,