The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-11-25
CHILD CULTURE.

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progressive ladies what has done got
lost, an don't know what she Is, head
ed for. dropped around to my house to
make little visitation, an she says
IBIS Mirandy was you a-readin' In
de paper de odder day about da rich
what amt allowed TO play wild no
toys, nor fetch nothin' dat amt been
tested for germs. an dat has a doc
tor TO use spy glass on ATS little
innards ev-ry time hit eats, to see
dat hits digestion Is In good wukk:-
order?'
"' De DO little brat,' 'sclaims l.
What's de matter wild dat Society for
de Prevention of Cruelty to Children
from gittin' hold of dem unnatural
parents, OATS a-pussicutin' dere own
flesh and blood. an haul 'em up befo'
de court?'
You don't understand. Sis Miriam
dy.' says Sis Alviry, wild one Of dem
superior smiles at makes you want to
take de stove litter or de fust thing
handy to de smiler. you don't under
stand. OATS one of dem sterilized
babies what has got all de advan-
tages OF bein' raised accordin' to de
doctrine of Scientific Child Culture
De cats foot!' 'sclaims l. you
don't say so! What's Scientific Child
Culture?'
Hits a-raisin' chile accordin' TO
de book says Sis Alviry.
HUH 'sclaims l 'dere amt but
one rule for raisin' a chile. an dats
dis-kiss 'em when dey's good, spank
'em when dey's bad, wash 'em when
dey gifts too dirty, an let 'em alone
de balance of de time. Follow dat
recipe an you can't fail
Dat way of raisin' up a chile
night have done in de past spoons
Sis Alviry.
Well, dey raised UP some pretty
Iakly men an women den.' spoons l..
I'll be satisfied eff my Thomas Jeffer-
son Abr'am Lincoln turns out lax dem
he was named for
Isis Mirandy,' says Sis Alviry.
hits pity dat you don't keep UP wild
de modern thought, an dat you fails
to recognize yo' obligations to yo'
chillen, an what great problem a
chile is
De only problem dat bothers me,
spoons I, is how to git enough pok
chops to I'LL 'em up, an enough
clothes to cover EN-
90 OATS de way you CO. means Sis
Alviry, 'widout no thought Of whed-
der you is a-givin' yo' chillen steril-
lied food or breakin' dare proud spir-
Its by forcin' dem to do de things dey
don't want to do. which de Science OF
Child Culture teaches you not to do
Praise be- says I, what Use try
in to do Is to break dem proud spir-
it's. becaze Use seed too many of dem
proud spirited child'n grow up to fill
de Jails an ornament de chain gang
Maybe | don't knew nothin' about dis
heah Scientific Child Culture, but Use
got bunch dat dem boys an gals
what is brought UP to mind dere
Maws an Paws on de jump when dey
says do thing is gwine to mind de
law when dey gifts grown
But you ought not to say must
to a chile. OATS tyrannical You
ought to kind of suggest to a chile
what you wants 'em to do, says Sis
Alviry.
OATS de reason dat l holds to de
knock down an drag out plan Of rails
in chillen. Hit sort OF fits 'em in
de cradle for what's gwine to come
afterward, an den dey amt SO sur
prlsed when dey finds out dat de only
way TO make Twin is to wax for hit.
an dat de law amt gwine to be
changed none to let dem do as dey
pleases, an dat few older people in
dc worl' has got de same rights as dey
have
But the new an enlightened way
TO control yo' chillen, Sis Mirandy,'
goes OH Sis Alviry, is not to use brute
force. but to appeal to dere finer feel
ms
DE only way to reach a chiles
finer .feelin's is wild de business end of
hickory SWITCH spoons l. OATS
what Use always rachel for my chill
lens finer feelin's wild. an | amt new
er failed to find EN- yit.
""Cose I know what you'se a-talk-
in about, Sis Alviry an many's de
occasion on which l has noticed sis
Hannah Jane an Sis Marie arggify'n'
wild dere offspring, an pintin' dem to
de beauty of de higher life an tellin'
dem how hit grieved dere dear Maws
to see dem actin up de way dey did.
an pleadin' wild ''em to be nice,
sweet, angel chillen. Somehow, dough,
dem techin' words didn't seem to hit
de right spot, an dem chillen kept on
a howlin', an a-cryin', an a-makin'
ev'ybody in earshot miserable.
Den l comes along. an sees dat
my little Thomas Jefferson Abr'am
Lincoln had been In dat same devil
ment as dem odder chillen: but did
waists any words on him? Nawm. l
des turned him across my knee. an
applied de pam of my hand in de SPOT