Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-02-17

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want something Of the kind and my ad-
! vice Is, let him have them.
Now when he gets the dog it will be
the best dog in the world. He will have
! no imperfections and, if you are wise,
you will not try to find any; because, il
} you do, you will find the dog has taken
your place for a season. Now the gun
comes in aud you worry and do not cease
to worry; but, il the boy is allowed to
have his gun one day and comes out
alive, it will be but a short time before
he will turn his attention to be fiddle.
OF this latter | speak with full knUWl-
edge. | have boy, he has fiddle; and
II you should suggest to him that the
notes given forth are not a concord OF
sweet sounds be would feel that be was
not appreciated. l make no complaint of
the harmony, or whatever it may be
called, but let him enjoy his fiddle, think
ing that, perhaps, lie may some day be-
come a second edition Of Ole Bull. So
much for the boy as a boy. Encourage
in him all that is good, all that is noble,
all that may lead to better things in the
future. Bear with him in all things boy
ish, remembering that you we're once
child yourself and, | sincerely trust, you
have not let your heart grow old as the
years have rolled by, but that you have
still the feelings and enjoyments Of child
hood.
What is true OF the boy is equally true
Of the girl She needs the same studied
care and watchfulness, the same hearty
sympathy and kindness. She has the
same heart-longings, the same rights aud
should be accorded equal privileges with
the boy. Her disposition and desires
should be carefully noted and her latent
ability encouraged and developed.
Let us not for moment deceive our
selves with the thought that because she
is girl she must be taught the conven-
tional things mapped out for our daugh-
tiers. Beware Of the conventional; it is a
road cut deep with ruts made by constant
use and heavy burdens. All we'll enough
so long as the path is clear and there is
no competition, but a decided disadyant-
age when distractions appear in the way
or she must turn aside to pass a slower
going traveller. therefore say keep the /
daughter out Of the ruts. Let her educa-
ton be broad and solid-a good road-bed
not easily affected by the storms OF adver-
sity nor the heavy wear OF time.
II she has a desire for music let us do /
all in our power to cultivate the talent 4
but don't, don't ask her to practice on |
the piano day after day and year after
year " hen she does not enjoy it and will I
never be able to play beyond "Buy a
Broom" Don't think because she is a
girl that she can develop no executive
ability. Don't think that the world OF
science, literature and economics is closed
to her.
Teach her chastity, morality and self
reliance, and let her education be along
practical and liberal lines lines which,
IL followed, will fit her for position in
after life, SO that it may be truly said of
her, "The world is better for her having
lived" Educated along these lines she
will be better wife and mother, better
friend and neighbor, truer Christian
and nobler woman.
Pay her a stated wage or provide her
with spending money exactly as with the
son. Let her choose which il shall be
but, IL she is to receive wages, pay her
honestly and as PROMPTLY as you would
pay your merchant or banker Be pune
tual with her and by so doing, teach her
Be honest with her and so
teach her honesty. Let her feel, let her
know, that she is in all things the equal
OF the boy, with equal rights, equal privi-
leges, equal advantages.
Teach her business methods; she may
need them in time to come. The past we
read about, the present We know, the flu
ture is uncertain, let her be prepared to
meet it. little smattering OF Latin,
Greek, French, German, etc, mind l
say little smattering-hss done much to
make the education OF our children super
fetal and weak. 1t is like a wash OF gold
on a ring of brass sham.
Mothers, teach your daughter those
Kings which she must know In days to
,ome. Don't leave the very essential I
points OF life, Of womanhood, to be OBJ /
aimed from unreliable sources. Much {
harm has resulted from this neglect on
he part OF the mother. '
Now in the case of the girl as with the {
10Y. Don't make her a beggar for what /
he has. See to II that she has either as
wages or otherwise spending money that {
S her own. Don't give Der money with b
tail to it, reaching out into lecture on q
economy. Teach but don't harp on the
me subject until it becomes so irksome :,
hat she would rather never see dollar !
han handle one which came 50 grudg j,
ngly.
We have considered the boy and girl as
Individuals. Let us look at them togeth- :
I as children soon to be grown to man y
God and womanhood. Children whose
hole after life we are trying to mould te
lto such form that it will become a
hing of usefulness and beauty, light d.
nd help to generations yet unborn. SO NJ
eat your children that your home-com- d.
Ig will brighten their darkest hours and m
nd additional pleasure to their happy te
that they will greet with shouts ~