The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-17
Richmond, Va.

plait osiers for their discriminating, |
The little boys in poor families. gather
kindling and driftwood and sell 1t;
hold horses for equestrians, cleanse
feathers for making beds and pillows.
sow grain, weed gardens take mess
ages, are as brisk and busy as bees
from early morn TIL SHUTDOWN. And
what they make is put with the earn
ings of all the other members OF inc
family into the family purse. The
girls do us much in other directions.
You should Just see tot OF seven
handle her lsnittIngneedles. patch,
mend. sweep. dust, do fifty things i
day in the swiss cantons. An ldie
child is a ruined child" they say.
They send them In orderly sequence
from one duty to another duty, allow
ing only so much time for play every
day of the world, the year round. Il
IS the old story OF first carrying the
calf and then the COW; as they grow
older other and more important duties
and tasks are given them untll man
In the habits OF lifelong Industry
economy, thrift that make 1t possible
for them to live comfortably, often al
all in densely croWded' o I'VE drdr tss
system, the habits that have been
given. taught enforced are simply
priceless in the life OF any human be-
ing do not, then. let US spoil our
children so ACCOMMODATIONS their
sakes! We shall certainly be held to
account for 1T by God, as he heid even
ELI. the priest, for not coniroliing ms
children: and our seyerest punishment
will lie In seeing the restless, ill-tetn--
pered, useless, unhappy. often wicked
beings whom we received from COD as
n most sacred trust to make them
blessing. not curse. to themselves
! and all others.
greatly in fault in this matter, weak
where we should be as the rock. spar
ing the rod whore it would be wise
and just not to spare It, but lay It on
severely: not teaching our children to
up before the gray head to be per-
fectly respectful. obedient ana lovina
to their parents, 10 read their Bibles
and say their prayers and work regu-
| ent respect and courtesy to the clergy.
their elders and all in authority. II
sounds fascinating to some foolish pa
| the Chief Justice with Hello. Chtefw
the bishop with, Hello Bish" the
4 leading physician Of the place with tn
"Hele Poe. But ,n when that no eats
ruined creature at twenty three; when
that Chief Justice has confirmed a
sentence that sent him to the peniten.
ened to try and console or sustain HI,
hcart-broken parents and kindred, II
IS not so amusing, is 1t? Don't think
to reap wheat or have your children
reap It, either where you have sowet
tares and the whilrwind.
The Wooden Bowl.
Tho Germans tell a nursery story
! of a man who was very mean to hi
poor old father, spoke of him and tt
him brutally never offered him N !, any
the scraps the family left In a woodei
bowl on the back porch. He had q soi
whom he adorcd and spoiled to death
and coming home ono day he found hi
boy whiting away at block OF WOO
J. with his penltnife most earnestly
.rWhy, my precious darling. what II
) the world are you doing2" he asked, n
he picked up the child and covered hi
face with kisses. "I?" said the CHILD
\ 1T am making wooden bowl for 20
o to eat scraps out of when you are a
. old man on the back porch and ar
: grown" He was conscious stricken
3 and made full amends to his ow
8 father, frightened by a prophecy. Blu
= do all children convert their parent
I Or repay them or thank them for ruin
t Ing their lives practically by FOOLS
: oVserinduigence? After all 1t is the pa
1 rents who suffer most. who are most 7
4 blame You can't get figs II YOU plan
\ thistles. The Japanese are ahead Q
q us They have a school OF manners
y for their children and our nanny,
axiom "Manners gwine carry you fur
: den m money! Is n wise saying. Whn
d has become OF ours?