The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-16
TINE STUDY or BOYS.
Results 81 PrO,OnEod and Sympathetic
Original Research.

/ To rHE EDIToR 90 Tvs Svv Sir. Nav
one somewhst experienced In hoys add 4
I word 10 the controversy thereon / have
no boys Of my oNu. but have had the care
~ them ! have taught them. ! have ON.
pIoy"d them 7 have had their confidence
and her Affection. and ihi- throughout 4
score 0r 20 ~ grownup wears and nv con.
clusions are that tbsr" sre reW very bad
boys thsr- ere few perhaps rather more
vrfy good bows me vast majority o. bows
are iIs' humanity. young and in the rough
bur human. neither bad nor good. blt sen.
sibl- 10 kindness. brains aud Justice IN tho
. commanding offcsT. a. veil a. immensely
anHious 90 do veil anal immensely anxious
/ for he rewards Of veil doing
I Dor The lat few wears have besn nsr-
/ force OBJ gsd % deal uI'h large number
Of ofirs boys Has any business man oh
served hoN few really had otir. bors there
are There are % h. found 200 ONCE. many
bows who are unfortunately. .ipaIv or
stupid or fghfv ct idie. hgi how few Who
are really. deliberately bad I have srr.
ploysd bows Who have rome 20 me With the
worst ~ characters from mother and
lea. her. lah~ii~d - -worthl-ss coutrar, .
-Careies- mischieyous rude. and have
found them. after a brief no,,tiate. indus.
trIous. painstaking. anxious 20 please, With
a careful pOlitsne,s Wh,rh would put many
a. elder io The blush I have never. in tn.
current phrase had trouble sith-a hoy of
course. Z except defeat tive. aud those oh
viously degsnrrafe should a. soon pIpect
To have trouble with the humanracs
Ana Nh,' Why does not the average en-
-. 49,. ar...t.I.. a.fk a.. q.
The Frasous ~ know them. are a. foIloNs
The employer u making good u he has
serious weaknesses the ONCE boy b. 90, psf.
mtted To see them. he Is driven In spite Of
htn5self 90 respect the Old man II m.
nov does not behave veil the pensltv /.
.Aift aud certain ,sn this h~ said af hom.
constituent The atmosphere 81 the ono.
j. n q rule. Kinder than that of The home
ms j. a statement that will amaze many
a mother. but ! know q 10 h. true 1h.
Dfficr hoy j. rarely naRgrd when he d.
,rolded be- u conscious bat b. has Justly
earned thai ~ worse. and De- ~ never phv,.-
cally ~ used. The casual slap. the ever
lasting shove. the steady stream ~ oral
abI-s. NJ the OVerNorksd mother 81 tn.
trurments u ops ~ = ~ o clock - there
alter be- bow IL an individual with right
audi dut tsa. q human being. who gets al the
70 -p@,t aud al the blame that j. iusfly
coming 10 him Best Of ali. when h. i'm
hour. he freedom % the President himself
And h. has perhaps for The first time in ali
h., crowded worried. confused LITTLE life
zomsbodv 10 look up 10 The boy b ar.
rounded by his auperiors h. secs a nuanhar
Of busy. serious. courteous Fr0wuupa ub,
90 not tell ham TO b. industrious serious
and polite but unCDnsciOusly show him how
10 h. Their hrusque kindness reasauras
him he irea Oh. hos hard 10 win their
approval he y Tor the first time consciously
himself With and against the real
world hos grateful he i for nv sliehtesf
praise, how appalled, ~ its reprohstiop
tann0t business Methods h. applied 10 the
average how IN biz own home. 10 the fortu-
nate il hoy Who y granted = longer Tree
dom from The grind N daily toll A. have
said. ] have known many BOYS. but / have
known few that ! have ever wanted "a 4
hFash have licked into SHAPE veFv MANI 1
Ut hem but ! hope ! have always done I, 1
gi'h kindress. pat i-nCe and a timely anp.a, .
10 sslf-esteem ~ least. ! have meant 10
and have had many a proof from the hovs /
themselves. hlss- them. thar they knew What 4
! wished for them and that they aunraatat..d
10 the full that I Wished for them the -.
best they acre capable ~
amer HIl. u hoy b hing Of aOfna ionuCr-
anCe. Ha y not toy, nor a menace nor
merely a uuisant7e he Ia creature that i
going 20 b.. and that very anon. a man Of 1
.OHe Kind. and n what Kind u rests largely
Eith ~ ETOwnups 10 determine h II AL. !
ne TOO much NJ humanity 20 hope that a0ns
iay an lathsrs a1d mofhrra Vim af0rd the
inc and the paf snce and The affect ion and a.
.Dr their own toys what IL nov being done
or other peoFls'a bovn By many an over
FoTE Duslne e man and
NV io1E' Nay "a BuaugEsS WoEAH.