Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-01-26

/ boy any longer, but insists on being a
man. The sign which shows when
this period has come is the boys call
ing his papa dad" or father" instead
Of papa He wants then TO be called
/ Sam or Will and not Sammy or Will
1 lie. A friend Of the doctors, a widow,
called her thirteen-year-old son, Son
ny. DR.. Winship demonstrated with
/ her. but she insisted that he was all
she had TO love and she was going to
love him just as much as she pleased.
Sonny likes it," she argued. But the
doctor watched the boy when she
called him Sonny" and the poor fell
! low almost shuddered. He questioned
the lad as to whether he liked TO be
called by that name or not, and he
replied that he hated it and almost
hated his mother every time she called
/ him by that name. The boy begins to
] feel his dignity and should be encour
aged
Of the third grand division, Dr.
Winship had much to say, using many
| illustrations from his own life. A
father, he said, might expect to re
tain control over his boy until he was
sixteen or eighteen, perhaps, and then
no longer 1t was impossible. Most
of the boys moral training must come
: when he is thirteen or fourteen years
of age, and all the wisdom and pa
thence in the world must be used by
the father at that time. He again is
seized with a desire 10 dominate and
to hold his breath, figuratively speak
! ing, in order to do so. If crossed, he
will threaten TO run. away, to commit
suicide, almost anything. Patience
patience, patience, is needed TO train
the boy rightly. If anything is neces-
sary to help the boy, it is to substi-
tute for the things the boy wants to do
| that the father does not want him to
do, interesting things that the father
wants the boy to do. If he wants to
go to some "shin-dg," to use another
of DR.. Winship's forcible expressions,
on the back street, the proper way is
not to make the boy sulk around home
with nothing to do and make him be
| laughed at the next day by his fellows
J because his "old man is a mossback
and won't let him go out" but to pro-
vide something interesting for the boy
| to do.
An incident from his own boys life
Illustrated the point. The boy want
ed to go out with chum to some
rather Objectionable place. The father
refused to let him go out, but sug-
gested little later that he might find
it pleasant to meet Judge Lindsey
who was coming on certain train
arriving at certain station in Boston,
and escort him to the hotel where
| DR.. Winship had arranged that he
should stay while in Boston. The boy
Immediately telephoned to his chum
and together they went, happier than
larks. always see TO it that you pro-
vide something better than he wanted
to do. Don't you let him sulk at
home for lack of something to do"
are DR.. Winship's words.
The last period is the period in
which the boys mistakes must not be
taken too seriously The speaker re-
quested all who had not made any
mistakes within a week to rise, the
| lack of response to which made evil
dent his point. We all must learn; so
the boy must learn and in doing so
made mistakes. The father must have
wisdom enough to know that the boy
knows something and he must allow
him to assume certain responsibilities
in order to develop his JUDGMENT.
Hon. II. r. Pattengill followed Mr..
Winship with an address on the
"Opsonic Index" Referring his hear
ers to the program where the subject
of the address was written, he humor-
ously informed his audience that that
was what he was going to talk about,
whatever that was His subject was
health and the relations of germs and
| opsonins to health In this age of
germs there are millions and millions
of good and bad germs in and about
our bodies. United with the cor
puscles of the blood are disease-germ
destroyers called opsonins. If these
opsonins can destroy 80 germs in Is
minutes. our health as far as germs is
concerned, is safe. If the number is
less than 90 we are in danger. Thus,
better salutation than How do you
do?" when we meet people, would be
"How is your opsonic index?" To
combat unhealthy germs and gain
strength in those which are healthy
we should have, above all, good fresh
air, exercise and plenty of good,
wholesome food. Total abstinence
from liquors, tobacco and other slim
ulants is to be sought for, and intem-
perance in their use absolutely avoid
ed II our opsonic index, or in other