Arizona republican., 1913-04-14
Your Sons Future

(Herbert Kaufman woman's WorIN
 There fairy godmothers present the birth your son-fairy godmothers have gone out O business.
 The best of them was an old bungler and the things they could do with spells, magic rings. dodo-down. and other such tomfOolery have been much exaggerated by legend.
 A far more wonderful influence lowered his head: the godmother Twentieth Century was there-so don't worry about his future. It's filled with opportunity that he'll have will to his grandchildren
 We're beginning O think O boys and girls. We don't love em harder than folks used but it's a bigger and finer and broader and wiser and stronger ove-it's useful and pro- tecting and hopeful love-a practical thing and the less sentimental for all that.
 Just imagine the world when your father came into it. Many eight year old tOddler driven out mean, unventilated and unsewered cellars and factory shacks-the boot of his taskmasker for a textbooks working day often hours long no state paternalism to defend him from baby slavery-no sanitary inspectors to cleanse his sur roundings-no compulsory educational clause to guarantee at least the rudiments education.
 When smallpox scarlet fever diphtheria broke loose in the village, health officer there restrain his fellow workers from carrying the infection broadcast.
 he a lucker boy than the little of poverty, why. the best schooling his parents could afford inferior the education available the humblest child of time.
 libraries unheard Of plaYgrOunds gymna asiums just crawling into the die tionary communities isolated; the era of 
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 The doctors made fine of things; medi- cine speaking terms with even our most popular microbes
 We didn't worry very much about youngsters a good many, but then the output was regular and steady managed to keep up supply spite of careessness
 we've suddenly awakened to the realization the scientific agriculture of boys and girls is a profitable intelligence with any other crop; and waiting and watching for that baby of yours.
 nation take charge of him: We won't the infant door divide diseases with ster the classroom will be sound and clean and wholesome or there will be trouble in the camp lot of negligent people.
 is backward we'll investigate his physical condition and try locate the cause. It may be his teeth. possibly his adenoids; there's chance that gland needs attention. It won't be left to you: we're out raise good timber for citizenship and start at the sapling stage, when flaws ana twists be controlled.
 Step by step he advances to maturity, the good fairies legislation will walk beside him. and while he is growing manhood, inventions will be revoIutonizing the universe: marVels will succeed miracles: new modes transport and communca- tiOn: new sciences; business and trades will be pouring the lavish imagination of tomor- row: fairer the will have been en- acted and the right of the individual to rise un- hampered the fulfllment of his possibilities and the attainments his powers will shorten and smooth his road to success and health and heap pness
 Dream great dreams for him; his destiny is good breeding and good will gain both for him. A purpose clean code, square morals and a courageous will the only assets requisite to any ambition.