The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-07-29
THE HOUSEHOLD BULLY

When your family Is afraid Of 5ou.
II tame u b. afraid for your family.
Tear oreeas accelt. no, I
. household bully soon turns his
wife into q hypocrite and hs children
lato >neaks and liars
Affection i ! T. tier monitor than
harshneSS,
lntoieranee always incites revolt.
/, Inc only famil! ;lcs tha hold are
heart strings
You pride yourself on your ts.s,ic.
Of Law.
You have no right ~ bandarc your
eyes and weigh your own flesh aud
flood upon impartial scales.
You should bc a haven r refuge. n
mereitul %conhdant n hours 81 error
and terror.
When a father i not the best
friend Of his children. II Is because
he = their worst enemy.
The slumS OF the world are packea
With women eXlled 70 degradation by
the false PRIDE aud releutlessacSs II
men such as YOU.
The prisons IF thc land are chaked
with feions whose criminal careers be
gan in the eyaSion~ and defaults Of =
browbeaten boyhood
ION forget YOU are an aiult and
demand an equal intelligence an5
realization Of right and wrong from
those who have neither the reasoning
faculty nor the experience 10 see life
as plainly as You behold Il.
punishment without sympathetic
e~Nplanatlon Is not correction bur re
venge.
Girls do not prefer the hardships
ana uncertainties of adventure unless
IN IN I'M ~ ~ AA4 d.. A I.
them Is more definite than that which
lies ahead.
Boys do not betray fathers who
have taught them loyalty and self-re-
spect.
The sins IF your children be on
your ~ubborn unfolding heads
God gave them into your Keeping
TO guide anu guard and cherish-to
inspire with ideals. to rear in kind
hess and comprehension.
Your sternneSs is not strength. but
stupidity.
Your h~arshness Is no, a mark Of
character. hut OF callousness
You're an lcnoramuS-a bfroted
clustering buckle, cheating yourself Of
the Joys OF tenderness. robbIng your
family of the opportunity 10 develop
it finest and noblest traits.
7 The animal trainer eventually pavS
the penalty Of his cruelty the
: whipped and prodded tiger is cowed.
4 not tamed-sooner or later he STRIKES.
Beware Of the day when your son
: or your daughter. sullen and hardened
by your uprearing. VII r~nd your
/, peace and stain your nam" and break
/ your stiff pride.
$ There is but one ruiins power and
il is love.
. Fear OF the law. fear OF the here
! after. fear Of the worlds condemna-
< ton. are not morality's great protect
1 ing forces
But fear Of losing The love. fear Of
| destroying the faith, fear Of violating
t the confidence Of those who are near
est and dearest--this is by far the
S most potent influence in the lives OF
good men and women
If you would save the child. spare
f the rod rather than the love.
If this cap doesn't III you. take each
OF your children aside and say this
2 Il am the best friend you viii ever
have. We may have misunderstood
= each other III the past. Let's talk It
out frankly as two friends should and
can talk to each other.
If YOU have been bad, tell me now
. SO that the two Of us can ind a xav
to straighten things.
IF you have acquired a secret dis
$ ease. take me into your confidence and
viii see TO ii that the best possible
medical skill shall be secured for you.
If you ave beer wayward.-if YOU
nave lost your virtue. tell me now
white there Is yet time . save YOU
from further shame and Guide YOU
> back TO decent living.
Z "A father is the mar to come Ia
. when you are afraid to confide IN any
e one else.-Herbert kaufman IN Wo-
mans World for August.
GOODNIGHT ON THE BATTLh1
O LELsIh