El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-24

HULL am 4GL q pLAQEs 1el---
southern matron, but find
n myself shocked beyond express
sion by the things that men and wO-
men talk about only yesterday a
young man, whose mother was a Irlend
of my girlhOOd days, remarked to me
that his wife could not come TO see
me Just now, as she is not going out
this spring Then he added with a
pleasant smiles We are expecting
visit from the stOrk in a few weeks
Of course, We are very happy at the
prospect
Il felt myself blush as silly girl
might In my youth, young people dlu
not speak OF such things When my
first child was coming, even my bro
theirs were told nothing about It. one
of them asked my mother If mad any
prospects. and she snubDed the IA year
boy promptly. forbidding him to talk
OF such things But we have changed
all that kind of feeling nowadays
confess ] cannot become accustomed TO
such free speech as is now the 1as h1on-
There is nothing at present that may
not be discussed
Yes. we have changed all that and
to the cOmmonsense thinker there IS
much to be said in praise OF the chan6a
viewed from some aspects
Danger in Half knowledge.
That such discussion does take place
is only an evidence that when a PEN
dulum has swung too far In one d.
rection it is bound 10 swing almost as
far in the other. Much as some per
sons deplore this open talk on such
topics. surely il is to be preferred TO
the pruient curiosity that works IN sec
ret and to the half knowledge that
leads to many dangerous things
1t is less than 20 years ago that
heard & mother mention casually tndt
she and her young son had mad a talk
on an equal standard of morals Tor
both sexes A relative Of the mother
"a asrnG asT o.
on do not mean" she asked in an
aWed voice that you have ever men
toned matters of that kind to your
bOy2"
Certainly I have" said the mother
calmly. TT was not an easy thing TO
DO but when he came TO me and told
me some thing another child had tClo
him, and asked me for the truth, what
could I say2 Tt was my opportunity 20
gain his confidence and his trust
dared not shirk this responsibility Of
motherhOod-One Of the greatest re-
spOnsibiliues it holds
Il could not have done it, declared I
the other and older woman. Il con-
slider IL most immOdest. / do not see
how you can talk of these things with
your boy and hope TO keep his re-
spect."
Attitude to Children.
That was the attitude of many a So
called pure minded matrOn of that day
She fancied that in telling the trutE [
a. woman would forfeit the respect of a I
clear headed lad, and that in lying
she would keep his respect
Curiosity and unseemly and unneces- ]
sary discussion are to be deprecated
and avoided, but surely to tell the facts |
of existence, to speak of them frankly I
and honestly. is not to sulIy purity, /
but to bring 10 into the clear light of Z
Gay that all may see how beautiful I
il is.
Fathers and Sons.
He
the father who hesitates to talk frank /
" with his son. Let him alone he /
saws easily. until he comes to me for /
the truth. He viii surely come sooner |
or later"
VIII he? I doubt it, 1t is frequently !
the mOther-she. who, from her baby's Z
birth had prayed that he may be i
good, pure man-who gains her sons !
confidence and TO whom he viii talk I
freely I wonder If he, this same son, /
appreciates that the modest mother /
could give him 10 greater proof Of ncr
love than in telling him what she be- .
lieves he ought to know Yet / am I
sure that maternal love is so great /
and sacrifice so much a part of it, that 4
he only thought in such cases is to 4
do wha- Is best for the lad whom she /
loves better than her own life; -, 4
What kept YOU straight through /
your college career2' was asked of one [
mantle son of a mother who had /
dealt frankly with him.
God and my mother was the !
prompt reply II did not want any /
thing in my life which I was afraid to I
mention to such a cOnfidante and .
chum as my mother has always been" I
When such q reply as this can be
made with honesty. need one fear the /
effect of speaking the truth?
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