The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1914-02-05
NO. o.

VIZ OthCis VIII hOt MANI tuc pcIlect
man or woman. The channel Of a
stream is determined by it's source.
And SC with childhood. A little
training at the right period will
change the course Of life. Gas The
twig is bent so is the tree inclined
is true OF the child. There are great
possibilities wrapped up In a child.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Governors and
statesmen and leading men and wo-
men are to come from the present
day childhood. So how tremendous
ly important the child ought to have
the right start Men today are in the
penitentiaries, who, if they had
been given the right start in child
hood would have been splendid men
today. The splendid men and we-
men of the world today are not such
bv acc ident nor old they stumble
into their enviable position but they
are there through training and right
influences. Childhood implies con
f1ict. In fact ell life is conflict. It.
is a survival of the fittest in almost
everything The man VIII o is fit for
the place is the man that the wOrlb
demands. And if we want our BOYS
and girls to take their place at the
top round in life's battlefield hOW
carefully we ought to prepare them
in the days of childhood. And child
hood is the best period to prepare for
the mental, ply steal, social, III rad
and spiritual development of the fu-
ture man or woman In fact it is the
only period that We can prepare and
make success of it Now, we ash
ourselves, where are we To- bee in this
and when? 1t is q REQ
ognized fact that there ought to be
splendid father or mother to begin
with. Without this the task is hard
one indeed hut with this the battle
is hall on. And the next impor,ans
thing For this preparation Is the
home. The home is the foundation
of religion The church is composea
OF home influences. The school Is he
index of the home. Society is the 10
Election of the home The world To-
day is the product of The home.
Home is the place where the battle7
ground Of life must be fought The.
boy or girl needs a splendid founda-,
ton to build upon and home il the
best place for him to Jet il. The.
mother and father must make the
home what it should be. The i'm
pressions received in the home mean
much to the future life of the child.
1t is almost impossible to change o
life after it is set in its WAYS and
habits. The habits and ways of the
child can be shaped in the home Bet.
ter than any other place. If they arp
not shaped here but the parents
leave them to be shaped on the
streets and around the lOafng plac-
es and by evil ASSOCIATES you can be-
sure that the habits will be of bad
kind. Most of the loafers Of Stan
ton have had that kind Ut shaping.
The parents in the home failed 10
do their duty. Many a father and
mother is wondering TODAY why
their boy or girl turned nut as they
did. The fault was in the home.
Home was not what il ought 10
have been. The parents did not
make it the social center and SO al z
trsctive and so pleasant a place
that the boys or girls brought their
associates and companions there Tor =,
a pleasant time. The parents did not .
become the chum OF their children
nor did they provide pleasure for
them that would have satisfied and
at the same time create a desire for
the higher and nobler things of life
They fail to think that they them
selves were young once and crLys1
for a good time. Our young people
must have an outlet for their fun
loving instincts and unless we par
ents provide for il in the home and
make the home the social center Of
childhood and make it 30 attractive
that the chill does not want O.
leave il for the street or the 'lOsfRg
places, we are losing the greatest
opportunity of our life n.the devel-
opment of the child. Next week
the writer will develop this matter
of providing pleasure far the young
people little more. He had a big.
ger job on his hands than be
thought when he began this article.