The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-09-12
Laura Jean Libbey's
Daily Talks on
Heart Topics
Copyright, 1915, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.l

HOW TO MANAGE A BOY.
"Ahl" the wise old lips reply,
Youth may pass and strength may
die,
But of love I can't fortoken.
Ask some older sage than Ir'
Those who are never tired of
! pointing out and telling what awful
times many families are having with
their younger brood had better look
to home, some one has somewhere
said.
There is shelter aplenty under the
home roof for every member of the
household, but the best, most COM
Portable room, with softest springs,
cushioned seats and library all his
own, belongs to the half grown youth
who lord it over the elder brothers
and sisters right royalty. ga boys a
boy for a. that" is the cry that never
dies out by those condoning his fol-
lies. Parents deny themselves neces-
sary comforts, pinch, save-all this
to give young manhood better part
| in the world than they had yhen
young and having to face the world
penniless as they keep constantly re-
Winding those growing up, who look
to them for liberality
The young hopeful hears the old,
old story of how his father trudged
foot-sore miles to his ill-paying work,
etc. He breaks out wit groan from
[ his lusty young lungs: dad, how
many more times are those doleful
tales you fling out so heavily at me
to be told? Give US something new"
Young blood has not the least desire
to have these truths flung at them.
When they feel that the latchkey
given them should not compel them
to be in by midnight they confront
the head of the house with the infor-
nation that they are nearly of age
and it's best to manage themselves as
other boys have done.
Then the dark days come when the
plucky youngster not out of his teens
packs his most needed belongings and
with little bag and baggage starts off
to put out for himself He braved the
anger of his exacting father when
away he went to hard position which
he had taken and capped the climax
by hiring plain hall bedroom, whose
furniture consisted of a cot, wash
stand and an apology of a small table.
''I want no luxurious furniture stuff
to hamper me-" said the boy who was
to manage himself. Give had too
llnuch fostering and brain-clouding at
the homesteadl"
What mattered it to the youth, who
was feverish to find out what he could
fill in the world that he had CHANGED
to roam to the nearest town to COM
mence managing his career-a dis
lance of a dozen miles away? As
soon as the meagre words on postal
contained his address, that he was
well, and sent love to all, the mother
and sisters kept back their tears and
in broken accents murmured he had
been too tenderly nutured to undergo
hardships which they feared he had to
face. The father testify broke in:
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youths career; instead of hardening
him for the ups and downs he has to
expect, you keep up making it easy
for him and adding to the burden I
have to bear. The boy can manage
himself better than you can"
7 Young men like the dear, sweet,
old fashioned home which they have
been reared in, but they do not feel
| fiattered to hear themselves called
'fthe kid" from the time they are in
their teens and until they are out
of it because they are the youngest
in the family. 1t is no laughing mat
ter for him to hear them say fiat
teringly, "You are real dude, in
the new suit the governor gave you. F"
He likes the suit best which he pays
for, with money he has earned. The
first time eager mother and sisters
start to visit him, late Monday aft
Iernoon, they are weighed down with
rackages they have talked over that
,,2e needs-his house slippers, box of
neckties, bottles of perfume, volumes
of book1, pictures, etc. The little hall
room looked ike menager1e When
they piled all in.
Yet these dear mothers and sisters
persist in telling that they know how
to manage boy.
Correct name and address must be
given to insure attention, not to print.
Personal letters not answered. Use
ink. Write short letters, only one side
of paper. Address Miss Libbey, No.
916 President Street, Brooklyn, n. Y.
Twins Engaged.
Dear Miss Libbey: We want your
advice, please. We are twin sisters,
love each other dearly; is years old;
90 with fellows 26 and % years old.
Are we too young to- keep company ?