El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-06
Father Has Home Duty
Better Take Time Off From
Money Making to Direct
the baby Boy and
Help the Mother.
BY MADISON c. PETERS.

NOD has put in the hands of parents
at their own fresides- a power
~ greater than that which presi-
I dents or kings WELD and which results
either in the veal or woe of their chill
dren. Unfortunately the number Of
women is increasing who regard the
duties of motherhood as too obscure and
commonplace tasks for their hands, and
soul -mothering Is often left to mere
hirelings.
But fathers have duties, too If they
could be made to understand their own
personal responsibility for the training
of the child for the development Of its
life and for its destiny. they would see
that in all this world there Is no work
so noble and so worthy Of their best
powers.
PUSH back the hair of that bright
faced boy! That countenance vet undls-
turbed BY cares or stained with sin, Is
serene as heaven. Can YOU think that
ever those features viii become blOatedt
Those eyes fiendish with ungovernable
passion. That those lips now wreathed
with beauty shall taste the fumes of
drink and that sweet voice shall break
out in blasphemy? Remember how much
OF that child's destiny lies within your
control, instil Gods truth into its open
ing mind and by a holy example live
into it a divine life.
Better Build His Character.
Better take some time from your
money making to leave that boy well
fixed financially and put in some hon
est effort along the line Of character
building. Character will be worth more
to that boy than cash. Indeed eharac-
ter Is capital. and without character
the more cash you leave him the sooner
he will 90 TO the dogs.
1t Is worth while to weave blessed
memories into the early years OF your
children's lives. If you can't find time,
make time for a few moments sweet
loving talk, every day
Far down into the years much sacred
moments will 60, providing thousands
of times light in the darkness. an in
spiration in Encouragement, a secret OF
victory in hard struggle. a hand to re-
strain sin in time of fierce temptation.
Make Home Bright.
Remember this: If You would charm
your children TO virtues ways make !
home the brightest place on earth /
Helpful books. innocent amusements, !
beautiful pictures, good music, are not /
Injuries, they are necessities
If you want to turn your children 1
AGAINST religion surfeit them with the 1
severe sour sort Let the sun which {
spots the pansy pour Joy into your /
homes. Don't expect the little feet to 1
keep step to The Dead March in Saul 4
When God has strewn the earth with /
beauty, decked the heavens with glad \
ness, let US catch the hint and take into |
BUR home circles all the hiiarity and
and good cheer. a home with
darkness and gloom makes bad boys and
BAD girls in preparation for bad men
and bad women.
Whtever else YOU slight, let 1t never
be your home making. If YOU do moth
ne else in this world build well within
7Our own doors.
Help the Mother.
The busiest father should find time to
elieve the mother, a few moments
very day, since the burden Of the chill
lren's entertainment and Instruction Is
likewise a fathers duty and every duty
aithfully performed becomes a priv
lege.
Make the DAYS OF childhood happy.
,our your love without stint into the
-oung hearts and these early impress
ions viii save them, when grown to
mans and wOman's estate. from losing /
aith in the human heart; help to de- !
liver them from the cause of selfish !
less. Be an Eden in the evening when 1
riven forth in life's wilderness, a safe
uard in times of temptation. a con- Z
cious help amid the stern realities Of I
ife.