Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-05
n. Pierce's Fav0rite Prescripti

aroused his parents that they shut
him up. in a small room and, for fear
that he would escape, took every par
ticle Of decent clothing from him and
clothed him in old rags. Undaunted.
the boy crepts through a window and
interviewed the missionary, who, OF
course, counselled him to be patient
and told him to return home TO be
an obedient son. The boy took the
advice, but not until he had secured
a lot Of Christian literature, which he
said he would read and distribute
among his relatives at his native
place, to, which his parents had
threatened to send him if he refused
to give up his new faith. Fintlly the
boy was sent to his country home in
Ningpo to receive disciplinary lessons
to counterfeit the Christian doctrine.
The boy promised to write after his
arrival at his native place, but no
word has come since. Although no
one will yer know what sort Of les
sons the boy received at the hands Of
his family-elders, it was the custom
of the Ningpo elders even to bury
people alive for crimes unpunishable
by state law. This, Of course, was an
exceptional case, but such exceptions
were not by any means rare.
ION the other hand, it must not be
imagined that tne sons and daughters
OF a fanny I've under anything like
conditions OF slavery for if the father
feels 1T his duty to look after every
detail of his family affairs and sees
to it that every member of the house
obeys his words, the sons and daugh-
tiers feel equally duty bound to Please
and obey his Instructions without any
feeling Of discomfort or painful effort.
"The, plain principle OF living be-
tween father and son is, therefore,
this: The father should see to the
needs of his family, sons, daughters,
and all, direct what they rhoill do
and how they should act, decide how
they should be trained and taught,
whom to marry or wed, what profess
sions; if sons, to adopt, see that they
are obedient and happy, and decide
what to do in case Of ~disObedience or
characterization. For the son, as we'll
as the daughter, it is a duty to be
obedient and good-humored under all
circumstances and do what he or she
can to- make the parents as we'll as
the whole family happy; the son is
not to decide anything without the
previous consent Of his father or other
elderly member of the %househald, and,
as Confucius has said, is not to go too
far away from home waile his father
is still living; and If he does, to give
the name Of the locality to which he
Journeys The sacrifice of self is alb.
~solutely necessary for a dutiful son.
Confucius says, While the father is
living, look at his ambition; when his
father is dead, look at his deeds AS
to the duty Of a 0 after his fathers
death, the sage says, "A man may be
called flfal If he does not depart from
the principle his late father has laid
down for three years latter the death
Of the latter.
THE principles summarized above
q be accepted as typical Of a truly
Chinese home although In middle and
lower social life it is modified to
some extent. The modification, how.
ever, is due more to peculiar condi.
tons Of life. than to lack Of principle;
TOR it is obvious that when every
member of the house has to do the
best he can in the struggle for q liv.
ing there is very little room for elab-
crate application Of Confucfan princi.
pies. One principle, however, is uni.
yersal; that is, the father is supreme
in his house and the son must yield
answering obedience"
H. L. Stall, the piano tuner, is in
town for a few days. Leave orders for