The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-01-27

expect education TO change a persons
outlook and habits, No man will spend
good money having speed developed In
promising young colt, and then look
for htm to strike steady. slow gait Ia
the nrrow AS a plough horse II is
equally absurd 10 expect the boy on
whom thousands Of dollars have been
spent eaitiyating tastes, and habits.
aHd extrayaganees foreign 10 the father
to settle down at once into the plain
Ways fo which the old man has been
accustomed
Every man expects his son TO be just
like him, and in his FRS. hurt disap'
poIntmeht, because the boy Ii different,
he is apt to call hm yong fool. and
60 scoil az his RAIN, nj and deride his
amusements The bog retaiiates by
considering his father a ,aoss. back and
an old fagy, and both mace the fatal
mistake Of undertaking each ether, and
OF getting the very worst out If each
other. A family difference is two
edged sgofd that cuts both ways,
The time will come when Jack will
lind ont that there are u number OF
things to life more important TO know
than the classics, and that sn eghaus
tive knowledge Of ancient history does
not compare In value With little In
formation GA how to make modern
bread and butter tie will also aseeF'
tain that a man may have been q col.
Iese athlete, and hold long distance
running championship, and yet not be
able TO sprint fast enough TO perceive
what qualities Of head and heart, OF
steadfast courage aud indomitable
pluck a man must have had who could
begin life without money, or friend, or
education. and achieve success and
fortune. Then he will begin 20 enroll
his father among his heroes, but the
pity of II Is that this appreciation
comes too late, Between the tao haa
grown an Icy wall Of reserve that
nothing can break down The spectacle
of love and confidence between father
and son IL the most beautiful thing In
the world, and IL h certainly a good
that Is worth purchasing at the price
OF little forbearanee and the exercise
OF little patience
II IL also a time 10 drive With a light
hand. Parents should remember that
the only period In ones whole life when
they are utterly c0ek-aure that they
know everything is when they are just
cut If school There isn't youth that
doesn't believe that he could run the
nation without hitch II be we're elect.
ed President or that BE- couldn't give
Mr. Morgan points on tlnanee There
isn't a college girl who doesn't believe
that every man in the community is
dying TO marry such superior erea.
ture as she Is, and that she doeaht
know great deal more about house
keeping than her mother does. although
she has never tried IT, Presently Jack
will start aut to hunt for a job, and he
will end that business men will turn
down his diploma In higher msthe.
matIcg Ia favor of some boy who has
grown Up in the business and gotten
his education on the street Mamie
viii observe that the little smiihsins
girI who never heard Of wargner, and
doesn't know Lief motif from head
Of cabbage, bat who can sing ragtims
ditties. gets the pick Of the beaux aud
can marry all around her Roth will
get the jar OF theft lives. bat through II
all will soak down the wholesome fact
that all education does not come put
up IN college packages, aud that they
NAV not be so much smafteF than their
parcats after all