The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-07
"How to Bring Up a Child"
Here. Man Who Managed to Spare the Rod and Not
Spoil the Child.

Spoil the Child.
Upon reading your editorial on "There Can Be No
Sympathy for Convicted Child Beaters, it occurred to
may interest you.
When only child was born twenty-seven years
ago, my wife and agreed that relation to him should
be that of big brother and big sister, rather than the
relation of parent and child,
During the first four years of his life we treated
himlovingy, though firmly Whether well i'll, he
experienced the sensation of being walked rock
ed to sleep, and he given any soothing poons
When it bedtime he put to bed and the light
put out, whether he awake asleep He never
hundred unduly petted.
During this period we travelled constantly. He
learned table from the first time he took up
spoon. He was laugh from the very beginning to ac
cept what given him and he learned to cry
for anything. The consequence that he never an
noyed fellow guests at the hotel tables but rather
aroused their admiration and wonder.
AS soon as he was old enough to be reasoned with
when about four years of age he was given to under
stand why he could or could not do or have certain
things If after reasoning it over, he persisted in hav
ing his way especially he grew older he was permit
ted to do he wished with the usual result that later
on he saw and acknowledged his error.
BY thus constantly manifestng interest and love
toward him and setting the right example by our ath-
tude toward each other, my wife and always had our
sons complete love and confidence He has never had
the slightest occasion to deceive u.s. and he never did
WHO INN
WAYS BEEN AN OPEN BOOK TO US, AS OURS HAS
BEEN TO HIM
Before he reached the age of puberty taught him
what boy ought to know The result was that he al
ways abhorred smutty talk and although he has since
studied and worked and travelled in nearly every state
in the Union well abroad and has lived and work
ed with allsorts and conditions Of men, he has always
kept himself spotlessy Clean Furthermore he has Of
ten xerted influence for sexual cleanliness among
others. Wherever he has studied or worked whether in
college or amony foreigners, farm in a factory,
he always managed to surround himself with loving
friends.
Whenever away from home, which has been almost
constantly since his eighteenth year, he has been daily
with his parents He would never let
anything interfere with his daily task of writing u.s. We
do the in return.
The day when declared we agreed that he
should Immediately enter the army without awaiting
draft law This he did He has since passed through a
training camp and has an officers commission
Whether he remains in this country or is sent abroad
we have no fear that any harm will come to him. other
than the honor of being injured in defense of his coun
try and we know that while he lives he will exert an in
fluence for good among his fellow-soldiers
There is nothing in his character or in his past life
which my wife or would change if we had the power
This is not all. have managed Fairgrounds have
camped with boys have presided over an amateur base
ball league, and managed baseball teams have taught
Sunday school classes among the well-todo and among
the very poor from handful to over thirty in class
and havenever failed to maintain order and to win the
respect and love of all the children and young peope
that have ever had any dealings with have never
had occasion to be harsh and very seldom had to use the
expression Don't" always studied the children and
learned to think their thoughts and to speak their Ian
yuage, and by combining this knowledge with constant
of love, have had no difficulty in con-
luerhg the most unruly. Very truly yours,
CIV. ..s A PARENT