The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-21
When Is f. Child Well Behaved.


to many needs of children which are
problems for their mothers Manu-
triton and the bearing on the child's
health of the relation between inches
Of his height and the ounces of his
weight are questions il at beginning to
be understood which Childrsns Year
has brought before millions OF mothers
But training her child to wear his good
manners as IL they belonged to him and
were not borrowed for the occasion is
a problem of no recent origin. Regard
fer the feelings and desires of others
has always been the basis of good
manners, bat the expression of such
regard and methods of intoxicating 1t
are very different today from what
they were a generation ago. Then
manners" in children consisted in
paving rigid Difference to their elders
and superiors
Nowadays children are treated more
humanity and given much wider lati-
tude in their relations with grown peo-
pie, Older standards OF conduct have
very largely changed. Pessimistic OBJ
servers are prone to regard the change
rs not altogether favorable. and to at
tribute TO this same loss OF difference
20 the presence and opinion of parents.
teachers and other adults a cores
ponding loss in manners and behavior
and even a real loss of moral fiber.
1t must be remembered that the
rule "other times. other manners" APP
piles generally. Life is very diff
cult thing for most children of today
than it was for their parents, certainly
for their grandparents. With the
wholesome and desirable growth of
comradeship and association between
growing boys and girls and their elders
the old rules of proper behavior must
necessarily have given way to some
thing less formal. The change has
probably been in the direction of the
development of strength of character
and independent judgment in children.
But that they have also lost something
IS perhaps equally certain. To rem edy
this loss by teaching them the rules Of
true courtesy is the business OF
thoughtful parents, Such an achieve
ment may well be one of the valuable
by-products of the Children's YAar
campaign which the Childrens Bureau
of the L. S. Department of Labor and
the Woman's Committee of the Coun-
ell of National Defense are conduct
ing.
part Of every day life. are really the
Good manners in children as well as
grown people are the expression OF an
innate consideration for the rights,
privileges and opinions of other peo-
pie. Years of experience have crystal
iiZed this feeling into certain conven-
tional forms of expression, which every
child should be taught The little
habits of courtesy which Should be
outward and visible sign of inward
grace" Few acquisitions are more
valuable to anyone than that charm of
manner whic IwicS the immediate re-
gard Of everyone with whom they come
into contact. To teach children good
manners must be the work Of every
day and hour. .'Line uon line" they
will learn the little courtesies. Chill
dren are SO initiative that very much Of
this win be Hnconsciously acquired
through imitation of the habits and
manners of thei" elders. THANK YOU
and IF You please and Excuse me-
please" come easily to the tongue il
they are frequently heard, and the boy
who sees his father rise when q lady
comes into the room viii instinctively
follow that example. even with very
little direct instruction. Good manners
at table are so necessary to the COM