The Washington herald., 1918-01-11

cheap imitation OF S-carat sport Is
a weak sister, take 1t from me. Ana
the indifference Of some fool parents
helps the game along.
The father who crawls under the
blankets at o'clock and allows his
son to give the cops a merry chase
until the cocks crow, will need four
section fire ladder to get q look into
heaven.
Some parents are so darned afraid
that their boy will be called a milk
SOP that they let the bars down so
low that there is nothing to stop him
in his mad. wild rush to hell. But /
have noticed this, that the boy who is
tied to his mothers apron strings,
who can't tell four aces from a load
of alfalfa-when there are forty ap-
plications for the Job, he goes home
with the blue ribbon and tagged num-
ber one-in other words he comes
home with the bacon. He Is the fel-
low, yes; now, oh. the sporty guy,
with a green vest and spats. a silk lid.
puffy eyelids, he looks as good TO
hard-headed business man as coun-
terfeit dollar. You bet your life.
I would rother be, hundred times
over land ] would rather have my
boy. and 1 know you would yours),
tied to his mothers apron strings
than hooked up to an appetite for
e0-cent booze and a consuming desire
to steal the next jackpot on a pair of
fours. Gee whiz! Amt 1t fierce? Can
you beat it?
Anarchy was not born in Hay mar
ket Riots of Chicago. right of the
reel-No. sir! Whether a boy will re-
spect laws is determined by whether
he will obey at home or not. We've
! got 100000 farmers in this country
who are being taught through their
papers how to raise a hog-how to
put a few more pounds on his
avoirdupois, and another kink in his
tail. And we've got one institution
that has a department for the Ameri-
can boy-how to raise him One col
Iege that's got a department for
the American boy! My friends. out
, lawism is not settled by the street
mob: the question of obedience is set
tied in the home. and II they will not
! obey their fathers or mothers they
won't obey the social or moral or civ
il power.
One Of the danger signs OF our time
is the curse OF idle mothers who just
board around. They never darn a
sock, they never patch a pair OF
Pants, they never hemstitch a hand
kerchief or put any insertion-what
do you call those? They Just kind OF
drag themselves down to their meals
and II they ever go out It is to some
entertainment. to some opera, to some
fashionable dressmaker or milliner
! and II they die and you keep 1t out
Of the papers. nobody will miss them
except their husbands when they get
the milliner's bill.
! Home Life Neglected.
We are neglecting the home life to-
day for the club. for society and a
thousand and one things. sir. Fit your
self to be the intellectual companion
Of your children. The learning al
| the school and college will soon fade
from their minds but what they learn
at your knee will stick after they
have to hobble on the crutches of de-
crepitude, taking their teeth out and
cleaning them at the sink.
There are mighty few things more
important than conversation. OH the
good you can do with your tongues OF
the evil and pain you can give. A
loving conversation Is great panacea'
Many homes have none. No affection
ate greetings when they return from
| school and the store, no regretfuI
goodbye when they go away. no fire.
side chatter. Meals are eaten in Sd
lence and the old man never speaks
| unless he grunts for somebody to pass
him the grub and you'd think you were
in a deaf and dumb asylum.
The perpetual scolding, don't, don't,
| DON'T. A child should never be TOLD
| that they were to be seen and moi
heard. OF all sentences that, crawled
out Of hell, / think that is the rot
| tenest. Forget It!
Now I viii tell you some "don'ts"
Don't tell your children what you
don't mean. Don't wait on them toe
much and don't make them wait on
you all the time. Don't break a pro-
mise. Don't talk about your neigh
| bors. Don't hurt their self respect
| by Furnishing them when company II
present. wait until the company Il
gone and dust them IL they need It
Don't overdress them because you are