The Washington herald., 1919-03-14
Assurediy she never men.

covers 1t. Assuredly she never men
tions it.
She finds fault with every single
thing he does. from the way he has
his hair cut to the sort OF shoe laces
he wears. II he takes her to the
theater she finds fault with the
seats. II he takes her to a restau-
rant she criticises the food. II he
tells her Of his business schemes,
she prophesies failure and warns
him that he hasn't the ability to put
Il through.
Sometimes the chief of the Anal
gamated Order of Hammer wielders
is q man who takes lick 1T his
wife every time she shows her head.
Every time she gets a new dress or
hat he wants to know what the fool
killer Is doing that he does not get
females who buy freak clothes that
are ten years too young for them.
Every thing she cooks should have
had q different sauce to please his
palate, or been a little more done
or underdone. Every thing she says
Is an object for his ridicule.
No wonder that so many of US fail
No wonder that so many of US grow
discouraged and give up and say. "Oh.
what's the USE" when we have had
our morale undermined at home, our
courage sapped and our enthusiasms
doused in cold water by the kiil-joys
in our family circles-
The only excuse that can be made
for the knockers is that they do not
know the harm they do. They do not
realize that none Of us can do one
thing more than We think we can do.
that mona of us can make other people
have faith in us IL we have no faith
in ourselves, and that the most val
sable asset that any Of us have is en-
thusiasm.
Those who warn us Of our limita-
tions and predict failure for US bring
disaster upon US. The wife who does
not believe in her husband and who
the wife with whom a husband cannot
talk over his plans. secure Of her en-
couraeement and Of having his hope
bolstered up by her, has a handicap
that prevents him from winning the
race.
The woman whose husband always
criticizes her Is not only miserable:
she becomes the poor. discouraged
creature who does not feel IL is worth
while to try to be a good housekeeper
and keep up her personal appearance.
As for criticising children and
finding fault with them. IL is a
crime as bad as murder because it
kills the child's initiative and makes
II timorous and self-distrustful.
Rail continually at a child for be-
ing stupid and he will grow up a
dullard. because he will not think
II worth while to study. Rldicule
a child for awkwardness and he will
go stumbling over his feet the bal
ance of his life because he has be-
come morbidly self-conscious.
And a still worse crime is dis
couraging children by pouring cold
water on all of their plans and am
billions and making fun of them be-
cause they aspire to the stars.
Which one of US is wise enough to
detect the earmarks of genius. or
know what hidden powers lie in a
child's soul? Yet the Knockers do
not hesitate to get out their little
hammers and pound the divine thing
in boy or girl into nothingness.
Fault finding Is the easiest thing
In the world and the most useless.
We don't need anybody TO tell US
what we have done wrong. We
know that for ourselves. What We
need is somebody to tell us how TO
keen from making mistakes.
Therefore, don't knock. especially
in the family circle. Boost