Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1920-04-24

anu dttonu molly mass on sundays.
Insist strongly on the performance
of these duties. Give them the ex-
ample by doing these duties your
selves. Our bodies die and are re-
turned to earth, but our souls live
On forever. Do not keep children
from mass for some petty reason or
for no reason at all. When a child
reaches it's seventh year it is as
much bound to attend Sunday serv-
ices as adults are. Some darlings
are kept from church on Sundays
and many times from school during
the week because the weather is
inclement, and yet these same dar-
lings are allowed to attend the
movies or some other entertainment
when the weather is extremely dis
agreeable. Caesars rights are
looked after with care, but Gods are
cast TO one side.
Lying is one of the most degrad-
ing habits and at the same time de-
testable sins to which boys and
girls are addicted. God hates a
lying tongue" l must here make
bold statement by saying that
very many boys and girls have this
obnoxious vice instilled into them
from no other than their parents.
In my career as teacher / have had
fathers and mothers to tell me that
their boy was absent on account of
sickness when / knew full well and
in some instances the lad himself
acknowledged that he had played
truant or was kept home for some
frivolous reason. Yet the dear par
ents think the old excuse-"He was
sick"-covers everything. The lad
knows why he was out. and he
knows, too, the excuse that is given.
II seems to me that children learn
habits of fevil soon enough without
getting examples from their fathers
and mothers. Keep your children
in school every day unless there is
very lawful reason to keep them
| out. Many children are kept from
school a whole day to buy pair of
shoes or to chop wood, when such
like things could be done after
school or on Saturday. 1t is very
encouraging to teachers when their
pupils attend regularly. On the
other hand it is discouraging when
pupils go to school one day, then
stay home the two following days.
To be sure the easy parents of such
children expect them to be pro-
noted in due time.
Until a few years ago pupils took
their books home and made some
sort of preparation for the next
days lessons. At the present time
Il seems they take them home
merely to show the passersby that
they have been to school. AS for
preparing lessons they have no
time. as they must go to the show
or attend some other social. The
next day most of these boys and
girls as far as lessons are concerned
are as obtuse as statues. There are
a great many children who spend
about ten minutes in preparing
three or four lessons. They speedily
learn them and just as speedily for
| get them. These are the ones who
| belong to that class of soap bubble
blowers. Now they have it: now
| It's gone! See that your children
spend sufficient time in preparing
their lessons at home. This will OF
course help them to progress and be
more thorough, which is the main
object in sending them to school.
In the good old days of long ago
II pupils went home and told that
they had been punished. or that
such and such a thing had hap
pened in school. these tattlers were
told to keep quiet and forget about
1t. But in these days of gush and
mush If the precious ones go home
and relate something that has be-
fallen them in the form of correc-
ton they are listened to with eager.
ness and the parents begin TO whei
their tongues and slash the conduct
| of the teacher. OF course these
lambs didn't do nothing" to merit
the punishment; therefore the
teacher punished them for doing
nothing. The cruel teacherl He oil
she should be put in prison for life
Thou shalt honor thy SON and thy
daughter.
Il Here is a pen picture which
shall place before you to show how
this modern commandment is KEEP
to the letter. In the school where
was teaching nine years ago 6
woman brought her two boys
Their ages were nine and seven
This woman gave the teacher who
taught the elder one strict orders
Dot to touch or punish him In any
manner whatsoever, for said she
HE is the very apple of my eye.'
Now this sweet-appie was rascal
belonging to the first regiment o.
that type. In fact he should have
been captain. He could lie like 9
y gypsy, curse and swear like a pa