The Washington herald., 1920-10-27
al WOMAN'S AFFAIRS S:WASt1NGTONA AND Ell LSEWHERE
Dorothy Dix's Excellent Aduice
Copyright. 1890. wbeslr Syndicate. Inc

wanted 20 all her life, and shes
never even thought OF denying her
self anything she wanted"
And the curious thing about these
mothers is that they account II unto
themselves for Righteousness thai
they love their children so much
that they do not correct their faults
or teach them any self-control. in
stead OF realizing that they are the
greatest sinners on earth and are
accessory 10 nine-tenths Of the
crimes and misery in the world.
for into the mothers hands ave
gwen the plastic souls Of her chill
dren She IL is who forms and
lashlons them and turns them into
the kind Of men or women who
bless or curse the world.
Ihere Is no woman so dull that
she docs not know this. and that
before child Is ten years old hts
mother had practically settled hi,
rate and. knowing THE, how any
mother can love her child ljttIs
enough not 10 at least try to SAFE
guard its future. is something thar
passes all comprehension.
A woman knows, for instance.
that temper probably wrecks NOR,
lives than any other one cause. Il
is unbridled temper that make
men slay in anger il Is unron-
trolled temper that makes thou
sands upon thousands az men and
women Of ability failures. They
cannot get along with their fellow
workmen, or they take offcnsa and
chuck up their Jobs at the very mo-
ment OF success. II is temper that
wrecks homes and sends discordant
men and women TO the divorce
court
Yet instead OF conquerinr fbci-
childrens tempers. and teaching
them self-control. the great major
ity OF mothers humor them in tbeir
tantrums. They haven't tho nerve
TO stand behind the child and force
II to fight its particular devil and
get the best OF Il.
And IL a child Is indoIent and Law
mother loves il too well to hold an
iron hand on il and force Il to v-orl,
until it forms the unbreakHhIa
habit OF industry. Yet mother
knows whore loafcrs end. Abou.
her she can see the scedy. shabby
mon and women who were born too
tired to work. and who have driftcr
through tho world sponEInE a liv-
ing on others. She knows in what
contempt they arc hold. and vet she
lets the maudlin emotion she cali
mother love" doom her own child
TO that fate
had TO work whom ] was a
child. 50 determined my children
should never have anything TO do
but play I had very few indgl-
geLces when ! was a child. 80 '
made up my mind that my children
should have everything thev want .
j was made to obey when I Va.
child, 50 I have never subjected NV
children to any discipline
These are things that YOU hra-
women continually say. and Won
wonder that they have not intelW-
Eence enough TO sec that everv-
Thing they are they were made Nv
tn" very training they got in Their
youth.
For We develop strength ~ char
aCter just as we do b~Ii1, strr0E,..
by exercise. II { fighting hard
ships that makes US strong -or
weakly succumbing 10 every temp
tation. Therefore. to try 10 r-0-
tect children against every dificurty
is crime against them. and 70 t-,-
TO remove every thorn out Of their
path is to set their feet on the road
that leads TO perdition
That is what weak mother love
, does. and there is no misfortune
that can happen TO q child equal 20
having Stacker mother who
teaches him or her to bo slaCker