Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30
FREEDOM FOR TIE
 GIN 1pEN GREATLY
 lINDEnVALuED NEED
Practical Illustrations of Sen. timentalism and Facts
 Are Given

oH US lace the recent decision of a justice in a New York court anen,
 a suit for damages due to a babv,4
 finger marks on the walls of Bronx
 flat is purely sentimental Those prints on the paper, the judge holds
 m effect, are decorations, On the walls of his house he would rather
 see such marks than world master pieces.
 It is not alone to tho hearts of dot
 ing~parents that this declaration will IFfng true. Nv indirection the i,laicial finding goee deeper than an obvioue
 sentimentalism. IL stiikec tn the
 truth that tho rivht to fife liberty and the pursuit of hapninees daos not wait on maturitv It beeins with the first breath of infaucv Room fo p1'ow. room to play. room 10 stretch the little muscles room for searchinrl by baby eyes anh place for cvnlorinrI baby fincere-- theec arc p,,arantena under the constitution and also undarI the higher law which makes cnuetitr- tions affairs of human avail--so savs q writer verecd in both constitntional laws and babv lore. and we aprce with the writer entirelv--witf few rese,'- vations
 ChiIdish Masterpicres
 Let us look about us for certai,,l practical illuetrationa of a too great sentimartehem as regards the free dom Of children
 Near Us is father who boasts that l hr has never punished his ten-vear- old son The child is 90 obad" fnotI inherently go bv any means. but ladN hryi lac s,,1i l,nt young collere nan was heard to say of him recentlv "His father is goinr to give the iaiier iob on his cor later if he doesn't watch out The nei~hbors are all wondering how this father can rossiblv thiak he ie doinr the right thine in panderinp to everv whim Of the child Otherwise he is f sensible man,
 Have YOU ever loaned your nost + cherished books to friends and have them returned covered with childrnn's ; finger prints and pages torn? How do you feel about the 'prints" then q Do you consider them world master pieces?'
 Your white kid gloves are left lv'no on . table while you have lunch with Friend at her home You paid fou, dollars for them and iurt now t|,ev are dearer to van than many maStar- there are the marks of tho child artisti
 You decide that von will reviva your almost lost accomnlishmerf in piano piaving ard sit down blithelv to perform but first von must rcmove some sticky maeternieces painted in hv tho boby fingers of your neiph- bov's child
 
 When vou were down in the slrme doing charity work von felt little fin- gers pressing and ,f'bbing the fur on your coat. You did not mind this for you knew these little ones knew no better they had never had chance. But you do somatines re sent the "masterpieces" If children If people who do know better
 Your windows are all polished for New Years or- any festive time. Par- hans even vou're one of these metic- nlous honsekeepers that have the win dows washed every week Ton have to pay a lot to heve it done thece davs, ana vou nrobablv have to be on the job as well to see it'e nroperlv done. Then neighbor's child comes in and--what wonderful masterniecee it can make. particularly if there's frost on the pane!
 "I don't apnrove of nermittin~ to mark no bnoks.' one eees written in the back of Peter Rab- hit book but Sonnv Bow got hold of this somehow when he found his fret nencil and these are his marks---the dearest thine on earth to me" 70 says one dotine and sentimental mother. We can understand this. ran't we. mothersf And when sonnp Boy fnow Princeton pradnatel sees this loving tribute to his handiwork,