The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1921-02-28
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Are the children OF today different
from what they were when | was
younge / was asked this question by
a mother about 30 years Of age. Ny
reply was no. yThen we mot hers are
10 blanie for this spirit Of riotous ae-
tivities that SO many of our children
have developed. Is it SOP
Yes. TO a very great extent YOU are.
We'll. do you know ii has all come
about so sudden like that did not
realize il. When | was Young no
lady ever drank liquor or got under
the influence of 1t. Perhaps occasion
ally. but when they did they felt so
terribly disgraeed that they would not
show themselves for weeks. Now
with our set it is so different What
will become of my children If this
keeps up?"
Ruihation, of course, in many cases.
Oh. that We could get back to the old
family spirit. with its real home at
mosphere that makes home the most
interesting and the dearest spot on
earth
Yes. l said. none of you now have
any reverence for religion. You do
not recognize the necessity of church
attendance. You must substitute real
literature and real music for the trash
in your home. This Is a heart to
heart talk. You must get back to real
honesty of living instead of so much
of artificially, and you yourself must
say and be the kind of person | want
your child to be- This. and this only.
will bring about a higher moral stand.
ard than exists today We parted she
saving: My daughter will wear diff
ferent clothes tomorrow night to the
party than she did at the last | held
her hand while | told her: She will
be walifiower as soon as the boys
find ii out.
Kind readers, the late war brought
about great changes in our social af-
fairs, or rather the effects of the war
did and now we seem to be just wax
ing UP from the dream of remedying
the ills of the world to realize that
things are not just as they should be
right here at home and that over
night we have developed social
problem that is giving us much con-
Germ. | think probably home brew
has had as much to do with it as any
thing else. l find it in many homes
by. ana the children not only drink
it. but they now know that in making
it their parents have become law
breakers. and a law breaker of any
kind does not make as good citi-
zen as one who obeys the law.
Youth has always been irresponsi-
BILE and il is most natural that license
should be the result OF lack of re
straiut and the present method of liv-
ing encourages it. This one thing |
notice in my work up North Moth
ers are. not always SO indifferent re-
they want her daughters to be friend
ly with. II he is poor boy or from
a more common family that boy is
not encouraged but II he is of good
family and his father has money that
hoy is encouraged. To herself and
to others she viii say: He's good
catch with the result that greater
freedom is given which frequently
ends with disastrous results.
Fathers don't you leave this great
question of morality all to be settled
by your wives. You are just as much
Interested as they are, or you should
be. and they need your assistance.
Spend more time at home with your
family. Make it pleasant for them
Forget that old saying, Il have to go
down to the Office tonight" Shoulder
the responsibility which rests upon
you. See that your wife and daugh-
tiers are so dressed when they attend
soe'i! affairs that the vulgar cannot
look unon that which is sacred to you
and you alone.
AN OLD TIME. OLD FASHIONED
NORTHERN TEACHER.