The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-10-08
For the Sake of the Cats Tail
For Your OlOn Sake and
For Hun,a,ity's Sake

Il AOI 1AUHGuIkGL8 OStnC l.
POOR fearful lady recently asked for divorce Her
husband had treated her badly because her first child
turned out to be girl instead Of the boy that his
lordehip desired.
She got her divorce and she deserved it.
We get many letters from women sad and worried be-
they bring little girls into the world when self
sufficient, foolish husband wants a boy tE-
On this subject purpose to write very seriously The
ancfu heading to this editorial referring to the cats tail
intended to catch the eye of foolish and make
them read on
1t is blessing for every family when the first child born
is little girl-here some of the .... :
The girl nherits the qualities Of the father And the
mother being devoted and unseish always anxious to
hand down to future generations something wonderful
about her husband Tell your foolish husband that ONLY
HIS DAUGHTERS inherit his qualities-that is to say,
only the daughter nherits his greatness if he has
Cations great work heredy that the genius Ut
the man descends through the daughter almost exclusively
1--WE know only two exceptons-the younger Pitt and
Filipino Lippi-do you know of any others)
eted fathers if you want to live in history, pray
for daughters. So much for mans vanity.
Parents should pray that the first child may be daugh
ter because gives to the boys they along the
example the gentle guidance of an older sister
If little Willie is born first he says to little Susie wh/
he is five and she is three "Watch pull the ktty tall
Watch me pull the dogs ear Later he says to little
Susie who tags along behind him, ''Watch put pin
in tie chair for somebody to sit down Watch put
pepper in this bunch of flowers for to sniff" ct
| ceterr, ct cetera.
When little daughter arrives first, the mother is made
happy by the possession and gives to that daughter her
own eenteness and kindness And little Willie, from his
earliest blinking bowegged days hears from little Susie
things like this: j.
"No Willie, you MUSTN'T pull the cats tail; it is
wrong You MUSTN'T pinch Fido's ear it is wicked You
MUSTN'T make Grandma sneeze; it is naughty. You
MUSTN'T put pin in the chair it's cruel.''
You know of that the oldest sister in the
human race has taught all the geneness and kindness
that is in them Womans teaching and pleading has grad
uay brought up from horrible savagery and canni
basm to the standardization of today and will make man
a civilized being eventually.
What woman has done for and the human race the
Older sister does for the boys in the individual family
The family that begins with girl begins properly with
the right foot forward
girl is easier to bring up-doctors know that; thus
mother
The daughter helps the mother, comforts her. and even
makes her forget how PROFESSIONALLY she overated her
husband when she married himthat is GREAT comfort
The daughter helps to cvilze her father and make him
better matter how good how bad he is when she
rives.
makes the average egotistica brag and think
about himself daughter makes him gentle makes him
think about others and especially makes him kind and
derae to the daughters of others when he thinks Of his
little girl.
Therefore for the sake of the poor kitten and its TAIL
and for the of the human above mentioned,
pray your first child be daughter and tell your
wife what you praying for.
they will not have boys tter the vanity of conceted
husbands utterly unworthy unsesh goodness of their