Evening star., 1922-05-26
Spanking Not Approved.

r Mother and /. writes one of my more
favored correspondents. would like to
know your opinion as to what time my
younger sister, aged eleven years.
should go to bed? Do you consider 3
o'clock too late? 1 should like to
know. also. whether you approve of
spanking.
Nine o'clock post mortem-I mean
most merchants the happy hour for
little girls under the age of sixteen to
hit the hay, for the big health ana
beauty sleep comes in two instaiiments.
viz, from to II pm. and from 10 o
am Every girl under sixteen requires
ten hours of sleep every n1gnt 10 Keep
her we'll and strong.
Now, about that spanking business.
am bound to say that l conceived
very intense prejudice against IL carr!
in my career, because l hated to see
father hurt himself so much. 1t
seemed that it always did hurt him
worse than he thought 1t was gong
to hurt me. so the poor man must nave
suffered something terrible. However
he survived it. and so did l. out my
prejudice remained as strong as ever
untilI grew old enough to vote. Soon
after that l experienced change of
belief about spanking. and began to
employ this remedy in practice IN what
l deemed moderate doses.
My experience was limited to two
cases. After some three or four years
use of the remedy | arrived at con-
cIusion very like that which father had
formerly delighted to dwell upon
namely, that the spanking hurt father
more than it did the subject under
treatment 1t c.dn't DO the subjects
anv particular good. / felt convinced,
and it did take something away from
father, something difficult to describe,
but nevertheless tangible. | saw that
such alleged discipline or moral sua-
sion as rested upon foundation OF
brutality and cowardice-for that is
nreciseiy what even mild or moderate
snankiug of a child by an elder and
nhvsically stronger person amounts to
I-Scarcely attained the result the cow
ard purports to seek.
The lower you go in the scale of in
telligence the more vigorously Is cor
moral punishment employed.
The parent who lacks moral strength
IN train his child in the way he should
90 resorts to physical assault upon
the child ostensibly as punishment for
some offense the child has committed.
but in reality out of sheer rage and
disgust at his own failure and sort
of insane fury to conceal his own
moral weakness. Therefore, it is
among the less intelligent classes that
one finds the most cruel and lnhuman
punishment Tneteu out " ihS ohoiS
aimed children.
To spank child is shameful con-
fession of moral depravity, and the
sane parent may well blush when he
recalls to mind such 1apses in his own
experience.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Peroxide.
What effect has peroxide on the
hair?-(Rita.)
Answer-It bleaches the hair, and
often ruins 1t.
Once a Month TOO Often.
Is once a month too often to take a
physic to clear the complexion? Would
a bottle of citrate of magnesia once
month prove drying to the complexion?
miss r. E.)
Answer-Physics do not clear the
compIexion-that is just an ancient
myth. When a saline cathartic or laxa-
tive is required for some special rea-
son. there is nothing better. or less dis
agreeable to take. than bottle of So
luton of magnesia citrate.
Bran Eating.
Is bran fattening? 1t has been
recommended to me as a builder!
have often heard 1t is good for consti-
patton: therefore / cannot understand
how it can be nourishing.-(Mrs.
C. N. Ed
Answer-From = teaspoonful to =