Evening star., 1925-04-03

like. another as six peas in a pod
are like each other.
This Uniformity Is reached by reason
OF the fact that after a boy has worn
his suit several months 1t gets sort Of
set" to him. as 1t were. and SO the
| them.
The net result is that pretty soon
the suit and the wearer become one,
| the suit taking on the characteristics
OF the boy and the lad some Of the
| points Of the clothing.
Practically every boy wears a cap
and a shirt with collar attached, in
which he wears tie Of dark hue.
| Most small boys today wear knicker-
from the schooidays Of some of US not
| SO many years ago. either.
In the old days knickerbockers were
| the sign Of sissy
Only sissy boys" wore them, along
| with the Buster Brown collars Real
boys felt humiliated and disgraced by
| these articles then. even as the boys
| OF several decades before that resented
right heartily the Little Lord Fauntle-
| roy outfits.
Today. however. all that is changed
| Ihe TACT that their fathers wear
| knickerbockers in playing golf perha DIS
accounts for the fact that the Kids
OF today willingly wear knickerbockers.
with stockings that come clear up
under the elastic that grips just below
the knee.
Some boys. Of course, still wear the
old straight pants" These latter
however. are beginning to feel the hand
OF time upon them. Perhaps soon the
boy who wears them will be hailed as
Sissy"
| What boy knows?
Boys are an eternal problem.
am afraid radio has been over.
rAtco as means for keeping them
busy and happy Perhaps in its earli-
est Gays 1t did have that happy in
nuence, but recent months have seen
q decline in it's popularity among the
juvenile population.
BOYS still prefer to get together In
gangs. and indulge in a little sport
such as throwing stones at garage
ooors. pestering innocent cats and
spiiiing ashes into the alley.
most boys, / am convinced, are put
UP TO these tricks by some one boy
In the gang" who has the spirit OF
mlschief-they used to say the devil
lin him.
meanness Is trait not confined stc
boys alone. The same youth who de-
| Hghts in harminR an animal or dis
turbing his elders, will grow into q
/ man VINO carries his own child, kick.
ing and screaming, for a "ducking'
| in the ocean. with the grand resul,
that the child will grow to be a mar
secretly afraid of the water.
To holler and scold boys for their
pranks Is poor. way to end the an
noyance. The thing then becomes bet.
ter sport than ever. An appeal tc
some boy in the gang" PERSONAL,
known to the person who makes the
| appeal is perhaps the best way tc
stop the annoying practices.
/ "Aw, come on, fellers," your frient
Bill will say, and the fellers will fol
/ low.
Across the Potomac a year or sc
ago. In neighboring Virginia town
| an experiment in boy management
was tried, with what success 1 dc
not know. The idea was a good one
| however, and deserved success.
| The boys were formed into a sort
Of Junior government. The lad whc
! delighted in breaking window panes
was made chief of police, and the
| other bad boys" made mayor, prose
| cutting attorney, etc.
| 1t was good scheme, and I would
| ,e pleased to hear that It worked out
| There is one thing certain, you gel
| better results by kidding the kids
than by trying to browbtat them.