Milford chronicle., 1925-04-24
A WORD TO THE WISE
Edith Gilman Brewster

Peter told his story in some sucf
way as this: .o,, arns. Won
know. the kind that shoot water,
Theysure did work well we stQou 4Ua
on the street curb and caushl e Sne
automobiles as they went by; one
swell car came along with mlllion-
aire in it. and l caught nm stralsnl
i'm tbe eve! Gee, twas fun. - tor d
1,1inutcl But he stopped The car anu
iumned out. You bet ran! Down
he street. round the corner. INTO
the lane. and he did not let up on
the chase either. l lodged into Il
vard and saw an empty ashcan; Ill
/ mmDed and pulled the lid down
before he cot in sight. He stopped
1iaht bv that ashcan and asked 4
feIler where | was. The feller dldn
know. The man mad his hand on lhe
Iidi \Tvl how l shook. He told that
Teller that ! Just better tell my Ia
tber about this before he heard OF
il from him. or I'd get something a
lot worse. He didn't find me GollE!
but I was clad when he went back
to his car.
Il thought lot about that thing.
didn't like to tell my father but
if I'd cot to. l thought I'd have my
sumner first. Then. | was afraid
every minute that the man would !
call ND on the phone, so l told the
~ hole thing. You Oughta heard what |
my father said. Oh boy! 1t was aw-
ful! wished he'd licked. me in
stead. OF course, I had to so to bed,
and he took the pop-gun (hes got
it veN and, worst of all. the man
never told!' ,
A few weeks later Peters mother
told me briefly what the boy S IA
ther had said to him. After sham
inc him for doing such small
mean thing he had added, Now
think. what if YOU had injured that
mans eve and had made him blind
for life. never able to see anything.
Think how l would feel to have a
son who could do such a thing!
As YOU see, the punishment was
Doubtless the million
aire" had heard the rattle of the
ashcan and knew where the boy
was. | hope he may chance on this
article and know the result, for he
handled his part well. As for the
attitude of the parents, how much :
more can be done through childs
power of reasoning. if a situa- :
ion is presented to him with vivid l
ruth, than through physical force :
,ften merely vent for irritation
II anger. In the latter case the
aren't is placing himself on the
hild's level of development and I
epriving him of an example to !
i've up to. The power of fine self
ontrol on the part of an adult Il
hOuld be, at least subcOnsciOuS-
Y, felt by the child as an ambition T.
D attain. II
Next Wednesday is Inauguration Il
lay and Calvin Coolidge will once u
lore take the Oath of Office as the u
hosen President of the United a
tates. TWAS he who said, 1T is W
OF in brilliant conceptions and a
.rokes of genius that we shall Il
nd the chief reliance of our e'
ountry, hut il the home, in the
1nocl and in religion $!
And he wrote to Major Martin. el
resident of the National Kinder V;
irten Association as follows: m
president Harding's last mes a
lge he said, We need more of OF
le Christ spirit, more of the Christ til
ractice, and a new and abiding p
to reverence for God 1t
1 heartily endorse this sentiment c.
I'd favor extension of kindergarten
lucation as one means of prOmOt- R
g brOtherly love and reverence; ne
I in the kindergarten such traits of
e cultivated at the time when re
lbits of thought and action are ii,
rmed for life" JIG
Is there a kindergarten in which
e children of your community wi
e being trained in reverence and hi
love? If not, write to the m,
ltiOnal kindergarten Association. alb
West 10th Street, New York, for Pc
Twice and literature on how to mi
)tain one.
ca
Probably there are not more af- of
titles nowadays than there were Sc
len Victoria was living, but folks th
e becoming more careless with di.
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