New Britain herald., 1926-03-22

ors Of their sons We uid Is tho dem. onsl4tion Of wise affection. Ky that, you know very well l do not mean any squashy scntimenlalty, lar rom II. l do mean, however. the genuine and conscious expression of affection, The hoprt of boy-God i made it'--and mnde 1t liko Himself. whom We locate if, we shnll find, l think, that it is the largest part of our boy. Some one will say here With a smile that tho easiest way to the heart of boy Is through his stomach. But, my friends. tho heart on that routo is of another sort We arc talking about the heart of . boy out of which are the issues of life, And the heart I am talking about is bigger and harder to control than any gastric capacity, difficult as that 1 may he,
 What Is needed here Is not affec- | donate condcsccnsi0n but n recipro- cal relationship of love. q relation ship that implies certain amount of equality,
 "Dnt now wc come to the other side of tho shield. address myself now 10 you, who arc the sons here today, And I have three words Of wisdom for you also. They come out of my own experience as the son Of one of the best and most sympa- thetic and understanding fathers that ever lived.
 First of all, if you would improve the state of understanding existing between your fathers and yourselves try to exercise q greater tolerance for the opinions and viewpoints of your elders.
 ''In the difficult years since the war, e greater rift has grown up be- tween the generations than ever be- | fore, and 1t is not strange, when one considers the new liberties, the new ideals, which have come 10 the youth of our world. But try 10 remember this--intolerance is characteristic of your age. There are no more in tolerant folks, perhaps than young folks. and only think what harm in- tolerance of other ideas. customs and rights has done our world in the past. Your fathers home may not be exactly your ideal! It would per haps be strange, if that were actually the case, But, whatever you do | t,,s f1tE YNI mother It just cant be done! That's all! And q certain peace and stability, essential to all happy fam fly life is shaken. when you try it.
 Every one Of you--worth his salt has some ideal for q home Of his own. Keep it, Cherish it! Make your dreams one day sweet reality. But don't expect to bring any very great changes to pass in the home that father and mother by working together have built up for you! Our grandfathers wero told in their youth that children should be seen and not heard. But the situation is 1 quite different today. l find in most modern American homes that Chil- dren are both seen and heard. And i that is a good thing. It is great thing! IL is step forward but only in so far as sons and daughters re- member that equal rights to selfeX- prossion in the family require that 1 father and mother. to whom you owe your very existence, still have rights to their ideas also. And re- member this doctrine of equal rights prevails even when father and mother have some very antiquated preferences to assert, some very old fashioned ideals to teach. Not every thing labeled old fashioned is wrong you know, nor even stupid and fool ish.
 "If you would cement the bonds of friendship between your fathers and yourselves, try to exercise, also