The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-09-29
J . MISTAKES WILL HAP.
pen and children often re-
gret them as much as their
parents. Confidence comes
much easier if child is sure
he will receive fair treatment
for self.admitted mistakes.
By MARION BRowNFIELD


dishes alone. She now proceeded
methodically to stack them as she
had been taught to do. Then she
prepared the soapy dishwater and
placed second pan to rinse the
dishes in. All the time, however,
one ear was straying toward the
pleasant conversation nearby. Moth
er was across the hall putting the
last stitches on a dress Betty was
to wear on the morrow, and the lit
tie girl was dawdling in order to
enjoy the chat Daddy was having
with the company"
Suddenly, Betty breathed a pro-
longed, ssOh-!'' 81
Daddy's head appeared in the
kitchen doorway, Break some
thing?" he inquired.
"Thes hot water did!" explained
Betty replacing a tea kettle of hot
water on the stove.
The guests in the breakfast room
smiled at the explanation. But Bet
ty bravely held up cracked turn-
bier.
'sToo bad" said Daddy sympa-
thetically.
.sI'd better go and tell Mother"
Betty marched gravely out Of the
kitchen.
s'I'd give anything if my boy,
George, would own up when some
thing like that happens" remarked
Cousin Harriet. 81 scold him and
scold him, but it doesn't seem to
make any impression"
"H'm," said her husband, t'it
makes him afraid to confess"
Betty, back in the kitchen, APP
preached the breakfast room door,
holding the cracked tumbler. She
smiled at her father. ''Mother says
I must be sure to have the rinsing
water cool enough to put my finger
in. But she says not to worry about
this particular glass, because 1t was
a cheap one" Betty resumed her
dishwashing hurnnning softly to her
self.
':.Well, it's sort Of habit, I Think
her father said in an undertone to
his relatives, ''this Tossing up but
Betty's mother never makes it hard
for child to tell her anything. She
says confidence is the one thing she
wants from the children. And we
find that they themselves are as
regretful over a mistake or an acct
dent as we are. We simply talk it
over and sometimes, not too often,
use it as basis for a future re-
- 81 rnnafifsov1
Honesty Is Natural for Ted.
s'When we gave Ted his new BIZ
cycle told him to be careful where
he parked it-not to leave it long in
unfamiliar surroundings. He was
pretty careful the first month. Then
he forgot one day and left his wheel
in vacant lot down near the rail-
road tracks, while he pitched an
impromptu ball game"
''And it was stolen?" inquired
Cousin Harriet.
s'No; when he went for it, appar-
emily it was all right. Then he dis
covered about half dozen of the
parts were gone!"
SWELL" said Cousin Harriet's hus-
band, IT expect he didn't relish tell
ing you'll"
"No," said Ted's father with
laugh, ''he didn't. He commenced,
though, by saying, you were right,
Dad, about my bike" ~
s'It's expensive" complained
Cousin Harriet, "the things these
youngsters do; would whip George
If he disobeyed me like that!"
Ted's father shook his head.
''That's out Of date, Harriet. 1said
to Ted, what happened, Son?' He
then told me just what had happened
and what was missing. Well, ! told
him it was his job to earn back those
missing parts. n;
'I've been thinking it over, Dad
he said, so asked Mrs. Clark,
down the street, if ! could NOV her
lawn, and she said she would like to
have her car cleaned. It'll be every
two weeks, Dad!'" " 40 As
.sTo have to work for something,
like that, will make a man of hin!"
approved Cousin Harriet's husband.
ssWe must CO." Cousin Harriet
arose.
Betty hurried from the kitchen and
soon returned. "Mother wants you
to see my new dress!" she said.
Cousin Harriet looked around the
kitchen. It was Enthusiastically in or
der. "Your wife must take lot Of
time and trouble training the chill
dren." She sighed.
Betty's father hesitated. How
much dared he say? swell, an
ounce of prevention" he ven
tured. "But after all, children are
people-they are seldom Intentional
miscreants-that is if you treat them
as if you expected them to be re-
sponsible.-H you-wen-take it for
granted, you know" '1
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