St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-06-07
THIS N THAT
by hazel
underwood

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your beau were leaving for
party your parents told you good
bye and said to be home not later
than twelve. You thought 1t was
awful for them to say that to
you In front Of him"
When ~ O'Clock came you were
still at the party having a grand
time. Then you remembered your
parents said to be home by IL and
you left hoping they would retire
when they got sleepy. You said
good night TO Johnny" and came
in very quietly. door were always
open for children in that little
town You were inside when your
mother said, dear, did you have
nice time ?" You just rambled
on, telling her what a grand
time you had and that the time
slipped by and II was IL o'clock
before you knew II, Your mother
was kind and she said 1t was all
right this time but don't let II
happen again.
You went to the next party
which was a dance and you were
told to be home by 1880 as the
dance was 10 be over by one a. m.
Instead Of making a special effort
10 be home as early as possible,
what did you do7 You went with
the few who didn't have to be In
until they got in" They went to
a friends home and talked about
the lovely party. It would have
been all right II your mother
hadn't said for you to be in at a
certain time.
You arrived home and of course
your mother was worried about |
you, You told her you just went
to this girls home and sat and
talked about the party awhile.
Your mother said goodnight and |
you thought you had gotten by"
again, But, when you were invited |
to the next party you were not al
lowed TO go. You said everybody |
would be there but you, and what |
would the 'ldds' think. Your |
mother told you she didn't care |
what anybody thought. She was
trying to raise you up to be a good |
young lady whose
word could be depended on and |
until you learned how to mind
you weren't going anywhere
You threatened to leave home
and your mother told you that
was alright II you could earn your
bread and butter. buy your clothes
and have a roof over your head.
She thought II might be nice for
you, but until you were able TO
work and earn your own money
she thought you had better make
up your mind TO stay at home,
learn to mind your elders" and |
enjoy your life as you were young |
only once and that when you grew |
up you would some day thank her |
for what she was trying to do for |
you
Being only 10 you couldn't see |
that then, But now you are grown |
and have a young daughter and |
son growing up and you really ap-
preCiate everything your parents
did to raise you to become a good |
parent
You find children are harder"
to raise now They read and hear
about their rights" and although
you have been able to rear them
properly II has been hard. You
tell them 10 be home at certain
time and ask other parents to CO.
operate with you and you found
only a half.dozcn who agreed with
you, Some OF the other parents
were out themselves and glad the
children had some place to go"
All in all most parents want the
best for their children and will
sacrifice to see they get a good
education and good foundation
for their adult life, And e5cS Of
the children listen and agree with
their parents.
I read some where that today a
child OF ten has more knowledge
than did some Of our great presi-
dents Of a generation or so ago.
Listening to some children on
the television programs you know
that Is true.
SO many men and women OF to-
---Wy----