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Show PROTEST ON BEHALF OF BOYS Writer Cries Out at Martyrdom Suggested Sug-gested by Writer. For tho aako of tho future of tho raco It may be hoped that the modern mother docs not tako half, no, nor quarter, of tho modern advice placed at her disposal. Here is an authority on tho rearing of the young, volunteering volunteer-ing this reclpo In a Philadelphia periodical: peri-odical: "To arrest the darkening of a boy's light hair, put a half ounco of salts of tartar In tho first wash water whon washing, nnd let tho child Bit In tho sun a good deal." lly all menus let him sit In tho sun. A healthy boy enjoys tho sun; and It he Is given to understand that ho is Bitting In It In brdor to bleach hts hair tho Idea will nil him with rapture and ho will remain motionless for hours at a strotch. Ml there ,Is anything that a boy should have for his own it is his hair that and tho freckles and scratches and blisters and stono bruises which ho accumulates. His tlmo he can't have to himself, at least ho couldn't In the old days, because ' ho shdd 'to run errands nnd do certain fixed stunts, 'called "stints"" or chores. But 4he ought to have a clear title to his hair, suroly. If' ho Is compelled to devoto most or even a fow of his waking hours to processes whereby he may wear flaxen hnlr4 thnt will curl prettily,, ho may become' be-come' n thoughful, attentive and "perfectly "per-fectly lovely" young man, who; can pass things nt an afternoon reception without spilling them; but heaven help him I ' Tho only thing a normal, enorgetlc boy asks to have dono with his hair Is to havo It let alono when It Isn't being clipped close to his, scalp. And tho talk about tho first wash water! It might be supposed that tho boy was being put through threo washings and wns to be rinsed, rough,, dried and' hung on a lino, it's a watchful mother moth-er who gets a boy with legs under him to tho second wash water. Providence Prov-idence Tribune. |