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Show Charles R. Flint and His Children. Some ono was telling mo the other day about how Flint, tho eminent captain cap-tain of industry, brought up hla family. fam-ily. He Is a remarkable man. who has made a huge fortune, and is the master mind, in enterprises of enormous scope and Importance. Ho Is strong in aggression, ag-gression, strong In defense. He has constantly con-stantly to decide questions of great importance im-portance affecting thousands of poople. What Flint says goes In his vast business, busi-ness, and he cannot afford to say it but once. Strange to say, he has a large family, and thoy tell me he is very much the same sort of man at home that he Is In his ofllce. Ho believes In system of course ho has to have nys-tem nys-tem in his business and he la very systematic at homo. If Isabello Is not down to breakfast at so many mlnuten past 7. when she doeB como she is not unlikely to be sent back to bed. If Jack falls to make schedule time, according to the paternal schedule, Jack's father takes notice and the notice Is- apt to he peremptory. They Bay Fllnt'ii children are ull afraid of him. That may be true, and yet they may bo getting very useful training, which will glvi good results. The results will depend on tin" material In the children nnd also upon how much sense Flint possesses; how much he loves his chlldhen, and whether wheth-er ho has the time and the' discernment to adapt his methods to their individual requirements. Rules are good In a fnm-ily; fnm-ily; so Is system, hut you cannot rals a family altogether by rule. You can 'raise turnips that way, but not children. child-ren. Disobedience la naughtiness; obedience obe-dience is a first rate thing, but the purpose pur-pose of making children promptly obedient obe-dient Is to drill them In good conduct so that they will prefer good conduct whon they grow up. Good habits are a most valuable endowment, but hardly so good iih the will to do right, and It id possible to Impart them by a training so rigid that It stunts the will and cramps the mind's development. E. S, ilwtln, in Leslie's Monthly. |