Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-04-20 | Page 8 | Paid up to Date

II 1 PAID UP TO DATE DATE I Children never pay for their raising rats rais log ing Who has not heard this unkind re remark remark remark re- re mark from the lips of those who ought to know better letter from parents themselves themselves themselves them them- selves But fortunately not all parents think that wayVe way We Ve know a little woman with two daughters All day long day after day she Fhe stands behind the counter of a department store earning a living lIvine for herself and her hel girls whom she Insists in insists In- In slats on keeping In school And this is what she says When I come home at nl night ht so tired I can hardly stand and find our little home clean and neat and anda a good hot dinner on the table and when my girls welcome me home with witha a kiss I feel that they are paid up to date How differently those daughters feel teel toward their mother than they would if they were being constantly reminded remind remind- ed that everything they could possibly do was only paying a little on an overwhelming debt which very thought takes away much of oC the joy and spontaneity of service If we make our children feel Ceel that they are paid up to date the chances are that they will respond with a generosity generosity generosity gen gen- that will surprise us