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Show DOROTHY N. EPPERSON, Rt. 2, Neoshow, Missouri, has written us not a story but an inspiring letter about her parents. If what she says about them could be said about all parents, there would be little Juvenile delinquency in the world and much more happiness. Here ii the gist of her letter: ""My mother and my father were profuse In their praise of anything well done, and more advisory than critical of any faults in their children. Their advice to their children chil-dren was always given in a manner suggestive of the belief in the one advised and his or her ability and desire to Improve. I cannot recall a single word of harsh criticism ever made by either of them. "My parents lived to be eighty years old, having hav-ing reared five children who have given them many grandchildren and the entire family was devoted to them. A favorite saying of my mother's was, The biggest room in the world is the room fur elf -improvement.' " CARNEGIE |