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Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING. JUNE 10, 192s?. ' MAIDEN AffiDITMONi V, 1 I a' I V I ?f;'A ..': .a J -- SHEER CURIOSITY. I r II! f A scientist's a rummy gent: He weight and measures, all tent On listing facts made evident In statements prosy. go-gett- grabs er sill the lime- light there is; He basks in black headlines and glory. We let 'im. Remind him you'd better. That any Is prey for the gay little fay the Fm outcast from the younger generation ; They may ban me with the candle, book, and With contempt they must consign me To the depths where I resign me To be lonely, very lonely, in my own self-chos- en you mind what ome peoBoys and girls are a ple My. than race horses, valuable tot more Persian oats or Pekingese dogs. Yes, and they are a lot more fun. It is a poor sort of a youngster Even if that is not worth saving. the girl is your child, you can never tell it might pay you to give her a decent chance. As for your son well, you know, there will always be room in the penitentiary for him, if NEVER f you work things right! Speaking generally, one need not children from expect eighteen-kara- t occasionally, tenkarat parents though, the unexpected happens. Did you ever wonder what a baby would say if it could talk when it was born? Yes, I know, it Is easy to imagine that some people were born talking; but that is not what I mean. I think the tiny vould take a good, long look at its mother, smile knowing little smile and then remark: "Well, Mother, here we are, but where is the other "just-arrived- true enough that most at the men are born of women eame time, you'll take notice that most of us has a, daddy." PEEACHIN' BILL. "Hit's I You know the country; And so I shall hold you both equally responsible for whatever happens to me until I get used Ian!. don't. to things a little and can begin to find thy way around alone." The parents would look rather more than frightened by. now. And I think baby would give them a little reassuring smile before continuing sternly: "You see, I am an experiment, at. cannot, best. ,And you certainly under the circumstances, expect me In a few to insure the outcome. years I may be able to help a little, but by that time my future will be o it is more or less determined. And, bepractically all up to you. tween you and me, parents, nothing but the finest team work on your part can save this enterprise which you have undertaken from turning and humiliating out a disastrous one?" "The other one?" mother-wou- ld P fslter not being able at the mo- failure." ment to think of anyone but her I somehow suspect that this whe-lbaby and herself. problem of child's training is anabout Ther were three of us other one of these things "Yes. What Baa which the more we talk the less we when this thing started. become of Dad? 'Why ian 't he here know. Because a man knows more ways to hold up his end of thia job? Why should you and I do all the hard to make a fool of himself, he mutt work?" not, therefore, conclude that he ' ia A mother who And when the doctor or aum or wiser than a child.' out and assumes that W child is thoughtless somebody had hustled dragged in the fond papa, I think thereby proves herself incapable of The fact is the average would like the guilty man oer thinking. the youngster will think all around the donbtfully' and then address ,iey pair; feel, parents, it is only fair to everybody concerned that w three hav a 'clear understanding right now. Thr ia no sense in waiting until you have made an unhdly mess What we must do is to of things. "I start riht." this-thdoctor would ned his held la solemn agreement; the nurse wmild look mildly astonished; the parents would know sot what to say. "You must remember," baby , would. continue, "that I did not atk to come here. Yon did. not even For all you know I consult me. did not want to come. I was doing But her? very well where I was. ' I am and 1 want to know righ,t now what you propose to do about You are both equally it. my presence in this strange To respnn-s.ble'f- average oldster before the grownup can get under way, and a child, knows more in a minute about humanity than humanity knows about itself in a thousand years. To prove this, watch with what onerring judgment babies chooeth,f ir friends. Honor that one whom children love; be on your guard against any person whom the children, fear, and you will be right more often than if you depend upon Bradstreet or n church membership roll. We hear much complaint thee days about the younger generation 'a lack of respect, for parental authority. But what about the respect which parents cue their children? Kor several 'yean now I have felt that the admonition, "Honor thy father and thy mother" as it is usually givn, without the pariUcl admonitions to parents takes too the morning lisps bis understanding much for Granted. It assumes, for 'if r.iJinity. And the time to sc ire instance, that all fathers and moth- the best legislation is when our lav. crs are worthy of being honored. Well, you and I know that the most godless, bestial, vicious, criminal human creatures in existence do bring children into this world. How can such unfortunate children honor such parents, and why should they! Wbile we are on this subject, there .ia another scripture whub somehow seems to have escaped parental notice: "The children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children." Perhaps I should add that this was written by a childless old bachelor. But there are some things abut child training of which we may b fairly certain. lr'or instance, every child is different. Try aa they may, with textbooks, conventions, and laws, our educators can never succeed in making them all alike. You see, the boys and girls aimply caa't help it. Their parents are all different, too. Somewhere today the Napoleon of tomorrow is mobilizing his army of , tin soldiers, or dragging his cana"n across the nursery floor. And the time to capture these great war makers is, very soon after they are born. Lincoln of ,v Somewhere tonight the - I cannot fall in step with schools of writers; Life, as 1 see it, fits no current books. 4, I refuse to get the habit Of regarding: every Babbitt With the astigmatic lenses through which Mr. Lewu looc , , re trying to "she how ze more thsn personal mention, ia the columns of the home town paper. &o Blessed is that man or woman long aa holds, oae may who knows what to say to a child. ride out the wildest storm, but once It is better to be big enough to talk let that anchor drag and shipwreck to children than little enough to is certain. preach to grown-ups- . As I have said before, this equalDemonstraAdvice is depressing. ity etuff ia dangerous. 'When yea tion is catching. But one can never say to your children, "You are so teach a child by showing it what better than anyone else," look out! not to do. The growing youngsTeri will need a The doctors all agree that love ia lot of the salt of common sense to goed medicine. It is a wonderful save themselves from such ret. tonic and may be taken in many Help your boys and girls to think different ways. A boy usually likes straight. Teach them to accept aa his best with a little ginger in it. perfectly natural the fact that they if he does not, be very careful of ,are better than some of the boys , . , . V L i. 1 the case. sou gins inry bbw sdoui, just aa Most important of all, I trfink, is you, their parents, are better than t is the an- the fathers aad mothers of these chor of character. What one knows less fortunate beys and gifla. And about one's self counts for much then why, then, because they are better than some other children, aad because Dad and Mem are better than some other fathers and mothers, "there are some things that we simply do net de. We do not do those things because we are set Utt kiad of people. Of course, we eould" g' wound." self-respe- 1 1 i 1 " bear down hard on the personal responsibility which goes with being; better than some other people. This ayatem will work Exactly! enly when father aad mother are, ia fact, better than aeae otter fathers aad mothers. It w&l lot work at all when father aad mother merely assume that they are better than other people. If you "are let reasonably certain of thia factor In yeur problem you must proceed with great caution. However, if your teamwork was somewhere near one hundred per bern, cent before your firat w you m7 be reasonably certain that you are a whole lot better thaa most pareata. You may be sure, too, that, givea this starting chance, the ther members ef the gTewing family will de their ihre, aad that father aad mother aad sans aad daughters will more aad more pull together aj the years go by. With thia eort of teamwotk the gsme is aa good as wea. Without it well gamea hve been woa Vy those who were forced to play a leae hand, bat the edda against inch a Victory are, heavy. . Help your boys and girls to think straight. Teach them to accept as perfectly natural the fact that they are better than is better to be hi enough to talk to children than little enouga to praaca to V we den 't want to, because if we did we weuld be, ia fact, ao better than anyone elae. flti mi 1fiAA nn Mutt ft,A br It heU Some youths hate jazz and ginning. And I fear I am beginning To refuse to have my outlook rubbers tamped and fictiomzeo, a man knows more ways to make a fool of himself, he must not, therefore, conclude that he is wiser than a child. A mother who assumes that child is, thoughtless thereby proves herself incapable of thinking. We hear much corrlplaipt these days abeut the younger generation's lack of respect for parenBut what about tal authority. the respect which parents owe their children? Blessed i that man or woman who knows what to say to a child. It is better to be big enough to talk to children than little enough to preach t grown-ops- . soma of the girls and beys they know aboi:t, 3"t as yon, their , re better than the fapare.-fpthers and mothers of those less forf unate jboys and girls.. belL To me not each Kiwanis is a faker; Not every congress seat is subsidized. w'cels TEAM WORK "Common Sense Is the Most Uncommon Kind of Sense." I Ml AN UNGENTLE READER TURNS HERETICl in- By Harold Bell Wright 'J --S roakera Between You and Me ( I He studies atoms, suns, and seas. War, races, plants, and tides and breeze, And now he's charting lingeries I call that nosy. lOyriftil; 1928: Br Tin Chlearo Tribunal go-get- ter p . An economist the studies clothing budget reveals that a costs a high ichool girt or a university student not less than ($00 a year for her clothes. Another investigation that employed girls In tht mid' die west all wear silk rtndenoear, fourth although only eten and cents is allowed for lingerie garments in the budget. HER LINE, The I growa-up,8- - (Copyright, 1929, by the Bell Syndicate, Lac |