Show commending THE WOMAN WHO 0 concerning G THE MATRONS WHO DID AND dy by arthur copp now it camo came to pass that a loud noise arose concerning the rearing of children and there was a contention whether the child flourished best when mammas slipper was hidden or when betimes it desired uprightness mig mightily lit when grabbing the he to fo ottest and the maidens and other honorary members of 0 the congregation of 0 mothers held f orth forth against those who knew and scoffed them thinnest Thin kest thou they asked thy kids are like boarding house beefsteak that thou should st pound them to make them good tile the wise man hath given out the hunch that hot applications are needful unto the child so that it may flourish verily he is a hum bum tout for we say the hie child should not be reared at all but given kindly words when its footsteps stray from the righteous path it is also written spare the rod and spoil the child but this too like a flimflam flim flam for in truth it was first written spare the I 1 child and spoil the rod and do it darn quick for the good kid reedeth it not and the tough one careth not a tinker for the twig that chas but duckett more carefully thereafter now N this found no favor w with I 1 th the mothers and they reviled thosa who counselled counseller coun selled them thus and boasted of their children which had grown up with frequent know knowledge ledga of understanding and they called called in the wise man and besought him to counsel the honorary members wherefore questioned he sorrowfully row fully of the honorary ones get test thou thy knowledge thy tall talk is like unto the whistle on the peanut roaster in that it mabeth the shrill noise and bri ngeth no knowledge but to the policeman 1 I say unto thee blessed be the matron whose left hand what her right hand boeth and help eth it out for the tear fear of these mauseth her children to walk turkey along the paths of goodness nor sit they down when sinners entice them to two bit ante nor do lief her children aass those who abide in neighboring tend tents nor the iceman for whom her lord look eth eagerly in the morning but speak those gently to those near by for I 1 say unto you a soft word mabeth easi easy the quick touch but harshness bri ngeth the neighbors dog the wise visa matron she teallie th her kids to labor and unto them the virtue that lieth in shewood pile nor does she hesitate to unhitch the slipper when willie the cigarette and lieth concerning it better it Is before judge dielia to have patched pants than yellow fingers tor for the con talk av ava ileth alleth not when thy hands they shew no labor so tea cheth the wise matron unto her kids and they listen to her and believe for they have felt her hand heavily upon them and it Is mighty in leaching teaching wisdom and she related unto them a parable saying A woman of had a son and he was as a pup pull which wag geth his tall and falleth fal leth over his feet which lileth to be fed and kno when things cometh not his way nor cared he to labor and brot no wood for the burning neither went he unto the market place and when his mother asked him concerning these things he be bewailed walled of the pain in his tummy whereat mamma chided him not nor handed him a hot one but tucked her garments about her and toted the hind kindling and soothed him with goo talk and prepared him unguents and sweets wherefore he grew up in idleness and consorted with sports so that he pinched the fruit of a neighbors vineyard now the neighbor discovered this and cried out in a loud voice and it came to pass that the young man was seized with reviling and brought before the high priest who w ho dispense th justice and them that pry off the lid and the young mans lamentations availed him not for verily he got his plenty but also there was a woman of gizea who listened not unto the be wallings of her hopeful nor permitted t e d she him in idleness but handed him one when lie he needed it and it came to pass with this one that he grew up in the fear of slothfulness ful ness and became great in the sight of men I 1 he bullied great works with other peoples money nor got he pinched for these things for verily he was a willing worker a and picked craftily those he be worked for what saith king sol solomon ornon better it is to wear holes in wll 11 lles lies clothing than that lie he become a hobo for the hand that well deth the slipper mabeth solid the seats of the mighty goodwins weekly |