Show BENDING THE TWIG V Y T Y becaria St Be corde carda tom to came home the other evening with a new theory that was no unusual thing for he is given to theories bless him but ut this particular theory was startling in its conception and its results he announced quite resolutely and calmly at the dinner table that punishment of all sorts and conditions was to be out of the family code of governing there were to be no whippings no de privations no scold ings now never in my life had I 1 raised my hand to offer corporal punishment to tom jr nor had his father ever used physical force that youth had been made to feel the weight of our displeasure pleasure re b by ay iy f forfeiting 0 rf eiting some pleasure trip some va valued tied possession or coveted coveta desserea des seret and even in these instances tom often made vicarious atonement for the sins of his son indeed I 1 had thought our reign was war of the mildest and this new regime we me quite as much as it seemed to tickle the fancy of the heir for a couple of weeks everything went beautifully tom impressed i it t U upon our boy that he was to be good fr from a high sense of honor and to prove him self worthy of the great mark of confidence we had placed in him by tr trying ying under all circumstances to do as nearly what he knew to be right as possible but alas I 1 this living on a pede pedestal proved wearisome tom is a boy and ana a most mischievous one and the boy nature had to assert itself complaints began to come in from the janitor from the neighbors from the grocers on the avenue it was not that tom meant to be bad but the new government was too much lor for hwi him juk bic Irel ireland kUd te he was not ready or able to rule Mili elf and needed the roe wholesome restraints of if aai a limited monarchy mon Y the teacher of his class sent for me to come to school to tell me that within two weeks a change had seemed to come over the spirit of toms tom s dreams and hinted that unless a ver very y marked reform took place it would be better for me t to 0 remove him what I 1 did was very quickly done I 1 cleared the moral atmosphere with a thunderstorm first I 1 reasoned gi gently I 1 atly but firmly with tom jr and required him to bring back a better report the next day next day the rt report port read ver very ry unsatisfactory I 1 orde ordered red the eul cul rit to betake himself to the solitude of arit gis is own room and think on these things till dinner time As I 1 left him he pouted tapa papa said I 1 was not to be punished 1 I 1 replied that I 1 hoped it would not be necessary to break papas rule when the door was violently slammed and a shower of heavy shoes threatened to break it down then and there the sweet gray e yes eyes grew blak blacki 1 I tied together toyes three lithe new whalebones whale bones nei I 1 y you OU may chay imagine find kide be 06 re rea nt but there iss hp pese oace once thae awe at no go 6 tom fives in love and harmony with the I 1 an anistor aitor the neighbors his teacher and ha his parents GROWTH OP THE PAIR the influence of diet upon the growth of heir hair is the subject of a paper in which the writer says several cyses of shedding of hair after influenza has pay opinion that diet has much to ta do with the curl cur of sympathetic alo i a liate contains 5 per cent of sulphur ur od its ash io 20 per gor cont cent ot of silicon and zo 10 p per i er A dent cent of iron and add manganese solution of beef or rather paxton of it starchy m mixtures 1 and evea even milk which constitute the diet of patients with rith influenza and other fevers cannot s sup ply these elements and atrophy at te the roots and falling out of hair result the color and strength of hair in young mammals is not attained so loag ii as milk is the sole food As to drugs iron has prompt influence the foo foods s which most abundantly contain te ie above named elements are the vari various etis hib albumen umeno ads and a nd the oat the ash of that grain yielding 22 per er cent of silicon 1 I have often fd found a dietary largely composed of oatmeal and brown bread to greatly promote the growth of hair especially when the baldness was pal preceded by constipation and sluggish capillary circulation those races 0 of f nien men who consume most meat are the most hirsute |