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Show HOME, DAD AND THE BOY j J By FRANK H. CHELEY J , . - x- I ; ' " 1 - ' II I jj Vf 81 I jj I " YOU TEND TO 'lM, !M BUSY J 'Ccl P H. Cheley w The Lei-Mother-Do-It Dad TT TAKKS two people to bring i up a hoy. ' You gel. three puosses as to who ( they are. lie is the man who always speaks J of the boy as "his Mother's son." F.ven in matters of sex educa- ; tinn he leaves it to Molher. t lie's the :id whose wife Is on t duty seven days a week, twenty- J1 four hours a day. t He considers Ills part of the job ' the honor of giving the lad a name J and of providing bread and t breeches. The rest is up to the ' ! good Lord and the kid's inn. , j He is the Dad who is always t worrying lest his son will disgraee J him. It never occurs to, him that he oflen disgraces the lad. '! He knows a heap more about J gas engines, and prize pups and ' heavyweight champions than he j! does about boys. J j Yes, thank fortune, she does; j she gives them their manners, Jj their religion, their ideals, tleir t ambitions, tkeir everything that ' counts God bless her. J! You must gel: a license from the ; state to be ft barber or a plumber ' or a dentist, but any man who , chooses may become a Pad and ' ', let his wife raise the family. Ji . Denver. Colo. ) . ' "I |