| Show 5 I AS S TO JIE IJ AUTHORITY It I is noted b by the tho Seattle Star Sial that f many m ny om tc servants In th that t city cly clyl S l regularly g save s e a small smal portion porton from t UI their wages and send It IL I to their parI parents par- par I 4 tR beyond seas fen bringing father and Smother mother an and frequently younger brothers broth broth- ers I and 11 sisters lel to the United Stat States s The Th practice is commended a as It I should be he Such saving a Is not nota a sacrifice but hut a jo joy But tho the Star t. t i 1 J uses the incident as occasion for fir ii ex- ex x- x t 1 i claiming on the thc greater filial fial devotion c i t shown tho by w the thE children of foreign birth hirtl S. S than Ihan is seen een In the conduct of those to the American manner mannel horn born And the following protest is recorded 4 Times rimes have lun greatly chan changed ed The E. E I old old fashioned d metHods of discipline In inS S ome and the old fashioned old ready 4 Y S obed obedience nce and r rc of oC parental anS authority au au- t S tholly I Is 1 rapidly going out with our ourS f S day ay old methods tho Spartan ways ways too harsh Do S T not b be too suto UIO about that But there cnn can be no doubt the ne new nesy tendencies ai are altogether too loo loose There Ix bra Jsn n 5 manifest disposition by children In this country countr to put put-h parents into the li I corner cur cor- CO ner 10 to disregard their authority and t. t to sneer at their advice ad And tid there ant areS are arc t S counte countless s 11 instances of base bas abandonment abandon abandon- ment and parents Filial Fial In Ingratitude In- In gratitude is all al too common TheS The'S The 1 t S 'S loosening of family ties tes by the S ordination of American children Is a I peril peri of the da day r If f- f S We think the Star Is mistaken n. n b S There may bo be American children n who wino r push their parents In a n corner cOlnel but bul p these are certain certainly the exception Jt It I i may be he added that It IL r f I rarely happens 5 5 5 unless S the parents prove their thal fitness the corner corner b by their own mistaken s S 5 conduct There e are fathers who waste wate their their substance their time and their i 5 talent In ruinous habits who neglect I A 4 their children making girls girls' grow ow up upS f. f S In lit embarrassed comparison on with othor oth oth- T. T or I girls who are better clothed making mak mak- makA A ing boys bos grow up to hear henr their father S S scoffed orte at In evry group roup of ot youngster youngsters that gather for fOl games making the I r whole community know they S 5 5 5 S t for fOI or the children of gamblers and ba barS barmen halo bar f men than for their thel own In such cases case cafes 5 It I is to be expected ctr that when hen the grow U up they will s iii I crowd th thel h parents Into the corner cornel Even g a corS cornor cor cor- cor- cor S TU nor l is IH rather more tItan than such parents parent are entitled to And the mistaken polIcy polIcy pol pal Icy of ot parents Is far more common than I is the behavior of ot Amerl Amell S can girls girlS and 1 k 9 1 There Is som t line fine l MIne saxIng say sax sayS say'S S 'S log Ing Ine of oC mone money and and sending ending for tor rola rela- lives l es across the tho seas seaR It I shows show a A good goodheart heart henrt In the child hut but It shows 8 with equal plainness a good character on the tine part of father and aud mother left lef be be- hind Yet we can not but prot protest Rt against th the nbc doctrine that American youth Is II less loyal loyal The finest tho the noblest the thc 10 most t sacred scenes wo We know are arc revealed re In tho the gentleness of American sons and daughters In treatment treat treat- trEal- trEal ment of parents as os the tho years la lay hea heavy burdens bunIons on a aged ed shoulders rs In the tho ble blessing of heaven hea en Jt It Is too c common to be bE forgotten |
