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Show The Flipper Evil. Parents ought to bo moro porsistont In discouraging tho lllppor hnblt among tho many Ilttlo boys who roam tho stroots Booking what thoy might destroy. Thoy bhould bo taught that ovory Ilttlo bird has a right to livo and that tho taking of lite is tho gravest crlmo man enn commit, ospcoinlly gravo whon tho act is por-formod por-formod unnooessnrily. If tho youngsters youngs-ters destroy only tho sparrows thoy nro doing moro evil thnn good, be-cniiBo be-cniiBo n few less spnrrwos will not ninko a great deal of difference to tho stufr tho birdB might hnrm, nnd bo-sides bo-sides tho growing desiro tobecomo ox-ports ox-ports with tho flipper lends them to kill tho pretty ennnrios that sing bo swootly nnd nil birds thut como within tho rungo of tholr aim. Tho boys may grow out of this hublt, but tho timo to check It is boforo tho harm is dono. How much bettor it would bo to 8oo tho boys looking ul-wuys ul-wuys for u ehanco to assist somo dumb Ilttlo crouturo In distross rnthor than to inflict torturo. Compare for a momont tho boy who kills ovory-blrd ovory-blrd ho con, Is nlways crushing tho llfo out cf harmless Ilttlo things, is always abusiro to dogs, cats or horses, etc, because he has tho superior powor to iujure, with tho child who is trained to bo gontlo nnd loving to all dumb oroatures. Seo tho hardness of tho ono nature and mark how tho other is in harmony har-mony with tho good nnd bonutiful. i'outh is tho time whon tho firm foundation stones of character uro formed, and so gradually yot solldy tho habits and impulBos of tho ohild nro built iuto character by tho oo-mont oo-mont of repetition. How great is tho sin of a parent who neglects the teaching of tho law of kindness, who does not havo tlio unwritten motto in his homo, "Lho nnd Let Live." , , -tMjii, -;..-,..,j.w., ',- |