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Show h H HONOR THY FATHER AND THY B .MOTHER M oo m By C. E. Riddle. m "Honor thy father and thy moth- m cr; that thy days may be long upon M the land which tho Lord thy God M giveth thee". This commandment, H written in stone, cannot bo altered H or erased. It is always in effect. It fl stands as a lesson and a warning to M all mankind. It is a part of our H mornl and religious code. If wo cx- H pect respect among mankind, we must H honor and respect our parents because m thoy gavo us birth. They are older m than we; their wisdom is greater, B their cxpcricnco conaftis more im H prcssivo lessons, and wo need tho M advice which is theirs to give. We M are never too old to learn from fath- H er and mother. m It is very sad indeed, if tho young 1 -man in tho homo has an indifferent H tattitudo toward his parents. Tho M things which ho knows far Outweigh M nnything father ever learned. Ho M is' naturally brighter and under- M stands things moro readily. He is H a competent; efficient young man. m and knows just what is best for him 1 to do. Father is an old "fogy" and 1 simply cannot understand tho sports M of young men of today. Mother has B peculiar ideas about the time he m should spend at homo and how his M evenings should bo spent. She should m not say anything about what the H young man is doing. If sho keeps H the suits pressed, tho silk shirts H laundered and has meals ready at H all hours of tho day or night, that H b all that is expected of her. H Sometimes young ladies have this H contagious indifference. Whose busi- H ncss is it what young man she keeps company with? Who wants to konw M whero sho has been all 'evening and H why Sho knows how vto pend her H time. Mother), 'old-fashioned) 1doa H about spending an evening at homo H occasionally is a silly one and sho H ought not to interfere "with her H daughter's pleasures. H 4 There aro too many such young H jfien and young women today. Their H interest is not in the homo but in H tho pleasures which will not bring B them satisfacton or joy but regret H and sorrow in later years H ' Blessed is the homo where , love H exists. Mutual affection is Wni-H Wni-H fest between parents and children, H The boy's greatest friend and com-H com-H panion is his father and unto him H everything is told. Mutually they H share joys and sorrows. Dad's nd-H nd-H Vice is listened to and considered by H tho son, and dad, in turn, is eager H for the son's views on all matters H Mother and daughter are almost in- separable. Girlish jloyif and plea-H plea-H .Bures, as well as disappointments H " Tro told tho appreciative mother who H -aires, as well as disappointments H know of her child's happiness or H is always interested and anxious to H know of her child's happiness or H sorrow. Their confidejy:e in each M other is unlimited. They help, en-H en-H courage, and cheer each other. H Pleasures aro planned together and H the young people are so guided in H their amusements that they get H clean, wholcsomo recreation and are H not led into by and forbidden paths. H Such a condition should exists in H every homo and if it did very much B of the ovil which prevails today H would bo eliminated. H Young people, who havo tho propyl prop-yl er home environment, honor and re-H re-H spect other people's fathers and H mothers. To them fatherhood and H motherhood is sacred and worthy of H honor and praise. To do little acts B of kindness, to say words of com-! H fort, and to encourage those who' H are weary and worn with the battlo' H of life is a constant source of joy H '"to them. B There aro twoc lasses of peoplo H who, with a ready smile and n word( B of cheer, moke life worth while. The M first is comprised of puro, clean boys M and girls, full of lifo and sunshine, H anxious to help thoso who are older H and to radiato gladness in the H world. Th0 second class is mado ujr H of fathers and mothers, somo aged fl and others not so old but ripo with H wisdom and understanding Their WM advice and oncouragement to tho B voung is timely and their heavenlly H influence, if young peoplo would ac- cept it, would guide them in tho way H of truth and righteousness and help B them to find clean amusements. H Let us hope that our boys and girls '" m "' IJ" " -1 -' '""" " ?- in tho community will not jeer at old peoplo as they make their woy from place to place in tho city. Each old man is someone's father; each old lady is someone's mother. Someone loves them. Thpy merit respect, courtesy, and veneration. In the glowing sunset of their lives boys and girls should bo proud and anxious an-xious to help them and befriend them in very way. .... |