OCR Text |
Show A parent can do ids boys and girls no gieatcr service than to teacli them the dignity of labor and the folly of idleness. The boy who learns to work makes the man who works. During vacations from school, boys and girls should not bo forced Into drudgery, but reasonable employment may be gieu them and they should be taught todothcwoik. Kvery boy and girl that works enjoys the pleasures that come much more thoroughly than the ones who aiu Idle all day. The Idle boy and girl llntl many hours that they do not know how to put In pleasantly pleas-antly and when pleasure comes along thty arc scarcely In the frame of mind to enjoy it. It pays the boys and girls to keep busy Just as it does men and women. A ceaseless hunt for pleasure cither docs not bring It at all, or else brings a surfeit of It. Give the bojs and girls work to do, teach them to do L well and do not be afraid to show your appreciation of work v.rll done. |