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Show LWHEN ALL YOUR OHILDREN ARE GONE1 A , In tho September American Magazine Maga-zine a man who has been married jwenty-flve years writes, "A Hub-Jpand's Hub-Jpand's Story" In which he relates the ' 'experiences ho nnd his wife had In J bringing up their children. As Is tho habit with fathers and mothers they mado all sorts of plans for their children, most of which wero never realized because the children as is usual, took affairs Into their own I hands and mado and executed their own plans. , On the. futility fit frying j to arrahgo things idr yddrAltdren the nuthor Bays In conclusion: , "So all our plnnnlug.for tho chll- dren merely served to prove thnt It Is futllo to strive to arrange tho lives of others, and thnt tho function of the parent Is 'chiefly advisory. Nor wero wo much disappointed nt the ! fnltyre of our plans., After all what wo sought wns their, hnpptnoss and ' welfare, and thnt they found them lu i w ays. pher" thnn those we devised I makes- little difference . '"'So my wife lind I are left alone 'in tho cage. With the flight of each fledging I fcltthor coming closor nnd 1 closer to 11104 s,1 u 3e mo '" much oven now, nnd makes too much fuss over mo when luy feet nro wet; hut otherwise sho Is as perfect as sho was then n bride. |