Show BETTER THAN BULLET PROOF I Some Somo scientist has patented a a. anew new kind ot of otest vest est which gives the Laugh Hugh to the hold hold- hold up p man The bandit who holds his revolver against your heart fires In vain vala i iii you ou wear ono one ot of gar gar- ments ments Tho magic vest Is evidently all allwell allwell well enough But the trouble Is with the thug How are we to know just when and where we 0 are aro areto to meet him so 50 that we can al always ways be sure to wear tho vest when It is most needed Now everyone who reads ot of othis this his invention In will doubtless find himself often wishing for tor a steel steel- lined vest when he knows that a aon on has to journey late lato or alone alono a dangerous neighborhood But common sense will tell that I the he best ot of patent vests will be 10 0 real protection against the many ills s that might befall ono one onen n n the tho course of a year ear There Is s mother another kind ot of pro pro- thought though a kind of per armor that can be given LO o sons and daughters daughten It Il will not protect them a against bullets but It will protect them against worse dangers than fire arms After all a boy Loy doesn't often meet a thug nut But ho he does often oCten meet neet those subtle enemies from within that tempt him to be less lesa than his b elf And the they wise mother can give e eI I her son a a. kind ot of mental or orI I spiritual armor to protect him against these enemies if iC only she alto cares enough Unlike the patent vest which c can n he put on In a minute this to build In- In Instead armor takes years stead of being made of map mapy thin sheets of steel and fabri fabri- like the tho proof bullet vest itis It ItIs Is made ot of something far strong strong- stronger er It Is built up of oC innumerable memories each one frail as a cobweb delicato as n a fleeting thought but when bound to together eth I er stronger than steel The They are the memories of oC the small battles for tor character lovingly fought out together in childhood and the words of affection and counsel which have served as guide posts all along tho way The mother who gives her son or daughter this kind of protection tion against mes me's temptations must begin early and keep add add- adding Ing to her work for years cars Babyhood Is not too soon to la lay laythe the tho foundations of affection sym sym- sympathy sympathy pathy and understanding ot of which I this armor Is made And alter after that the work ork has to go on ever everso so 80 quietly until II a lad has safely mounted that little rise In the tho road called Fools Hili Let mo me keep m my boy close to tome tome me until he be Is 16 says one alter after that Ill I'll risk 1 an anywhere Sixteen years to weave an invisible In visible garment ot of defense Is what this mother asks She knows that It takes years ot of patience and control years it-ars of tireless effort cHort but It pays After Arter that a 3 wise mother knows that a aboy aboy boy may seem to wander far afield he be may seem to forget the ideals she has taught him but it will only seem so for no shaft from the enemy will prove fatal If the garment ot of defense has been well built It will stand the test And In the end ho he will al- al always always ways come back to a fine way of living if iC under his jacket he wears this garment of memory |