Sensible Talk About Children

Let no cliilil export pay lor anything lone at home. He bas the shelter audcoiufort Of the paternal root' In health :tnil siokhc sharei In al] the laxarles of that iobm In either erent, aml the love of par11 ts, ilic watchfulness of niother-i r-, merit all that he can do. lt the matter of dollars and cents to come uto the fntnly hc will ccrtaiiily he in arrears. Bnt -!i;tll the boy fcarn businesa habits? liiiii .111 allow'ance of hts own, larsreor miimII accordlne to the length of the familr tune; adTiae nlm in the matter of sprmïi; teach him to keep within hls mean and iviOil ilchts; consult him in the selection of trticlea for lus own use; allow blmto leam h reakneti of hit own judgment by wxrienoe in gmall matten. Let him liave Hiiüill ventures of his own, luit, ai you vatM what amtable and obligiog in your boy, ld not let him take pay for everv faTOT tranted :i guest or friend. Best of all, inikc liini om in Family oounellt so fast as lis luind cun l.ike theiii in; let him know he family carm md strnggles, the family 'ecoarcea and proflts; so will lie becotne nanly, unseltish. and selfreliant. Il w on lm sjiid that the charicter au.) late of tiic child was the work of lie inothcr. l.arirely this is true, thoagh lot in a tense to exelude the father, eseciall.v in the case of boys. The child is iften lelt to motlici's oar!. A doublé lufy is hers. To that which God jrave is uMecl that wliieh man sliitteil apon her, and wil li her rests the whole work of premrlng her child for the rave encounters jf lite. liow inany homes does a iiother's iiiten niirsc w ith lier children alernate between carrcesing imlulgence and lettish laull tiiiiliny In hou' many are the todlee pampered and dresscd, children reluced to mere ornamente to Lrratify patprn1 vanity, u hile the alt'ections are thwarted, nul all the hijrhest posslbllitles Of the iniiid either uncultured or repulsed. Girlhoood ind boyhood pass, the oíd home isleft. and hc new hefrun away frotn old scènes and itions; restrained no longjer, but alogether free still you trace cblldhood in[uences. Whcn your boy steps into the treet he opens all the doora of bis home; ie carnes out a photograph of liiu parentg o be nn of thelr neighbors. Whcn the Ittle i.rirl roes into the next house she arries the domestic newspaper abroad. )ear reader is your domestic newspaper eadable?