Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1928, Page 30

80 Sympathy May Spoil Child BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. Tt is important for parents to “be #ood sports” with each other when oc- casion demands in the training of their Cchildren. This is very difficult some- times, but unless such an attitude is faken ft is difficult to maintain the A CHILD MAY WORK ON THE SYMPATHY OF A LENIENT PARENT. other's manner of discipline, at least| before the children. As soon as a child gets an inkling that the parents are not pulling to- gether when a punishment is inflicted on him, he begins to work on the sym- pathies of the opposing side. It may be that mother thinks father is too severe. It may be that father thinks The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright, 1928.) | knows nothing about it. ® WWOMAN'S PAGE: mother is unreasonable in her requests. The child is alert to recognize even a hint of disapproval of either toward the other. Then is his opportunity to get | out of punishment. One way of the child's doing this is to get the parents to become interested in reasoning it out between themselves. Johnny hugfc then. He knows he will get off easy. Another method is to appeal to the one averse to his punish- ment, or at least to its being carried | out as indicated. Perhaps he is not successful just at that time, but you may sure the child will be on the alert to get in his plea next time. He| will be likely to get the lenient paren ear and tell him, or her, of the harsh | or the unreasonable treatment he often | gets. A little sympathy for the child, | and he may become a genuine mischief- maker between his father and mother. 1t is the part of wisdom, therefore, for parents to have a sporting attitude to- ward reprimands given a child. To some parents this will seem odd, for each one realizes that the good of the child is at heart, the object of the other. Some parents may think the advice is peculiar, for each knows the other is unreasonable or oversevere. To let a child be punished too much or without good cause seems unjust. It may be well for the parents to stop and think. | Perhaps one’s judgment is not quite unbiased about the child. Any puwmsh- ment of him might seem a bit too | severe, | ‘When a father or a mother feels that | the other has been unjust or unwise, let | them talk the matter over belween | themselves at some time when Johnny It certainly is | difficult to see a child punished severely | or dealt with unreasonably. It takes a | real sporting spirit not to Interfere. What good will 1t do, however? And it may do much harm. By talking mat- | ters over some solution may result. | It is when parents realize that anger | is at the bottom of the punishment being inflicted and that temper has to | be alloyed before calm judgment asserts itself that either parent may be justified in objecting. To have a child become | the victim of a person who is peside | himself or herself in a tempest of anger | is pathetic. It does not call on the | sporting spirit of any one to uphold another. It is a just reason for inter- ference. ‘There are cases when it is more sport- ing to interfere than not to, but parents must know that danger is ahead for all. It is wiser to permit some overseverity | or some unreasonableness on the part | of one parent and be sporting about it than to lightly interfere with a punish- ment given a child and thereby bring discord into the family. Siamese coin. . Lighted. . Recent intelligence. . Outer layers. Down. . Pelines. . Uncommon. . Great lake. . Sun-dried brick. Weeds. . Rub out. . Porlorn, BY DICK MANSFIELD. Resistered U. 8. Patent Office. (Wia WiarMusic HAVE THEY ) -egg\\‘:" When excursionists reached Ana- lostan Island by means of a scow towed across the water by cable? 1 was watehmg an old grizely at the Zoological Gardens rolling on her back and feeling the genial warmth of Spring in her numb bones, when some one spoke to me close beside me, and may be said practically to have whooped in my ear. I looked up, and beheld on the branch above my head a tufted titmouse so near to me I felt I could have eaught him if I had jumped and grabbed at him with speed enough. It was the first bird that I have heard this Spring ex- cept for a few whistles from early morn= ing choristers and the shouts of the cardinal bird, that tireless lusty tenor who sings all Winter long, and merely redoubles his vociferations as the year advances. The tufted titmouse was a regular visitant at my bird-feeding place just outside the window where I write, so the sight of him was nothing new to me, as I had seen him all Winter. But now, merry and excited, he shouted peet-O, peet-O! at me, and whenever I moved along the bear cages he flew, too, and kept up a pleasant din, until it seemed to me there was something per- sonal and good-naturedly derisive in it. And now, upon the subject of this lovable small creature I would pass the reader over to one who in my view is among all Americans the prince of na- ture writers. Not the contemplative ‘Thoreau, the lovable John Burroughs, the refreshing John Muir or the vi - ous Enos Mills, But Thomas Nuttall, he who blended with his science the most quaint and graceful style I know. “The Peto, as I may call this bird,” says Nuttall, “from one of char- acteristic notes, and the Carolina wren were my constant amusing companions during the Winter as I passed through the dreary solitudes of the Southern States. The sprightliness, the caprice and varied musical talent of this specles are quite interesting, and more peculiar- ly so when nearly all the other vocal tenants of the forest are either absent or silent. To hear in the middle of January, when at least the leafless trees and dark, cloudy skies remind us of the coldest season, the lively, cheering, va- ried pipe of this active and nnqi;nmrfl is particularly gratifying, and though his voice on paper may appear to pre- sent only a list of quaint articulations, yet the delicacy, energy, pathos and va- riety of his simple song, like many other things in Nature, are far beyonji the feeble power of description. . . . A “PECK” OF MEDICINE DID N0 600D But ALL-BRAN brought natural relief Read what Kellogg’s ALL-BRAN' did for Mr. Hamilton—a chronie sufferer from constipation. “T am 56 years old and truly believe I have taken of medicine, costing & rs, for constipation, and all I ®ot was temporary relief. Now sinee | be- #an taking your ALL-BRAN 1 have had bowel movement (with a single exception, that was my fault) every day. BEDTIME STORIE Peter Rabbit Visits Scrapper. Use your tongue where'er you go When there are things you want to know. —Poter Rabbit. Peter says that people who fear to ask questions never get anywhere. But, then, Peter doesn't realize that other people may be as curious as he is. Peter had never been particularly curious in regard to Scrapper the King- bird until Winsome Bluebird told him that Scrapper was one of the feathered folk who spend the Winter farther down in the Sunny South than most of the others do. Peter got to think- ing it over. “I wonder,” thought Peter, “if it 15 so very different down there. My, it must be wonderful to travel. I must get Scrapper to tell me about the people down where he spends the Win- ter. I don't suppose they're much dif- ferent from the people up here, the furred and feathered folk. I wonder if I've got any relatives down there. Scrapper ought to know. I must go call on him.” So at the very first chance Peter went over to see Scrapper the King- bird. It happened at the time that Scrapper was sitting on a fence post and there was no one else about. “Hello, old Long-ears!” exclaimed Scrapper, as Peter came hopping along up. “Hello, Long-ears. How is every- thing with you?" “Fine!"” replied Peter, “Just fine! Couldn't be better. How is everything with you?” Just the same” replied Scrapper. “I don’t see but that the Old Orchard looks just as it did when I was here last Summer. Things don't change much up here.” “Do they change much down where you spend the Winter?” inquired Peter. “Yes,” replied Scrapper; “things never look quite the same when I get back there. You see, things grow very, very fast down there.” “Do they grow any faster than they do up here?” inquired Peter, looking & little surprised. “Yes, oh, yes” replied Scrapper. “You wouldn't believe me if I should tell you how fast things grow down there, and trees and vines of all kinds. ‘There are a lot of things I could tell you about that country down there that you wouldn't believe.” “Yes, 1 would, Scrapper! Yes, I vould!” cried Peter. “Just try me and Scrapper shook his head. “No," sald he. “I've seen things down there that you wouldn't believe if I should tell BY THORNTON W. BURGESS you. You would say they couldn't be and would just refuse to belleve. So I'm not going to waste my breath, Peter Rabbitt.” “Is it so very different from around here?” inquired Peter. “Don't they have Green Meadows and Laughing Brooks and Green Forests and Ol Orchards and Smiling Pools?” Scrapper hesitated a bit. “Not like these up here,” he replied. “The Green Forests down there they don't call forests at all.” “What do they call them?” asked Peter. “Jungles,” rerlled Scrapper Erommlx “And the jungle down there Just as different from the Green Forest up here as_the names are.” Peter looked puzzled. “Do you mean the trees are different?” inquired Peter. Scrapper nodded. “The trees are dif- “HELLO, OLD LONG-EARS!" CLAIMED SCRAPPER. ferent, the vines are different, the small plants are different, the flowers are different and even the grass is differ- ent. And the bugs I have to eat are different.” “And I suppose you'll say next that the birds and the animals are dif- ferent,” said Peter. “Certainly,” replied Scrapper. “They are different. You have never seen any one like some of them. By the w: saw your cousin down there. I s him down in a place called Panama.” (Covyrieht. 1928.) . A specles of sugar cane from Argen- tina has been extensively planted in Louista; EX- THE DAILY HOROSCOPE Wednesday, March 21. Although a heneflc dominates today, according to astrology, the planetary government is read as rather uncertain. All the signs point to commercial progress and it is wise to make the most of the day’s opportunities. ‘There is an encouraging aspect for those who start new enterprises, or en- large old ones. ‘The seers warn that now is the time for independent individual effort in business, for soon co-operation and co- ordination will blot out all small con- cerns. Blg business is to be so much bigger than the livellest imagination ever painted it that it will absorb to the ut- termost all independent enterprises. This is not a fortunate day for bet- tering one's condition and efforts to obtain new employment should be de- layed, astrologers declare. New power for workers everywhere and especially in Europe is foretold. ‘The seers again give warning that agitation against the British govern- ment may gain in strength, owing to the heavy taxes and depressed financial conditions. Jupiter is read as favoring arbitra- tlon and peace conferences, but there is danger of military alllances instead of disarmament pacts, according to as- trology. Wireless and other means of rapid communication will be of more avall in preventing war and bringing about in- ternational understandings than any number of conferences among the world powers, the seers declare. This is read as a lucky day for beauty culture and for physical training. American women are to be acknowl- edged as the loveliest in the world, the stars Indicate. Persons whose birth date it is may have an uphill march this year, but they wilt benefit in the end. Children born on this day probably will win high place, but success wiil come through merits and not because of mere luck. (Covyright. 1028.) Bus Rides as Holiday Treat. Riding in busses is expected to become substitute for more expensive amuse- ments in Aberdeen, Scotland. Not long ago a “halfpenny ride,” meaning the expenditure of I cent in our money, was introduced on the street car system, and became such a popular “pay-day treat” that the idea may be extended to the municipal bus lines. UALITY CANNED " FOODS KEEPING MENTALLY FIT BY PROF. JOSEPH JASTROW. Your most enjoyable and instructive talke 1 never mi b f the mental a 27.year-old mother at the time of their birth? Both parents al i the mother past 28. Will the father's age in this instance affect the children in any wa; APPRECIATIVE READER. Reply. We are, naturally interested in the unusual, so we follow with interest the careers of children of unusually old or unusually young parents. There isn't much evidence on the point, for there is no easy way to collect the facts we most want to know. Some day it may be_done. In studying the ancestry of men who have made their mark we find the most favorable age for having able children is that of tg' youthful repro- ductive vigor in the early 30s. But able men have rents of any age. The amount of this difference is not large enough or regular enough to make the age of the parent count heavily in determining what kind of children they will have. There are too many other factors which determine who shall become the best type of men, physically and mentally, There is some evidence that very young fathers and especially mothers who give birth to children before they have completely reached maturity have weaker or less promising offspring. Of old age we have less information. But the very fact that the father, though unusually old, may have chil- dren, also indicates unusual vigor. It is because an old father and a young mother seem so different in appearance and all else that we are inclined to think that they must have children who will be different, with the differ- ence not in their favor. One writer who has collected all sorts of information on the subject believes strongly that the age of the parent at time of birth determines the powers of the child, but he hasn't convinced scientific men that his con- clusion is correct. The single factor of age of father, when thrown ingo the general stream of heredity which determines what we shall be according to the ancestry we come from, as far as we know, has slight influence. We know that family stock counts heavily and the nearer ancestry counts more than the more remote. The father's and the mother's ancestry count equally. In the absence of proper statistics we have to go by the hints of the cases we I know the son of a father past 70 who grew up to be an able and excellent man, and when he, the son, was in the late fitles he bad a fourth child. His wife, now a middle aged woman, is the mother of four fine children. Here there is excellent family stock. The first man, who became a father so late in life, was, in his youth, a drummer boy in the Revolution. Thus the son, who died only a few years ago, was the son of a Revolutionary soldier, making a livi connection with the days of 1776, for the family name appears among the signers of the Declaration of Independence. All these matters belong to what we call “eugenics,” the sclence of breed- ing the best strains of race physically and mentally. The founder of th science was Sir Prancis Galton, a cous of Charles Darwin, and himself a f: mous man. Eugenics is equally inter- ested in preventing undesirable strains from being born. To this end some States have laws to prevent criminals and defectives from repro- ducing their kind. All this is a large factor In the im- provement of the human race. The high cost of living, the delayed age of marriage, affect the matter unfavorably; there is danger that those of the weaker stock will outnumber the better stock who are affected most by economic con= ditions. Also the idea is gaining ground that it s more important to have better children weil provided for than merely more children. Yet population is neces- sary. We are all thinking more serious- ly about these matters, orieht 1928 ) Orange Marmalade. This recipe can be made and potted in three hours. It requires four larg oranges, two and three-fourths pounds of sugar and two pints of cold water. ‘Thinly grate off the outside of the or- anges, then put the oranges into a large pan and cover them with cold water and bofl them fast until the fruit is quite tender. 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