ABOUT BOYS.

Waikato Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1553, 17 June 1882, Page 2 (Supplement)

ABOUT BOYS.

Mary A. Liyebmobe, iv a recent address, said :— The boy of to day is not receiving the proper home onliure. Children slip away from paternal care, Taia is due to Hie rigorous old-time horse ouUtue. Ednoaticn mutjl be inculcated ky axo niuther. la Wait*, Eagl»fcd, tbo oharaomr oi tub moUiur ib iv quired for au a rooonjmendation fur Use 800. The average boy, noisy, impusuouj, dtitudiiug home woik, bansiupt iv ejaoiuuui, aad a dodger of ohurohea and other pious plao&s, yet has a fathomless tenderneuß fur ins mother, bus he wanm no epeotator, Ho is oharnotansod by a pnawoußle loyalty to whatever he copoasee, &^d a high seaee of honour to whioh appeal can Balely be madu in moat eaaos. One thing in his teaching is lmpoftMiye — moral pinny. Let the mother mouloftte this with loviug oare, putting aside falee uotiors of modesty and all prndishness. Lot us have dona with the bohuf iq thesayiDg, "Wild oats must sometime bs sowed." He who thus sowa must inevitably reap. a similar harvest. Ever; boy should be trained to respeot womanhood. Nothing ko muoh adorns manhood as bis respect for woman. The boy should be trained.in politeness. Tdis baa a commercial value nowadays. Ho makes bis way in the world easier for a pleasing address. There is no reason why the boy of to-day should not be taught the ordinary rales of .etiquette. Good manners ere to a man wha? beauty is to a woman. But best of all, train boys in honour, in integrity and trustworthiness. Every boy should have an industrial oooupation, and tbia should be in harmony with his tistes. So with giWa. To sum it all np, train the boy into manliness, that standard of manliness that combines the strongest virtues with the gentlest weakness. L«t him be like a hand of iron in a glove of velvet. There ia nothing higher or nobler than this.— Detroit Free Press,