In the middle of a general conversa
tion they will suddenly gaze at each
other, laugh silently, exchange a few
’ whispers and embrace. That sort of
scene is earning them much unpleas
ant notoriety. If they keep x>n with
their turtle-dove methods, until they're
over the newly-wed stage, they’ll have
scared away most of their old friends.
lie as sentimental as you like in
private, but soft pedal the affection in
public. *
Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRKD.
Obedience.
Absolute obedience and a child who
minds the first time spoken to. who
never differs with his parents and
never has an opinion or a plan
which they can’t wreck with impunity
i —would be the state of Elysia (ac
cording to parents)—and surely a
i half-witted child. And yet It is
1 this state which all parents groan to
achieve—and a child whom they look
upon as perfection. Heaven forbid
that they should get their wishes.
A child who is of a determined
i mind—and who has wishes of such
’ strength that he will suffer to carry’
them out, la surely a stronger per
sonality than a child who meekly
givea in to every suggestion made
' to him by a parent and follows It.
1 That should be self-evident. Natu
rally one cannot allow a child to
’ always follow’ the dictates of his
mind, because it upsets the house
hold In a selfish way, or it is dan
gerous to the child. Children can
not be allowed to break furniture,
walk on the street alone at a ten
der age, eat forbidden articles of
food and any number of things with
which all mothers have to contend.
