Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 230, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1911 — Promises to Children. [ARTICLE]

Promises to Children.

The promise you make to a child Is just as sacred as the one you make to the most Important of grown-ape* Nothing should allow you to break it; and it should be considered really a matter of honor to keep to your word here as elsewhere. There is a story of a little boy whose parents had promised three separate times to take him out driving “the next time.” and each time had lightly repudiated the promise. As they drove away on the third occasion, the youngsters stood at the window and sobbed. “There go the two daraest Hare in the country!”, l, And It is true. A broken promise is nothing but a lie, and" tee lie is no leas an offense because it was told to a child.