Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1914 — The Model Dad. [ARTICLE]

The Model Dad.

Lives there a dad with soul so dead Who never to his son hath said: “When I waa your age I would rue To do the things 1 had to do; I never till my work waa done Found any pleasures to ptarauo; My parents never had to scold. And every rule they ever made For me was honestly obeyed; I never frowned and never told A falsehood When I waa a boy; J gave my parents dally Joy By doing well and being kind. By being truthful and polite; My speech was proper aad ixflncd. My heart contained no room for spitet" If such there be. go mark him well. For he’s a bird! But none such dWsO Upon this earth—unknown, unsung. Such wonders aK die very young.