Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 154, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1917 — Scowl and Be Scowled At. [ARTICLE]

Scowl and Be Scowled At.

You cannot get over the shock you had today when your demure little daughter turned on you defiantly and glared at you when you suggested she do a certain thing distasteful to her. You met the situation by glaring back, didn’t you?—and perhaps threatened to whip her if she were not more obedient. Ever since then you have been wondering where she got that wicked expression In her eyes. As you thought about it your face took on the same look, and you have just realized that that Is the way you often look at her when she disobeys you. You have nagged her for days trying to correct a trivial but disagreeable falling. You never thought of how you have looked to her as you fussed and fumed and raved and ranted at each recurrence of her disobedience. Have you ever controlled yourself when you talked to the child on the subject? Never let your face take on an expression that you would be ashamed to see reflected in your daughter. Children are imitators. Control yourself.—Pittsburgh Dispatch.