--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Richards, L. Lula Greene collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 25 number: 3 published: 1922-01 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'L. Lula Greene Richards, "Father and Son," *Improvement Era* 25, no. 3 (January 1922): 243.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2503unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera2503unse start_page: 243 end_page: 243 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1922-01) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2503unse publication_year: 1922 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1922, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Father and Son Father and Son Father, you are now a man — Recently you were a boy. Help your "youngster" all you can High ideals to employ. Place on him no rigid ban Lest strange doubts his soul decoy. Be his chum — discuss his plan — Keep his childhood full of joy. You, his "Captain;" he, your "Mate" — See the voyage well begun. Other things may better wait Oft than spoil his work or fun. Careful! He will imitate — Let your aims unite as one, Leading up to good and great — Thankful father — worthy son. L. Lula Greene Richards