The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-02-03
THE HOUR OF AMUSEMENT.

THE HOUR OF AMUSEMENT.
That children should enjoy seasons Of
rational recreation no ons ought 10
doubt. They are 80 constituted 70 10 re-
quirs il. The eoa6nrmsni oil labor study,
or even Of engagements which Combine
pleasure with mental or physical sxsr-
lion. ought not 10 be continued. without
frequent seasons Of relaxation; or % The
child would cay. without having" . good
lime 20 PLAY" The health. strength.
symmetry. and energy Of physical frame,
require it II isihe lime OF rapid growth.
Every l,mb. muscle and pore. shoUld 70.
ceive in iull share Of heallhfUl action.
!, ofien happens, that through ignorance,
OF insi,sniIon 10 The demands Of nature,
the health 10 iapsirei. The natural tiuw 81
animal spiris 10 checked. and The mind
injured. Patents and guardians are guilty
10 this Iespeei. ~hen lhsy imagine iheir
training 10 The most skilled. Perhaps
the following incident will serve 10 illus
,rsie our meaning,
While Mrs. G. vas sitting in her par
lor. in al. esrly part Of The sumner. liile
Lucy. her daughter. came running in from
her school in high spirits. aud much ouI
III breath. She laid her books away nes,
" upon The shelf. and then wnh smil.
ing counlensnee. turned 10 her molheI
and said, /" Mother. may 20 out in The
yard 20 play 9 lii,le ~hile wilh MARY
" No. my child. 1 shall not permit you
10 90 one s,es." said The mother. sill
much s,srnnssl Luey's e"unisnsncs
changed, and sadness came over her Fee.
lures, % she ssuk iato the chair standing
behind her uln,her. Mary, who lived IN
The next door. hearing this, Immediately
lsfi The en- ~ almost ., much depressed
81 the unexpected answer. After fe~
moments. pause. Lucy began TO walk
about The room where the ar wss more
COINED than the school room which She
had left. She took up her hoop ant
stick and seemed ., loss haw to anus,
herself. Her mother seeing This. said
Lucy. you may 90 into the yard and
drive your hoop BY yourseli." Blu, thi'
seemed too solitary limit when her yart
was not ten feet square. She remsinet
Standing wiih her hoop. ~hen her mo
Their added. /" II you don, like that. TAX,
your work end sit down wi,h me-"
have seldom Tel, more sympathy for I
child than in THE ease. A prisoner ju.
released from three hours confinement IL
the school room, where she had been sp
plying her mind TO study, came gym,
home rejoicing in her liberty. and sn,iei
ra,ing an houi's recres.ion wi,h her schoo
MAZE: and then she was told 10 cit dowr
10 work, if she would not iorce henel
away alone 10 smuse herself under re,
suictions which render even solitary
amusement undesirable. The effects 81
ouch treatment were seen in pale coun
ienance. feeble frame, and in q ncrvou,
uneasiness. The health Of tina. child re
quired exercise in the open air. and in
company ~i,h others. 10 keep alive The
social feelings, and 10 give healthy action
to the animal spirits. And Sho has been
long confined 10 books in noisy school
room. does no, know that the mind needs
tslsxaIon. Could that ch,ld's mind b
Vigorous for study the next day without
il! Did that mother consider that che
was injuring her beloved daughter by hei
unnatural restrictions! How often dc
parents forget that they were once chill
dren. and e,gerly sough. ,hoss 'nnocen
amusrments which they now deny theil
children. ). j. Treasury.