The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-09-15

"Ah, well, mustn't tell tales; we are all like
ADAM and blame our wives, from the first Adam
downwards. However, there's no great harm
done yet You've got something to make bed
of close to yours "
il can make no difference" said my husband,
'Never do that, my dear sir: the child will be
quiet enough now, and will look in tomorrow.
Mrs. Carter, am sure will manage for you in
The doctor left, and Mrs. Carter did manage
exactly as nurse Adams had doae. | led hm |
twice in the night and whether he had sleep |
ing draught or not never knew but he did not |
disturb us, and my husbands slumber was un- |
broken. Mrs. Carter came in the morning and |
pronounced favorably tor the patient. He cried |
a little upon being washed and dressed. | |
laughingly said thought her grave manner had
an effect upon him.
"It is quite true; from the moment child
takes notice it should be taught by the mother
to understand her ways and motions and II
should never be capriclously treated-fondled
and caressed at one moment or treated harshly
the next. Children have more sense than you
imagine"
''But surely twelvemonth is old enough to
commence to bring them into order; they can
not understand before that age.n
"You are mistaken. twevemonth is Just
nine months too long. An infant of three months
old knows quite well when 1t sees the nurse
take up Its food; 1t recognizes its mother from a
stranger, and is wise enough in much else. so
If you want 20 live in peace, and with the love
OF your Ch1ld-a love which should be lifelong
rule it from its earliest infancy by gentle but
firm tones; and when it is old enough to under
stand words never by entreaty or otherwise go
IRON your word once pledged, either to reward
or punish. even If your own judgment condemn
you ia your spoken resolve. You must guard
against hasty decisions, but teach your children
to obey without question.
Il shall gossip here too long. Here is the
poppy syrup and honey. don't think it will
now be needed but If it shoud-that is IT the
child drivelS very much and bites its fists ust
dip your middle finger in the mixture, let the
liquid run of nearly dry, then rub the gums
with it. ii will soon give Iehei, but must not
be too frequently used. And am Just reminded
that the india rubber ring which saw yester-
! day tied round baby's wrist is not pleasant to
the child, and it has disagreeable smell. Get
| piece OF orrisrOot from the chemists bore
hole through it with gimlet, tie piece of cape
or ribbon into the hole to form a loop, then tie
the ends round the childs wrist. The more the
child bites this the better for the gums, and the
! more fragrance the root dtfuseS. You will think
me very intrusive, dear Mrs. Norton" she con-
! tlnued, ''but would do away with a cotton bb
! always hanging wet round an infants neck,
| which frequently gives cold either on the chest
| or gums. Get some fine Welsh flannel, cut out
| the BIB, vandyke the e0ge, and overcast it with
white silk, twist, or coarse sewing silS, and let
1t be changed as often as needed; they are easily
| washed, dried, and pressed under weight with
out trouble. would also exchange his cambria
nIghtcap, with all the stiff frilllpg, for a plain
one Of the, thinnest flannel, which, scallOped
and embroidered, really looks pretty.h
Mis-. Hariord," interrupted, "will not allow
| her children to wear caps.n
''No, not children; but tender infants cer-
tainly should. Halt the suffering which deli
! cate babes experience in ear-ache, gatherings in
tic head, and painful swollen gums, arises from
this bare exposure OF their tenoer heads. All
| children are not alinP; some can bear thus rough
usage, but most CrnnOt. One mode OF treatment
viii not do for all children. Some require more
medicine than Others, but | never recommend
administering anything but castor-oIl in minute
rI ana II necessary, frequent doses. DO not even
Of 81 year old / recollCct the case of my second
child, Edmund. He was brought 20 me one
morning with the Joint of his elbow very much
! swollen. / Instantly concluded that MS nurse,
! a girl OF twenty, had bruised the arm or lain
upon it at night or twisted it in some way; this
she strenuously denied. We called in medical
advice. The doctor was of the same opinion;
| she was therefore discharged The arm was
bound up in splints but it did not mend, and in
the course of week the other arm swelled in
the same way The doctor then pronounced the
disease to be scroula and ordered sulphur
baths, and the child to be taken TO the sea.
1.-The girl l summarily dismissed was recalled
for had always found her kind and attentive,
and she never neglected her charge That very
day an old friend called on me-one, by-the-by,
who rad never had children. She examined the
arm, ana said, Give him very small teaspoon
tul OF castor-Oll nightly for week, which can
not hurt This was done, and repeated at an
interval of week, when both arms were well,
and the child was never attacked afterwards.
"Of course, my dear, you cannot be expected
TO know much about children's ailments or how
to treat them, but every mother who does saves
her husbands purse, and herself a world ol
anxiety and uneasinesS."
when l married l never dreamed of the re-
sponsibility which would devolve on me-"
remarked
every seldom Girl does and it Is not now
the fashion 10 educate young ladies tor theil
future vocation, / am sorry to say. OF the
! duties of household management, or Of the eX
! pendiIuTe of fixed and small income, they are
4 wholly ignorant Therefore, when they marry
! experience has TO be attained at the cost o
! domestic comfort, and scarcely ever do they
/ know how TO treat young children, either i'll Of
| well. The doctor is summoned for every triht
/ IA practice leading very much TO debt. In al
serious cases cali for help; but if a child have
bilious attack, or an ordinary cold. or chll
| blaIns, the responsibility should not be SHIFTED
| from the mothers to the doctors hands.
: know how 1t was when first married and mos
young mothers are as ignorant as l was"
l "But you would certainly have medical adYic
in cases OF smallpox, measles, and whooping
r Cough?n
4 ''Smalpox cases would seldom arise if tn
mother saw that her child was properly yacci
a nated, and doctor would be necessary in al
!, these cases, yet she should know something o
d the MANAGEMENT necessary to each. Small DO
!. | requires cool treatment, measles warm, while i
p Whooping-cough fresh air, but always at on
= temperature. IS absolutely necessary; so also a.
J. minute and frequent doses of ipecaCuanha, a
Z | well as the attention 10 the boWels.n
u 81 scarcely understand you about the tres
Il ar.n
II will endeavor to explain. child leave
h It's bedroom in the morning, which perhaps
h at sixty degrees il should be taken to anothe
D. room of the same temperature, and here th
d ar should again be changed IN three hours; i
the bedroom where the fresh outer cir has bee
n admitted freely through the day by the windo
D, again warmed TO sixty degIees always takin
: care that the child be well covered from draup nj