Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-07-20
THE MANNERS OF THE MOTHER MOULD
THE CHILD.

THE MANNERS OF, THE MOTHER MOULD
THE CHILD.
There is no disputingth fact it shines
in :fbe. face Of every little child The
coarse, bawliog scolding woman, will have
coarse vicious, bawling fighting children,
She who cries % svery occasion .'.I'll box
your cars-I'll slap Your :jaws--7I'll break
your ,neok," ,is known as thorough y
through her children as If her upwomanly
manners were openly displayed in the pub.
lie streets! r. .,,...
These remarks were suggested by the
conversation in an Omnibus that great in.
stitution.fortSe' students of men aud man,
ners-between friend aud school-mas'
ter. Our teacher was csustic, nirthful,
and sharp. His Wit flashed Ike the pol
ished edge; Of diamond, aud kept tho
"busnin 4 ttroar." :
The entire community Of insiders-apd
whoever is intimate with these conve7an
ces can form a pretty good idea Of our
umbersLinclusivo Of the 'one more" 30
well known to the fraternity, turning their
heads, eyes, and ears one way, and finally
our teacher said II can always tell the
mother BY the boy. The urchin who
draws back with double FIST and lunges at
his playmate if he looks at him askance
has very questionable mother. She may
feed him and clothe him with sweet meats
coax him with promises, but if the gets
mad she fights She will pull him by the
jacket; she will give him knock ip the
back; she will drag him by the hair; she
will call him all sorts of wicked names
while passion plays over her red face in
lambent flames that Ctr! and writhe out at
:!.s corner Of her eyes.
And we never sec tho courteous little
fellow with smooth locks and gentle man
ners-iu whom dclicacy does not Getract
from courage or mapliueas, but we say
that boys mother is true lady. Her
words and ways are soft, loving and quiet
II she reprovcs, her language is my son"
not 'you little wrelch-you plague Of
NY !;fe-you tornsnt-you scampr
She hovers before him ae pillar Of light
te;ore the wandering Israeli.es, and her
bea,us are reflected in bis face. To him
the word mother is synonymous with ev-
ery'Ling pure, sweet and beautiful. 3s he
SD artist2 In after life that which with
holy radiance shines on his canvass, will
be the. mothers face. Whoever fits across
his path with sunny smiles apd soft low
voice, will bring "mothers" image freshly
to his heart. She is like mother" will be
the highest need of his praise. Not even
Wien the hair turns silver and the eye
grows dim, will the majesty Of that life
ard presence desert him.
But the rufian mother-alas, that there
are such will form the rut1ian character
Of tho man. He in turn will become a
fnercilesa tyrant, with tongue sharper
than a two-edged SWORD, and remembering
the brayl;ng and the cutting, seek some
meek, gentle victim for the sacrifice, and
make her his wife, with the condition that
lie shall be master. And the master he is
for few sad years, when he wears Wild
overs weed till he finds victim number
two"
We wonder not that there are so many
awkward, ungainly men in society-they
have all been trained by women who knew
nor cared for the holy nature of their
trust. They had been made bitter 10 the
hearts core, and that bitterness will end
vept and lodgment somewhere. s,,ike the
infant in anger, and he will, if be cappot
reach you, vent bis passion by beating the
flor, the chair, or any inapimate thing
within reach. Strike him repeatedly, and
by the time he wears shoes, he will have
become a bully, with hands that double for
fight as naturally as il especial pains bad
been taken to learn him the art of boxing
. Mothers remember that. your manner.
mould the child. Who will not say that
mothers ought not to be thoroughly edu-
Gated whether onr sons are or not,
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