The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1868-03-12
A MotI,er,s Influence.
THE MANNERS OF THE MOTHER HOLD THE
CHILD

THE MANNERS OF THE MOTHER MOLD THE
CHILD.
There is no disputing this faCt--it
shines in the face Of every little child
The coarse, bawling, scolding woman
will have coarse, vicious, bawling, fgh6
ing children. She who cries on every
occasion, "I'll box your ears--I'lt slap
your jaws-Tll break your neck" is
knowlSas thoroughly through her chiE
dren as if her unwomanly manners
were openly displayed In the public
streets.
These remarks were suggested by the
conversation in an omnibus--the great
institution for the students ofmen and
manners-between a friend and q
schoOlmaster. Our teacher was caustic.
mirthful, and sharp. His wit flashed
like the polished edge of a diamond,
and kept the "bus" in "roar."
The entire community of insideTs--
and whoever is intimate with these
conveyances can form a pretty good
idea Of our numbers, inclusive OF the
"one more" so well known to the fra
ternity-turned their heads, eyes, and
ears one way, and finally our teacher
said: Il can always tell the mother By
the boy. The urchin who draws back
with doubled fist and lunges at his play
mate if he looks at him askance, has a
very questionable mother. She may
feed him and clothe him, cram him
with sweetmeats, coax him with prom
Ises, but if she gets mad she fights.
"She will pull him by the jacket, She
/ will give him knock in the back; abe
will drag him by the hair she will call
him all sorts of wicked names, while
passion plays over her red face in lam
bent flames that curl and writhe out at
the corners Of her eyes.
"And we never see the courteous
little fellow with smooth locks and gen.
tie manners-in whom dslicacy docs
not detract from courage or manGness,
but we say that boys mother is-a true
lady. Her words and ways are ssft,
loving, and quiet. Ifshe reproves, her
language is my son'-not 'yeu little
wretch-yOu plague of my life--you
torment-yOu scamp.
''She hovers before him as a pillar q
light before the wandering Israelites,
and her beams are reflected in his face.
To him the word mother is synonymous
with everything pure, sweet, and beau
tifuI. Is he an artistl In atter-lite, that
which with holy radiance shines upon
his canvass will be the mother face.
Whoever fits across his path with sun
ny smiles and soft, low voice will bring
mothers image freshly to his heart
She is like my mother will be the
highest need of his praise. NOtleven
when the hair turns silver and the eye
grows dim will the majesty Of tha
and presence desert him. SfT'
"But the ruffian mother-alas- "
there are such-will form the
character of the man. He in tufE La"
become a merciless tyrant, with a bCs.
sharper than two-edgsd sword, SE'
: remembering the brawling and cufin.
: seek some gentle victim for the sacr
= fee, and make her his wife, with the
s condition that he be master. And the
! master he is for few sad years, when
he wears a widowcr's weed till he finds
8 a victim number two"
We wonder not that there are 80
many awkward, ungainly men in soci-
3 ety-they have all been trained by We
I men who knew not nor cared for the
, holy nature of their trust. The! had
= been made bitter to the hearts core.
D and that bitterness will find vent and
p lodgment somewhere. Strike the in
, fant in anger, and he will, if he c,nnOt
o reach you, vent his passion by betting
s the door, the chair, or any inanniats
! objeCtiwithin reach. Strike him repeat
C ediy, and by the time he wears hoes
: he will have become bully, with lands
r that double for fight as naturally Is il
: especial pains had been taken to tsach
n him that art of boxing.
i Mothers, remember that your man
ners mold the child. Who will no
q say that mothers ought to be thorough
It ly educated whether their sons are 0
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