The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-04-03

growing demands Of the future.
Among these relations particularlze,
FIRST, your relation to-day with the
v orld OF day, rs that Of its primal
This is almost exclusively
yoxr relation. In this busy, nervous
hurrying Republic there are very few
nursing fathers. With all due allow !
ance tor the precocity Of Young |
he is At ten or twelve years
Of age, in ninety nine cases out OF
just what mother makes him,
or what mothers erin inal ignorance
or carelessness has let others make him
This Is in effect 10 say that tor abeat
one third Il e life OF AL Ordinary gen.
Grafton, you sustain the relation OF
model, guide aud character-iormer to
that generation, and this jus, at the
time when the whole being is most
susceptible to impressions, most easi
" moulded. Is it reasonable sup
position, that influences like these,
working in the very sub stratum OF
the childs nature, are to drop out OF
the lie, like untlmely figs shaken by
the east wind, whenever some other
influence breathes upon it? As the
mountain stream collie cts its tributa
ries, and, swelling its volume to q
river, rolls away TO the ocean; so
this stream OF child lite, issuing from
the home spring, gathers in its self
selected tributaries. deepening aud
broadening its channel, till the full
current OF manhood or womanhood
rolls its living tide into the great
deep of human activities, its waters
Just what issued from the homr
spring, and what were se't-selected
through the lasts there cultivated.
Exceptions there are; they would
only prove the rule have given
you. Maternal vigilance Is the
price OF huinanity's freedom from the
malign influences of earth, during the
first years OF its young lite. Al your
hands, women OF to-day, as growing
out OF this relation is demanded
knowledge as the basis OF your IN
structions. and wisdom, 10 convey
and illustrate this knowledge, Are
YOU, who 81: before me to night, pre-.
pared tor this work? Are you even
educated up TO your advantages ?
Have you drawn knowledge to YOU
sell from all available sources, accord.
ing to your opportunities Have
you gathered information OH the light
hand, and wisdom on the lett, III all
places where you hau had liberty to
gather, until you are fully fitted 70
train the young generations during
the most critical thi,d of their lives.
as you onght to train them-as they
need to be trained? | would it were
in your power to answer yes; but l
verify believe that the world is suff
ering to-day tor the want OF more
literally educated motherhood. Tha;
the boys and girls OF to-day need the
cords of a stronger intellectual ma
ternity 10 bind them upon the ALTAR
of home reverence aud aft ton. Nor
in my opinion is this juss'y c;,argab'e
upon lack Of educational advantages
1t is true that the larger freedom Of
thorough university culture, AMI OF "A
special professional framing is but
just now ushered in, and that its ben
efits were not yours in this want |
heartily sympathize with you. Bat
u you, younger wives and mothers.
the classes OF our graded schools
and many of our colleges have been
open d. The Old table IN the home
room has been covered these years
with the newspapers and periodicals
OF the day; and from these avenues
OF kno w!elge is heard voice tor.
bidding the cry of no opportunities,
for those already possessed are more
than have been improved, BY ne
glectlng this, yon have lost the
longest, most tenacious hold upon
your boys and girls that could pos
sibly bind them to home when your
chlld-en learn that they know more
than mother in one direction, they
soon infer that they know more than
mother IN other directions. There
is 70 department OF knowledge in
which children are instructed during
the first IL or IA years OF their lite
that you can afford to be ignorant OF.
Your sympa,hies must be az broad
as childhood's wants, and your know
ledge must therefore be as tar.l each
ing as chillhood's studies during
these years, be they heart studies or
head studies. This knowledge Of
books. this acquaintance with schonl
work, the class studies of your chill
dren; is the work OF your girlhnod.
The other Is the ingathering OF the
experience OF your w"manhood. To
prepare your girls for womanhool
they must be instructed through your
knowledge, or through the humilia
ton OF their own suffering Such
knowledge Is indispensable to ,nteili
gent motherhood. 1t is q siMa qua
non TO abiding home influence. just
to indicate some OF your work. There
are the laws OF health, by observing
winch, the physical constitutions OF
children are to be preserved, streng-
thened aud developed. BY intelli
gently understanding this, you ex
plain to their inquisltiven.ss the rea-
sons OF your requirements, with this
two told result. They are educated
and made inteligently obedient. Are
yon perfectly cnnversant with these
laws? Children are not like 80 many
peas, mostly alike. Ga the contrary
they are mostly unlike. Tney have
different constitutions, and require
different treatment as to diet, cloth
ing, exercise and rest. Do YOU uD
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