The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-02-23
JUVENILE COLUMN.

talking to Mary Hall 7" asked little lille
Horne.
"Oh," said Sarah, 81 told her not to
stW6at did you mean by it 2" asked
Tillie.
"Well, will tell you. There are nine
little girls in our class who form 'circle,
as we call it, and we make a resolution
every Sunday to practise some virtue dur
HOh," said Tillie, ~ should think that
would be real nice. But do you always
keep your resolution I"
"Not always, sometimes we forget but
we are improving in that respect, and by
and by I think we will do very WE'LL"
"Tell me, Sarah, how you keep it Z"
asked Title.
81 will give you ono instance" answered
Sarah, "sand think it will please you quite
as much as it did A'our circle when we
heard it. Each of US take turns in pro-
posing the little duty flor the week, and
one Sunday it being Matte Totten's turn
obedient to our parents"
"Why, Sarah," interrupted Tillie eve
are obliged to do that any way"
"Yes, know that" said Sarah, "but
you know there are many things we are
obliged to do, which we do not always do !;
which will benefit US most. However, we
met on the following Sunday, and as Mat
tie had proposed the resolution, it was
her duty to ask each of us how we had
kept it. She asked Mollie Hall first, but
Mollie confessed that she had forgotten all
about it,"
"Ab," said Title, "now 1 know what
you meant by telling her not to forget her
resolution"
ayes" said Sarah, 81 wanted to remind
her of it. Well Matte then asked each of
us in turn, until all had answered except
little Fannie Parr, who stood little be-
hind the rest and as yet had said nothing.
We all knew that Fannie was not very
particular in oheying her mother, and as
she had not taken any part in the conversa-
ton, we thought that she had not taken
much interest in it, and therefore did not
press her for her account. After standing
in silence for some time she said, Girls,
am going to tell you something which
did not mean to tell you at first, but as
long as the rest have told their stories,
will tell mine. Last Sunday I promised
some girls to go with them, on Tuesday,
to take walk but when Tuesday came,
mother was so sick that she wanted me to
remain with her. The girls were waiting
for me, and knew that if went with
them should have nice time of it /; so
refusing to stay with mother, 1 started
to GO. ,.,:
dared disobey her mother"
L
could not; and one of the girls said SO to
Fannie, but she said, Iknow it was wrong,
but at the time l was out of humour, and
did not stop to think. But as I was going
down stairs 1 thought of the resolution
and what good opportunity l had of
keeping it. So 1 made up my mind that
I would giveup my pleasure trip and take
care of mother. When told the girls that
l would not go they were very much sur
prised. Some of them tried to persuade
me to go,Sbut had made up my mind,
and leaving them, 1 turned and went into
"Wcll, Sarah," said Title, 81 am very
much pleased with your story, and hope
it will encourage all of us to keep our
resolution
eyes," repseed Sarah, 81 hope it will.
We were not only pleased but surprised
to sacrifice inclination to duty. Fannie's
resolution brings out the truth of the old
maxim, that, Good words are never thrown
away and that Sometimes they take deep
est roots in hearts where we least expect
it,"
Respect to aged persons is one of the
virtues. There is no period in life when
our parents do not claim our attention,
love and warmest affection. From youth
to manhood, from middle age to ripper years,
if our honored parents survive, it should
be our constant study how we can best
promote their welfare and happiness, and
smooth the pillow of their declining years.
Nothing better recommends an individual
than his attention to his parents. There
are such dutiful children men whose
highest ambition seems to be the promo
ton Of their fathers and mothers. They
watch over them-with unwearied care
supply all their wants and by their devo-
ton and kindness remove all care and
sorrow from their hearts. On the contrary,
there are others, who seem never to bestow
thought upon their parents, and to care
but little whether they are situated COM
fortably or not. By their conduct they
increase their cares, embitter their lives,
and bring their gray hairs with sorrow to
the grave. Seltshness has steeled their
hearts to the Whispers of affection, and
avarice denies to their parents those favors
which would materially assist them in the
downhill of life. Others, too, by course
of profiigacy and vice, have drained to the
very dregs their parents cup of happiness
and made them anxious for death to re-
lease them from their sufferings. Oh how
fearful must be the doom Of those children
who have thus embittered the lives of their
best earthly friends. If there is world
Of woe beyond the precincts of the tomb