Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-09-17
,OUNTY, PENNA., SEPTEMBER II, 1873.

and needs quite as much, if not more
to be noticed, and his better qualities
drawn out by pleasant modes and kind
endeavor. Yet this boy is just the one
to have usually more than his share OF
the "drumsticks" all around.
Look in your own homes, my friends,
and see if there be any one to whom
the larger share of the drumsticks are
in any way appropriated, aud if so let
the matter be equalized at once.
But here are the girls, do they never
get the drumsticks? you ask. 0, yes,
plenty of them, some many more than
others, though it is my own private
opinion, that where there are boys and
girls in the same family, that the
''drumsticks" do find their way, in some
unaccountable manner, oftener on to
the boys plates than the girls. That
is only chivalric, you know, and to be
expected.
There was Cinderella who am pretty
sure got the drumsticks, though the
fairy tale does not say so, and there are
other Cinderellas in the world, treated
more or less unjustly, if not with the
same abuse and neglect. This often
comes about unintentionally, and more
from want of thought than want of feel
ing, as it has in case of Kate and Laura,
where you would scarce dream parti-
ality was used.
Yet it most always happens-what
convenient word that is to hide behind
that Laura has far more of the drum
sticks, and not nearly as often is favored
with the Westinghouse part as is Kate,
and this goes into many things besides
veritable chicken legs. If there is
rough work to be done, Laura is the
one to assist her mother about it far
oftener than Kate. Her mother calls
on her more frequently, she is more
willing, though l am sure dislikes
drudgery quite as much as does her
sister. But she knows some one must
help her mother, and as Kate is sure to
shirk, if she can, it falls to Laura. l
think Kate forgets the golden rule in
this, for if she would stop to think she
would see how selfish she is becoming
in this, though she is in most respects
a generous-hearted girl. And their
mother too, is she not to blame?
In matters of dress, also, think that
Kate manages to be favored above
Laura, or rather, she insists on having
her wishes gratifed-of having the
pleasant things she wants as far as pos
sible. Then, if economy must be used,
why, Laura will not mind it so much,
and so she gets along with less, and
with palmer clothes than her sister
The parents here again are at fault.
The vanity, or even legitimate tastes of
the one ought not to be gratiIied at the
expense of the other, even though she
gives up her desires more quietly, and
takes it all as a matter of course. And
thus, in thousand ways, you see how
the drumsticks come to be parcelled to
one more frequently than to another,
even in the home circle, where watchful
love ought to guard against either par
tiality to one, or Indifference to another.
And now girls and boys, after all this
in your individual behalf, l want word
with you which your parents need not
read. That is, be careful to see that
your kind, indulgent father or mother
do not take all the drumsticks on their
own plates. Girls see that you do not
let your mother drudge in the kitchen
without your endeavors to assist her.
1t is no matter if she does say she can
do the work herself, that you will soil
your hands or clothes; just pin up your
sleeves, put on an apron, and take part
of the labor, that falls within your ca
pacity, to yourself. And then see that
mother has an opportunity to so into
society as well as yourselves, and do
not let her wear old dresses, while you
must have the new. And boys think
how you may spare bit of time from
play to help your father, and thus. in a
measure, let the "drumsticks" be di
vided among all.-Ihe Household