Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-19
wHKRE ARE YOUR CHILDREN, THIS EVEN
IMH

All young children should 60 to bed early. The |
rSe is a. necessary for their health as that which
prescribes for them plain food and no niobhns |
between meals. Your young children, Madam |
mother, should be regularly sent to bed At an
eAry hour. Seven o'clock is none too soon, I'M |
less Il be In sumpler when at that hour it is still
light. We know Of good mother who sends |
her three boys ''up the wooden hill, punctuAlly |
at six. and they are thrifty, stout fellows.
However, this was not exactly what We set out |
TO say. though it appropriately relates to the sub
ject Little boys and girls should be In bed, IN
the evenings. Naturally, II they are there and
asleep, they viii not be in any mischief. But
how about your older children7 Where are your
sons and daughters of larger growth9
On every evening Of the week, and notably
on Saturday evenings, great many young girls
may be found promenading on Market street, late
into the night in couples, or parties OF three or
more, Attired in their best clothes, Qt is to be
presumed so, since they are so anxious to show
them,) and flirting up and down, through the
crowds that arc moving along the sidewalk
Usually these brisk young misses are unattended,
unless they have hookedon to some Of the youths
who, at the earliest hour for the promenaderl to
appear, take up their positions to review the
passing line.
You may see plenty OF this on any evening OF
the week, and even more than that on Saturday
evenings. 1t is fun for the girls, and jolly
enough for the young men. Most OF II
will probably do no one any harm. But 1t is
dangerous. Young girls should not thus pub
lcly parade themselves, without judicious and
trusted gentleman escort-if, indeed, they ought
to publicly parade themselves, at ali. All OF
them have mothers, or il. unfortunately the
mothers watekful eye is dimmed forever, there
is surely some female care-taker to guard then
incomings and outgoings. Whoever that may
be-mother, or sister, or friend-she should looi
more closely into this matter. We ask her
right here, where is your girl, in the evenings
Where does she go, when she "sips out ol
some excuse ?
So, too, of your boys, dear sir. Boys will b'
boys" OF oourss-though there il no such ferc
OF Fate as that they must be bad boys. Blu
from the temptations to wrong-doing, the de
moralizing influence that will make ysur sor
worthless if not vicious, yon may greatly pre-
serve him, if you will. There are plenty c
these in Wilmington, Bad company may be oil
tAined here, as elsewhere nothing is easier
get, and few things harder to get rid of. An
bad company is especially plenty in the evening
II your young son, your lad who feels himself
man, goes where he pleases, and comes in whe
he chooses OF an evening, depend upon it IL
chances are three to two that the Devil hn'
him companion, the moment he leaves yo
front door.
are wee, anu crIne auu tN,hiorSla.TIcas,! land
ruption, all trite They are our perpetual neig
bors. They mot only dwell in foreign lands b
in our good city, where though temperance 81
Virtue are strong, their opposites too are full
violent and wild life. Aud so we seriously a
you to inquire, this very Saturday evenin
Where are the Children?"