National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-11-23
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$50 away, I'm busy!

/ 10 away, L N busy!
! A little PerPlexed face lifts itself anxiousiy
- to the fretfuI mothers, as if wondering at
. the cold rebuff so unleseryedIy, SO suddenly
I given. ..-..-
| $50 away, Why my place is here. Indeed !,
/ have no other in the world ~ looks the baby
/ eyes. go away from my mamma! have no
| where TO 60"
Sure enough, where should the baby 20 btIt
, to its mothers heart and what business esu
there be that has the right to usurI, f:yr one
moment this tiny little monarch
1t is a new dress that must be completed.
suppose: or il is bit of fHery for baby herself.
or il is new book full of enchanting situa-
tons; or somebody else has calIed-and' for
these simple matters little heart must he
grieYed, and the whole world made cloudy to
little mind.
Mother, YOU are wrong! Let NE ten you
S5mething. i love new books, new dresses,
inery, and callers; but for the sound of Que
little voice dashed into eternal silence, for the
return of one little one gone away forever, l
thinz I could give up all the world and never
ask it again.
These little OBes are infinitely precious to
us, and TO the mamma is all the would; aud
one unklsd word from her can hurt the tender,
sensitive little heart past all telling.
And one 'uhkind word spoken 90 these fnuO-
marks, which often are never obEirerated.
little children are Of all creatures the most
helpless and dependent, and they demand, By
right, care and attention on the instant.
Baby knows want, an absolute necessary
attention, and It holds possessions of the
minute senses, and must be gratified, and in
the beautiful trust and faith, she turns to
mamrsa.
Mamma, don't put her Gyayl- Drop the
sewing 0r'the took, and take her up in your
arms and love her; SOr it is just as necessary
to the welfare of her being as water when she
thirsts, o. food when she is hungry.
81 don't believe in petting- children too
much-it spOiis them,- and they expect it al
ways. l feed and clothe my children, ami
that is enough" says somebody.
These are temporal wants, that must be at
tended to, but they are not all of life.
Pats, kisses smiles, forHearance and patience
are just as necessary as milk, fannel5 au1
socks: and the baby who comes up without
them misses what God meant should be the
portion Of all the little, tender creatures in the
world.
These simple messages from 4 mothers
heart do much toward making the man or
woman. Child characters are but reflections
Of our own, and if we give them gentle words,
and show patient willingness to bear with
them, are We not certain to see them come
back to us glorifed by the imitation?
Oh! what a world of cOId-heaFtedness,. sell
hshness and utter Indifference is conveyed in
the command, EGO away. I'm bUsyH'
Need We wonder, in the years to come, if
We find our boys seeking happiness outside of
the home circle! or if we are put aside by our
girls, and hear them declare, ''Mother is such
bother" and try to exile US from their Sc
erets, and indeed their lives?
Don't put the little ones away; don't have
any bEsiness that is superior to their wants;
love and attend them fer their own precious
sakSsS and for our own IN the days when We
shall be the APPELLANTS and they the ministers.