The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-07-04

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have good, wholesome food, and we
think It no more than fair that they
should have slight share Of the luxu.
ries also, and clean, neatly furnished
rooms. In word, they should always
be treated like human beings, and not
like machines, worth nothing more than
for the labor they perform for certain
amount of compensation, and therefore
to be fed on anything, and at any time,
so that they retain strength enough to
do their allotted work. This is just
where some housekeepers err most
grievously.
And not only in reference to servants,
but also with regard to children, must
the wife be careful in her behavior.
Children catch cross tones quicker than
parrots, and they often become perma-
nent habits in them. When mother
sets the example, you will scarcely
hear pleasant word among children
in their plays with each other. Yet the
discipline of such family is always
weak and irregular. The children ex-
pect just so much scolding before they
are bid, where in many home, where
the low, firm tone of mother, or the de-
cided look of her steady eye, is law,
they always think of obedience, either
in or out of sight. Oh, mother! it is
worth great deal to cultivate that ex-
cellent thing in woman, a low, sweet
voice. If you are ever SO much tried
by the mischevous or willful pranks of
the little one, then speak low.
AS general rule exhibitions of kind
ness and affection, tempered with gen
tie and inhexible tirmness, are the best
means of keeping children in the paths
Of obedience. Harshness, unkindness
and violence excite like emotions and
actions in return, and lay no foundation
for that moral and spiritual training,
and those habits of self Government on
the part of the child, which, after all,
are the only things that can be relied
upon to work any permanent good to
children in this regard. Where child
lis governed by mere repression, either
by ilogging or the fear of chastisemcnt.
the moment the REFRESHING influence is
removed, the child is freed from all con-
straint, and left without any compass.
chart or rudder Of self government to
steer by or with, and hence is at the
mercy of any storm of passion that
may assail him. Is not this plain? The
main thing, therefore, is To build up in
the child principle of system or self
government, so that he may he able TO
triumph over all the powers Of sin and
darkness that may either assai or
tempt him.
In concluding the subject of our pres
ent essay, we think that some general
rules may be laid down in respect 10
marriage 1t is the sheercst folly for
mere boys and girls to enter into mat
rimonial engagements; and by boys
and girls me mean, members Of the hui
man family, respectively, under twenty
one and eighteen years of age. Expc-
rience has shown that twcnty-onc is
the lowest point at which the line which
separates the period of irresponsible
boyhood from that of responsible man
hood can be safely drawn. And this is
Especially so as to marriage engage
ments. The youth who is about lcav.
ing home for college. or for anywhere,
is totally unqualified to enter into an
engagement of marriage What man
of business would think of then con.
tracing with him for the building of a
house, or for any undertaking involv-
ing skill and capital? And yet it would
not be half so unwise for him then to
contract for the house in which he in.
tended to pass his future life, as it'll
would be to contract with the wife on
whom his enjoyment of his home is to
depend. The youth who goes to col.
lege is usually a totally different being
from the man who returns to the old
homestead with his degree; and equal
~ changed does he return who went
forth in his boyhood to wrestle with the
world for occupation and competence.
And so, too, do girls change, in their
progress to womanhood, in capacity,
thoughts, tastes, notions, and every
thing else that enters into their mental
and spiritual natures The youth
whom the girl of fifteen "adored," she
laughs at at eighteen; and the rosy
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