Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-14
4 Quiet House.

ed from the nursery down the hall stairs
and into the sitting-room where he was
making out some accounts. 4 wish
/ those children ever would be quiet
Amt it most bedtime, TiIIie ~
They are probably undressing" Mrs
Turmoyle replied quietly. III go up
and see if they are ready for bed"
/ '.Do keep them quiet until they are r
There was an interval Of profound 81
lenee. and in about half an hour the
mother returned
They are all asleep now, she said
&@Fou had dressed the kitten IN Bessie-s
dolls clothes
The accounts finished. Mr. Turmoyle
leaned back IN his chair.
/ Il wish you had some management
with those children, T1LIie. be said esI
went over to Stones on business, last
evening, and you would not have known
there was child IN the house And
Stone has five, while we have but three. -
Perhaps they were abed-
They were all IN the next room"
was the triumphant reply s'Stone Is
proud Of them, and well he may be.
There Is Willie, Just the age Of our Tom,
studying Latin, instead Of dressing kit
tens IN dolls clothes. And Amy, who
will not be four years old for three
months, reads well, and knows the null
tiPlication table through Look at OUT
young savages p
They are getting along well at school,
dear. l think Mark IS too young yet to
study The others did not go to school
till they were five
| And Tom just manages to write d
decent letter at twelve, while Willie IS
at Latin grammar. And as for manners,
why Tom viii make more noise, alone,
than Stones five all put together"
Mrs TurmoyIe, being a woman Of
sense, did not continue the argument,
but mentally resolved to see Mrs. Stone
the next day, and talk with her about
the wonderful secret Of having five chill
dren and quiet house
t Il am sure I can't do it r. the gentle,
loving mother thought, with a sigh.
| Seated the next morning, IN close con-
versatlon- the ladies presented con-
trast as marked as the atmosphere Of
their houses. The t1nv. hIue-eved wo-
man. who had no heart to suppress Toms
merry whistle, or Bessie's sIIvery laugh,
had left a home where constant care on
ly secured cleanliness, and where child
Ish disorder was manifest everywhere
but IN the best parlor. She looked al
the tall, dark-haired woman opposite
her, noted the exquisite morning dress,
faced with light silk, spotIess and IN
rumpled, and thought, regretfuIIy, Of
the marks Of ten chubby fingers upon
; her own printed there when her boy ba
by, her darling Mark, had just succeed
ed IN forcing d piece Of his ''sweetes1
candy" into mammals mouth. She noted
the dainty order Of the sitting room
, where every chair stood primly in III
{ appointed place, and not even a threaC
rested upon the carpet, and remembered
, Marks table for his s-spress cart ant
horses under the lounge, and Bessie
keeping house on the lower shelf Of til
: bookcase
7 Visions haunted her, also, Of suipplug
: Of paper, bits Of string, and odds an
ends Of dolls fnery, upon the table
Drifting from one scrap Of matronl.
/ talk to another, the ladies came natural
e Iy to the care and management Of chi
Il dren, and Mrs TurmoyIe compliments
: her neighbor upon the appearance Of he
] house and the proficiency Of her children
d Il cannot understand how you accom-
= pIizh it, she said, frankly.
: by system was the reply 9Th
: education Of my children begins. I ma
e say IN their cradles As soon as the
IS can walk, they have their own propt
J. place IN the room, and are trained I
perfect silence when elder persons al
: present-"
Ut Mrs TurnlnyIe thought Of the nois
re chorus Of shouts, the eager recital Of Il
4 days pleasures or accidents. that gree
= ed papa, auntIes or uueIes IN her own NJ
+ sery, and wondered If Tom, Bessie al
til Mark would be trained to sit quiet
ne one place for hours at a time.
ne @At two years Of age | teach my eh
= = dren their letters, and after that tn
al are sent to school All af them We
ca entered a6 three years Of age at a prTvs
er school, and five at a public one In t
v intervals Of school hours my boys la
: geographical puzzles spelling games a
70 problems. and NY girls are taught sc
ing
:. = But when do they play
bT Their games and puzzles are sd
Ith cIent amusement for the boys. and I
ow low the girls 10 cut and f5 clothing
ne large wax doll"
- s-But Do they not have any hours
,u- running, balls. kites and outdoor play
nd 4 disapProge entirely Of out-d
lat play It ruins clothing, and makes q
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