National Republican., 1877-10-13
In EuiMrO.
BY josephine rpllarl

In Future.
BY josephine Pollard
II seems 10 me the bud of c 1pectation
Has not yet swollen TO the perfect Hover
That with It's wondrous fragrant exhalation
TIE world Of faith will dover.
The lamps we light are hut the stars Of promise.
The iaintrst reflex OF q distant sun.
That wake All eager saiutatiOn from us
TIL noblcr heights are won.
Tho past was but tho preface 10 the tory
In which tho romance of our lives Is wrought,
The deeds that win iinI,crishablo glory
Live scarcely IN our thought
wha,C'cr we do fails short OF our intending
The structure lacks the beauty We design
As tortured angels Ia their homes ascending
Depart and leave no sign.
BY all the doubts AMI trials that 80 veS us;
. ny hi the falls aud failures ina, annoy
lIy all the strange dcusiOus that pcrplcN u.s.
And yield no fruit Of joy,
We know that Unt, mortal, Is not given
The strength ot knowlrdgr that ,s yet III store
For us ere yet we walk the streets Of heaven,
And dream OF heaven no niute.
Tho heart uf earth has secrets yet wlthhulden
Tint wnit the dAwnIng Of Nomc nhturc day,
when angel hands from Scpulchre 80 golden
shall roll the stone away,
Man has lot touched the zenith of creation:
The God like thought that filed IChoyNh'S mind
Has hal In him hut feeble revelation,
Uncertain. underlined.
The day. wherein time rca chrs It's rruiticn.
With moments weighted with no vain regret,
Those days Of which the soul has sweet provision
Draw nigh, but are not yet.
ABOUT the Iittte VutS,
There is u world of truth in the following
communication from "Rchcs Mamma" "
which other mothers will do well to ponder.
II Is by no means designed ~ kindergarten
| advertisement, but emanairs from the earnest
and honest heart of lady woll known In
Washington society. Tho subject. but briefly
| touched upon here, demands more thorough
investigation, for the health and even the life
| Of too many little ones who for hours each day
IA al hx, ,arnIeaa ~ IN fhn q n
der mercics Of ignorant aud too often vicious
servants. In our parks and prUmonadcs,
where nurses and their charges most do con-
| gregatc," we have witnessed sights which sad
dcned our heart for days. and which If the
parent. of the helpless victims could have seen,
would have called down righteous vengeance
upon the perpetrators Your nurse, oh cred
ulous mother. is not going to strike or shake
or jerk your child ridely by tho arm, or even
| neglect IL in your presence but what surety
| have YOU as to her conduct and tender care IN
| your absence?
| For the Corner.
| WA>HiSGros. D. G.. Oct. II. 1877.
My impulse, good impulse, stands me In the
| Corner" to-day to say word to mothers for
the sake of their little children. Mothers who
have smaller children, or who have social and
domestic duties requiring their time and su
pcrvision. cannot ut all times give the little
ones from three to seven years old the per
this age they need the open air, and they need
training land by training mean direct
ing more than they de - any other be
cause then they are more susceptible to i'm
prcSsions, both mental aud physical And 81
these tender youngingsare put into the charG,
of maids and nurses, who walk the street.
from one to three hours day, sit in tho pub
lie parks, or 90 nobody -knows.whcre witt
them. Nurses are too often cuipably negli
gent of children, and, when faithful. are fire.
quently thoughtlcss aud faulty in judgment
They walk in the damp shade instead Of IL
the sunshine; they let children stand where
draft of air blows upon them; they do n hun
drcd things. thoughtlesSly, that careful
mother would wish her child spared know
whereof | speak. | have a little three year
old boy for whose welfare | am most sOlici
tous, like other mothers. He must have tn
air, and he must be constantly attended t.
and yet my forcnoons are so occupied that
can neither go out with him nor take care
him at home. So procured u strong, reliabl
4 nurse girl to take him out for daily walk
/, Just ss hundreds Of Washington mothers ar
doing to-day and every day. Well. my littl
, man did not thrive apace, though he WAS no
: III. save from occasional and too frequent oOld
taken, wifhout doubt. in some such manner q
! have alluded to above; but was never fire
from care concerning him while he was out {
my sight. nor do | think | was over anXiOu
Now have changed it ALL and that is what
want to tell to mothers who read THE RErui
LICAN'S valuable Corner" ! send my boy [
. the KindCrnrtrn and feel ils safe about hir
when he is there as when h2 is under my ow
eye. lie goes to the Pcrlcv Sisters, on four
street, between f. aud +, every morning at
o'clock, and comes home at l2::O know
" people understood the Kindergarten systci
h more thoroughly there would be more Of sue
institutions than arc now found IN our citir
Il The children are not made TO study or mad
Il to do anything, hut just directed and please
and helped, and loved and made happy, IN
taken the very hest care Of, And isn't tha
exactly what every mother wants for her da
lings? ! would like to go On nnd describe tn
,, kindergarten and its methods fully but fri
have already written more than you wi
have space for, but hope not, foi | have u
childrcn's best interest deeply at heart, an
am persuaded that this is a great good we q,
" do them. RICHES MAMMA.
A Royal Basket-Maker.
e While James was King Of England. the
:. came one day the Elrctor Palatinc of the Rhin
Prince Frederick asking the hand of Princc
Royal Elizabeth in marriage But the Kin
,r turned n deaf car to the distinguished suite
.elling him rather rudely that his small Pr
testant realm would soon he ovcrrun by r.
: manst armies, and then where would he b
r without even trade b. which to support h
wifef
e Thus repulsed. the Prince returned 10 h
palatinatc, but u few months later he can
again, saying that he had now learned trad
aud II the worst came he could keep the wo
from the door by basket making. King jaime
admirng his pluck, handed over the Prince
without delay; ard so they were married. 81
the royal prophecy came true. History tel
us how, by and by. tho Elcctor was drive
out of his domains, and for n long time actual
n supported his wife and children by max il
- aud selling wicker baskets, till the sting
n James was compelled by the force Of Engli'
~ public opinion to assist his daughter.
Why should not the most seemingly pro
\, porous men and women. in this uncerta
country of breaking banks aud financial flu
tuations, where riches so frequently take
= themselves wings and mono can tell what r
verses day may bring forth, emulate III
royal example of making sure Of some resour
in case of need? Even the Prince Imperial
Germany is said To be u first rate book -bindC
d but neither he nor YOU need practice yo
- trade continuously unless compelled 10
necessity.
Twilight
By DR. C. G., Cox . Washington d C.