Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1878-02-23
THE DUTIES OF PARENTS.

The exercise of the perfection OF
any one quality alone Will not iu-
sure The proper management OF chIl
dren. Their organizations are like
The exquisite mechanism oi watch
--eacn part Tor Il different Use, Yet uli
ucce-sary tor the operation OF the
whole, each requiring the utmost care
and attention. 4 gram OF dust brIhg
4. aOic OF st"ppius the entire wUrhe.
Each f.cuitv aud ta-t. or iucIlaaLivu
II the child must be studied anu tie
good ones encouraged To iuiI ueyel-
"pment, the bad oLe, repressed, aud
later Explained, aud, If possible, riu-
Icuied into qnie>ceucr; iof rl1IcuIe
Jtlug almost CeItiIu ueatu To good
qualities, should be also 10 svi. pro-
en-ltles. Ii ihrIr minds aluuc are
f-d, the work viii not be perfect.
-AiI,r the al duUus studles OF the day
there should De 4 rei.Xatiou, with
some healthy, cheerful auusememi.
Ii tuey nave performed tn-lr duties
we'll during the hours devoted 10
-c.oOl, IL should 10. he necessary for
the home hours to be spent pouring
over lessons. Tne teacher giving
.cngthy tasks uece-sItrtIns continual
study ut home should be severely ccu-
sureu rs hot knowing his or her duty
L; may be necessary tor few of the
iu Ter scholars TO spend an hour vr
so III study outside of school, but this
should te all exception to The rue.
practlcIng music III the evening Is
uut cheerful amusement, either To
the performer or listener; but playing
Or singing Is, aud should often he III
duiged in. Even little boys are hap-
pier ana gentler when they can sing
OF perform on some instrument
Nothing SO strengthens the bonds OF
love III 1tmliy as singing together.
| 1t is one OF the most charming mem-
uries OF home. The SCOTS and jeers
| Of professors aud philosophers against
amateur musicians should be entirely
| ignored, remembering only the good
| that music does III family.
Littieinfornai gatherings of friends,
| Young aud Old, with games, conver-
| satIon, and even the simplest refresh
ment help to make home attractive
Family visiting should be cultivated
and family excursions; the art gal
leries and things of Interest shculd
| BE- seen together, for the stronger the
|
| children will be. Dancing should
NOT be the only amusement; it is well
enough once III a while, but all par
ties should not begin aud end with
the intellect OF the feet. The early
training of children should tend to
render them, when grown, capable of
| those conversations that sometimes
become historical and are always
worth listening 10. The practice OF
locking up the parlor except for COM
pany Is most perniciou-, rendering
the refining Influence of pictures,
s,atuelt:s aud books of little avail.
No parlor should be too good or cost
ly to render happier or better those
most loved, and kept for the enter
taiument of those for whom we some =
times care 80 little. To COOK, eat, and
also exist in the Kitchen, where a
peasant parlor is available, is not
worthy civilized being But all
careful supervision will be almost
neui rallied by the Influence of one
bad companion therefore children
should be often questioned in a pleas.
amt, uninquisitorial way about their
| associates at school and their compun.
ions in their hours of llay. Much
future misery aud shame may thus be
| spared; the evil habits being formed
will thus be discovered, and can and
must be nipped in the bud. Onc
thoroughly bad boy or girl viii
vitinte the morals of a whole n~ign.
borlIuod, and his or her ietesi able
I ,hirnCtcr must he pointed out, tht
ignomy to which it tends c0m,rasted
with the nobility of purer life, aud
tieir hearts appealed to. a stern
command that the association wit,
such one shall be Immediately dis
continued, without these good rea
SONS given, is apt to increase the dan
ger by rendering the forbiddc,
compauionship secret aud more iasci
mating OH that account.
Children should be studied closeI,
and supplied with healthy amuse
meuts, good companions aud suffi
+ cien"y of work. To give them prope
home training is not inconpatibl,
with dignity. Tor their hearts, mind
aud bodice should he brought as nea
perfection AS pussible.