The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1878-03-01
What Shall We DO with
Our Charley ? saizfh

tion, q svlemp and awful fact, and
on the question What is to be done
WITH him ?" depends o future. Many
a hard, morose and bitter man has
come from a Charley turned off end
neglected ';gmanyia parental hearts
ache has come from Charley LETT
to run the streets that mamma and
slermight play the piano and write
letters in peace. 1t is easy to get
rid Of lim--there are fifty ways oI
doing that he is.a spirit that can be
promptly laid Tor a season, but il
not laid Alright Will come back by
and by stroag-armcd man, when
YOU can = not send him eff ut
pleasures A3i yd ID lgglci11 9a
Mamma and sister had Better pay
a little tax to Charley now. than a
terrible one hereafter Tor to>day
you can make him laugh, you can
makellim cry, you can persuade and
coax, and turu him to your pleasure;
YOU can make his eyes fill and his
bosom swell with recltals Of good
and noble deeds-in short, YOU can
mold HIM if you will , take tho
trouble. Yor8 70 sY p
But look ahead some years, when
that little voice shall ring in deep,
bass tones; when that small foot
shall have man weight and
tramp ;when a rough beard shhil
cover That little round chin, and all
lie strength of manhood fill out
that little form. Then YOU would
give worlds TO have the key to his
heart, to be able to turn and guide
him 10 your will butFif you loose
that key now he is little. You may
search for it carefully with tears,
some day, and not find it.
One thing is to be noticed about
Charley, that rude and busy and
noisey as he appears to be aud irk-
some as carpet rules and parlor
ways are TO Lin. he is still {. social
little creature, and wants to be
where the rest of the family are. A
room ever so we'll adapted for a
play- room cannot charm him at the
hour when the family is in reunion !;
he hears the voices in the parlor,
and his playroom seems cold and
dessolate. 1t may be warmed by a
furnace and lighted with gas, but
it is human light aud warmth he
shivers Tor he longs to take his
things down and play by you; ne
yearus to hear the talk Of the fam
ih, which he so mperfectly compre'
hcnds, and is necessarily promising
that OF the fifty things which he is
liable 10 do il The parIor, he will
not commit one if you will let him
stay there, te m4
This instinct Of the little one is
natures warning plea-God's ad-
monitjon. Oh, how many mother
who has neglected it because it was
irksome to have the child about,
has longcd when her son was man
to keep him by her side, and he
would not Shut out as a little
Arab-constanlly told that he is
noisy, that hesis awkward and med
dIesome, andaa plague in general.
the boy has at last found bis COM
pany in the streets, IN the highways
and hedges where he runs, till the
day comes when the parents want
their son, the sisters their brother;
and then they are scared at the lace
he brings back TO them. all ioul and
smutty from the championship to
which they have doomed him. De-
pend upon it, mother and cider
sisters, if it is too much trouble TO
keep Charley in your society, there
will be a place found for him:
warmed and lighted with no
friendly fires, where he who fnds
some mischief still for idle hands to
do, will care for him if you do not.
You must take trouble for him,
either a little now or a good deal
bv.and-by.
Let him stay with you at least
some portion Of the day. Put
aside your work or book TO tell him
a story, or read to him from some
book. Devise still parlor plays for
him, for he gains nothing if he be
spoil the comfort of the |
whole circle. A pencil aud sheet
Of paper, and lew patterns, will
often keep him quiet for an hour oy
your side or in corner lie may
build a block house, annoying nos
body; and if occasionally he does
disturb you now, balance in your
own mind which is the greatest
evil-to be disturbed BY him now
or when he is man. -.
Of all that you can give your
Charley, if you are a good woman,
your presence is the best and the J
safest thing. God never intended |
lim to do without you, any more
han chickens were, intended TO grow
without being brooded.
Then lei him have some place in
he house where il shall be no sin
% hammer and pound and sdw, and
make all the litter that his various
schemes of business require. Even
{ you cen i'll afford the room,
weigh well which is best. to spare
lin that safe asylum, or the chance |
&c nnn " hich he mo v find for him L