South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-06-13
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and into the sitting-room where he was
making out some accounts. Il wish
those children would be quiet! Amt it
most bedtime, Tillie?'
They are probably undressing Mrs.
Turmoyie replied, quietly. III 20 and
see If they are rea iy for bed
DO keep them quiet until they are
There was an interval of profound 81.
lence in about half and hour the mo.
ther returned.
They are asleep now she said. Tom
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 lille he said, i
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 only have
three
Perhaps they were all abed'
They were all in the next room was
the triumphant reply. Stone is proud
Of them, and well he may be. There is
Willie, just at the age Of our Tom, stud
in dolls clothes, and Amy, who will not
he four years old for three months
reads well and knows the multiplication
table through. Look at our savages.'
They are getting along we'll at school
dear. | think Mark is to young yet to
study. The others did not go to school
until they were i've
And Tom just manages TO write de-
cent letter a. twelve, while Willie is at
Latin grammar. And as for manners,
why Tom will make more noise alone
than Stones five children all put to-
gether.'
Mrs. Turmoyle. being 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 a quiet home.
i am sure | can't do it, the gentle
loving mother thought. with sigh.
Seated, the next morning, IN close
conversation, the ladies presented a con-
trast as marked as tue atmosphere OF
their own houses. The tiny. blue-eyed
woman, who had no heart to suppress
Toms merry whistle or Bessies silvery
laugh, hal left home where constant
care only secured cleanliness, and where
childish disorder was manifest every.
where but in the best parlor She look
ed at the tall, dark haired woman oppo-
site her, noted the exquisite morn
ing dress, faced with light silk, spotess
and unrumpled, and thought, regretfIl.
~, OF the marks of tel. chubby fingers
upon hor own, printed there, when her
boy baby, her darling Mark, had sue
ceeded in forcing piece Of his sweetest
candy into mammals mouth. She noted
the dainty order OF the sitting room
, where every chair stood primly in its ap
pointed place, and not even a thread
, rested upon the carpet, and remembered
Marks stable for his 'spress cart and
horses under the lounge, and Bessie
keeping house on the lower floor Of the
bookcase.
Visions haunted her also OF snippings
Of paper, bits Of string, and odds and
ends of dolls finory upon the table.
Drifting from one scrap OF matronly
I talk 10 another, the ladies came natural
/ ly to the care and management OF chill
dren, and Mrs. Turmoyle complimented
her neighbor upon the appearance of her
house and. the proficiency of her little
ones.
Il cannot understand how you accom-.
plish it, she said frankly.
BY system was the reply. The cdu-
cation of my children begins. | may
say, in their cradles. As soon rs they
can walk, they have their own proper
place in the room, and are trained TO
perfect silence when older persons are
! present.
Mrs. Turmoylc thought Of the noisy
chorus OF shouts, the eager recital OF the
DAYS pleasures or accidents, that gree
ted papa. aunties or uncles i'm her own
nursery, and wondered if Tom, Bessie
and Mark would be trained TO sit quiet
in one place for hours at time.
AT two years Of age teach my chill.
dren their letters. and after thai. they
arc sent TO school All Of them were
entered at three years of age ut pri-
vate school and n five st public one.
la the intervals OF school hours my
boys have geographical puzzles, spelling
games and problems, and my girls are
| taught sewing
And when do they play
uelt BhlDt5 hli'' pu/HlcS arc SUM-
cicnt FOR the boys and I allowt he girls TO
cut out and O.. clothing for large wax
doll.
But DO they not have any hours for
running, balls, kites and other outdoor
playY
Idisapproye entirely ofout-door play.
II ruins clothing aud makes children
rude. They have outdoor exercise in
long walk 90 and from school,
As she spoke the ball door opened
. quietly d a fall Of footsteps crossed the
nall TO the sitting groom Five children.
three girls and two boys, came in with
languid footsteps and pale faces. from
which all chiIdishuess seemed stricken
SpOtlessiy clean, with shiny hair and
polished boots, they followed in order.
/ ~ fashion the lead Of The eldest, who
stood before his mother waiting for per.