The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-05

knows the meaning Of all this restlessness,
and instead Of rudely checking and re-
pressing, pleasantly guides and directs
Let me hasten to acknowledge that she
would be saint, indeed, who could &C.
complish this without many failurcs-that
it will tax to the utmost the strength and
patience of the wisest to do the things
which | am about TO mention yet; they seem
to need to be done. She must early train
her boy to obedience, not by using start
ling threats which he knows can never be
executed, but by firmly and patiently IN.
sisting on compliance with her requests.
Remembering that if boy has any pro-
mise of vgor and usefulness hereafter, he
will be very active and busy now. She
must try to remove the temptation to do
naughty and disobedient things
by suggesting things. that may
be done. How much trouble is
saved for both parties when the mother
learns to be before hand with the little
folks and to say, "Dontyou want to do thisN
before she is compelled to say, "You must
not do that" Innocent occupation is half
the battle for
Satan hnds some mischief still
For IDLE hands TO do"
And if she really wants to be in maturer
life her childrens' most valued friend and
counsellor, she must bear to be hlndered
and harraSsed at her work by having them
much around her while they are bothering
little things. She must endure great deal
of noise; mustn't be cross about a few
whlttlings on the floor of rainy day. If
she can be patient enough to show the
boys how TO sweep up, and restore
things to order, it will busy them longer,
and it will teach them a good lesson, which
will be two good things, She must be
pleasant when they crowd around and get
IN her way, just to show her some stone, or
flower, or curious thing, which seems to
them so wonderful that they must bring it
in to show ma and litter the house withal.
She must answer their questions about
these things, and instruct them as she IS able
She must be glad with them in their little
joys and soothe their sorrows so kindly that
they are half gone as soon as mama knows
them. She must let them know how much
she appreciates all their efforts to help her,
and nourish feeling of pride in being
able to make themselves useful.
Ny friend Mrs. Smith had quite a family
of boys that she trained somewhat after this
plan. They grew up into tiptop young fellow;
but she did suffer one inconvenience. Shs
was such long time getting rid of them
They got so attached to her that when
they were head and shoulders above her
they were Just about as much in her way as
when they were little shavers, and they
took up ever so much more room. AS the
boys grew they had to keep tearing down
their kitchen and charging it, for if they
were in the house and mother was in the
kitchen no other place would suit them,
and there they must be the whole half
dozen of them. They had thought Of
something they wanted to tell her. The
other rooms were cold. There was the
best window in the kitchen to read by, or
they thought she needed them to grind the
coffee, or to bring in wood. Well,
they didn't even trump up
any excuse, but just crowded
right in where she was and staid there.
And you could not keep Mr.. Smith away
from Mrs. Smith and the boys so he came
too, and if there was nothing of more inter.
est going on, he put his feet against the
oven-door, read his newspaper, and looked
comfortable,
If she was in the pantry skimming milk,
she was most likely to have a small boy on
one side watching to see how thick the
cream was, and big boy at the other ell
bow telling some remarkable thing that
had happened the day before at school.
When she went to the stove to put on the
kettle, she had to invite q few of them to
stand back, or shove back, or sit back, and
she couldn't get corn cake into
the oven without suggesting to papa
to lust move little. They used
to consider it regular joke when she in.
timated that there were other rooms in the
house, and would good naturedly answer,
well 60 there as soon as you do, ma"
When work was pressing, or the good
woman was little too near tired out
she was sometimes assisted by hired girl,
who was sure to say, on rainy mornings,
Gall the help l want from you to-day,
Mrs. Smith, is just to keep out Of this
kitchen thcrcft be no gitten round with
you here" IF she ventured to say that she
didn't know That she took llp so much