Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-12-14
A Lecture 20 Sis.

Come here, SIS. ard set down beside me,
and let me give you q little talking to-
That is right. Sit clear at the other end
of the sofa II makes more room for my
gous and ccrns, besides being good habit
for a young lady to become addicted TO.
Always pander to this habit, and you VIII
in time find yourself walking through
green meadows and beside the still waters
of self-respeci. You may be walking alone
TO be sure, but will have fewer lawn dres-
ses to do up on Monday morning. | wish
20 speak to you of your mother 1t may
be you have noticed care worn look upon
her face lately. of course It has not been
brought there by any act of yours, still it
is your duty to chase it away, | don't
mean for you TO run al and shake your
skirts and tell il to shoo," as you would a
hen, nor do | expect you TO get on the 9TH
er side of the fence and thIow old oyster
cans and pieces OF barrel slaves at it. as
you did at the COW yesterday. But l want
you to get up 10 morrow morning and get
breakfast, and when your mother comes
down and begins 10 express her surprise,
90 right up to her and kiss her on the
mouth. You don't imagine how IT will
brighten her dear face. Besides, you owe
her kiss or two. Away back when you
were tile girl she had kissed you when
no one else was tempted by your lever
tainted bleath and swollen face. You
were not as attractive then as you are now.
And along through those years Of childish
sunshine and shadows she was always
ready 10 cure, by the magic of mothers
kiss, the little dirty, chubby hands when
ever they were njured in those first skir-
mishes with this rough world And then
the midnight kisses with which she has
routed so many bad dreams. and as she
leaned about your restless pillow, have all
been on interest these long, long years. OF
course she is not so pretty ard kissable as
you are, but If you had done your share of
the work during these last ten years the
contrast would not be so marked. Her
face has more wrinkles than yours, far
more, and yet if you were sick that face
would appear 10 yoI to he more beautiful
than an angels, as it hoyered over you,
watching every opportunity TO minister to
your comfort, and every one Of those
wrinkles would seem to be bright waveleti
of sunshine chasing each other over the
dear old face. She VII leave you one of
these days. Those burdens, if not lifted
from her shoulders, will break her down.
These rough, hard hands that have done so
many unnecessary things for you will be
crossed upon her lifeless breast. Those
neglected lips that gave you your first ba-
by kiss will be forever closed; and those
sad tired eyes Will have opened In eternity,
and then you will appreciate your mother,
but il will be too late. There, there, don't
cry; she has not left you yot. She Is down
in the kitchen st1inging beans for dinner,
and if you feel so badly you might go down
and finish them, and let her change her
dress and rest an hour before dinner, and
after dinner you might do up the dishes
while she takes little nap. Then you
might take her hair and do it up for her.
You need not wind it over your finger and
iuss to make little split curls as you used
10 do with yours but give it good brush
ing and wind it up gently and ienderly. as
if you enjoyed doing it for her. The
young man down in the pariOr can wait
until you have performed these duties If
he expresses any Impatience you may ex-
plain TO him that you feel under more OBJ
legations 10 your mother than you co TO
him. Ii this does not seem to satisfy him,
ask him how many times he has got up in
the middle of the night to warm pepper
mint for you when you were dying with
the collie, or hew many hours he has Cur
ried you up and down the room Just be-
cause you would not be quieted in any
other wayl Ask him TO repeat Mother
Hubbard backwards, and If he is unable 10
do it, 1t will be proof positive that he Is
not the one thai has repeated it, and ex-
planned TO you l,700 times. Catechke
Inn TO find out if he is the one who gave
you the black silk dress; and sat up at
night to make 1t while you were off hav-
ing good time. Corner him up and make
him admit that he went without a new
bonnet last winter that you might enjoy a
Sl2 one that you admired so much. Wiring
from him confession that he has a stitch
in his side, brought there by doing up your
finery week after week. Then show him
out the front door, put on calico apron,
and go out and help your mother pick
currants Tor jelly, and guarantee you will
think more os yourself, the world will
think the more of you and you will be
happier and better for having done so.