Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-09-01
Miscellaneous.


While we ere careful to teach our chill
dren Inst An iDordinate love Of money Is
he root Of al evil, We often fail IN i'm
pressing upon them m equally reedful
}eeaon-thaf proper estimate and use Of
4 II Of the greatest importance. Since
they can be educated in book learning only
by constant and severe application on their
own mari, We set them at their tasks early,
and urge them forward by every healtbfnl
stimuIOus we are capable Of imparing.
We tighten their heavy burden often
times By throwing in our own maturer
conclusions and still leave entirely out Of
view > most important and practical ele-
ment in their education-the motive power
which Is to move the machinery OF their
whole lives-the worth of money.
Il might seem that Providence had ref
erence to this necessary culture in the
mind OF child by making the most valu-
able metals so attractive. Silver and gold.
the diamond and precious stones. have
hidden within them beauty so full and
20 rich that the highest art is constantly
employed in transferring it to untried
forms and newer combinations. It's well
thai our coins are made 50 attractive. and
that the ..little folks" receive 50 much
pleasure in earning them and using
them in their plays. A sensible
child will be better rewarded for his efforts
when sent on errands. by penny than BY
. stick Of candy. II he spends it for candy
Il Il pleasure to feel that he earned the
money and used it according to his own
liking.
Teaching our children the value and
use Of money may begin very early. II we
enforce upon their minds the fact that in
dusiry and faithful application alone win
deserved reward. The little boy should
receive return for his hired labor accord
ing to its amount. just as the '.big man.
which he soon hopes to be. is paid for his
work. n he hoes corn with the hired
man, who receives dollar day, let him
count the rows, and dividing the money
by the number, ascertain what ara his
own dues and receive them with exact
ness. Overpaying leads child to expect
more OF the world than he will receive,
and tends to disappointment. The sane
principle holds good IN little girls work.
There are certain portions OF homework
which they may be allowed honest wages
for doing, aside from the general share
which naturally falls to them. When
they have earned money pay it to them
promptly, and let them use it for their
clothing and charities, that they may
early become as nearly selfsupporting as
possible. II they understand that nice
work commands better wages. and that
the reward is in proportion to the quality
as well as the amount. they will acquire
carefulness and painstaking which will
besr rich fruit in coming years, and
smooth the roughness of life's journey in
large degree. They should aim, wheth-
or rich or poor, to earn an honest living,
either in brain work as students and
teachers. or in hand labor, equally neces
sary and honorable. There are many
callings where woman is now invited to
compete with the other sex. and where it
Is praiseworthy to do so. When she finds
that perfecting herself by years of con-
slant effort will yield such harvest as
men reap only after long continued toll
and sacrifice and waiting. she will not
complain at a like experience, and the
character thus acquired will be by far the
richest reward. Cottage Hearth.