Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-11-08

EARLY RIsTKG.-We wrote for :
paper. some years ago. an article in
sisting that people stay in bed till
they St rested. and that only those
can b apscted to rise early who 20
70 bed sezly. Several parents tell rs
that siffH cur article on thar subject
they have more trouble than ever in
getting their boys mp in the morning
u time for breakfast.
Ecys. how can yOu do soa You
ought o Be- spanked. Yon ought
70 get up whsn the r;sing-bell
rings. Early worms. etc. You ought
e do as your fathers. and mothers did
when they wee boya and girls. Their
P.Assnsa nevsr snx sfopbls with
them. When. "a he old iarmhOuss.
your grandfather used lo knock on
the door of your prospective father.
he, the last. your father in prospec-
tive would. at the first tap on the
door fling the bed-cOvers against the
wall, and give one leap into the mid
die Of the floor, crying. "Yes. father,
| am glad you called me so early"
And your mother-that is, your
prospective mother, used to spurn the
pillow at the first call Of your grand
mother, and cry out, "Only too glad
to come. dear mother. at your first
call. Do not trouble yourself to call
again" and before the grandmother
had got downstairs. your mother pro-
spective was putting the back-comb
through her coiled ringlets. What a
pity it is the world has SO degenera-
ted.
Boys, you ought to be ashamed Of
yourselves. In these days we have
to come to your door. At our first
call you make no answer. We have
to come in and shake you. Then you
say, YES" but do. not act. We 90
downstairs, and, not hearing any stir
overhead, We cry. "Are you up?''
Eyes" you reply. easing your con-
science by saying softly, "Yes. up
stairs" And we call again, and start
breakfast without you, and you come
down, offering headache or lame
knee or cold, as an apology. You
know your headache and cold, aud
everything else, will be gone as soon
as breakfast is over and the present
emergency has ceased. You ought to
be ashamed of yourselves. Why are
you not affected by your fathers and
mothers early example? As we re-
member them, what pinks of perfsc-
tion they were.
One reason why we should like to
80 back and live over again our boy
hood days, is that we would like Ia
show you how persons should act in
the matter of early rising. Ah, we
see that would disarrange the ances.
tral line, and so it would not be best
for US to go back to boyhood. We
must content ourselves by reading the
present generation this practical lec-
ture on the way We used to do. Now,
boys, that will do for this time. Run
off to your fun. Put in practice very
early tomorrow morning what we
have said. Meanwhile let us, old and
young, reflect upon the fact that more
important than this question of get
ting up early is the question as tc
what we do after we get up. We
know persons who might better have
lain abed all day, and every day.
The more they did, the worse for the
world. We wish so that they might
have slept over. But if we are going
to do something for God and the world
worth doing. then we will ring the
morning bell now, all up and down
through the halls and parIOrs and
bedrooms Awake thou that sleep
est. Come. it is time to get up.-Ih
TdLnlage, im Frank Lcsses Sandas
Magazine for Novens5er.