The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-05-30

n want 40 tell YOU, children, OF the
oraar dream I had last night. / dreamed
tbat many things were greatly changed
from what had been always accus-
toned 10 see them.
7 thoupht, for instance, that babies
months were no longer made as common
As the common shaving mug at the par
ber's. but that nobody presumed 70 KISS
A baby until the infant had urgently re-
ouested the favor
Thought that when n baby's stomach
was full 70 overlooking with food, the
homeopathic theory of SiDaitid sinalliOlAS
e1rranfifr was not followed, and instead
of PLYING him with more food TO relieve
/ him from the distress Occasioned oy the
\ orerplus, his stomach was permitted 20
pay exclusive attention 10 getting rid OF
\ its present burden
And ! fancied that the young thlng
was no longer tossed about until MS
every bone threatened to break, When
/ he was very tired and wished only 10 De
allowed rest and sleep, nor rocked INTO
dizziness when the tosser had grown
weary of the tossing.
( I thought, too, that the infant nao
ceased being swathed in tightly rolled
wraps, and was now clothed IN Loosely
/ fitting garments which allowed hlm 70
move his body and limbs with ease and
/ freedom.
! dreamed that babies were never
whipped because their mammas had
/ lost their temper, and that they were
never made drunk with soothing syrup
that their mammas might attend the
lecture, the play, or the ball i,
| / thought that grown persons had
ceased TO ask a child his age, If his hat
or his dress or his shoes were new or
where he got them, or any of the CUES
tons which are considered impertinent
when addressed to an adult.
/ / Thought that when q little boy was
very tired he was not forced to give up
his comfortable chair TO a lady or gen.
tleman who was not tired at all, and
that when a child had secured a window
seat In the steam car it was not taken
from him simply because he was child
II thought it had become the fashion
10 say ssthank you" 10 a boy-gentlemaI
or a miss-lady, and that ''yes, SIR, ano
ano. ma'am," were no longer exclusive
lly used in addressing gentlemen and Ia
dies of larger growth ..,
i dreamed that little boys and httl,
Girls were sometimes allowed 10 asl
l9uestions in which their parents Wer'
not particularly Interested, and wer'
answered with the same consideration
that would have been accorded then
had they been the most lnsuHeraol'
adult bOres you ever heard OF.
| / Thought that parents never attempt
ed to deceive their children, but Away
told them the truth without preVarlca
ton or evasion.
thought that the adage, "Childre
should be seen but not heard" had be
come obsolete, and that when chill
smoke he was listened TO with the sam
| Attention that would have been be
slowed upon him were he twenty year
older. ...r ......
I dreamed that because parents Ia
FORGOTTEN how 10 whine and scold, chi
dren had failed to learn the arts OF Wnln
ing and angry articulation g,
1 thought that little girls were taugr
TO run and romp, instead OF being a
lowed TO sit still oil day, and that keel
ing their clothing unsoiled ana Ael
muscles f1accid was not the whO-e
their education.
/ thought that mothers cared more
see their BOYS with rudy cheeks tina
J with clean hands, and that lungs an
limbs were considered as worthy OF dc
velopment as brains. =.
/ Thought that parents were as poll
and kind in talking and dealing WI
: their own children as with the childre
of others.
, I thought that children were MOI
like pleasant adults because of all the
: transformations, and the adults, for
l ike reason, retained more of the tres
ness and ingenuousness of childhood.
Now, children, wasn't this a mo
e ridiculous decentralization IrdHseTlE