The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-10-12
WHAT WOMEN WANT TO KNOW,
Kiss the Children Good-Nicht,

Send the little ones to bed in happy frame
of mind. 1t requires some discipline and self
denial on the part Of a weary parent to answer
all the foolish questions aud attend to tho MANY
wants that multiply so fast as the hour of bel
tune draws near, but it is labor Of love that
Will bring a large recompense. Childron never
for get. They will carry with them through
hfes long and weary pilgrimage the remem-
brance of the face thai bent over them at night,
and that was ever associated in their immature
minds with heaven aud God. AID the little tire
some last questions mean 80 much to them
What if We should not answer them and they
never awakened here? Unanswered questions
and unanswered problem, have followed men
and women through life with harro wing per-
sletencs. And mover give thoughtiess answer
to child's question. Nsver tell tho little ones
that the thunder 10 The voice of God! Think
What On idea they must form OF such God.
DO not tell them petty vagus stories that will
mlslead thcm iuto tangled paths Hood saws
pathe'ica!ly of his own childhood:
remember, remember
The FIR trecs DARK and high.
fused to think their slender tops
Were close against the sky.
It was childish. ignorance,
But now It's little joy
10 know I'm further off from heav
Than whsn was o boy.
No one can 80 gently and kindly prepare the
little ones for the perpicXlties and disappoint.
ments Of life, which ara Inevitable, as tho
fathers and mothers to whom their education
should be first consideration. The mora!
Lessons taught at the mothers knee or by III,
bedside eau never be forgotten, nor eau tho
father shlrk all responsibility in the matter of
home tutelage That is a child to be pitisd
WAC is afraid to ask i's father any question
which arls ~ in its young mind; who dare mt
climb to the parental knee and challenge tue
world to dislodse it Dr.. Holland, in his fine
20 IN of Daniel Gray, which is sail to typify
his own father, says:
He had some notions that did not improve him.
de never kissed his children. so they say
We feel sorry for the children of father 80
austere, but VIC can afford to pity one who Lost
SO much beauty and value out of his own life
Then kiss the children good night and good
you will find that in such work two are blessed
One in sivlng the other in receiving.
Bric-a- Brac
Cabinets in larger houses are found only in
reception rooms or libraries where the back
parlor forms tho library. Very often they are
Of combination style, and the most popular
form of libraries to-day is that which pres nts
the convenience Of book case and cabinet in
ono In framework Of carved or or
nanental woodwork, shelves form tle
cuntor, and small alcovos at either
eide serve for the reception Of ornaments
Sams OF the most beautiful specimens to be
sssn Ill The { are copies of old sixteenth ceu-
IrirJ cabucis. which, however, ars Only suita-
Bile ior rourls where everything can be made
harhionlous with thsm. Il is quite strange to
note INC different effects an antique piece of
furniture has in store aud when it
is transferred to modcrn apartment.
All ut oace it's rich, dark carving
seems to have lost its effect, tho article which,
in the uphvlsterer's domain, surrounded by
priceless. appears 10 decided disadvantage in
room full OF the la:ost specimens of nineteen,h
century ir-cnf.cturlng skill. 1t is like au
old fashioned child, and so we'll is this under
stood to-day that perfect copies Of old world
furniture arc rarely made; they are
standard. So wo find to-day that while the
Moorish is tho style most in demand it is so
adapted and convontionaiized by tue iutro-
duction OF bevelod mirrors aud other mod
ern innovations that it can insinuats itself into
the most elaborate nineteenth century recep-
ton room without appearing incousruous.
These Moorish cabinets arc very handsome.
Iu many the effec: is greatly heightened by the
uss of drapory. The archway which usually
surnounts the structure is often decorated
with hanginys of embossed velvet or plush
which serve 10 relieve the severity Of tho out
lines.
Nuch-Lecsured Mothers.
There is q suggestive story told by Helen
Campbell OF LYDIA Newman. whose old Quaker
uncle SO cling that she fastened her pretty little
Newport tics with poppy red ribbons, frowned
and told her it was not soemly. 81 don't care
for them myself" she said, "but 1 want my
little boy to aemember that his mother wore
red bows on her shoes" The old friend re-
torted that the reason was much worse than
the offense; and 80 Lydia received lecture,
but kept her ribbons. The moral of this story
is directed against that lectured- by-every-b body
class, the mothers Of families. When we think
Of the ceaseless labors of good mother, OF
her efforts to guide wisely hcr household, to
be her husbands best friend, her children's
most interesting companion, it seems shame
full thing to find any fault in hor.
A really wise mother will take time to dress
horself tastefu.ly, to bs fair and lovely in tho
eyes of her children, to read and even to study
for their sakes, to learn and to talk on higher
subjects than the plague and curse Of Ameri-
eau servants, to live in the present, to kesp
step in the march Of civilization. Very diff
cult, almost impossible at times, it is to be
child's confdant and companion, to mako homo
the dearest place in the world to him, to dress
becomingly for the small lover who dotes On a
''pretty mammal" but mothers who have d5no
all this are the mothers who have best cause
to be proud Of their grown-up boys. :.
Good Sense About Children's Clothes
There is very likely no conservatism moro
difficult to deal with than thai displayed BY the
young boy IN regard to any change in his ap-
parel III must wear these cuffs" said an
eight year-old boy, on Sunday morning 81 am
a. IL.