The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-03-21
Killed With Kindness.

There are some families the children
In which are never addres sed by their
proper names; they are "Pet, ;" Dear
Darling" precious" " Sweetest"
"Tootsey." "Biriie" and " Ny Angel"
and it Is almost invariable, as a rule,
that these children are peevish, passion
ate, ill-governed little creatures, who
scream violently IL they do not imme-
diately get what they ciamor for. 1t is
not unusual to see visitor in such
home left to solitude VIII le the whole
family work with frantic solicitude to
find lost toy or get some withheld
Pleasure for spoiled child. and the
child is never as happy as the less cared
Tor little one that is accustomed to
amase itself and taught to restrain its
upon It The world would have been
without moon ages ag1. had IL been
possible for imbecile fathers and moth
ers to possess themselves of it, for their
darlings p aything.
The result of all this foolishness is an
unhappy after life; the boy who has
been petted out of all mani moss and
hardihood grows up to be weak. sell
fish. tyrannical man. who imagines all
women are like his motherSwilling
slaves to his whims and caprices; he
does not marry q creature like himself
and thus prevent two other lives from
being spoiled, but he conceals his dis
position and marries a girl whose heart
he breaks with his selfishness. The
spoiled and petted girl finds that hus-
band Is not amused by her ebullitions
OF temper-that he regards her as a
lunatic when she beats her head on the
carpet, and screams, and that he has no
idea of ,humoring Q thousand silly, un-
womaniy whims, as her mother did.
and she turns out wretched. disap-
pointed woman. Both of these were
morally killed with kindness. ~
1t does not necessarily follow that
love, deep. fond, parental love, need be
excluded from the home circle, for IL not
found there where then may it be looked
fore but let 1t be the love that is to make
character, not mar It, that chasteneth
for its own good. that shall mike the
heart pure. the feet strong. the spirit
willing to bear the burdens life, when
the dear parents have gone to the home
beyond. That shall be legacy better
than gold to, the children who must
make their own wav in the world. IN
"But what IL Willie should dief'' saws
some mother who dare not punish or
restrain naughty child, lest some day
she wo I'D be tormented with remorse.
III nix moment, motherl Are you
bringing mp your child to dies Are you
not educating him to live, both for this
world and anothere And can YOU not
feel very sure that II he is good citizen
OF this world he will be Of the one that
follows thisP II he is good and great
and unseifish. minister'ng to the sorrow
ing, helping the weak, serving his
Master loyalty here, win he not be
worthy of Heaven hereafter. and does it
not rest with you to make him SOP Is
he not more than your pet dog, Fidele,
whom you also call '.pet'' and ''dar-
lingP" 80.
We have heard of q timorous little
woman who used to sit up with the stars
waiting for great, ugly, tipsy husband
to come home. and when, in the early
morning hours, he stumbled up the
stairs she would meet him with q smile
and the greeting: lis that you. irdies"
And we cannot help thinking that II she
had welcomed him with metanhorical
shower-bath o ice-water AMI few reso-
lutte words, Birdie" m ght have been
awakened to scnse of his shame and
made haste to do better. -
The gospel OF gush enervates: the
kindne ss that does not kill. but makes
alive. is strengthened by law, as insal-
hble as those of the Medes and Persians.
Detroit Post and Tribune.