The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1883-08-25
4NG MY BOYS ADVICE.


Jur 6 after tea 7 was STANDING in tbe
p .ddle of the room with arms folded
and ewes cast down. thinkino intentlv,
"Apenny foryour thoughts .mammaI''
said Willie. nv Youngest IF
ooh! Willie. INV how. TIM trying n
Aecide what to do first this evening
There is the ,iia Of nen5;no- tho StonR
ngs and socks to be darned' Joe's new
looks to be covered. and if Aunt len.
lie is to come on Saturday. the muslin
artains for her room should be hemmed
t+nipht." ),
sKnow what I'd doP" oueried rogue
Willie. with a smile. Q! -
tsWell, what would Won do. nv bovp',
.'Td let the stocks, and socks. and
cher old RAGS take care of themselves
ii tomorrow. Joe MIGHT cover his
boks himself: do'im GOOD. and keen
tt cove out o. mischief. and 'snose tbe
ls-dy curtains warn't put nm 'fiIl after
Ant Jennie got here, 'spect anybodv'd
d? Besides. there's a story in the ma.
pr Tn a-sufferin, fo hear Rad Tomo
O, Mumpsey! read the paper TONIGHT
all do not do anythin' else. Jes resi-
YER face and hands. Guess I wouldn't
c1wd myself into work-basket, and
thlble all the timer
Ly first thought was. An! how little
thidear child knows of the cares and
dues devolving upon the mother of .
jfaily. The next moment an imnIl1se
:seiId me, which ordinarily would have
seded to indicate lack of reason on nv
pal
Eould take Willie's advice, and see
VIII the result would be.
Veil, get the paper, Willie. and in a
moent- will be ready to read, Then
goit to the closet, / found some nice
broh paper, and the bottle of muci-
lag
lid no idea it would rest me so. In
the ist place it was real pleasure To
wat Willie's face, as the cleyerlv writ
ten bry unfolded itself, and was in
tered myself. in finding how it all
cam.ut. Pretty soon Joe came in with
his NJ school books. He was delighted
at Thought of covering them himself,
and istonished me to see how nicely
he SEQ work.
Atght o. clock Willie went to bed
with Iatisfied little face. and / sat read
ing Il entire evening, and it was a
fact, 7 sleep that night was more re-
freshi than it had been for a long
time, r was that all, it often occurred
that ring the morning hours, over
come tn uncomfortable tlrowsiness, |
wouldop asleep in my chair. but that
morni / felt bright enough to equal
any etion.
1t isrue, when Aunt Jennie came
the prg muslin curtains were not up
a. III
planat she replied lust as / expected.
s'Yonow would thousand times
rathersver see muslin curtains M.
tastefB they are, than to know you
had oiworked to get them there.
Mortabman, my dear, can do lust so
much, d no more Nature will have
her dutrst or last!',
So l to rejecting as to whether
after alt.was good Judgment on the
part of housekeeper and mother, be-
ing SO 5itious to accomplish as much
in a giltime as we naturally are.
welhow the satisfaction afforded
by hav everything in apple pie or
der whsaturday night comes around,
but WON'T not be wise for us in the
prime dfe to pause for moment
and askiously, is it necessary, is ii
best, alls wearying round of toll and
anxiety
knqnany faithful wife and
mother say, the theory and argu-
ments iRor Of occasional relaxation
from ain round of duties is all
proper awell enough for those who
can cont their time to suit their own
convenis, but my work would never
be doneI failed to employ every
wakefulment, andI should hardly
dare dec her mistaken. But need
all the W be done that TSP Is there
not too an unwholesome ambition