The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-16
THE PARLoR DAUGHTER.
Detroit Free Press.I

Detroit Free Press.
 A great deal of faulf is found with the parior daughter. It is said of her that she sits at the piano and sings, What is Home Without Mother ~ while the mother in question is toiling over the fire in the basement. No doube this is true. for the paxlor daughter neasiy always has a kitchen mother, . good, plain, sensible wcznsn whc says, "Young people will be young people, 1" and takes every burden from her pretty dauzhter's shapely shoulders to put them On her own, d. ready bowed down with care.
 So yoa see 1t is often the mothers own fault that thereis q parlor giri. She loves this daughter and vaats her to enjoy life while she is young; Q she does the work of servant herseh, and is happy in 90 doing. She loves to hear Louie play on the piano. It seems to her that she could work all day to the accompani- ment of "Silver Threads Among the Gold" or Sweet Violeea" She has been all her life trying to learn one tune and has never accomplished 1t yet. And Lottie is pretty and has white hands with taper fingers, and goes to a manicure.
 
 educate her mother up to all those ad- vanced ideas. She was a wiling pupil She remembers what hard time she had when she was young, and goes to the other extreme with Louie, vho does noeh- ing but amuse herself, and must have help to do that She is ssylish, and it pays to dress her we'll. She has knack for fancy work, painting and other ac- compliments that to the mother in dicate genius. She writes lovely hand, and has plenty of correspondent. She takes books from the ibraly, and belongs to literary club. Her young friends do not work, why should she?
 Theenly reason why she should work is to show that she possesses a spark of gratitude that she has too much respect for the mother who has done 90 much for her to let her wear out her declining years in the routine of housework, while she plays the role of parlor ornament {; that she knows in her secret soul, that labor enobles instead of degrades, that the key of the kitchen is higher medal of honor than | diploma of idleness. Mother love is something wonderful. It is more blest in giving than in receiving. But already the mothers steps are tend ing down that hill which she never again can climb her hair is turning gray her eyes are weary; she wants no unwilling drudge to help her, but service of love. Think you, the creak, creak of that daughters chair, as she rocks to and iro in the parlor above, is the true rhythm for her to work by or the tinkling of the piano keys, touched by her satin-smooth fingers, tremolo of love? lsit a good or loving heart that will read the thrilling romances of Mrs- Southworth or May Fleming with bated breath and falling tears, while pale, tired mother is wash- ing dishes in the kitchen. It may be the mothers fault-the fault of a too generous. too unselfish love; but if the daughter has good heart will she take advantage of such mistaken kindness Will she not rather prove herself
 A creature not too bright or good
 For human nafuie's daily food,n
 And refuse at once and forever SO Ano- malous a position as that of Parior Daughter in home that must be sus- tained by Kitchen Mother? No young man with brains will ever expect to find a good wife in a young woman who is nc. at first good daughter.