The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-05-11
A Plea for tho Children.

l oAt ouiIy Sui pILSe0 10 SeS now many
thou htlcss, careless mothers there are,
bringing mp their little ones las we might
say hap-ha!nrd, witi scarcely a Thought of
anything Leyond III. present Our little
folks arc entirely creatures of hnbit, and if
good habits are not formed early, bad ones
will certainly DO formed later. Every
mother, [ care not wilat hor station in life,
or her duty to society, should have the over
sight and are personally of her children,
and as soon US able after thei:. lirth, should
battle, dress, and feed as nature intended
her own baby. We who have ,ione this Tor
each precious one, know tho pleasure and
satisfaction to be found in the WORK. This
bath should always be given ut the same
hour Of tho morning, then the little one,
tired and hungry alter 1t, should be fed,
when it naturally follows a long, quiet nap
will be the result, and thus Ito use a common
expression) begins the day "rigut end lrst. =
Let this become q liked habit and let it once
be broken In upon and watch che result.
A shorter nap, crosser child, q harder day
and worst Of all q fretful, wuI n .ouS moraer.
Try the same experiment with older chi .dren
and what follows! lhe next morning tells
tho story. 1t Is harder to get started for
scho i the ] our for the music lesson So .:ns
longer, clothe, don't feel r:sht, looas can't
DO found, tears ars she'd, and everything
goes wrong, ul for the lnst hour O tn,
night before. Early hours by al ne ln+ for
our childi 81; and, IN III 80 DAYS when our
girls are full tie lged young ladies ut l. and
II. l feel al If every thought full mother
should lay Ibis matter to heurt IN | help to
keep her daughters, sweet innocent faced
little girls.
Let US put them to bed with th ir dolls in
their arms, and don't laugh At the II 90:
codding then, for, soon enough. we shall
stretch OIL Our emntv nrmS rro,;,, ~
vain for our babies that have grown away
from Us. 10 me this seems tho saddest time
In a mothers lie. and each day let US pray
for strength to guide Alright, that when that
tins shn ! como Jas coIno 1t lnu,t) t!ley NAV
not get 80 far awuy but mothers v,ice and
mothers love can call them Lack.-Harriet
Trennaine Terry In Good Housekeeping. -
Some Good Advice to Country Girls.
Before making tho plunge into city life
country girls should ask themselves what IL
really to be gained by it. Perhaps in their
quiet rural homes some stray advertisements
has reached them, prom sing to young
women high salaries Tor light work.
Hundreds Of advertisements are framed for
the purpose Of deceiving the unwary. They
accomplish their purpose, however, and
large numbers Of young girls rush up to
the city, dazzled by the generous confusion
of promises. ',,
A girl from the farm answers one of these
advertisements. Life may have Teen slow
at home, but there was always good food
and plenty, and there was some , ne to care
for in the old farm house. w ell she goes
to the big city she find, that the slight
work consi, It's in working all day in a
badly Lighted and ill-s,n-iling workshop,
whe scor, 8 OF other girls and women are
employed at wages hardly high enough to
Keep body and soul togeth u. We know
what often comes next The girl has left
home; she is ashamed or unwilling to re-
turn. AM she must take the conse yuences,
one OF two things-shams or slff, ring.
MANY q girl finds first In the frivolities
and nett in the ini Iuity OF the street, that
excitement w which regrets aud remorss
may be d adon"d. If she IS too strong In
principle, too pure and o:evLtei in toio to
sink low 70 one OF the pitiful ome Of
ths street, she may find h,rself in some CO d
garret, lonely, o~verworkei, Respondent and
miserahie. Better remain ut home .thnn
ris ! the fai u:e which attends SO ,llany cir 9
who 80 up to the city in pursuit OF high Lay
for light work It is the 90, ;dest Of al ven
ture forsaking a country home for the
II ustons and deceptions Of q large town.
Providence Jouina