Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-11-02
soMDrHINo ron THE LADIES

Ny friend had changed - much since my
last visi, to her that vas led to ask the
csus-, when she immediately sat down and
gave me, ~ she called 1t, = bit Of her own
experience.
II watched . mother one morning A. shr
tidied up her siti room From the floor
she picked two pretty red beans and laid them
esycfulIy upon the iittie center table 10 plain
sight. | wondered why she did IL, and dnally
said. Pardon M, but are those bean. Of any
particular valurf I noticed that you took
particular care not to stroy them Those
beans'-ssid she, At first not seeming to know
what I meant. - oh, veil. my little sirl /. just
- used 10 he in some ihings. She has
fancy for &uythina that IL odd or pretty
do not know how those little beans came
the hoor, but pre- sumo that aughtsr found
them 90 ne here. aud | never destroy her
playthings or pity tings as she calls them
She will by and by t re Of them and dispose
Of them herself. AMI that Will be much bet
ter. you know, than for me TO hurt her feel
ings BY showing = lack of Interest Ia her
childish notion. VIE moiher. and =, much
happier tn IN T. I thought. but said nothing
But then and there learned lie son that
very soon caused change Of atmosphere, 50
to speak IN my own bome, had made IL a
broken t",s Of the cpstliest kind. not even
spsrns III. arms AID l.g. of fsyorite dolls,
- fast q. 'hey were found scattered about
upon the hour. l.ii'e BITS of pstchwork
miniature rug. sni ia shaped pin balls I al
wsys tucked itt, the rag bsg. ooh would
give = 'sbnious price for thr first stitches my
little IIort.ns- ever .rved but alas, they
were hike everything else destroyed. but |
wAs saving and many Other Things that It
fairly m,ir INV heart ache To think
Of, ~ | watched 9TH what care
this mother picked up and laid aside
those two little red beans. not known 10 he
only presumed Ia be something priced by her
little girl Here ss said learned lesson,
and one would Ike to rec t. before every
mother In the land, IT'S dis. That children
love their pets. tn ~ dolls. their plsythipgs
their Rsm.s aud nj kat. as much ~ We older
folks low. our h"me.. ar books and our tan
cy work. or any particular object, though
trii 20 h. eye of one h. knows nothing
~ the tender ass,risu,n. connected with H.
And we are bound bs all the mo,herly -enu-
M. nj in our hearts % cultivate in our chdi-
ren tender attachment u heir Surroundings
and ever, thng III 40 forhly and proud y
call their own. We are bound BY the same
sentiment 10 show Al interest in all their liz
tie doinss by speaking kindly TO them of the
things they love have tempted 'ew
I me. since. to toss sn arm Of an nld broken
dali into the fire but before could quite
execute my design. would be carried back
- 1t we're n 'he hui. siItns room where 1
learned the best le..on Of N, life the one
I have just recitsd To YOU rhe dolls arm
would sip from m, fingers, sni, sst here
she waved her jeweled band in the direction
che sished me to look what = homehke
happy clutter goa have been the means of
my living in.
| once heard . mother make the remark
II teach my little girl that she must pay for
Whatever she has. and when take her with
me for the purpose of buying anything for
her, always put the money In her hand and
tell her to pay for what I have bought 3"
This little tot was only four years old but
her mother thinking that the rule of child
hood would be the principle upon which she
would build her future. hal wisely fixed upon
this, ~ the best wsy of establishing IN the
child's mind, the habit of doing business on
the cash system have thought u good
deal about this same remark and am fully
convinced that children brought up to pay as
thes 20. are far more apt 10 doubt whether
they can have this. that or the other. than
children brought up with parents Who have
made II the rule Of their whole live to ruu
into debt for everything that is brought into
the house from years end to years end d"
The writer believes that getting into debt is
the result Of habit rather than obligation, at
least nine times ia every ten. Il is an ex
treme case when one is forced to get srticle.
on uust for fe~ DAYS. else such an one
sould prefer waiting that time. rather than
have an entry made against ones name
- hepr nhl al.