Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-10-23
Mothers RESPONSIBILITIES.

Few mothers reflect that the family
is merely a school for husbands and
wives, says The Rural New Yorker.
What sort of men make the best bus
bands? Those who as boys had the best
mothers The boy who will criticIse
his mothers speech or dress, who will
find fault with her coffee, or bread, will
do the same with the woman who may
be SO unfortunate as to give her life
happiness into his hands A selfish
man may be drawn out of his selfish
ness through q few weeks courtshIp,
but wait until the wear and worry of
married life come On, and he Will IN
evitably settle back into it. Love sell
dom radically changes n nature Only
the grace of God can do that, and II
takes more grace, i often think, than
many people get hold Of
The best husbands | ever met, saws
the author of John Halifax, ''cIme
out of family where the mother, a
most heroic and self denying woman,
laid down the absolute law, Girls first :;
not in any authority, but first 10 be
thought of in protection and tender
ness. Consequently the chivalrous care
which those lads wero Taught to show
To their sisters naturally extended it
gentlemen-gentleme generous, IN
exacting, courteous of speech, and kind
of heart"
1t was while reading the above that
il occurred to me how truly the mother
molds and forms the future husband.
Ii Is "A fearful responsibility, / grant
you, sisters, but the reward Is a glorious
one If YOU teach your sons to yield
generously TO their sisters, to shield
aud protect them manfully and loving
ly, not only do they make better hus-
bands, but the sisters who have been
SO cared for. will look for the same
courtesy, chivalry and tenderness IN
the men they marry, and viii be salts
fed with nothing lass.
Right here L want to give a quotation
from Shakespeare which occurs to me.
There isn't any special connection OF
sequence in 1t, except that mothers
would do well to have their daughters
commit to memory this single passage,
if no other, from the worlds greatest
poet. 1t speaks for itself, and com
, ment Is unnecessary:
And while thou livest, dear Kate.
take a fellow of plain and uncolned
constancy. for he perforce must do the
right, because he hath not the gift &c
WOO in other places; for these fellows
of infinite tongue, that can rhyme
themselves into ladies' favors, they dc
always reason themselves out again.
What q speaker is but a prater; q
rhyme is but a ballad A good leg Will
| fail; straight back will stoop; BLACK
beard will turn white; acurlcd pate will
grow bald; full eye Will wax hollow
but a good heart, Kate, is-the sun snC
I Il h
moon; for it shines bright and never
changes, but keeps its course truly
|
HOW BABIES FEET ARE SPOILED.
Now stamp down your foot, dear
/ That's it. That shoe Is too large. Lee
me see a size smaller"
Really, madam, if you take my ad
vice" began the shoemaker, but MADAM
cut him off with
II want a smaller shoe. That ont
fits like a sack
The smaller shoes were put on th'
child, a pretty little tot of about
wears of age. They fitted tightly snC
showed that the foot Was very smal
one. but they pinched the child AnC
made IL cry.
"Mothers exhibit more vanity thai
Judgment in their selection of shoes iol
their young children" said the shoe
dealer, after the lady had disappeared
20 a reporter ~ho wanted . pair Of rus
sst tie. s-One Will bring her babl
here and Try = pair q Shoes On n thA
Ill look real sweet / know Ma
that mean. and am always sorry tur IN
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