The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-03-28

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render and true at the hearts core, though
Brave and chfvairic, whatever befall, he ISL
Mothers own torment and blessing through all
| he is -
I.~s>',s Any one know sp-h boyi
Geo. Cooper In Golden Days
EVERY DAY DUTIES.
The Things That Seem Hardest for the
Young to Bear Often Prove Their Great
h est Help In Later Years.
There comes time in every boy 8
and girls life when the duties required
OF them seem irksome, unnecessary and
even cruel. They get out Of all SYM
pathy with their lives at home, and feel
themselves ill-used or unappreciated.
This feeling eemes-gen eraily-when
marbles, top and velocipede, dolls and
child's books and amusements, have
lost all attractions. The father and
mother feel that il is quite time that at
least a limited amount of work and re-
sponsibility take the place and time OF
the outgrown toys. Here and there we
find boy or girl who eheerfuiiy ac-
cepts the change, who puts on the new
duties and responsible lies as they would
the long dress in place Of the short one,
or the long trousers in place OF the
knickerbockers; but the majority OF
boys and girls feel themselves martyrs
II they are compelled to do certain
things that minister to the family life
and comfort. They go-to school eserg
day willingly, and perform their duties
there more or less faithfully. II they
were asked "Whyp' they would be sur
prised at the question. Education was
necessary. A man or woman could not
amount to any thing il; they did not
have an education Of some sort OF
course they would go to school, to pre-
pare for being men and women in the
| worldir'
The education out of school is some
times far more valuable for living than
any acquired in school, Mis- Alcott,
| just before she died, wrote sRecollec-
tions of My Childhood for the Youth 5
| Companion. Many OF you, no doubt,
have read It. She tells, In her own de-
lightfuI way, of the naughty pranks of
her childhood, the thoughts and feel
ings of her. girfhood. In describing
the family5life after the return to Bos-
ton, she says:
Esas.as.A Anna soon found little pupils, and
I trudged away each morning to- her
daily task, pausing at the corner to
k<,,, ha, 10, 10
salute with the duster. My father went
to his classes at his room down town,
mother to her all-absorbing poor, the
little girls to school, and ] was left to
keep house, feeling like Gagged sea-,
gull as washed dishes and cooked in
the basement kitchen, where my pros
| pect was limited to a procession of
muddy boots"
Could any girl live a life that caused
more self-sacrifice than thisp With
Miss Alcott's intense love for all things
beautiful. love of the freedom of out
door life. every minute must have been
trial. What does she say OF itP Good
drill. but very hard - Il was that very
experience, no doubt, that enabled Miss
Alcott to write polly" story that
has made little economies noble to hum
dreds of girls 1t is SO hard for us to
learn that every day is just a prepare
| tion for the day to follow, that we can
| not separate our lives into pigeon
| holes numbered. from one to three hun
dred and sixty-fye, or into groups. of
twelve, or separate years from each
other. Life is like building having
several parts but all under one roof.
and to be symmetrical, sound, beauti-
full, every part must bear its right re-
lation to every other part.
Sometimes the things that seemed
hardest for us TO bear will prove our
greatest help when. we become men or
women.
The writer, when twelve years old,
wanted dress OF certain kind. The
woman who acted the part Of mother TO
her told her she could have it II she
would make 1t. Such a proposition
staggered her, and all thought OF the
dressswas given up. During the week
she was sitting under a tree making a
polonaise for her doll; she thought: III
i can make clothes for my doll that fit
and look pretty. why should not make
clothes for myselfpn She ran into the
house at once and announced that she
would make the dress II she could have
I the materials. They were bought and
carried to her room, and there was
fought tremendous battle. The skirt
OF the dress was sewed on and ripped
of thirteen times before 1t was pro
nouneed right. During the week the
! little girl cried oceans Of tears, II
seemed to her, and she felt that all
kindness and goodness had gone out Of
! life. Years after, when she was q wo-
man. it became necessary for her tc
earn money. and the first money she
earned was for making a dress for .
rich, kind woman. If she had moi
learned to work for herself, depend on
herself. she would have been helpless
when necessity came. Like Miss Al
colt. she says: Good drill. but very
4 hard
Men testify again and again that It i
the learning to do things that seemed
hard and unnecessary that fitted them
to be men In the business world. Doing
drudgery Is the best way 70 master any
business, any profession. A. 4. Stewar'
knew how 70 sell goods over i countel
before he built up business thn& sup
porspd hundreds. The Founder d op'