The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-28
MISTAKES OF A DAY.
sensihio Lecture for Young Women no
iivereb by Edith Ashlnorc.

4 a sensihio Lecturo for Young Women no
iivereh by Edith Ashlnorc.
When you laid your head down on
7 your pillow at night you knew that it
Y had been day of blunders. The tears
4 came into your eyes and you wondered
what you had done that made every
| thing go wrong. My dear girl, you had
made little mistakes by thoughtlessness;
you had made the music of life less
sweet and done your best to make that lit
tie rift within the Lutte that. after awhile,
would make all the beautiful music OF
,Sllfe quiet You began the day by dis.
1puting at tho breakfast table with your
( brother about nothing; and you ended it
ty saying very disagreeable things.
making him feel uncomfortable and
causing him to leave tho table muttcr-
/, ing; whilo your mother wondered why
ne should speak so TO his sister. 1t was
his sisters fault, for she expected every
body to give in to her ideas and felt
wronged whom they didn't.
Next, when you went to practice and
were in the midst OF beautiful sonata.
you were reminded that the busting of
tho parior was your duty; and you
grumbled and did it ungraciously, and
oven now you can remember how hurt
your mother looked as you banged
things around the room and wondered
why you couldn't have tho Same tilnc to
practice that other girls had Then
when ono of your girl friends camo in,
you made her unhappy by telling her
some disagrecablc things that had been
said about her, and which you thought
she ought to know. There is no reason
in the world why pooplo should toll each
other disagreeablc things. You sont
your friend away hurt and with n curl
GUS feeling In her heart that you couldn't
really BIO so fond Of her az she thought,
or elso you wouldn't havo mado her so
J unhappy. At tho dinnor table Won con-
tradicted your father, you complained
oil your food, and you wore as unplcas-
ant as only bad-mannercd girl can be
at tho table. When somebody started
to tell littlo story you stopped it in
tho middle by saying that it had been
toid so often before you couldn't stand
III again. After this, ycu'dressed to go
out, wero ill-tcmpercd, broke strings,
sont buttons flying and complained of
all your belongings. Then YOU went
to soc girl You know your moth
er didn't like you to visit. You
stayed thcro and hoard two or three
scandaions stories, and cane out feeling
as If yon had eaten something that had
loita bad taste in your mouth. You
forgot book you had been told to get:
you didn care to 20 into grocery shop
and loavc an order that would save
everybody at home Il great deal of
trouble. and you carried Your temper
back with You. although God Almirhty's
sunshine rested on you and ought to
nave driven it out of your heart. You
sulked all evening; you played the piano
or read and managed to mako thihrs
disagrceable for everybody. Now. when
your head is resting on the pillow, you
arc thinking of this and wondering why
1t all went wrong.
My dear girl, you may have 4 hundred
admirers; you may count your lovers l. v
the tens, and your friends by the thou
sands, but you will never have but one
mother; and when you deliberately 90
out OF your way to hurt or neglect her,
You are committing an absolute sin, ono
that In years to como will rise up before
you and make you suffer agonics When
your own little children arc about vour
31necs you will wonder and fear If ius-
tice is shown If they will not tread on
your heart as you did on hers. Try to
do better tomorrow. Tho mistakes of
to-day, 1t is possible, resulted from your
getting out tho wrong side of tho bed:
but be wise and sec that it don't happcn
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