The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-22

"lilC OiuSS kiiiS tiiC Oldlu.
If possible, | think i: is a good thine
not to feed children at the table unit
they are four or five years old. If they
sit down with adults they see the rict
meats, pies and cakes which the adults
eat; naturally they want the same, and
there is circus if they don't get it
If the mother is weak minded, baby
will fill his stomach up with coffee
tarts, doughnuts and hash, to the det.
riment of both mind and body. L
the mother is firm in denying the
child, it will not eat the rich stuff, but
aggravation of seeing what it wants
and can't have will sour its temper.
This is what l saw fed to year-old
baby. On awaking the child was
hungry, SO its mother handed it a GIN
ger cake, some Of which went in the
mouth and a good deal more went
outside. At the breakfast table baby
appeared. He drank from mamma S
coffee cup, licked the butter off piece
of bread and swallowed bits of ever
ones beef steak. Soon after he
bumped his nose, and was allowed to
nurse little to stop his weeping
only little, tor an effort was being
made to wean him. Then came a
doughnut, gnawed at during the fore
noon. This, with a cup of milk, kept
him up till dinner time, when he swal-
lowed soup, meat, potatoes, mince pie
and Jumps of sugar from the sugar
bowl. After dinner he had the hic-
coughs and went to sleep. He woke
up with his face flushed, and cried
until pacifed by some peppermint
candy. Relays of buns, ginger and
nil milk lasted until tea. This really
cult, cafaEatft5bh to tb ahg WbhigSn B! Bs buhlad hld fhe
plums and sucked the frosting-and
blackberry jam, of which he ate SO
much that his mother was forced to
remark:
81 know we'll enough it'll make
him sick, but / can give him some
castoria,
SO BE IL BE ALL RIGHT.
During the evening guests came in,
and cider was passed around, of which
baby had his share from proud papa $
glass. The guests had come supplied
with candy for the child, and alto
gether there was need for the medicine
by bed time. That he did not die of
collie that night proved that he had a
strong stomach, and that he was prob
ably used to living on pastry and
bonbons.
One of the most necessary, though
neglected, virtues in the world is de-
cision of character. If you want to
teach your children to be happy and
contented, bid them beware of vacilla-
ton If there is one sight sadder than
any other it is to see person striving
unsuccessfully to make up his mind on
some unimportant question.
Don't encourage repression. Your
Children will continually be coming
to you with queer drawings, ridiculous
attempts at writing stories, and all
: sorts of crude efforts at mind express
sion. These may be laughable, but as
you love your little ones, don't laugh
at them. If you do. your children
will soon cease to regard you as con.
dant
"Don't show it 70 MAJ they viii
say of some prodigy of their own skill
d" she don't think we know how to dc
anything nice. She'll only laugh"
And SO the little girl at whose
bungling doll clothes you once laughed
will in after years hide from you he
heart feelings, and the boy whose hear
you caused to burn by poking fun a
his first model Of steam engine vii
never consult you about any of hi
young manly scrapes of after years. |
mother is ready to praise everythln:
she possibly can, and if she never rldi
cules her children, they will be likel,
to grow up like young girl of In
acquaintance, VINO Says:
Il never think party or concer
has been half enjoyed unless l can liv
it all over again at my mothers eas
chair
This mother could never have bee
cross and angry when her little gil
had asked her questions by the yare
even though it was busy day. Chi
dren's never ending questions are vez
atous, 10 be sure, especially as the ar
/ swers seem to 60 in at one ear and o,
at the other, but just remember what
, strange place this world must be to tt
5 children, and consider how you woul
: feel if you were transplanted into
| place
! WHERE EVERYTHING WAS NEW.
So don't despair when you he;
Charlie ask: "Who made the mooni
j "Why can't | walk on the ceiling Ill
e a fly?' sIf there was man with
e mouth as big as this house what {
n you think he'd eat?'' "How do u
If know there is no such MANI" 81
: questions show an inquiring m,
a and when child's brain is Nh
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