The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1892-09-14
A PLEA FOR MOTHERS.
An Amendment offered to the Advice OF
a Woman Lecturer.

N Woman Lecturer.
A few evenings ago q Boston woman
journalist, who writes the essays about
bool1marks, gluten bread, dress reform
corsets and the like for the woman's
column OF a Sunday paper, read lee
ture to parlOr full Of Harlem women.
Her subject was How to Bring Up
Children"
One thing that sho insisted on was
that children should be taught 10 "do
things" to be prepared for emergencies.
For example," said she, "a would
teach child what to do in case Of a
fainting fit. / say to my girls:
Girls, am not much Of hand at
fainting, but If ! do take n notion to
faint some day when you are about, get
me some water. Pour 1t on my head
and face Cold water, girls. not hot
water
I'm sure that If the unexpected
comes, and fall in fainting fit some
fine morning, the girls, If they happen
30 be near, will know what TO do and
will do 1t promptly"
"May interrupt you for o momentY'
asked little brown haired woman, who
looked to be about fifty.
"Why, certainly" answered the lee
turer.
"Well, what | wish to do" said the
brown haired woman, '"is TO take issue
with you on this proposition of yours
that It Is the proper thing to instruct
children what to do to their mothers
when they faint. On other points have
nothing TO say. Maybe you are right In
the general proposition that children
should DO taught to do things, but as TO
this matter wish to utter q warning
word, to offer an amendment, So to
speak,
II used to think as you do. remem-
Der as we'll as can be how used TO tell
my girls TO do the very thing that you
say you told yours TO do. | thought as
you do, that It would be a shame to
leave any person who should faint In
the presence of my girls go without
proper care. So used TO say: 'Remem-
Der, girls, 10 use water. That's the
thing when baby faints.'
"Well, one day some one came to my
house and told me that little boy had
been hurt in the next yard. was al
most i'll at the time, but just the same
rushed out to the scene. The little chap
was badly hurt, and 1t took me quite
awhile 10 get him In such a way that !
could safely leave him. But tho time
came at last, and started for home.
"When was within about q rod of
my own house grew dizzy and saw
stars and then fell in heap In the
gutter.
"a couple of lrishmen picked mo up,
each taking an arm, and dragged mo
up my front steps and laid me out on
the piazza. Then they rang the bell,
and when my daughter Isabelle came to
the door one Of them pointed at me and
said:
Good avenin, miss, IN Is that yer
mother there, lyin all In hape dead
tainted away
isabelle gave one look and then
called out to her two sisters, Quick,
girls, mas tainted
AFTER that the deluge.' Yes, that
tells the story. Isabelle got the ice
pitcher, Mary foot tub and Kate ten
quart tin pail. consider 1t almost a
miracle that I'm alive today,
"Of course I'm telling all this from
hearsay didn't know anything from
the time that | tainted until heard
Kato frantically crying out; 'Wateri
More waterl Quick, Isabelle, more wa
teri and just after that one of the Irish
men saying, BE aisy, darlint, or yen be
after drownin yer ould motherr
"Weti Well, that doesn't begin to tell
the story. was soaked, and great
streams of water were running off the
piazza and down the stairs.
"'You did Just right girls said as
soon as l could speak. You did just
what your mother told you to do, but
don't do 1t again.
"Then got down on my knees and
wrung out my skirts as we'll as | could
and while was in that position could
hardly keep myself from saying, oh
Lord, thank thee that they didn't call
out the fire department.
"Now, I've taken up lots Of your time,
but wished to make an amendment to
your proposition. What | would pro-
pose Is that every mother save her own
self from tho danger Of drowning by
saying 10 her girls when abe bids them
pour water ON 'fainters,' BE sure my
dears 10 try the remedy for the first
time ON somebody else than your own
dear mamma. New York Times.