Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-07-29
A PLEA FOR MOTHERS.
An Amendment offered to the Advice Of
Woman lecturer.

Woman Lecturer.
A few evenings ago Boston woman
journalist, who writes the essays about
bookmarks, gluten bread, dress reform
corsets and the like for the woman's
column Of a Sunday paper, read a lee
ture to parlor full of Harlem women.
Her subject was Glow to Bring Up
Children"
One thing that she insisted on was
that children should be taught to "do
things" to be prepared for emergencies.
For example" said she, 81 would
teach child what to do in case of a
fainting fit. l say to my girls:
"'Girls, am not much of hand at
fainting, but if / do take notion to
faint some day when you are about, get
me some water. Pour it 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
to be near, will know what to do and
will do it promptly"
MAY interrupt you for 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, sis 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 be taught to do things, but as to
this matter wish to utter a warning
word, to offer an amendment, so to
speak.
81 used to think as you do. remem-
Der as well as can be how | used to tell
my girls to do the very thing that you
say you told yours to do. l 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, to 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 i
rushed out to the scene. The little chap
was badly hurt, and it took me quite
awhile to get him in such way that
could safely leave him. But the time
came at last, and started for home.
"When was within about a rod of
my own house | grew dizzy and saw
stars and then fell in a heap in the
gutter.
"a couple of lrishmen picked me up,
each taking an arm, and dragged me
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, an is that yer
mother there, lyin all in a 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 a ten
quart tin pail. consider it 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
Kate frantically crying out: Water!
More water 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 motherp
"Wetl 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 | could speak. You did Just
what your mother told you to do, but
don't do it again
"Then got down on my knees and
wrung out my skirts as well 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 mp 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 the danger Of drowning by
saying to her girls when she bids them
pour water on 'fainters,' BE sure my
dears to try the remedy for the first
time on somebody else than your own
dear mamma. New York Times.