Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-28
C OF MOTHERS TO CHILDREN

parent should Regard the Rear
io.. ni Daughters as II Trust.
,tI deal has been said and written
.l..I.rttIou- Of children to their par
II ,..,r IL is a rare thing TO hear any
og the parents obligation to their
Vet a much wcightier obliga
"A IS ON the parents than on the chill
Il, I'm their relations to one another
a r...,I.ld should never forget that his
a ...f. his God given mentor, the moth
n .rrI remember that her children are
"A .#yru ina her charge by heaven to
"A +r.t for homes of their own. to do
g ,..-. i'm the world rs She has done
Parents are too prone to regard their
4 Iron a- mere adiuucts Of their own,
i .l.,r .l-.lt of independent thought or
4 ;,r yr 10 regard them as mere play
4 M. and allow them TO lead Il butterfly
+srrnrr in search Of pleasure.
.bnly So Ger Us a mother Is true to her
II and protects her children from foes
4 riu and from foes without, will she be
L.. a.. their honor and respect. She
1 - rgk. her children fellow workers
4, b E.r. NOT slaves TO obey her commands.
1 sr,..4T,. uprrutS who are mere t;lskmas-
4. who never rise 60 the dignity Of father
r.-rrr and who Yet consider their chill
4. b. nn-ge.trful because they seem eager
,.-g.. tHt home life of dull drudgery for
,t.nr of pleasure and beauty in the
bril- outside Children owe no gratitude
rqrrnr- who have made them mere
<ni.a- alJ have not been guides to them
their LIES work.
'Tlrre j. ut other class of mothers who
L. anon their children as merely orna-
sppta briC-a-bra.-wh dress them beau
tuny md feed them well, but bring them
\ with little ambition beyond desire to
H. 70 good time. Such children grow up
Ill., little thought OF the family cares Mt
b.. The daughter who has been taught
} consider herself as merely an orna-
Mental piece never thinks of sharing her
no,her'~ cares. The mother has never
ratg her cou'idHnte, has failed to remem-
b that She mag need in future years the
kagt training which such IA confidence
b.. .wpart 20 her She cannot bring
Hr,eH -oIrnE upon her child as one who
II 0H. aU. have respons, oilities of her
b. '0 meet. ami who must be trained to
b. '..m Every indulgence will prove
y. u.n,r .Eu,-tuuc 10 drag the girl
$3.50 .... ~.e1,jli need every power to
II U.r n.r true womHuLoud.
N1.. ~Iur So bitterly in after life H.
1,p vl. ..e pampcrrd with every in
II -.n.. .0 -.r.hood They have no train
\ m..t rbn trials aII care; tlrt must
r..ua .u- OF every one. There is some
blu- Shocking to Il thinking person in the
fol-. Young girls rushing thoughtlessly
D I.l good time. while the mother
.,, .at responsibility OF the household
D. Or The housCmaid may he in a
s. oDan rebellion and the cook may
d ..,~. given warning, yet the daughter
4 -o consider for IA moment that any
obligation rests on her. She has
\ -- been trained to think that she owes
y Obligation. that she has any duties tC
f,'drm % the household, unless it is
fossjaIg the care OF her own room.
Even .u homes where the mother has but
p servant the daughter is frequently left
"a 60 20 school and To attend to her little
7Ouna OF social duties among her intimates
but She bus no legitimate part in the work
p ihe household. She is utterly unpre
pargd to assume the reins of household
nana-nmeut. in case her mother is taker
She may he II girl in her teens, Ole
tnoush 10 take her mothers place and fl
+ with dignity.
It j, curious in these days to read O
hro1o>r Burr sitting ut the head of hel
'ther, table and receiving his distin
pushed guests ut the age of fifteen
PhoHGh mothers may wisely object to theil
'our- daughters being thrust into society
p so early an age, still daughter should
p SO trained that she is able even at al
/ IrIier age TO fill her mothers place witt
"ISdom d. She he called on TO do so. Sht
nuSt bee trained from her childhood to bt
wise and gentle hclpmeet, not selGsi
? 'aasGrs aecLer.-Ncw York Tribune.