The Southern herald., 1892-03-25
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Mothers should try 20 prolong theiE
daughters ehildhood Is much Is possi.
bic. Life's troubles viii come 70 them
fast enough And. even from selfish
point Of view, daughter who Is child
hke in manner and in thought IS much
more Of q comfort to mothes than sn
immature little woman can be.
Il Is natural. no doubt for tired
woman. who has no mother or sister
near, TO tell her troubles to her little
girl; to LET her know that the butcher
and baker want their bills settled. and
that the speculation Of papa's has de-
layed the payment; to remark on the
conduct Of Aunt Elizabeth Is s'nnkind;e
to point out the shabbiaess Of the par
lor furniture; to wonder whether the
poor-hoAss 3 the future destination Of
the famiis. etc But y isawfally cruel
nevertheless as many natural things
are. Little. pale, grave-looking girls
with premature sense Of responsibil'
ity, are the outcome OF this sort oi
thing, and the depth Of shame and sor
row of which the little heart is capa'
ble may be read in the sad eyes.
Perhaps 1t is even worse than this tc
dilate TO a child on the faults Of friends
and acquaintanees; to point ont the
spite or meanness Of people the child 4
disposed 10 like; to arouse the desire
for revenge, which awakens In every
young soul at the thought Of wrong OF
injustice. Afterward the mother may
learn that she was mistaken, and for
give and forget; the child seldom does
It is said that in China there ar'
strange dwarfsof grotesque shape, KEEP
for the amusement Of the emperors
who were made so at birth BY being i'm
prisoned at birth in Jars made for th'
purpose, the forms Of which the wretch
ed creatures took in growing, they be
ing originally no different from othel
children.
We know that q foot or q limb could
be thus altered; that crooked noses O
crooked ears come OF the carelessnes
of those who nurse young infants Th'
ring that is put upon your finger wheI
1t is small will imbed itself into thl
flesh and make depression never to b
obliterated, if it is left there as the I'm
ger grows.
Effects as distorting as these are pro
duced on the young heart and mind b.
fitting childhood's budding love anl
faith and confidence TO the narrownes
Of adult life--to It's greed Of gold, its in
ordinate value of appearance, its sui
picion of others, or to the sad know
edge Of what life really Is
If you love your daughter, let he
laugh and prattle. Rejoice with her
do not make her weep with you Their
are thousand things to teach her tina
are bright and good and elevating an
you had better go back to your owl
youth, and help her dress her doll lik
Miss Elfrida Jane, who seems so lovel
in the child's eyes, than tell her tina
Miss Elfrida Jane paints her cheeks
and is not all she ought to be in cor
duct. You had better read cinderella
and ''Puss in Boots" with her, and be
lieve with her that a good fairy Nigh
come down the chimney at any tim
and evolve a golden coach from yel
low pumpkin, than to teach her premS
turely that the world is a sad place an
its dwellers mostly evil-minded pei
sons
Keep your little girls young an
hopeful and they will help you !
keep SO, too.-N. Y. Ledger