The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-19
DUTIES OF A MOTHER
ESSENTIAL TRAINING THAT IS TOO
OFTEN NEGLECTED.
Woman and Social Purity-Hew .
Mother Should Proceed to Prstees Hss
Children at Time Of Life when In.
furious Habits usy He Fsrmea-

furious Habits sIay Ne Formed
The mothers hrst duty is not to feed and
clothe the bodies Of her children. but % see
to it before God that those bodies are kept
free from pollution-that the child is passed
over into self keeping. after full maturity
Of powers, without enfeeblemens or falSs
bias and unhealthy desires The arrange
ments designed by nature are the best POI
sible-home. mother. father and slow de-
velopment Of the child What could &c
better planned; Yet we allow our parental
care 70 be outfanked by all sorts Of cor
rupting influences and home TO be invaded
If our houses are fortresses against law.
they certainly ought to be against lawleSs-
ness Il is. ara free 70 say. utterly mex
cuSSble that our children shall be got az
By dehasirg influences We can prevent
it, and with wills Of the right sort we shall
prevent IL
What shall we do about it," you SAY
Shall we turn our houses into monster
les and shut our children up in celiss''
Madam your question is foolish and you
do not even desire to give yourself to true
child culture. You are, l suspect, trying
TO excuse your seldshneSs by asking nou-
sensicaI questions | have seen children
brought up with tenderest sympathy and
fully guarded against corruption; and yet
you would never have thought OF calling
those homes prisons, jails, or monaSteries
or nunnerieS. The only difference be-
tween them and other homes was that
there the first influence and effort WAS 70
train and educate and save the children-
1t was not the second OF third purpose. but
the first purpose. To that everything else
bent The result was most lovely and low
able characters and happy homes and sat-
isfied parentage.
INSTRUCTION FROM MOTHER
/ was recently in house OF a different
sort-a home in which both parents truly
Ionged for noble children, but the father
cared for business first and children second.
and the mother attended to a half dozen
hospitals and homes first and children sec
ond. The result was two children out OF
six have come off unsoiled. and two are
very badly scared. and two are physically
enfeebled by premature and false knowl-
edge picked up loosely. Half OF their edn-
cation was away from parental control
Excellent people every way. except home
was not first in mind.
What sort of policecraft do ron sug-
gestY" None az all for you, nv dear wom-
an: you have evidently made up your mind
10 whole catalogue of lies, aud argument
would be lost on you You would quote to
me, "But the child must see the world.
must he not," And rs soon as | had an
swered that there is every reason why he
should not see some part Of the world, you
would begin again with. We'll. every child
must sow his wild oats" Then l should
say TO you that be must also reap what be
sows. But you would tell Eie NJ once that
if shut up my children they will break
away as soon as possible, and so to the
bad as soon as possible. and should an
swer that do not intend to act N tailer
but as mother. and that the question be
tween US was one OF extent OF love and
guardianship. for you also believe IA Ger
tain degree and kind Of discipline.
Then you would say, ~But how shall Q
child ever know how TO go into society u
kept awkwardly shy when young7" And
would say, THAT Is nonsense, for no child
need be kept shy or made awkward In Q
fine home, with noble friends and enough
to do and think about; and rs for profes-
sionzi society, il that is what you mean.
God save my boys and girls from ever feel
ing a taste for such n sickly be-" Nos
would you be satisfied yet. but would say.
But / cannot put up bars between my
children and my neighbors." And would
answer, "There is only this need Of bars
that you have the grit to sacrifice anything
70 the purity Of your children"
WHERE NOTIFIES ARE cAKEkEsA
Then ron may very justly say, But an
to consider my children better thEn other
folks children, and will they Tolerate my
eonceitS' And will say: "MAdan, thera
IL a vast amount OF that conceit among
parents who bet their children run loose
and are very free with them IL h this -
sumption that somehow your children are
something wonderful that makes The mis-
chief II instead you frankly say they
are NOT remarkable-only weak and liable
20 be spoiled, which you do not intend 70
permit-then you will So that your neigh
bors will not feel 10 bad about IT," Bus
you persist: They must have socsety. and
IL is natural IL would be wrong TO -
clude them" / reply. That isso cIactiy.
Now do You see that they do have society.
and enough Of the very bed. only thai h
not natural society which IL out % your
sight, or is artificial IN dre-zs and fashjno- "
But no need Of further discussion Yoa
and are determined not TO agree. You do
not mean 70 adopt safeguards enough %
make sure Of your children. | do But
with some mothers / can agree. add our
chief puzzle II first how 20 20 70 work %
accomplish what we desire For vhsn ne
look about the woeful fact stares us n the
face that nearly all the childrsn are COT
rupted before school life ia over. II We
want sweet so1is and clean minds bow
shall we get thsni
soaB THTses TO OBSERVE RisSDLL
On no account fail TO study your boJs
and girls and see what one special thing
they delight IA. then let each Ooe. frOm tbs
first manifestation o. bisa, have thai 70
DO II the child l. naturally a. artist -
sure be u furnished with an material And
a studio II be be a uoechaBlc let Hfn havs
tools aud a shop. DoD's dare V THINK ron
can afford = ssalzkin sacqus and eauDos
afford all the tools Be can a.. II yOu
have n book lover lee hirn follow bis beat
with only rational psstrstrt
Be EsIrs o<a 10 socozDt 70 saov your ehfid
70 sleep with bis fris14s a. their haE.s~ %
q, have conn Aniona ~ speod TIE nigga vstA
him Even day association ulay - aDo@S
wholly IN OF near yoar pr-@eDos. u yoa viii
AXE the tryyu oss 20 overlook s7cb eoEp&ns
iooshr2 gsSsraiiy-
Take SPECIAL pains 70 tzadn the oBaess
child % eompsafonsbsp and sDe2zGon hza
or ner 20 a v&tossfEi oo-oysr@tso1 N Ds@rd-
Ing with y0a the yOslnz~T ooez TAses1sSt
child IL . wo16s-fua power Cor good o. sOs
eTfL
Biessed bette father and the Esothsr thas
have ceYosed thsms-tses % tks1s eattsss4.
ard have beaxs-d shkt % kizhsr SGs.ss =
isss 10 ths uEsysr-.y--AazJ Z Speoesr n
Ss. Louis GIobs-De2scr@1
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