New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-13


The new toacups are very often mounted on little
feet which nft them about half inch from the
rather broad low cup with straight sides is preferred
for ten and coffee. decoration OF fine flowers, roses
or forget me nots arabesques In metal used in
the newest tea services. Chocolate cups Of the
SHINE shape the ordinary afterdnncr coiee-cup but
larger. The newest chocolate cups quite TALL
about third higher than the cups OF last season.
while after dinner coeccups often made low and
fat IKE miniature teacups.
The Marie Antoinette decoration In china Is es-
pccally pretty In coffee and tea sets. 1t is copied
from set Of Scvrs china made for that Queen Panels
In pale gray cloud effect scattered with or
sprays alternate With panels In gold arabeSQucs. A
set OF nftcrdnncr coffee cups is especially pretty in
this historic style.
Low. picturesque footstools haSsOcks are covered
with heavy BaGdad rugs. and take the form Of Nat
Turkish fcz. with cluster OF odd. heavy tasseing In
the centre. They cost from - to - 80 apiece.
These the mos, picturesque OF all the "benches'-a
curious nomenclature but the regular down-East term
for all sorts Of footstools
Mrs. Y sends these paragraphs on hometraining:
1t Is not unusual to hear the mothers Of grown
families assert That their children when young never
dsobcyed them. Ii Is only chatable to suppose that
they must have forgotten many little every day oc-
currenccs but IT is nevertheless fact that those as
setons have caused young theirs much unappiness.
The higher education of hcmc discipline is 10 train
child to self government; and the question sometimes
arises whether implicit obedience In children always
generates characters best fitted TO withstand tempta
ton.
That there Is nothing so sweet and lovable or that
adds mole the comfort and happnesS of parents than
dutiul. obcdlet child must be conceded by every
observer OF domestic life. That restless, dIsObedent
child Is thorn In the flesh to IT'S parents Is equally
true; but any number OF cases could be cited where
those ZANE disobedient children have become mon and
women possessing strict uprightnesS and principle.
IL IS quite possible to teach child at very early ago
that faults and filngS only react upon itself II
II will play with the fire it Is wisdom sometimes 10
allow II TO burn its fingers. Eut 10 sec every fault
unless II be grovous Onel is doubt often unvisc
and that is why too little training often seems to bring
about better results than the Of parental
The rule Of gentle persuasion also seems
to fail with some icmpeamcnts and sound spanking
may tide present difficulties but sensible
parent looks further than the present and trains
Il child for self government and future usefulness,
Put yourself In his place is scarcely thought Of
as a rule to be applied to children aud II Is question
II It Is that would bring about good results In
making the judgment Of older people more Just and
lcnicnt Truly young hearts sometimes carry heavy
burdens, made necdlcSsy 50 because grown people viii
SO soon forget their own childhood
People forget that the courage OF little child
who owns to n fault may be greater than that Of the
grown who cOnfeSscs 10 wrongdolng. The one
may have words, and arguments. and Qualifications.
ready at hand, and Is quito sensible OF the fact that
the acknowledgment of his fault. whatever it may be,
reflects credit himself and he must have been
indeed great sinner not to feel that there Others
who can sympathzc with him. having been similarly
tempted. Possibly with his knowledge Of the world
he may have accepted the too common Interpretation
" the commandment which says Thou shalt not lie,
to read Thou mayst II II bc Stiiablc but the little
shrinking child to whom sin Is sin, and every false
hood Is written down In book kept By Gods angel
II Is ptiiu 10 think OF the want OF sympathy with
which his little story OF fautS committed Is sometimes
accepted who shall say that the child is not more
than the man. that II is not often wise to
condone fault that is freely confessed or that even
wilful dlsobedence may not sometimes be safely over
looked at tho same time habits Of truthfulncss are