Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-09
A PLEA FOR MOTHERS.
Amendment offered to Woman Lectur
cr's Advice,

Amendment Ohered to a Woman Lectur-
crs Advice.
A few evenings ago Boston woman
journalist who writes the essays about
bookmarks, gluten bread, drcss-reform
corsets, and the like for the woman's
column of Boston Sunday paper, read
lecture to aparlor full of Harlem
women. Her subject was "llow to
Bring Up Children"
One thing that she insisted on was
that children should be taught to do
things" to be prepared for emer-
gencics.
"For example," said she, 81 would
teach IA child what to do in case of a
fainting fit. | say to my girls:
"'Girls, am not much of a hand at
fainting, but if do take notion to
faint some day when you are about,
get ME some cold water Pour it on
my head and face. Cold water, girls,
not hot water
"rm sure that If the unexpected
comes and | fall in fainting fit some
fine morning the girls, if they happen
will do it promptly"
May interrupt you for a moment?"
asked little brown-haired woman who
looked TO be about fifty
why, certainly" answered the lee
turcr.
well, what | wish to do, said the
brown-haired woman, is to taken 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 taug&t to do things, but as to
this matter | wish to utter warning
word, to offer an amendment, so to
speak.
81 used to think as you do. remem-
Der as we'll as can be how | used to tell
my girls to do the very thing that you
say you told yours to do. thought as
you do, that it would be 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 a little boy. had
been hurt in the next yard. | was al
most i'll at the time but just the same l
rushed out to the scene, The little chap
! was badly hurt, and it took me quite a
while to get him in such way that
could safely leave him. But the time
came at last and started for home.
| "Whcn ! was within about rod of
my own house | grew dizzy and saw
stars and then fell in heap in the gut.
| ter.
"a couple of Irishmen picked me up,
each taking an arm aud dragged me up
my front steps and laid me ont on the
| piazza. And then they rang the bell,
and when my daughter Isabelle came
to the door, one of them pointed to me
and said: .
"'Good avenin', Miss an is that yer
mother there 1yfn' IN in a hape dead
tainted aNa,~ss' . ~~~~
isabella gave one look and then
called out to her two sisters: Quick,
girls, mas tainted
| "Altcr 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 to-day.
"Of course, I'm telling all this from
hearsay. didn't know anything from
the time that I tainted until hcart
Kate frantically crying out, Water
More water! Quick, Isabelle, more
water! and just after that one of the
Irishmen saying, BE aisy, darlint, ol
yen be afthcr drownin' yer oulc
motherl"
"Wct! Well that doesn't begin to tel
the story. was soaked, and grca
streams of water were running off the
piazza and down the stairs.
"'You did just right, girls, | said al
soon as | could speak. You did jus
what your mother told you to do, bu
don't do it again
"Then got down on my knees anC
wrung out my skirts as we'll as could
and while was in that position | coulC
hardly keep myself from saying, '0l
Lord, thank Thee that they didn'
call out the fire department
Now, I've taken up lots of you
time, but wished to make an amend
ment to your proposition. What
would propose is that every mother sav'
her own self from the danger of drown
ing by saying to her girls when sh
bids them pour water on fainters,' b
sure, my dears, to try the remedy 70
the first time on somebody else thai
your own dear mamma. IN. Y. Times