Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-30
A pLrA ron MorHrao.
An Amendment Onorcd to tho Advice Of
Woman lecturer.


An Amendment onorcd to tho Advice Of
Woman lecturer.
A fow evenings ago Boston woman
journalist, VINO writes The cssdys about
bookmarks, glhton bread. drc.s reform
corscts and tho like for the woinlua
column Of q Sunday paper, road q !cc-
turo 20 a parlor full Of uarlom women.
Her subject was Glow 10 Bring Up
Children"
one thing that she insisted on was
that children should be- taught 60 edo
things" 10 be prepared for omcrgoucias.
For example, said she, ~ would
teach child what 10 do IN case Of a
fainiing it, say to my girls;
"'Girls, am not much OF a band at
fainiing, but IL | do take "a notion to
faint some day when you arc about. get
me some water. Pour Il on my head
and face. Cold water, girls, not hot
water
"rm suro that II tho unexpected
comes, and / fall In fmuting TT some
fine morning, the girls, II they happen
TO DO near, will know what 10 do and
will do Il promptly
"sIay interrupt You for momonty
asked a little brown haired woman, who
looked 20 be- about hfly.
"Why, certainly" answered the lee.
turr.
"Well, what | wish TO do" said tho
brown haired woman, sis TO take issue
with you on this proposition OF yours
that u IS tho proper thing 90 instruc.
children what TO do TO their mothers
whom they faint. On oihorpoints have
nothing 10 say. Maybe You are right In
tho general proposition that children
should bo taught to do things, but rs to
this matter wish to utter a warning
word. TO o.Tor an amendment, 80 to
speak.
~ used to think as You do. rcmem.
Der as well as can DO how used TO tell
my girls to do tho very thing that you
say you told yours TO do. thought rs
you do, that II would DO shame TO
leave any person who should faint Ia
the presence OF my girls 20 without
proper care. so used TO say; Remcm-
Der, girls, to use water. That's tho
thing when baby fainis.'
well, one day some ore came to my
house and told mo that littlo boy had
been hurt in the next yard. WAS I'll
most III at the time, but just the same |
rushed ont 20 the scene. Tho little chap
was badly hurt, and It took mo quito
awhile TO got him IN such n way that |
could safely leave him. But tho limo
came AZ lIst, aud started FOR home.
"Mhen | was within about q rod OF
my own house | grew dizzy and saw
stars and then fen in hosp in tho
gutter
"a couple Of Irishmen picked me up
each taking an arm, and dragged mo
mp my front steps and laid me ont on
the piazza, Then they rang tho bell
and when my daughter Isabelle camo 10
the door ono Of them pointed at mo and
said
Good aTonin, miss, an ia that yer
mother thcis, lyin all in u hapo dead
tainted away
isabelle gave ono look and then
called out 10 her two sisters, Quick.
girls, mas tainted
"'Aftcr that tho dolugc.' Yes, that
tells the story. Isabelle got tho leo
pitcher, Mary a foot tub and Kate ten
quart tin pail. consider It almost
miracle that I'm alive today.
"Of course I'm telling all this from
hcarsny. didn't know anything frpia
the timo that | tainted until heard
Kato franiically crying out. Water!
More wutcrl Quick, Isabelle more wa.
teri uul inst nftnr TINT ntit, az tho Irish
mon saying, DO aisy, dnrlint, or yo1l b
after drowuin yer ou'l mother"
"Wct! Wei, that doesn't begin 10 toll
tho story. | was soaked aud great
streams Of water were running OH the
piazza aud down tho stairs.
"'Hou did just right girls said as
soon rs | could speak. You did just
what your mother told you to do, but
don't do 1t again
"Theu got down on my knees and
wrung out my skirts as well as | could
aud while was in that position could
hardly keep myself from saving, oh
Lord, thank thee that they didn't call
out the fire department.
Nov, I've taken mp lots Of your time,
but | wished 10 mako an amendment 10
your proposition, What | would pro.
pose IL that every mother save her own
self from the danger " drowning 10y
saying TO hor girls when she bids them
pour water on 'faintcrs,' 30 sure my
dcars TO try tho remedy for tho first
time on somebody else than your own
dear mamma. New York Times.