The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-10
A PLEA FOR MOTHERS.
Amendment offered to q Woman Lectu
er's Advice.


Amendment offered to Woman Lectur-
cr's Advice.
A few evenings ago q Boston woman
journalist who writes the essays about
bookmarks, gluten bread, dress-reform
corsets, and the like for the woman's
column of Boston Sunday paper, read
lecture to parlor full of Harlem
women. Her subject was ''How to
Bring Up Children"
One thing that she insisted on was
that children should be taught to ''do
things" to be prepared for emer-
gencies.
''For example," said she. sI would
teach child what to do in case OF a
fainting fit. l say to my girls:
Girls, am not much of hand at
fainting, but if do take notion to
faint some day when you are about,
get me some cold water. Pour 1t on
my head and lace. Cold water, girls,
not hot water
''Tm sure that if the unexpected
comes and I fall in fainting fit some
fine morning the girls, if they happen
to be near, will know what to do, and
will do it promptly"
May interrupt you for moment?"
asked little brown-haired woman who
looked to be about fifty.
''Why, certainly" answered the lee
turer.
well, what I wish to do," said the
brown-haired woman, sis 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 taught to do things, but as to
this matter l wish to utter a warning
word, to offer an amendment, SO to
speak.
Il used to think as you do. remem-
Der as well 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 fused to say, 'Reme1n-
Der, girls, to use water. That's the
thing when baby faints.'
'WeQ, one day some one came to my
house and told me that little boy had
been hurt in the next yard. 1 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 a way that l
could safely leave him. But the time
came'at last and started for home.
''When 1 was within about rod of
my own house I 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 and dragged me up
my front steps and laid me out 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, lynn all in hape dead
tainted away?'
Isabella gave one look and then
called out to her two sisters: Quick,
girls, mas tainted"
"tAfter that the deluge' Yes, that
tells the story. Isabelle got the ice
pitcher, Mary foot tub, and Kate a
ten-qua tin pail 1 consider it almost
q mira that I'm alive to-day.
'Of course, I'm telling all this from
hearsay. didn't know anything from
the time that 1 tainted until heard
Kate frantically crying out, Water!
More water! Quick, Isabelle, more
waterl' and just after that one of the
Irishmen saying, BE aisy, darlint, or
ye'll be afther drownin' yer ould
mother"
"Wet! Well that doesn't begin to tell
the story. I was soaked, and great
streams of water were running off the
piazza and down the stairs
You did just right, girls said as
soon as I could sr' X. You did just
what your moth lid you to do. but
don't do it again
"Then I got { n on my knees and
wrung out my X as well as l could,
and while 1 was in that position l could
hardly keep myself from saying, oh
Lord, thank Thee that they didn't
call out the fire department.
Now, I've taken up lots of your
time, but / wished to make an amend
ment to your proposition. What I
would propose is that every mother save
her own self from the danger of drown.
ing by saying to her girls when she
bids them pour water on fainters,' be
sure, my dears, to try the remedy for
the first time on somebody else than
your own dear mamma IN. Y. Times