The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-14

where the good fairy turns "a TO be
Iemparance. Industry or some other OF
the cardinal virtues aud the giant Bad
Temper or Untruthfulness; LonRrellows's
"Launching of the Ship" was ruled ont
OF q school reader by one OF the unco' and
as INIT for juvenile eyes. and now comes
the last straw. ] am reminded Of the tam
perRnce convert who. ~endeayoring TO
ascertain what thugs were lawful for
him. was recommended TO avoid tea aud
coffee and not even to risk dampsnlng
MS newly acquired arder with lemonade.
well" he nag ,ried iu desperation. IT
the juicef"
A COMING CALAMITY.
Calamity enough in itself. this state OF
affairs may draw down worse evils than
that we should make ourselves ridiculous
or that BY the very solemnity Of q
aRonlzsd child study we strain ourselves
put OF sympathy with the small folk.
Due OF these ID that the children are be-
ginning to take themselves as portentous-
~ as We take them. Does anyone fondly
suppose them to DO unconscious that they
are under the MICROSCOPIC They are be-
ginning to pose, to aualyze themselves. to
md themselves picturesque, and to
model after the interesting but unnatural
youngsters In the so~called children's
literature which 10 written chiefly Tor
their elders.
Take. for instance, Mrs. Burnett,s re-
cent Memory of the Mind OF a Child'
(whose precocious likeness never was on
sea or land), entitled "rhe One I Knew
the Best Of ALL" That she has forgotten.
not remembered, aud that Thought
Might Have Had" would be q better
lame will not keep children from read
ing, and with unconscious hypocrisy,
initiating 1t. Let us hold the mirror up
70 Nature IN our literature, IL we will.
hat "a. -A&.-E- F.~~A al
Ing 1t MP to the children.
The graver danger which threatens is a
reaction from this ponderous solicituds,
this over done religion of child culture
beside which CAlyinism Is cheerful
and lightsome. The increasing child
lessness of cur cultured American peo-
pie Ii usually assigned TO their sense OF
hood" which is all light, IL only IL doesn't
extinRuish the RAGS. Here and there
some one already whispers, Hang pos
terltyT" and n can regret but hardly
wonder. since Caroline F. Corhin 10 that
o interesting book. "a Woman's
Philosophy OF Love-" fatty regards a
marriage with any other end In view than
that OF rearing children to be q selfish
and despicable uniop; aud current IRE
form" literature makes the heroes q
herotnes OF lite instructive stories discuss
and plan for. from their first meeting to
their courtshfp and marriage, absolutely
nothing but the next generation.
As we all want TO live q little on our
W account, our s-elfishness-or self
preservation takes alarm. AS Pet
Marjorie says OF the ''devilish" seven
times nine. 'It's what Nature itself can't
endure"
And when all is said, the best way is to
take children easily. Love them
which you can't do IL you worry too
much-and all these things shall be added
unto You. Over anxiety frequently
defeats itself-witness the mourntnl fall
of the mother whose description we had
earlier ou:-
And oft she sald-her dear brown eyes
With tender terror wide expanded
oh, must strive to be more wisel
Think. think what care is here demandadl
How dreadful, shopt Il my teaching IS flaws,
My ungusssed errors, subtly harm him.
Or Fortunes arrows wound because
His mothe. failed In proof to arm hlml"
And Yet, when that young boy, whose look
Was like some fair boy prince as pal nted
By rare Vandyck-his soul q book,
BY blot Of falsehooi quite untainted.
Inquired: Mamma. what's veal?' with mild
Untroubled smile and accent clearest,
She told that little. trusting child.
The woolly, baby sleep. my dearest'"
A Chump.
Little Willie-''Jack, what's a chump?''
Little Jack chunp is q boy that doesn't
know what o chump i~s."-Street & Smiths
Good News.