The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-08-03
WOMAN AND HOME.
rnE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN ARE SELL
DOM GIVEN CONSIDERATION.

American Mothers Through English Eyes.
Turpentino In tho s.clsroom-The Moth
ers' CIub-Eeautifui mt Eighty--woman
and the Political Life.
Have they ever been considered, ever
classified and arranged? Have conventions
ever discussed them and brainy men and
women ever fought for them9 And what
besides a ENTHUSIASTICALLY over
severe for some great fault and not in one
case out of n hundred properly adapted to
the child's temperamcnt-is the result of
any attempt on the part OF the small suf-
| ferer to secure them?
Children have right to the .uttermost
care, attention and consideration, even
when 1t involves serious discomfort and
trouble ON the part of tho parent The
children did not insist upon being born;
they had no voice in the matter. Toplease
ourselves we bring little soul and body
Into this world, endow it with strong feel
ings and tastes, and then daily hurt the
one and ignore the other to suit our own
convenience, because 'thcy are only chill
dren and will not know any better" New
er was there such fallacy. They may
forget quickly, but while they last their
Small WOcS uTO 10 eccp uS Ouioj uiiu ohO AAO-
tie heart which is hurt by thoughtlessness
aches as sorely as it will in the years to
come. Instead of laughing at the quick
consolation, we should thank God for it.
Children have q right to justice, and
they almost never get 1t.
There was once q little girl who always
had to choose between butter and molassHr
on her griddle cakes, while her paye,
had both. A trile-yes, of course, but
to that child. 1t ranked all her life IL,
the injustice of it struck her afresh CIV,
day that came, and no love nor atNnti
which her parents lavished on her iL 9th
ways ever wiped out that memory.
They are expected to show self G. EtY
that would honor q mature person. Tn,
sit at table loaded with daintie9 an !
must eat uninviting plain food, seldom
varied and served in not very tempting
manner. They are called greedy if they
beg for what every one around them is eat
ing, and if they do not finish all on their
plates in many cases tho cold, unappetiz-
ing mess is served them again "for disci-
pline and to teach them not to be greedy"
Just try that once on grown person.
They have right to their own little per-
sons, and arc they not constantly taken
up kissed and tossed around by people
whom they intensely dislike and whose
touch is hateful to them? These arc only q
few of the wrongs children suffer every
day and all day, and how any child grows
up sweet natured is o question not easily
answered.
The greater rights, such as the right to
healthy body, Il clear mind and proper
start in life, are subjects for q deeper
discussion than dare trust myself to en-
ter upon, but certainly q child has right
to the same consideration grown person
would demand and certainly, mo duty
child can owe u parent Is equal to that the
parent owes % child which was brought
into this world not of its own volition,
forced to grow up, flung into the battle Of
life and handicapped with the results G,
the mistakes and lnisdeeds of two or three
encrations.-Jessie M. Burgoyne in n.
ahoe's Magazine.