Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-05-30


she threw herself on the pavement and
mnauel until crowd gathered around
and called her mother hard-hearted, and
svmpathi2ed with that angel ~ child
Her mother flushed but never gave in,
and after Cynthia had cried herself
hoarse, and soiled the entire front Of her
white frock, she walked away beside
her mother, conquered. And the only
regret her mother had was, that the pro.
fessional spankers Office was not near.
At the same time, Cynthia In the future
will be less Of an angel and more of a
well-manDered child than If she had
triumphed. All mothers, however, arc
not like this one. In large shop the
other day there was small child who
objected to waiting while her mother
did her shopping. They left, the child
having a stronger will than her mother.
Later on met them in street car; the
small imp had eaten candy, drunk soda
water and consumed bananas until she
was sick and cross. She wouldn't sit
still, and her mother said 10 me: "Marie
is SO sensitive that never dare contra.
| dict her." Marie heard her say this and
| announced that unless she could play
with her mothers watch she would
! scream herself into nervous attack.
She got the watch. Now, what Marie
wanted badly was to be taught that she
| had three meals day and that she was
to eat what she wanted ut those times;
that when she went out with her mother
she was to behave herself, and that the
first time she threatened to scream her
self into a nervous attack she would be
permitted to do so.
think it dreadful to brighten chill.
dren, and any one who does it should
be whipped, but | do believe in raising
children so that they will be decent
members of society and not general
nuisances. Speaking of frightening
children, there came under iay observa-
ton not long ago young girl who was
so nervous that she scarcely knows an
hour of good health, and this nervous
ness was caused by the wickedness OF a
nurse. Years before, when, she was a
baby, this girls mother was called to
the deathbed of a relation. She went,
leaving the children In charge Of a nurse;
and there was also a cook in the mouse.
NY LADY's UNEXPECTED RETURN.
The mistress said that she did moi
think she would be back until the mex
morning. IL happened, however, tnai
= she returned at midnight In going up
5 stairs with her husband, she heard thu
| oldest boy, five years OF age, ana a cir
+ of four, crying bitterly In a second the
l mother was in the nursery. The Little
/ tots were crOuched in u corner In thei
: nightdresses, the light was ont and the
! baby wasn't visible, AS soon as he could
! between his sobs, the boy told this story
Q "Nurse and cook have gone out, anC
c when BABY wouldn't go to sleep, nurst
5 put her in a cupboard and told her that
/ if she cried, the rats would eat her, anC
5 she did cry, and sister and would hav
[ gone to her, but we were afraid the rat
r would eat US The baby was discoy
I cred, unconscious, in the cupboard, an,
c when the doctor was gotten, he said tina
; she had gone from one spasm into an
: other as result Of the fright, and he di
Il not know whether she would ever &c
i over it, For Il year none of those ehii
: dren could be left alone, day or night
Y and the baby, now this girl Of l6, has
!, nervous spell to-day if she is left alon
e in the dark, All that could be done wa
l. TO discharge these wicked servants, an,
yet | think they ought to have bee
6 whipped and lyGched. They had, q
II course, counted on the mistress nc
L coming back ultil morning, on thei
Is getting home before her, and frightcn
n ing the children into silence. ma
= who heard this story told-an Engllst
It man, IL years old, 6 feet = in heigh
r with shoulders OF an athleto-said tina
n when he was boy, ne was told of bog
a. men and ghouIs who eat up boys unit
ID even now, although he knew it WI
d nonsense, he would tremba in the dar
n ii he thought Of them. All this is tru,
d 1t is hoped that these stories hay
1t adorned tale, and 1t is most earnestl
st trusted that they will point moral
At people VINO believe that children can /
+ governed by fright and made TO do rigl
W because of fear 1t is wrong, all wron
ID on the word Of Bah.