The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-05-11
SHOWING OFF A CHILD.
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Are you q parent: -
II -, then you know all At.yut IL
OF oo1rse your child, be- II . 10y 81
glrl, Is = paragun They all are il The
estimation u their parents, which L
perfectly right and prursr We hare
10 fznlt 20 md with the gr.~r natural
Law which causes all proseninrs,
whether bird, brute, ~ human, u lave
their offspring
Everybody knows that therc Is D.
surer method Of winning the iIl-will
Of dosinx father % mother than By
insinuAting that his 0r her baby Is nos
50 "foFward" and interesting a. Nrs.
smiths Johnny. 900
You had better upset q beehive, CT
tear down a hornets Nest AZ noon time,
when all the inmates are n home u
dinner, than 10 venture upon any such
declaration In every progressive
well regulated family there L. baby,
and every baby is rhe Aurocrat Of the
household He NAY be a month old.
or he may be ten years old-no matter
he Is the baby" until the next one
comes
When a visitor arrives for an after
noon call, just As son as the weather
and the fashions are disposed Of the
baby admiration seance begins II
your visitor understands human nature
70 any extent, she begins by exrolling
the baby's eyes, and says she has a
most lovely complexion, and such
cunning dinnples in its cheeks, and such
luxurianr hair, just tine color Of its
fathers; but otherwise than its hair, il
Is the very image Of yourself!
And you feel extremely well satisfied
and steal look in the mirror, and
hatter yourself that those arrful touches
Of pearl powder on your forehead,
where you are ever 50 little motley
are not discernible, and you cungratu-
late yourself On the new hair restorer
which makes your locks 80 black and
glossy. and, as Charles says, mot day
older looking than when he married
you""
And OF course you are 50 well pleased
at the good sense Of your visitor that
you invite her 10 stay 10 dinner; and
you tell Charles that night that Mrs. z.
Is the most delightful woman Of your
acquaintance. She admired baby -
much,
We have observed that when there j.
company, mothers usually do their best
70 show or their children, and child
rem on such occasions seem endowed
with fatal facility Of not showing
on we'll They, like the end Of the
world 70 the Millerite sect-they do
not come OF as advertised.
Little May speaks her piece" abou,
that historic lamb, with its fleece as
white AZ snow" splendidly, when no.
body but the family is present; but
when Mrs Smith runs in with that
Johnny Of hers, and you bring Mary
before the foot-lights, and confidently
expect she will astOnish Mrs. Smith
by her performance, she forgets half the
piece, and puts her thumb in her mouth,
and on being reprimanded for it, begins
70 cry, and fills the house with her fran
tic screams, and crowns the catastrophy
by falling over an ottoman, and dis
playing 70 the visitor that ragged place
in the embroidery Of her petticoa,,
which you mad fattered yourself nobody
would sect was 20 out Of sight.
And just az you are picking her up
and trying 70 hush her fretful cries, in
comes Tommy with his face dirty, his
pants torn, and in deep trouble about
the loss Of his kite, and the one bad
word which he has picked up in his
association with the street gamins.
comes out with emphasis, and Mrs.
Smith draws her virtuous Johnny ~
her breast, and declares she mus, BE-
going.
Mother, did you ever dress your baby
up in his very best, without some dire
mischief Of dirt, or general ruin, befall-
ing him;
Did you ever keep his hair a week in
papers, 20 that ne could speak his part
at the Sabbath school concert in all the
glory OF curls, but what il was sure 10
rain On the momentDus occasion, and
make his hair as straight as a fence
post?
Did you ever forget 70 wash his hand.
after he had INDUCED in the luxury
1f dOughnuts, or bread and molasses,
Dut what he left the marks Of his |
fingers On your dress, or that Of some |
:aller?
Did you ever intend 10 carry him
anywhere without his having a crying
'pell and spelling his eyes Just previous.
Did you ever But there, we |
night go On asking questions Of this
lind forever, and still not come any
nearer in our seekings after the reason
II why it is that children cannot b.
shown of" when you want 70 show
hem. N. Y. Weekly.
Trinity parish in New York City il
served by small army Of organists,
singers, acolytes and other serni-eccles-
astical adjuncts To worship. There
are twelve Organists and assistants and
more than 300 persons are employed
n the choir or as acolytes, servers and
Besides these the parish EN-
'loys nearly forty teachers in its daily
chools, a score Of sections and nearly y