The Greenville times., 1896-02-26
TIRED MOTHERS
Thsy should Bring Up Their Chndren to
Help Them.

Help Them.
Thereare many mothers ho lie down
nj night 50 thoroughly tired out thatthey
hardly care whether or not they ever
wake again. Yet after ali is this
weariness Of flesh and veXatiou Of
spirit necessary Would not a little
self-kHeritice on the part Of all the
other members Of the family ease this
weary mother from fully 0ne-haif her
labor? There IS Jeannie's dress Could
IL not he made by a simpler pattern?
Could not Willie give mp part of the
pleasure that he expects to enjoy and
for which his ilotheF is making sarri-
fees that be would rot ask If he only
understood it, Would not the baby
be happier II he were dressed In a
dainty gown Is plain and brown as the
sparrovs than if he were dressed in
spoticss white. merely because il is the
custom 10 dress little children i'm thnt
way2 Is It Indispensable to the health
nnd reputation OF her children that
they should be clothed in finery and
fed with dainty food2 Let the little
mother pause and reflect. Is she not
sacrificing her life to merely the
opinion OF the world? Does not Jeannie
demand special fnery because her
friends wear il. and would il not be
good discipline for her to do without it2
There is the rub. The mothers love
comes In and the mothers pride ready
TO make any sacrifice that her daugh
ter shall not be mortified by inferior
clothes. Has she any right 10 wear out
her strength and nerves for such u
shallow causc2 Her children need the
spur OF little adyersity, ard she is
trying to stand between providence and
them. II they are completely shielded
from all trouble or sacrifice OF their de-
sires, when the time comes. as il surely
will, when she can no longer shield
them, what ability win they have to
take cHre Of themselves2
Little as she realizes II she is doing
her children greater ,rong than she
is doing herself She is bringing them
up with every wish gratiiied that il Is
in her power 10 CRAFTY, only TO make
them long for things that she cannot
give them. II is much harder TO 20
backward and return to simpler ways
than Il IS to go forward, even though
we know we are wrong, but this is Just
what is demanded IN great many
families. Hundreds OF families are liv-
ing far beyond what they can honestly
afford. The children are brought up
with false ideas of whut constitutes
necessities and luxuries. Instead OF
taking pleasure in simple Things they
long for what is impossible for them TO
have until they finally believe that they
are entitled to il. Nothing worth hav-
ing was ever acquired and retained cx-
eept with h0rd labor. Even people
who have acquired sudden fortune
have discovered II was neeting, and
only held II with care and work. II is
not natural that we should live in this
world M perfect ease and happiness.
Life is ever made up of mixed passages
of light and dark.
Let the mother tina. loves her chil.
dren allow them TO make some sacrifice
and learn to bear small lisappoint.
ments for fear of greater ones. Above
all things, let her teach to face honest.
ly and unhinchingly the circumstances
in which they arc placed in this world
and never allow them to assume Il
wealth they do net possess. They
thus will be prepared to meet sincerely
and faithfully any position in which
they are plnced.-N. Y. Tribune.