New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-28
SOCIAL SOUR GRAPES.
THROUGH THE EATING OF WHICH SOM
TEETH ARE SET ON EDGE
DOMESTIC DISCIPLINE AND HEREDr-
TARY INFLUENCES

long business creed was There Is god but Gain,
ana the Hustler Is his prophet" He inces-
sanity TO get there" matter by what means
He did get there" and was for that reason much
admired For other reasons, too. for he had esd.
inaoie traits Is 1t not told OF Buck Farskawe that
ne never shook his mother? So this man was
reckoned square" man. white man. a man
whose word was as good HIS bond. OF such are
the Kingdom OF Nammon
In one respect he was unfortunate He had n
wife who was a confirmed invalid Wives are
necessary membranes at best: mans reluctant
concession to the proprieties and the laws OF de-
scent. They ought, OF course always 10 remain
young and charming II they will persist in grow
ing DID, they should wise man once suggested.
De exchangeable as money is-one forty for two
twenties. But for them to become invallds that n
even worse. No matter II her health were broken
down through bearing his children caring for his
home no man be expected 10 remain devoted
to wife who Is always aillng.
This man to be overcome by such mis-.
fortune that. His great -oul rose superior TO It.
He left her at home. her fitting place and went
wherever he pleased and wherever pleasure
called. He was a connoisseur OF pleasure, and Of
beauty too So Il pass that ore day on Q
railroad train he prettier face than was COM
mon, and was attracted 70 II. Diligent prospect
Ing disclosed the somewhat Disappointing fact that
the faces owner was married: was In fact Just on
her wedding trip. H-m-mi That a nuisance.
She would probably want stick to her husband
till the end Of the honeymoon. anyway; women
have such curious notions However she might
have an unmarried sister. He managed TO scrape
an acquaintance with the bridegroom then get
presented to the bride Forthwith with exquisite
tact and delicacy he asked her IL she had any un-
married sisters charming as herself? Yes two
Oh. Joy! Where were they? She told him. Oh.
rapture! He knew people In that town! What q
pity he had to walt TIL the train reached the next
station before he could get of and go thither,
He found the younger sister even prettier than tho
bride. and began to pay court her with all the
ardor OF wealthy midle age. True, he was some
what handicapped by the fact OF his already having
wife and seven or eight children. But what are
such tribes to great and determined spirit? The
divorce court is one OF heavens providences
It's door opened to his golden key. He was released
from hts odious incumbrances And so the pretty
younger sister herself became a bride no doubt
a paragon OF timorous. blushng maidenhood.
After a few years OF welded bliss this good man
died. and went straight TO Abraham's bosom But
he left child. daughter, to inherit her mothers
graces and his own stern virtues winsome slip
Of child it was lying. impudent and disobedent
to degree and wisely countenanced in those traits
by her indulgent mother. She six or
summers old when her widowed mother began
receive the attentions OF another sutton for her
hand. who somehow failed TO ingratiate himself
with the sweet child do you know what I call
the old man.? asked the little OF visitor
day. Why I call him an old OF a gum What
could have been winsome, And what ten
thousand pties II would have been had the mother.
as weaker and more foolish women might have done.
attempted to chastise her for II and TO have led
her into other ways What rank injustice. too;
for under the glorious rule OF individual liberty
the youngest child must be protected in its right
to slang impudence and the pursuit Of mischief.
So when the wedding day drew near, the infantile
voice was heard again. apostrophizing her mother
to her face: "oh, don't wish you were dead! Wed
give you a onehorse funeral just get cart and one
horse and haul you the cemetery and dump you
in without flowers preacher or anything What Q
sweet odd little thing II was. 10 be sure so like
her dear papa. Then. on another morning. dress-
maker who had been engaged to make her some
dresses surprised TO find the child at her door.
clad only in shawl I've come TO get one Of those
new dresses, right away for / haven't another
thing in the world TO wear What original.
quaint conceit! Would you check such budding
genius with applications OF bread and water and
the maternal slipper? Ten thousand times. no.
Whatever comes OF it. free youth must have its
way. Don't play with the fire which will burn
your fingers. my darling child. else mamma viii
have 10 put salve your little hands and tie them
up in rags; but you may play all you please with
the fire that sears the soul.
beauteous thing indeed is domestic dis
cipline. and well has its charm been sung by the
poet-stet nomins umbra:
Billy Boen Jumped out Of hts bed:
He at his sister and cut of her head
This gave his dear mo, mother srea! deal OF pain;
Sammy found lucter match.
He set It alight a farmers thatch.
soon barn hay and horses Were ashes as and dust
where is your sister Margaret. teur'
Mother pushed her into the well:
l thought you loved your sister deariyi'
Baby sat in the window seat
Mary tipped her the street
Baby's brains were dashed out In the arey,
And mamma held up her forehnser at Maryi
Grandpa had gold in the brass-nailed trunk:
Grandpa Harry some. Harry got drunk;
Then to get more the iarnk msTry orPse INTO
'oh see II you please Master Jonathan Marmi
He's bitten piece right out Of my arm. -,
'Oh dear cries the mother. in accents wild.
II hope II won't disagree with the child"
Who strangIsd Jack WITH hi. collar and chainr'
And III strange you too when se, ols and sreng
i"a wron .'"'' '
The girl Of course is mother TO the woman.
Wherefore it needs no detailed ana anayz.ng OF ne
changed her religion one day, as people OF pro-
S venersbe priest who received her into the new
faith asked her solemnly IL she renowned the old.
RED too: and httingy enough the great-grandson
OF that fastdious nobleman who century ago.
took for his wife that famous adventures or the
French Revolution who rivaled with her wanton-
ness the tyranny OF Robespierre, and made her IN:
e Gspricr rOH Snd Mare Marat numerous ''''
And now she is parted from her lord. they say,
and he like her father has sought the happy re.
lease Of the divorce court. Should he not rather
have emulated the philosophic spirit of his own
rreat-grandsire given her his blessing. and said 70
her lover "Adieu. my friend; be sure 10 make her
happy? That would have been the true, grand
seigneur style. But then she was trife derelict-
She did not In remembrance OF her fathers ex-
ample inquire II the handsome young man. who
was unfortunately already married. had an un.
married Younger brother equally attractive u
was really pity she did not Il would nave msds
the ldyl so much the more complete Stll she has
done emlnentlv we'll She has been true TO the
sturdy virtues Of her father. true TO the fascinating
gIaces OF her mother above an true 10 ne pronise
and the high ideals OF her own fair youth; and she
rtli leave a memory be cherished as reminder
~ All that Is sweetest and purest In courtshlp ana
rosrriage In the training OF children, and in Ameri'
can domestic life.
NEW BIT OF II. HIS DESCRIPTION.
From Time and the Hour
ttelan Hunt Jackson's descriptive power was eho.
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