The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-02-13
Bill ARP'S WEEKLY LETTER.
THEBARTOW PHILOSOPHER PLAYS,
TIE ROLE OF NURSE.
ELIMINATES WHILE CHILDREN ROMP
Left cmln'rnrily in Change OF HE iiouss-
hold-Hi> Feelings We're Nurhiy
l;utstcu.

| Icou.dcr myself IN injured person wifr
! gone t. tho missionary lneetiuS. my two
! daughters gone visiting und hnre am alone
| with three grandchildren got To- watch
! them till somebody comes. I've nrTNr seen
! ono Of the stock that wasn't full Of mischief
| and frolic. Thought would take Il little
nap on the sofa Shil. they played nr"nd,
! but it WAS no use. They got I'LL the chairs
| In Il row and played raiirpad and locomotive
awhile. Then they played soldier. AMI fired
guns and killed on" another ard !rl dead.
Then they played horsa ana run round ,bc
center table. Thought the little girls would
get tired after Il whiIo ;lHd .r't,c down 10
their dolls and make y playhons" but the hoy
| didn't like that 80 tho racket ..r,.lnurd.
| They turned the chairs upside 'lr%n and slid
down tho backs hca,iiorrmost and rolled
over and turned SUl:i;ntrSu1,ts, and then
jumped off the table and the lounge and
! shook the floor AMI made the windows rat
| tie like an earthquake. Will they never
| get tired? Thought |. NJ, n-vrr. But hy
| and by, when III; vii" came nome she settled
them down and played club list and ,rimtle-
toe with them and had peace.
| My folks hAV" got ali idea tina; il suits me
| to take car, Of the children an! :hc children
have IN idea that they are to do rs they
, please when there's Hohodv nh"lt but nc
| and 80 | suffer myself lnl.,scl al and Ieel
| bike IN injured person. hrii",n I will 90
to the missionary society myself next time.
But after all, there i, no u1c in posing ;ts y
domestic martyr or pa'rjnrrhol packhorse
about these things. ipr do Ike to haze the
little chaps around me especially little girls
! Children are Il BLESSING. to the household
They take uW, y car S"li!shnnss and purify
our feelings. Their jog and s'ne and spor-
tiv" happiness carries the ola people back to
their early life, whcn III" days wrr" all suu-
shine. 1t is sad sympathy we feel wi,c:l
we see them so happy now ard forrsee the
troubles that await them. Poor Ten hood.
How sad he Was when he v"nned those
touching lines:
| II remember. I r. mcIA',er
| The fir trees dark md high:
fused to 'l,ick t|'eil slender tops
! We're clos agnins. the Sky.
1t WASH childish ignorance.
But Eow Iii, !i.r!" joy
To know I'm farther of from ilnavon
Than Wh"n wah Il hey
There Is no happiness like a ckiAs. II
7 could | would exchange all that hnye
realized since ! was sixteen wears old for
that | had before. Those sixteen years are
about ona-thir'l CT the average life, and the
memories Of them are more precious than
all the rest. If :. child II li'sscl with 10y
ing, inlul,cnt parents those, Years ar. slll
unbrokcn season of unalloycd enjoyment.
Sometimes I raMy wife looking sad an..
,lreamily into the glowing clnbers and know
she is thinking about her children or her
childhood and recalling the Joys OF hey youtI,
| 1.-1,ar, c{,a had rnnttGr and |,,r
head upon her lap and feel The soft rnrns:ses
Of her gentle hand. VIVA! " weight OF care
and anxiety presses continually upon the
heart OF a mother How often 40 her pray
ers ascend t. heaven in tho dark watches .!
the night~praycrs for their health. Their
welfare, their good conduct their salvatio
But with all tn" cares, anyctirS and tore.
bOdlng, children arc our greatest blessing
and the family the greatest b,l]warE Of good
society and good government. II is the law
| OF our being that man and woman should
mate and marry and rear children, and there
Is no substitute Ter the marriage relation.
hardly knew the value Of child uutil 4 few
weeks ago Il dear little grandchiId got sick
very sick--und for days and nights was very
near the gate Of heaven. She suffered and
We watched and suffered With her. Her lit
tie lips and throat were swollen and inilumnd
with diphthurctic sores. Her lungs ratified
with pneumonia. How she pleaded with us
tor help-for relias-pleaded with eyes and
hands, and We could do nothinS but cares
her and weep. | would have given u mil.
lion dollars ten million, if [ bad had
ito relieve that child and save her from
suffering. Prayers or medicine Or good
nursing or something su7ru her, and we are
Ill grateful. What is the value of child
anyhow! Ii one vas mp at auction what
would the mother give? How insignificant
IS property or gold or silver when compared
with it. What are we all working for BIZ,
children, their happiness and prosperity
Daniel Webster, the greatest man this coun
try has ever produced said: "a good father
will shrink from no toll, no sacrifice to rast
his children TO a better condition than hi!
own" II was Il judge and u father wa!
brought before me for stealing or even foI
rohbng. would seek to know the bidder
motives that prompted him to the cri,r,.
Many q man steals or cheats to get some
thing for the children, and the world is out
ragged and calls him thief nlu the Law
sends him to the changing.
But after all, it is the mother who screens
them, protects them and wraps them in he
bosom. thought my wife was tired AM
would like to rest in her old age, but tn
maternal instinct still possesses her, and sh
seems Us much concerned about the graut
. children as she ever did about her own. II
fact, she is less exacting, and more indul
gent. The little boy we have with us is
young cyclone and keeps the home in Of
uproar When get outraged with his tn
nultuous racket and threaten him with pun
ishment, my wife takes his part and says h
Is nothing but baby.
Yes, a four ear-old baby VINO slams tn
: door like an athlete forty times au hou