The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-15
W ofnan's World.

longer forced INTO the straight ana narrow
path and made to stay there. He is be-
euilea into the ways of righteousness and
uoliteness and civlity, and If ne conde-
scends to walk in that direction every
body breathes a sigh Of relief ana Is
thankful for small favors. But If ne be-
HAYES il is simply matter of grace NO
bodv is rash enough to try 10 make nm
To every thinking persons, says Dorothy
MY in the New Orleans Picayune 1t Is
nsinfuIlv apparent that we take an en-
,ire,v different attitude toward childreh
now from that occupied by people IN Inc
mast There didn't seem to be any parue-
ular difficulty. or furry, in raising enn-.
dren in the days when most OF us were
broueht IN. It was a perfectly PLAIN ana
si,,nla nroposition, without any steriiized
milk or sterilized philosophizing about H.
We were dressed simply, reared PLAINLY,
snanked when we were bad kissed when
we reformed, taught obedience 10 our par
ents respect for our elders and had Inc
foot forcibly impressed on our youthful
understanding that children were TO DC
seen and not heard.
How is it to-day? Children's parties are
only a degree less elaborate than theri
elders and the little guests are keen critics
of the price of decorations. BY the lime
a little girl has learned TO talk she Is
competent to discourse on fashion ana
has already learned to value her acquaint-
a,ce bv their clothes. AT hotels, where
have trenbled under the august patron
ace of the head waiter, have seen chh-
dren order a meal from the carte with a
nerfect sang froid that I epvied, but could
not emulate, choosing an assorted diet
~ sweets and ices that must have play
ed havoc with their little insides, put wi'h
which their admring parents did not al
tempt to interfere.
as for the seen but not heard theory
tbat has fallen into utter desuetude so
far as the modern child is concerned.
After the first baby is born into a family,
gwen the bost optomistic abandon hope
Of getting any rational conversation out
of either parent for the next twenty years
1t is always what Tommy thinks, what
lack says or the clever thing Sailie old
that is the staple of talk, reinforced by
corrections and emendations from the au-
thor. NO mamma, / din't say IL that
way. I said so and so;" Papa, tell the
lady what / did," and so on. No effort
Is made 10 suppress these infant terrofs.
on the contrary, they are dragged to the
front and kept there Once upon time,
In another city, 1 was invited to spend
an evening with a number of charming
people, among whom was a noted trav-
eler scarcely less famous as raconteur
than he was for his adventures am
sure that all the other guests, as well as
myself went expecting to sit in absorbed
silence listening to the great man. but,
alas. for our hopes, early in the evening
the young son of the house brought forth
a copy of the American Boys Hand Book
of Sports, and insisted on reading aloud
how to build an ice boat. For one solid
hour we writhed in silence while he droned
along with all the fascinating elocutior-
ary effects peculiar to inexperienced
youth Nobody dared to put their Inn.
pulse into execution and gag him, and
at the end his misguided mother turned
on her outraged guests and beamingly
asked us II we didn't think Charley read
remarkably well for a child Of that age?
i trust that was an extreme case, but
do you know a house in which there are
children, that they are not the eternal
subject of all conversation?
Some people say that a business lite
spoils a woman for a wife; others say
that it FITS her for wifehood. 1t depends,
says the New York Sun, upon the woman
herself Some women become coarse
grained and hardened through friction
with the work-a-day world; some lose
their enthusiasm, and a woman without
enthusiasm is like a bird without voice;
others grow more compassionate, more
tender. more innocent. An elderly man,
a middle-aged matron and girl in talk
ing over this subject, couldn't agree.
so your dearest girl friend is going to
be married." said the matron, turning TO
the girl.
YES and it's a fortunate man who
gets her. She'll make him the best of
wives" answered the girl with enthusi-
assn. As@ru
wei. we can't tell about that" said
the woman. Your friend has led SENT
public life for a good many years. Her
work has brought her into contact with
the world, with all classes of men, women
and children. This l believe spoils the nat
urally feminine taste for domesticity. The
average business woman is an excitement
craving creature. Eternal change ann
variety are TO her what rum is to the
steady drinker, people cali him, though
/ never could think of any habitual drink
er being particularly steady. She feeds
on this contact with many men of many
minds I've heard people say that bust
TO a wife, but I do not believe 1t. Bust
ness women learn too much for their own
happiness They learn TO criticize and 70
analyze people, and this becomes second
nature to them, and the husband does not
escape. They analyze him and his love,
and the minute we begin to analyze love,
TO separate il, 10 tear it apart TO weigh
il, measure lido YOU know what hap
pens? Love disappears. This love of eS-
element and change and this habit of
. analysis spoil the business woman for wife
hood for motherhood, for home maker -
"Bosh and nonsenser exclaimed the old
man. "a business life may not be so
much of an advantage 10 woman as a
wife, but 1t is of the greatest advantage
to her husband. You and the little girl
will probably be amused and amazed 10
hear me state that the most innocenJ-
minded woman I've ever met have been
business women, working girls, bread win
ners. Know things? Yes. and that's
the point. Their knowledge has not tar
nlshed them. Ignorance is not innocence.
You take the girl bred under the mother
wing in a beautiful. guarded home. and
because she is ignorant of the world and
its WAYS ignorant OF the weaknesses OF