The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1901-07-25
". C. T. ]. DEPARTMENT.
MRS. l.. II. GALE, PRESS supT.

our members before the union at a re-
cent meeting, we deem worthy a larger
audience than was present, hence its APP
pearance in these columns. The sub
ject is one that is being thoroughly dis
cussed by mothers throughout the land
and the more it is discussed the sooner
will mothers realize the great response
bilities that rest upon them in the train
ing Of their children:
"That immortality does exist among
the school children, we all must admit.
The walls and fences of school buildings
testify in no uncertain language OF the
immortality of thought and speech. But
this is not always learned on the school
grounds. Many child has learned it
before arriving at school age by playing
with older children. The question how
to cope with it and its cure, frankly
admit cannot answer. So wide spread
and terrible is the disease of impurity
that there seems no remedy, but by a
vigorous force OF stamping it out by each
mother keeping her own child carefully
under her influence to see that she is
sure of their confidence in everything.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they
shall see Cod, should be indellibly
stamped on every child's mind. Store
their minds with proof texts which will
stand them in good stead amid the temp
tations and battles OF later life.
"The mother can be sure OF nothing
beyond the home unless she has taught
the sacred truths that shall make the
hearts OF her children impervious to the
darts of the enemy. Mothers should
endeavor both by precept and example
to inspire in the minds OF their children
a high and holy ambition to make the
most of themselves. Seek to inspire
them with thirst for happy immor-
tally. Inspire them with high sense
of true nobility and honor. Lead them
to regard honor as sacred and even more
precious than life itself. Precept is not
worth much to youth, but the example
of those they love is everything.
There is in every healthy child de-
sire for fun. Parents should provide
this natural want, and provide Tor it in
the home. Wholesome amusements in
the home are just as necessary as whole
some bread if you expect the best re-
suits. Fill the home as full of fun as
you can make it. Let no child have
reason to feel that any other place on
earth is more pleasant than home.
"Ohn' you say, 81 am too tired to romp
with my children In that case |
would say let them help you do your
work, then in turn help them in some
amusement. There should be time for
work and time for play and neither
should infringe upon the other. A
mother should have her own child s con-
fidence, otherwise she may as well give
up the battle first as last. Children can
be early taught that they should not lis
ten to any talk or play that they would
be ashamed to hear were mamma with
them. | would most earnestly plead
with mothers, as soon as the child is old
enough, say from eight to ten, to tell
them the story OF life in all its sacred
ness and beauty, as only mother can
tell, otherwise the child falls a ready
victim. through curiosity, to the unclean
school companion who will tell the story
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You must keep holy the being of the
young child, protect it from every rude
and rough impression, from every touch
OF the vulgar
"Till mothers recognize their God
given function as the moral teachers of
their own children, we had better frank
ly give up the whole question in despair.
Whatever the form of the school, how
ever excellent the teachers, there is no
substitute in he moral life for the home
teaching and training of the fathers and
mothers. It's said that "a nation rises
no higher than its mothers Mothers
can be sure OF nothing beyond the home.
Il have in this brief paper merely
limited at some OF the principles and
facts which seem to me quite fundamen-
tai, and the old saying that an ounce
of prevention is worth pound OF cure
has its place in the moral training OF the
youth, as well as in any other calling in
life"
4 bad complexion generally results
from inactive liver and bowels. In all
such cases, DeWitt's Little Early Risers
produce gratifying results Avres' Yel-