Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-04-25
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scented 10 accept the Craftsmanship o.
the class for another year ard received
vote OF thanks for her past efficient
services and for her Willingness to serve
again. To fill the office of secretary,
made vacant by the resignation of Miss
s.. Bell Reynolds, Miss Margaret |.
Pierson was elected. NJ iss Reynolds
was also given vote OF thanks.
Miss Trump described sojourn il
the western highlands of Scotland.
where she was treated to the traditional
Scotch weather OF rain and mist, vet
saw enough beauty to compensate for
IT when the lovely purple haze, so
characteristic OF Scotland, enveloped
green bills and mountains puzzle with
heather. Like all visitors to Edinburgh
they were struck by the contrast of the
beauty OF some parts of the city with
the squalor, filth and intemr erance 10
the old town in which dirty, disheveled
women and children swarmed in the
streets whore once lived noble lords aud
ladies', as the carved escutcheons over
the doors testified.
Mrs. Mahatiy told of the beneficopt
work done in the establishment by the
Public Education Association of PbIla.
delphia of school for defective chill.
dren, or for those backward in their
studies whose p sence with brighter
children In school is baneful to both.
The effects Of this school have been
most beneficial and many children have
been enabled, through the special
training received there to resume their
places in the ordinary schools In Cuba
education among the upper classes is
OF superior character, but there is
apathy and intellectual lethargy among
the lower classes. Though tho children
are bright and precocious they soon
lose their freshness and vivacity. Per
maps the strongest or most expert testi-
mony in favor Of the incorporation Of
kindergartens into the public schools
system was given by an intelligent
policeman, who said il they were intro.
duoed universally there would be no
need for police force 10 the next
generation.
Mrs. W. p. Webb reviewed current
literature apropos of the number of
inferior books whose sales have reached
the hundreds of thousands she quoted
Harper's Easy Chair as saying it is the
demand for it that causes IL TO rain
rubbish, the authors are merely the
vehicles Of Its discharge and writer's are
tritiing because readers are 80. Some
excellent hygienic suggestions were
given by DR.: Hannah NJ. Thompson,
who delved deep into the causes of
things; she said people are satisfied
with too low o degree Of vitality when
by intelligence the high health and
power and vieor that would make life
a 10y to live might be theirs, but 10
attain which parents care is primarily
necessary. A child may die oil old age
at years, since old age is but lost
vitality. Mothers need not only to
guard and nourish the child's life but
their Own to give their children the
vigorous life they are entitled to. In
Infancy is the time to lay the founda-
tions OF good health by very simple but
nourishing diet and by abundant sleep,
sunshine and fresh air. Babies that
are stimulated by much attention,
by ooddling and by being brought out
for show suffer from nervous ex-
haustion when their nerves should be
kept perfectly quiescent. They need
all the sleep possible to attain; it is
well II they have room where, with
bodies they can play for
awhile in the vivifying sunshine, that
it may pass into their pores. There Is
usually much yigor lost during school
life with too many studies, long hours
and improper lunches. Vitality should
increase gradually to full adult life but
is often dissipated by Undue mental
work and still faster by worry and
anxiety. The brain dues not give warn
ing OF fatigue as tue muscles do and
bears strain until there is nervous
collapse. The time to stop is before
comes, to stop short OF the
end OF your power and keep brain
centres rested and refreshed oy Elenty
Of Sleep. External and internal baths
are essential; drinking water systemati- |
caiiy helps. to purify the body, to |
quicken circulation and eliminate
waste. At least two quarts should be |
hour before or an hour and half after
meals. The throat and nasal cavities
need frequent rinsing with an alkaline
wash, borax or Sellers tablets by the
nd of an atomizer. This is a good
labit to teach children Elderly, peopIe
,ught not to take much animal food, as
t tends to produce abnormal growths.
! placid contented, cheerful disposi-
ion, intelligent interest in the affairs
II the world and good will to others
lelps towards bodily vitality, and
iealthy, happy old age
A resume was given OF q euloRy de.
ivered by Senator Hoar on Robert
3urns at the recent birthday celebra.
ion of this latter in Boston. He said
. part; There is no man, woman or
hild where the English tongue Is
poken the round world over to whom
he tones Of Burns do not seem familiar
q his mothers voice. What was this
nan whose fame circles the earth like
parallel of latitude, who's O. words are
nown by countless millions of men,
nd are to be known by heart by count
sss generations? He was the child of
wo easants, native of bleak northern |
lime, born IN clay cottage, rooted
nth straw that his father had built
18th his own hands. His mother knew
heart the ancient lyrics of the noun.
hin and moor They were the cradle
ymns OF the child At 10 he threshed
! the barn, at 10 was the principal
Iborer ON the farm. Wearied with The
ills OF the day he sank in the evening
Ito detection OF spirits aud dull head
shes, the joint result of anxiety, low
let and fatigue. Yet this man brought
, the world the hest message since
ethlehem, Of love and hope and reyer-
ace for God and man. Humanity the
orld over walks more erect for what
ebert Burns said aud sung. The mean
st flower that grows has added beauty
nd fragrance. the humtlest task to
hich man can turn his hand an added
ignity because Of him. He said the
rings he had to say 30 that you hum
lem like tune; he had the gift of
umor. A famous English wit said 1t
ould take a surgical operation to get
Joke into the head OF Scotchman.