The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-12
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INN "a morning with sorrow for
vi VI three dear little children
e, II 81 who suffer from }. their
5i mothers neglect that .
/ appeal to you to cay something IN tnel
behalf. This mother u o widow VINO VINO
works In d factory and lives In two ,'
rooms OF a brothers. house. The BROTH
er's wife cares for her rooms md chill
dren BY day and the nlothdP cares 81
( for them by night All four sleep In one
room fourteen BY fifteen feeD with al
windows and doors tightly closed lest.
II one breath, OF cold might air might blow
over tho dear / children. And all
four have catarrhl Every norning
the children rise with a sick headache e
ana tho mother scolds because g some 'l':
Rich person who could stay home ana
nurse her children has not been given
tho headaches. III She gricves constantly
4 because OF her Ill luck, and when y
make any suggestion regarding the care are
OF the children she becomes Quite In
dignant and grieves all the more that
she can't live alone and do as " she
4 plcases.
although only SIX, seven and nine
q years respectively. oil three have had had,
measles twice, whooping cough, diph-
liberia, chicken pox, tonsilitis and no END
ct sick headaches. The nine-yea OLD ]
daughter, who has learned In school
tho value OF fresh dir, appeals In vain An
for open windows. Tho mother claims
it's all right4forgch children who can stand
X fresh air but hers cant Now what can
i be done for such children? am not
anxious that this should appear In print.
I but that you would speak once moro to
parents who Kill their children with lt-,5
& kindness. II u 4 D 80 y.
The state ofSaffnirs that you describe
4 prevails In a melancholy number OF
homes. The lack OF ventilation and OF
tho cleanliness gained by frequent ba th-
Ing Is responsible for the odor that
Z workers among The dwellings OF those
in straitcned a. circumstances charac-8
terize as the poor smell.
.8a II know OF no advice to give you be-
yond that Of urging you to perseveree' In In
the attempt to make your proteges UNI
e derstand the advantages OF fresh air
i anu plenty OIL III ltc S'S'SPi'AAe9
The draught should not blow on ne
Z children. but they should be sheltered l.l'
SO that the pure atmosphere may enter ltea'.
the room without injuring them !. Keep \
8 up the good work and don't be dlscou1-
aged by q few rebnns,
S1II HAVE planned for some time TO
SS # express myself on the question
a2s concerning the young woman OF
ltwcnty-four who did not have sufficient
liberty She has my sympa thy. dare
say the model mother would be able to
i give cogent reason FOR espionage
though the model mother would not
4 need to keep watch, because she would
have model daught ers. Alas! nll moth
ers are not model. ~ know o youn g
woman who was a success IN her pro-
fessIon, whose father and mother val
&Ued her MS the apple OF their cyes---Wnot
I was always subject to such espionage \
In her Youth she went the way OF girl
hood and married. was left widow.
young, and still capable OF social at
fractions She found life with her FOND
parents in q beautiful home lunbearable.
4 1 know that mothers motives. she dld
not want her daughter TO marry-aa!hlo
many parents are equally jealous! ! am
saepmother to several grown daughters
l.
3 that i will not be where must take
part in or hear the small talk which
passes for conversation among young
\ people. Parents train and teach hon
Y esty in money matters to their children,
then are not afraid they Will be-;
come burglars, cmbezzlers and cr1ml-a
nails. Young people who need chaperoh-s
age cannot be held by It. w FL "
II believe thrce-q uarters OF mothers
social espionage Is to keep daughters
from marriage, and a large part Of the
OF her qua rter Is that tho mothers do not
realize that the daughters are sought
and some mothers resent the fact Of
stepping aside socially for their daugh-
ters, Tho mother above referred to can
mot understand why that daughter pre-
fers life among strangers IN dis (
8tant city. but do not think tho reason
hard to And. T. NJ
{ think you take rather a wrong view
OF the chaperonage question It Is not
meant as a surveillance OF our girls for
fear they should so wrong but an enter
( ing into their pursuits and the endeavor
to learn to know their companions. Ono
can hope to do nothing In this llne.
however, II the girls are allowed to run
avid until they are grown up and are
then brought up with a round turn and
expected to submit to such companion
ship. That Is the method pursued In
Eastern countries, where the girls are
anrestrained until they are twelve years
old and arei then brought into bonds.
covered with a vedl and kept from all
association except under the closest
Il espionage. That is not the way It should
be with us. II there has been COM
partnership and friendship between Girls
and mot hers from the infancy OF the
daughters there should be no stralning
against this conrad eshlp when maturity
is reached, no looking upon It as sur
VIGILANCE.
,&IT HAVE a little girl eight months
old who la as lively as q little
cricket, The color Of her skin
and brightness Of her eyes would indl-
cate that she Is in perfect health, But
she has had stomach trouble since she
was born, although ] have tried many
good doctors, but all In vain, Her trou-
BILE is that she can't digest anything she
takes, She yomlts everything back
again, Consequently she does not thrive,
4 She Is always very eager for the breast,
I don't think tho fault Is with me. as
am enjoying good health, Please try
and give me some advice that will help
the little one and give her relief.