Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-05-04

your utmost authority should be ex-
erted to quell such proceedings, and it
would be tStter if baby We're not al
lowed to bring tales of all You can
have no such scenes to contend wi.
moreover, if you have taught baby No.
1 to be polite to everybody.
Uusually meal time is selected for
the general airing Of grievances of all
sorts and conditions, to the great dotri-
megt of digestion. let me say. 1t is
better to eat nothing than to eat while
quarreling; tale-bearing, accusations,
recriminatiOn-what a sauce for your
carefully planned and PRETTY served
breakfast. luncheon or dinner? l have
known wives who have launched all
sorts of disagreeable personalities
while pouring coffee: and husbands
who dispensed snarls and growls
with salads and gravies, to the family
generally
q am so glad you are going to stay
to supper" said the irrepressble small
boy TO the family pastor. on a mem
orabie occasion. 'inat is very nice
F' 'po tAi' iNEiS W iiNt W nave
me take supper with YOU" "Oh, you
know confidentially, when you are
here father doesn't want to know all
the bad things we children have been
up to, and mother doesn't tell him.
and Billy doesn't call me names, and
baby doesn't scream and throw things
at us. like when we don't have com
pany!" Just what the pastor thought,
under the circumstances, can scarcely
be matter of conjecture-more a GER
tainty
Where the man of the family is
what | have heard termed an angel
abroad and devil at home, your lot
is indeed hard one, dear wife and
mother; one that calls for patience
under your Affections and happy is.
sue ont of our troubles. In such case
the only remedy | can possibly fancy
is to try to make the little ones be-
lieve that father" has much to try
him and must be excused. All wrong
Of course; of a truth such n man needs
what he very evidently did not get
in his childhcad; = good course OF
moral and other suasion. But as this
is impossible now. you must do the
best you can to counteract the eff.
feet of such an example. even if you
have to stand the brunt of it, which
you will, beyond a doubt After
awhile the children will understand.
Teach your family that personal
faults are never to be spoken of, any
more than personal deformities: that
n ig frAr.r1ffa inl to,
either. Especially should mealtime
be made most pleasant OF the day,
time when disagreeables are not to
be thought of, when each individual
member of the family is expected to
bring all the brightest, jolliest hap
peninss for the general cheerfulness;
when compliments are to be passed
upon the good each one has been or
done
Then, dear mother and mistress.
when your pastor or any other visitor
comes to your table you shall have
your reward in the pretty behavior,
the natural innocent merriment of
your children; their self-possession
and quite modest demeanor.
Mrs. NJ. j. Sholes ofContent postoftice
is in the city
Hans Aspaas is in from his ranch
near Hay gulch.
j. c. Gaulroger will spend the Sab.
bath with the Wife at the Strater.
c. V. Hummell is over from Tellu-
ride, stopping at the Strater
l.. l.. Shindler has gone to Silverton
to take charge OF the Episcopal church
40 that point.
Mrs. Bob" Lowe and daughter Ma.
nah lett this morning for Alamosa,
where they reside in the future.
Thomas Cooke, from the Upper
Florida is in the city, on his way to
their new home in New Mexico.
Merrill Doud and wife landed in Sill
verton on last nights belated train
They have been visiting Denver the
past three weeks.
Mr.. Lewis. brother of A. r., left for
Denver this morning MIR. Lewis has
been visiting his son on Pine river
the past ten days.
The markets today are replete with
fresh vegetables and luscious straw
berries the Sunny South could not
excel us in this line.
Frank Murnane arrived last even,
ing from Colorado Springs to see his
brother who was injured on the Rio
Grande Southern day before yesterday.
Charles Snyder. Manager Powell of
the Boston Coal 4 Fuel company, and
MIR. Field of Boston, left this morning
for the Pine river section to spend
the Sabbath away from the busting
city.