The Washington times., 1903-02-22

AOOl 10 TeailZe the annoyance such a
child causes others. There is precious
little satisfaction in calling on a
woman where the children. come into
the wing-room, and no matter
what the conversation may be. they
do the entertaining. or run the gamut
from extreme familiarity to persistent
teasing for something or other which
the mother at first refuses. and later
comedies so as TO get rid of the in
Fiction. The excuses that an en-
barrassed woman can make for a
child who Is simply a blooming
nuisance are marvellous
Maternal VS.. PaternaI.
Such young one wants to Toll over
the mother. and should she happen to
be wearing a handsome gown one
hour Of the dragging given Il by the
lolling, discontinued child viii do more
in the way OF wear and tear than a
month OF ordinary usage. II the
father wants a little peace and quiet
after the business worries Of the day
the mother insists that the child Is
doing no harm, and he is permitted
to hang around until bedtime. while
the fathers nerves are kept on a
torture rack.
The woman who persists in taking
her children everywhere is a fend.
To evening entertainments, to make
calls. no matter where the mother
HES, the brood is in evidence until the
very sight Of the woman inspires
horror Obedience is simply an I'M
known quantity to such children. and
every attempt at correction is but
wasted ammunition
a man. as a rule, no matter how
dearly he may love his children. does
not want TO be bothered with them
when he is tired. He wants quiet and
rest. and if he wishes mis- wife's com
partnership he does so with the long
ing for the restful influence her pres
ence may exercise. II. then, she Is m
willing to accompany him on any
little pleasure jaunt unless burdened
by all the family contingent, it but
adds 70 his fatigue rather than af-
fords the rest or recreation he so much
needs
Women Strange Creatures.
Women are strangely constituted
and temperaments are widely diver
gent. In many women the filial traits
predominant, where the woman has
deeper love for her parents than she
will ever feel toward a husband or
rhflHrnV In oil - II,
stinct f. strongest. wherein the hus-
band cuts a very small figure in pro-
portion TO the love the woman bears
her children. In the third class. the
woman is the veriest slave OF conjugaI
ties Nothing but a husbands love
her. and everything is sacri-
feed TO this end.
Such women make the noblest wives.
but they are prone TO be too intense
in their affections. consequently fail
victims Of their own overzeaL The
children of such a woman are loved |
more reasonably. To her desire to re- 1
tain a husbands love all else is made
She wants her hus- /
bands companionship. consequently /
AttE NAAAANi Gil AAN put ~ Dtl dl IedSOD-
able hours, and it is safe to say that :
the woman in whom conjugaI love is /
best developed is the woman who rules /
her children with more discretion and /
whose home is freer from the blight |
Of the spoiled child.
The woman who. in the early stages /
of motherhood. will not leave her chill /
dren at her husbands request, the I
woman who will make her children the I
excuse for not accepting a husbands /
invitations. the woman who subverts 1
the whole household 20 the whlms of |
one disagreeable child. has little /
chance Of happiness herself, and IT is /
very certain the dove Of peace does
not rest its wings in the home DOM
mated by spoiled children.