Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-15

come TO her. in the position of MIND
and body that years have won Tor her.
Instead OF this, she must go TO them
and bring them up, If possible 70
where she stands She may make
them more mature by this. 1t Is very
positive that she will make herself
Younger. More than this, she VIII get
a better acquaintance with her chill
dren than she has ever had before
If she has been saving time by stay
ing at home and working for them
she win find something pathetic in the
joy with which they will greet her ar
rival among them, the share she taxes
in their occupations.
Children are loyal little creatures,
TO their mind there is no one like the
mother, as a companion, and II IS
eminently worth While for her to
economic on her own employments
and pleasure for the sake of sharing
in theirs. Let her follow Froebels ad-
vice and live with her children. Let
her try TO forget for a little that she
is grown up. If it is summer, let her
go fishing with them or boating with
them or wheeling with them. II It IS
winter. let her join in their house
games and If possible in their out
door sports. | know of nothing pref
tier than an amicable game OF snow
ball between mother and sons, IN
which the gallantry of the little men
prompts them to throw only soft balls
at mother"
With the coming of warm weather
there is the opportunity offered for
life out doors This is the time when
the heart of the small boy or girl may
he made glad by the picnic or the all
day excursion in to the woods or on
the water. Probably the mother may
think 1t rank extravaganza to give up
all or even part of a day to doing
nothing but play, In reality 1t is
wise economy. This is the way IN
which she is laying up some things
more valuable than money or labor.
she is gaining health and color and
improving her complexion and VIM
ming the hearts of her children.
The woman who wishes to be really
economical. would better begin her
summer campaign by a piece of APP
parent extravaganza. Let her buy a
wheel and learn to ride it. All nature
is then open to her, and the excur-
sions of which her children have told
her await her discovery, Very often
she may not think they are all the
Youngsters have thought them,
she won't tell them that. Even if the
dav has not been supremely interest
ing. the woman with a mania for
economy may take comfort in thinking
of the headaches and tired nerves she
has saved herself during days TO
come by the oxygen she has inhaled
and the exercise she has given her
muscles.
Putting aside everything else, the
woman who has a husband and chill
dren should bestow very serious
thought on what she is to mean to
them. We keep nothing, as We gain
nothing. in this life, without working
for II. and the love and confidence of
those about us is no exception to the
rule. The loyalty and understanding
of the husband may hold him TO the
wife. even when she becomes a slave
to petty household economies. The
ehildren's devotion will last while
they are children, but as they grow
older they become Interested in out
side things. They seek sympathy
where they can find it and the mother
who has not won their friendship sees
herself left without it.