The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-02
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For whatever men say in blindness,
And in spite of the fancies of youth,
There ia nothing so kingly as kindness,
And nothing SO royal rs truth"
For the sake Of yOnr children
strive to know something about
everything.
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Teach children the law of kind
ness. That is needed all through
life and everywhere.
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Many christians think it a bad
sign to he jubllant and their
work Of self examination is a hev-
ing down of their brighter ex
periences. Like Toy with
new jackknife, hacking every.
thing he comes across, so their
self examination is a religious
cutting to pieces of the greenest
things that they can lay their
hands on. They imagine that
they are doing Coda service
when they go about borrowing
trouble. and borrowing it at
thirty per cent, which is always
a sure precursor of bankruptcy.
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Everything is pretty much of
size in this world-even our
troubles, trials and difficulties.
If our troubles are little we mag
nifty them; if La &c we magnify
them, so that everybody gets a
fair average with everybody else,
both Of the good and evil. 90
to the happiest person that you
know and pour into his or her
ear your tale of woe, and see
how quickly he or she can show
you that your trials are but a
small circumstance compared to
their own. You are having as
good time as anybody else in
this world-so do not ask for
sympathy.
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For a good, everyday household
angel give us a woman who
laughs. Her biscuit may NOT he
always just right, and she may
occasionally burn her bread and
forget to replace dislocated but
tons, but for solid comfort all
day and every day she is a para
gOn. Home is not a battlefield
nor life one uneDding row. The
trick of always seeing the bright
side, of shining up the dark one.
III very imp rtant faculty, one
Of the things that no woman
should be without. We are not
all born with sunshine in our
hearts, as the Irish prettily phrase
1t, but we can cultivate a cheerful
sense of humor if we only try.
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Many mothers imagine that
their daughters fortune is made
when she learns enough to thump
on piano, or labors enough to
daub cheap chrome or to work
q yellow dog on a door mat.
Girls are too glad to be spoiled
IN that way. Teach them 70
command regiment of pots and
Kettles; teach them to make good
bread, good coffee; teach them to
make rments and patch them
when they need it. Teach them
physical Development; teach them
II Is more cruel and less christian
lot American women to cramp
and dlstort their lungs, liver.
and stomach, than it is for the
nOttentOts to press their heads
nat, or for the Chinese to make
'nelr feet small. Good. healthy
snd industrious girls make happy
homes, good wives and mothers.
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A mother writes to us: "What
snail teach my daughtersp
inlS one important and tremen-
aOuS TACT, my sister. is that there
" no happiness in this world for
Su IDLE woman. 1t may be with
uSnd, 1t may be with brain, it
msy De with foot; but work she
Iust OF be wretched forever. The
,l''le girls OF our families must
&c started With that idea. The
rISt lesson should be- how, under
uVu' they may take care of them
''''es. The simple fact is that
smaJorlty of them do not have
" VaKe care of themselves, and
,ua', 100, after having through
w 'ac false notions of their parents,
. ~asleu the years in which they
light 70 have learned to maintain
yourselves successfully. 1t is
M %uulian and cruel for any fatIer
M, uotner to pass their daughters
t1. ~omanhood having given
lir"l;u 10 facility for learning heir
,a; e,lnood. Madame de Stael
Ma u' III is not these writings
ha 10. | am proud of, but the fact
Dal; s l nave facility in ten occu
r0nI Ius IN any one Of which |