The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-12-08
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lieved. too. that could be a Provi-
dence for my children. l believed
they had been given me to mould as
[ would. and the only limit of the In
fuence would have was the limit OF
my own strength and love. Then
there came a time when l realized
that every child on the street my child
stepped to talk with had its share in
bringing up my sons and daughters.
One week in school was enough to up
set all the training of years. They
learned faster from their friends, and
more willingly, than ever they did
from me, and it seemed to me then
that they learned the things they
oughtn't to quickest Of all. My we'll
brought-up boys came from play talk
Ing loudly, making faces. playing the
fool. The girls would come home
from visit with q trunkful Of affec.
tations and an assortment of silly
ideas-how silly l knew very we'll. for
had had those same ideas and thrown
them aside myself; why / didn't get
comfort out of the fact that I had
outgrown these very things. and that
they too would In time inevitably out
grow them, dent know. It's bad
moment when one realizes that tho
most shallow boy and girl can have an
influence over your children greater
than your own, and that some thought
less ridicule from any one your sons
admire is able to undo all your pa
tient work. 1t was when l saw these
things that began to see that my
place in my children's lives must be
very much less than I had first sup
posed. but l only redoubled my ef-
forts. BY that time l was past the
place when commands and punish
ments were very much used. used
all my tact and affection and diplo-
macy to make my children what l
wanted them.
AS they grew older still found my
ideals Of what / wanted them modi-
fed and changed by what they were.
How much am responsible for what
they are today l am at loss to de-
eide, but l do know that the boy next
door has always had more direct
and apparently a stronger influence
than l ever had-An Elderly Woman,
in Harpers Bazaar
THE BLACK NOTE IN DRESS.
Il have to report" said the girl |
whose hair looked as if the sunshine
had been caught in its meshes, that
my weekend at Southampton has con-
WINGED me that we ought to be up and
doing in regard to the black note that |
is creeping into the fashions. At the
Casino dance l specially noticed it,
and it was used in the smartest OF |
ways. Therefore my frill, which l
respectfully submit to the club this
morning, is little ribbon velvet boil
ero all in the black. am making one
for myself of black ribbon bands, al |
ternating with narrower bands OF
black lace insertion. 1t has full ell
bow sleeves, and know when l wear !
1t with my light summary clothes 1t
is going to look too smart for any
thing.
There is no denying that every
thing is the little wrap just now. From
the very start I have felt as though
were contributing more than my
share to the fine box and some weeks
ago l Just determined that l would
not pay for all the lunch in town, and
SO l wrote a beseeching letter, de.
ploring the way my good money was
being wrung from me, and told me
lot of new little things about the fash
ions. She, too, spoke of the black
tendency, and said that big black and
white checked silk skirts were being
worn by the really, truly Parisienne.
She said that all the French women
were wearing . natural flower or two
somewhere on their costume, and the
rarer the flower the better they liked
it.
She also added, they often wear ma
tural flowers as a hat trimming,
changing them two and three times q
day.
"She said she had never dreamed
Of anything like the hatpins. that 1t
was a toss-up whether they remind
ed her more Of hens egg or stock
ing darner. The majority of them are
made of tortoise shell or amber. and
some are studded with little gold nail
heads. Others are Of big pieces of
pink coral, and even when they are Of
gold and jewels they are bigger than
any hatpin had she had ever seen
before. "-Woman's Home Companion. !
MENDS TORN CLOTHES.
A smart little Frenchwoman sits In
a tiny shop in Shaftesbury avenue
and pursues trade Of which she is !
the only representative in England,
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