The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-02
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M great things 10 dn ny ana by.
ror whatever men say in blindness.
And in spite of the fancles of youth,
There ia nothing so kingly as kindness,
And nothing SO royal aS truth"
For the sake Of yonr children
strive to know something about
sverything.
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Teach children the law of kind
meas. That is needed all through
life and everywhere.
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Many christians think it a bad
sign to be jubllant and their
work of self examination il a hew-
ing down of their brighter ex
periences. Like a hoy with a
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
aSure precursor of bankruptcy.
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Everything is pretty much of a
size in this world-even our
troubles, trials and difficulties.
If our troubles are little we mag
nfy them; if La &c we magnify
them, 50 that everybody gets
fair average with every body else,
both Of the good and evil. Go
Othe happiest person that you
know and pour into his or her
ear your tale of woe, and see
bow quickly he or she can show
you that your trials are but a
small circumstance compared to
their own. You are having as
good a time as anybody else iu
lls world-so do not ask Tor
gmpathy.
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For a good, everyday household
ngel give us woman who
nghs. Her biscuit may NOT he
ways just right, and she NAV
ieaSloaally burn her bread and
'rget TO replace dislocated but
ms, but for solid comfort all
ay and every day she is para
Oh. Home is not a battlefield
or life one uneDding row. The
rlck Of always seeing the bright
lde, OF shining up the dark one.
very imp' rtant faculty, one
| the things that no woman
hould be without. We are not :
Il born with sunshine in our
carts, as the Irish prettily phrase
!, but we can cultivate a cheerful
enSe of humor if we only try. 4.
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Many mothers imagine that
lelr daughters fortune is made I
hen she learns enough to thump I
piano, or labors enough to
aub cheap chrome or to work
yellow dog on a door mat. =
iris are too glad to be spoiled '
} that way. Teach them 70 |
Ommand a regiment of pots and G
ettleS; teach them to make good .
read, good coffee; teach them to q
lake G rments and patch them
men they need it. Teach them f
nySlcal development; teach them i
Is more cruel and less christian i
'f American women to cramp n
Hd dlStort their lungs, liver.
ad stomach, than it is for the +
lOVtentOts to press their heads @
al, or for the Chinese to make t
leir feet small. Good. healthy t
ud Industrious girls make happy q
ones, good wives and mothers. /
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a mother writes to us: "What l
laIl | teach my daughtersr S
MS one important and tremen. J
JUS iact, my sister. is that there
no happiness in this world for b
= lule woman. 1t may be with L
aud, 1t may be with brain, it )
ay De with foot; but work she P
M uSI or be wretched forever. The a
''le girls Of our families must
started With that idea. The I
''v lesS0n should be how, under
Vu' they may take care of them
ives The simple fact is that
majority of them do not have !,
'aKe care of themselves, and "
ia', 100, after having through q
y laiSe notions of their parents, =
ao'eu tie years in which they :,
'sn' TO have learned to maintain
w. successfully. 1t is
human " and cruel for any fatler
10 O.uer to pass their daughters
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,su ""ii, 10 facility for learning heir fl
:. ,.V,'ihO0d. Madame de Stael n
' =, ut is not these writings h
Ia, am proud of, but the fact a
A.. a,;. nave facility in ten occu il
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