The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-11-05

small hours Of the night working on
dainty gowns in which all the child
ish impul.es for play are. stihed for
ever in dress array. The over-dress-
ed child is always the unhappy
child. She is pert miss who has
learned early to regard overmuch
the pomps and vanities Of life, or
she is poor little disconnected
victim, who has never had a chance
for childish play, and looks with
envy at the ragged, little, tumblng
u!chins who make mud pies on the
roadsides.
The over.dressed boy is even more
unhappy than the over-dressed girl.
The Little Lord Fauntleroy boys
who we're seen few years ago in
their velvet suits, though they we're
picturesque, we're very unhappy
set of little gentlemen. and we're
probably very thankful when the
fashion changed and they could
wear blue flannel sailor suits and
double kneed trousers, and play
marbles ad libitum. "Do you like
your suit, Johnnie ?" said visitor to
boy in long blonde curls and
Fauntleroy dress. "Naw," he re-
piled. 81 don't like to ba girl.
It's my ma wants me TO be little
angel"
How much sacrifice do such poor
mothers make on the altar of per-
sonal vanity, and how little time
and temper must be left to devote to
the spiritual training Of the child.
What lack there is in such a home
of the true spirit of motherhood, of
that tender care which the child will
remember in after years, and which
will help to guide him Alright over
the pitfalls that beset every path.
The boy who looks upon his home
as place for the display of nervous
irritation that comes from overwork,
where everything is sacrificed to the
love of show and no place is left for
the angel of rest and peace, will
leave it at his first opportunity. and
at the same time his training has i'll
fitted him to meet the great tempta-
tions outside.
CHANGED BY KINDNESS.
1--WE we're married thirty-seven
years." man said, who had lost
his wife, "and in all that time she
never gave me cross word. But /
shall never forget the first time l
scolded her. One morning when
we had been married two years, l
found a button off may shirt. /
threw the garment at her, and said
in rough voice. Sew button on1
She got a button ami sewed it on,
saying, Forgive me, husband. | had
a great deal to do yesterday, and !
forgot it but it shall never happen
again Her gentle words almost
broke my heart. ! could have gone
down on my knees to ask her for
giveness. She made different man
of me, and the world has been diff
ferent place since she died"
Those who habitually correct their
children in their faults by whipping
and boxing them, must not be sur
prised when they find them slappine
them in return, and rough and abus-
i've towards one another. They are
simply trying to enforce their own
little ideas of right as they have
seen their elders do. The mother
who spends most of her time fussing
over the wardrobes Of their children
and herself, starching. ironing and
decorating and making them fashion
able, will find the lesson she taught
cropping out in dudeism; in vanity
that prevents the development of
solid character and useful habits.
The father who smokes and drinks
and spends his substance in riotous
living, will have better luck than
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