The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-09-19
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DUTY OF MOTHERS
TEACHING DAUGHTERS BY Civ.
ING THEM RESPONSIBILITY.
"IncentVe" often the Only Thing
Necessary to Bring Out chld's
Qualltles-PIan Adopted by
One Woman.

This season of the year is Just the
time for the housekeeper to take
pains and make plans to develop in
her youngest daughter MI the quail
ties that go TO make up an allround
housekeeper.
Go away for whole day now and
then and leave the entire responsible
ity of the household ordering, cook
ing and dusting-to the daughter. II
you are without help in the kitchen,
all the better, for the daughter will
learn all the quicker and learn all
the more. If you have one or more
older daughters send them away and
9''0 Ill responsibility to the
youngest. who Is sure IL - ----.
Swallowed so long as older sisters are
around
| have a friend that while her two
older daughters, both capable house
keepers, We're away this summer, gave
full charge to daughter OF 10, She
spent each day of one week away re.
turning at night, just in time for sup
the morning or went into the kitchen
al night before supper. Everything
was satisfactory and most excellent
dinner served one night when there
were two extra for supper. Things
ran with wonderful smoothness. and
the house was kept in apple-pie order
Other members of the family could
scarcely believe it, as this suddenly
developed housekeeper Of but 10
summers had always shirked respon.
sibility and even work, to such an
extent that her older sisters and
brothers had long been convinced that
their youngest sister was simply
lazy and never would learn
When will mothers believe that so.
called "laziness" is simply lack OF in
centiye. Further, that incentive" with
some natures comes spontaneously,
when presented to them as form of
duty; others have to have u spontane
Gus desire to create an incentive. In
this case 1t becomes the parents high.
est duty to search and search with
ingenuity wisdom and patience until
the power to quicken the handspring
of the child's character has been
reached
This may mean many failures and
many heartaches, but with each at
tempt much is learned to form a
stepping.stone to widen experience It
certainly is just as grieyous a fault to
neglect to so teach and train our daugh.
ters that the mantle of all our house
keeping qualities will fall upon them
as to neglect giving them common
school education.
! thoroughly appreciate the fact that
II is more often far easier to do a
thing yourself than to with patience
see II half done by the daughters.
But If we look at this as but one dis.
agreeable part Of our business Of
housekeeping, we will at once accept
the temporary annoyance with cheer
fulness. one Of the most exasperat.
Ing duties to me is to teach a child
to make cake. and yet have always
forced myself TO accept 10 as but a
part Of my business. just as the hus
band has IN commercial lie many
annoying details to wade through
think men are more inclined TO take
such things las a matter of course"
! do not wish to sidetrack too often
from practical housekeeping. but
wise housekeeping keeps in mind
the sacred fact that woman's
duty IL not done when she Just pro.
yldes good wholesome meals. com
Portable clothing and neat house.
She must By Thought, word aud deed
teach her chill Aren BY giving them re.
sponslblliiy am thus force them to
think, TO manage and 70 work 10 their
own homes. II 8he aims 10 be d wise
hOuaekeeDer